The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-10-25
written For This Paper.
CONQUERlNG AN INHERITANCE.
A Serial Story Complete In
Six Chapters.
By A Missouridn.
CHAPTER ".

stood by tanning her. At first she
could not recall anything, but asked
the lady, "Where I'm ~"
"Out on the side of the road. MIR.
Carter and ! were on II way to call
on you and your brother, and found
you lying here in a faint"
ooh, yes, | remember it all" she
exclaimed, trying to rise, 'my poor
brother is very sick, and | started to
Mrs. Silvey's myself, but when | got
here l tainted. How glad | am that
you, Mr.. and Mrs. Carter, for |
recognize you now, have come to my
assistance. Please help me further.
Poor brother! | fear he is dying"
''Thon get into the carriage with
us, Miss Philipson," said Mr.. Carter,
"and we will drive there as fast as
possible
They all got in, and the negro
driver urged his horses ahead as fast
as he could. When they entered the
room where Philip lay they found
him so pale and still that Sarah
grasped the arm of Mrs. Carter and
whispered i'll great alarm, ooh, l
believe he is dead"
"No, l think not,' said Mrs.
Carter. ''Speak to him, and think
you can arouse him.
Sarah did so, and to her great joy
he opened his eyes and answered
her. He also recognized her and
Mr.. Carter. That gentleman, how
ever, saw that the young man needed
a physician Immediately and Mrs.
Carter found that Sarah, too, was
far from being well. Therefore
Tom, the negro driver, was dis
. patched on one of the carriage horses
for a physician. He also bore a note
from Mrs. Carter to Mrs. Sllvey,
describing the condition OF the two
young people, and asking her to
come over,
In about two hours the physician
came; but in the meantime Sarah
had been compelled to lie down and
was unable to rise and greet him. He
told them that they were both
suffering from an attack of bilious
fever from which, he said, a little
medicine and nursing would soon
relieve them. His pleasant genial
manner brought immediate help to
his two patients. Before he left
Mrs. Silvey came, bringing with her
a negro woman And after 4 little
conversation between the physician
and the three visitors, it was decided
that Mr.. Carter, Mrs. Silvey and -h-
negro woman should remain tn2-
night with tho Philipsons. but tra-
Mrs. Carter, having small children.
should return home.
In the morning Philip was better,
but Sarah was hardly as well as the
day before. BY evening Philip could
SIT up in his bed; and Mr.. Carter,
having urgent business on hand, left
him. But Mrs. Silvey and the negro
woman stayed with them and waited
or them till they were quite well.
Several OF their other n~eigEbo-s
came to see them, and kindly oH=.=t
any assistance they could r=-1+:
Mrs, Carter was frequently :.@-e.
and often brought some dainty g!
other 10 tempt their appetite. Waea
Sarah was nearly well she tod Mrs
Curtis that she was almost glad she
had been sick, for she had found out
how many and haw kind were her
friends.
AZ soon as Philip felt well enough
to go out, he walked down to his
cornfield, to behold a very dis
couraging sight. The weeds were
springing up all over the ground,
and sprouts were shooting out of
many of the stumps he had left,
while not a grain of corn had he put
into the ground. But the very diff
ficulty of the work seemed to arouse
his determination to do it, and in a
few days he had his spade and rake
hard at work. At last he got the
ground in condition to receive the
corn. In all the fields around him
he could see the green blades shoot
ing up, and he hated to be 80 much
behind other people. But he com
forted himself with the reflection that
he had done the best he could. And
the corn grew astonishingly. The
warm ground.and seasonable showers
brought it up in a few days, and then
it grew as If in a race to catch up
with the other corn. Philip took the
greatest interest in it, and waited
\ impatiently for it to grow large
enough to be worked, And other
eyes than his watched it. Blackbirds
and crows are amazingly fond of corn,
and nothing gives them greater
delight than to fly down and pull up
the grains that have just sent the
tender shoots through the ground.
Philip found one morning that these
pests had taken possession of his
little field, and were fast devouring
his crop and the hope Of his inheri-
lance. When he drove them of
they flew to trees near by and
waited for him to turn his back, ther
they pounced down again on tn.
corn. He was filed with disma,