The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-11-29
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
HE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LA.
MENrED GENE FIELD.
The Friendship Between Grady and
Field Recalls an Incident in
the Latter's Life.

We OF the south had learned to love him for he
was gentle and KIND to us. He loved Grady
and Grady loved him. They are together now
somcHhcre. wonder how their spirits mot and
what they said. 1t il hard on the south to lose
two such friends. Thcv wero of the same age
!acNing n few months. Love, kindness ten
derne's OF hssrt are rrdem,ng traits IN human
nature, and they had them
vas reading Wallace Reeds pleasant re-.
mnisccnce OF Henry Grady in last Sund,y's
paper anl it carried me back to the hard days
when Henry, like FIehl. was = ruggiiny a.aiust
fa'o 10 make his paper -. The mcr-
chan hal not then learned the value of advnr-
tislnS and Henry pleaded in vain for n more
.;hera! patronage A leading merchant who
cit med to be his friend stu borny Il 81 ne to
give him a big n ani said it wou.l be money
thrown away, for mob" Wy read thcm.
Don real them ~ cSclaim Il Henry don't
real them We'll, l will show vou"
Next mcrnins's paper contained short edit
orIai Cu cas- AMI ~ Il how cat far had rCccu.ly
come into great demand III fashionable circl :
III New York and how the long = arse h,Irs
were elm na'cd aud tho real iur was ria,ic
INTO ilrpCtS and r!urS and every fash:ona bio
lady w0iea feline. q 4. Nor Ia: OF IN another
column was a displayed advcrtis mena ;iat
said:
''WANTED-'. 900 cas-, for which 20 cents
each Will he paid"
The mcic rauts' name was signed 10 il
By noon tn cats hc.an to roll iu Small
boys, white an | black Lr ,ught them in baskets
aud bags. For while the m .rchan: enioycd
tue Joke. hut SGon got sired All went away to
u!Innr. IL 'h" Zine he returned the boys AMI
darkc> fr m the suburbs were coming IN aul
tie sidewalk WAS bucsalcd Henry ha
iau2hed unit! he wIs exhausted and sat on q
window sill across tEc street, threatened ha sad
Will cata!"ptic fl. Ne"hboring merchants
aEI thcir ci,r rs gathered ar,gni and lu,,hrh
anu S'lon'cd and cred At u, every now arrival
"i cats rs fast as the mH.caan drove OF, Cun
cr"w anO her iil'd their p.ac y lie armed
i.m- II w III n'S stick. hu. at last n, closed
ms "0"'s ~ ,1"r despair and night relieved
lam ''"m IT," Pr Sire
B"t ih" II morning t!' catastrophe was
worse. imc "a 1.",cl!. WIS no. rndn t. ior III
country ica:i" hhd heard the cwS AZ Il byo'i ,ht
Cas- ia on 'h..g "nol wagons and under ihr.r
buggy r'a'E niIi led up i'll cott"n bns,c's like
ch!'K"hs. ii"ay tnOH lts stand n"ur hv and
l"a"'d ag.hs telegraph pole f + Surprr,
III an Shamkln--dcar al .anFlr-nIii Tie
lo!Ns WI" loved ma. Were all there and VIII e /.
was i'm To the boss and death To lhr f,uy,. j.
WIS such rare anl ricy joae TINT the n.r.
ciiani couiden; sc: mai and finally ,urrcn-
"2rc'. lie made an appropriate little spc, ch
I" ihN crowd aud told Henry that If Lr woulI
promise never to dp him any more he wow.d
give him the bigS s; ''ad" h. hal ever hal i,
his paper. Henrv prom I'd and the al was
rIv,r. That illustrated the mischief .hi: was
III his rIl::cSin% natur'.
Bu. on2 evening" Henry was sick arl of. his
junior 10 maze II? tUe paper 1t was jn>t on
the ". ~ an exciting nun cipal c,ec'Iun and
som, bitter th.nss had b en- puhll.nc,l an
more bitter ti,n.. had been said If w,s
'r"r'd that some OF tho con n'cndiug parties
wouil come u blows. \ candidate who had
been sorc!y maliSncd wrote II bitter d"nuncia-
.'"n CT ms opponen. and tool! it 10 the junior
iuss ic ere The paper went To rress I. VA
r. cciv.a and inserted and nrjn,rI il ,hom,
three hundred copies when Henry walked in
the Otii a t. soc what the boys had done in his
a's"nc lie read the ar,ic!" and Was horror
str.cker. ''Sop that prcs ;" cried he, sion
l.; stop II. would mt hay.. THAT article 20 IN
i"r :! 900. Both those men are my ptr.ona!
friends, and they will fight. There Will be
niolIshcd cllLcr on tn" street or in dgci.
BON hav" w'vcs and children and 1t w"Tld bc
S""h!e I" WIDEN the breach. Hpw many have
yon s,tU'S OIL!
Mont three hun,lr,d," toy said.
"'!i, get your Knives AMI Sc! Sois AMI we
WI, cut IL out ot every one and print 10 more
WIN tha' bloody piece III til m"
All hah,iS went to work and soon had every
paper perforated with Il hole 2iI inches. and 40
ti!'E we're tolled ana mailcl. Tho town Won
cred hu. hehry hlu sworn all han Is 20
secrecy and not more than five Of uS over know
what hah h"e' c"' ON, Long years after he
lieye saved man. III" un. n;'h, 1' anI :, ne
n Good snirit ,hat ,novcJ ,mn ,o ,,,', ~, ~ ~ va
bed and 20 down to ovcrro,L thc nn,,r " - ''0"
H.prr - 1e,d anl SL.rLIn -, r. h. ,,
and Dwnell and !Jnhn Riiew arI -, ~ ~.
rrybudv e,se who was conncc,aJ Win L,. w.,
rcr His sIro,bnr il dad onI hi, s;s.. "'S AZ. pi
his good old Christian m,Ih.r remoins of JIr ,i'.,
family. /, seems to m" tint oil Fa.hcr %' i'e tmas
ought to take ia bv our so,snnL I,t ,h. ya',I'',
1--we on Enema ne FjI I W. |,r, o. S. ,ns y3nns
corcwarncd This hcart fail,Ire il "a,,,,.,
alarming II is n GOOD tex, f,r Mo .Jv Tor ,,n'
body IL safe nowadays. ~
There il another OF that trio-Gradv Fio,d
AM joel Chandler Harri. ali sbou, tIc .sn,a
age Two shall be taken and The other LEFT.
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