The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-07
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knowledge, you make discordA We
| can't have . pianosfor about four years
yet But when we get homo, III take
down the banjo and plunk you q tune
tsAnd IL we succeed In making a pa
per here. what outlook does Il give us2''
Honor, influence. home. A seat in
the senate for you or Joif you hit the
| popular need, and care for It. In time
q trip TO Europe. All the time, OK
change Of prods with other minds, and
n chance to push what Il good and pun
fsh what IS mean. At summer resorts
the, wefl-nurtnred young lady may now
be entering q grand hop, but ! am go
ing home with Ink on my finger, and
the assurance in my soul that in some
vast future larger battles will be given
me 10 hghk, and shall comc-oR victor
Past midnight however, the assist.
ant saw. her former victories crumbIe
before her eyes. Pink's shouting
struck her through the car like a dag
ger. She crossed a great change while
leaping over the side Of her bed. The
Office was on fire, but 10 was not In II,
for 10 had walked Pink and run Of ID
others for help.
India passed through a nightmare d
throwing clothing on, finding every.
thing inside out or upside down. She
was running across the open prairie
with her brother. the streets rang with
cries Of fire, and all the inhabitants oil
a town SO slightly built turned out
with terror, A crowd was already
passing pals Of water from hand IA
hand
II 81 too late TO do anything but
%confine the FIRE, II possible, to the one
crumbling block. There wa8 lit the
time no wind, and the pals wcie made
10 do vigorous duty. In went the roof,
sending up q constellation which put
ont half the stars.
This Is too bad, sis, amt it now2';
said a human voice through the tumn1t
to India.s ears. Mr.. bone brake, the
stock farmer, was there, his whip in
hand ready for driving home.
II was settin' up with hogs 10 ship
t~o-nighti" he shouted, ..and wAs one Of
the first to see the fire. II bEfst oul all
at once fall biaze.r-
I'm afraid you won't ggt your parer
Tomorrow, said India.
"rshawi Youth lose considerable,
won't your Y
t.IAafaing mp theye Is all that 10y
brothers and i haSe except u little
cheap furniture. There goes wlnt
have worked fof since re were left
alone In the woFdn
sPshawi 10 insurance9",
eve were 10 insure the latter part OF
this week. livery dollar was needed
before But ! would like, said the
assistant shaking her finger ct the Ere,
ito gctfhe better Of thati"
"PsbawT groaned Mr.. BonebrAkc,
withfnll western sympathy.
my brothers." said India, feeling
her heart swell Incorporation to the ca
lamity, twill take that old Gre for a
mere candle, though, to light them On
the road. And Ill help"
"What'll you do now?n
Wen have TO get presses some way.
and start the paper again"
got any backers?"
mo"
YES, you have,"snid Mr.. Bonebrake,
rising also to the occasion. He pushed
through the crowd abruptly, and got
upon n high platform in front of n OF
the stores, In the midst OF the roar OF
fire and human lungs, he began To
shout a speech, saying he did not in
tend to do so, but pluck was pluck. He
was burnt out once himself, and had a
tornado tear him DOWN another time.
And these young people was bound 10
make it 60; they had the rattlesnake-
KILN grit into 'em, and who'd stand
by to give them another start?
When people understood what he
was talking about, they began to con,
suit among themselves. The banker
leaped upon the platform. He was a
man of few words, but remarked tina,
the Chronicle was an institution of the
town, and for hrs part he would moi
have it destroyed; he would head q
paper al the bank in the morning.
Mr.. Bouebrake shouted to him to head
it now, and the banker took ont Ills
notebook and did S {. Israel Bonebrakc
adding his name and his hundreds
with an eager hand. Somebody called
out that a new mar had come, veil
Nheeled to start another paper; but the
popular voice replied:
WThrow him in the fret
Other well-to-do' citizens sprang upon
thelplatform, and put their names and
contributions upon the paper. There
was a crowd raging to contribute. The
philosophical enthusiasm was SO great
that nhaatNn ftax - aha 80 ~. 49, Tl. - ~ /.
arose, while the fire which had do.
stroyed its outward presence among
them was sinking. The editor, Pink
Bradshaw, was called upon for O
speech and lifted to the platform IIe
had but one boot on, but, trimming tc
the lips with such appreciation Of his
townspeople as. made a maturer man oi
him, he spoke straight out of his poetic
heart to the hearts bearing him mp in
calamity, and made what they pro
nounced a srattling good talk" Then
Ais-brother was put up beside (him;
and Israel Bonebrake shouted fof the
sister, who, to avoid good-natured VIC
lence, slipped up behind the boys PIT
her hands on their shoulders andlooked
from the background between their
heads. A trio Of representative young
Americans.
'There they stand shouted Mr..
Bonebraise, cas- peArt and gritty as
any bunch Of yearlin's Y ever see, and
here well stand by them. They've 70,
to have a good office and one 81 them
big, fine printin. presses. They'll be a
credit to this town, for these here boys
a 10 sw ftV1lINf ~ $780, AZI-A.4a5I -.