The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-01
.BY THE
providence
O.. Express:

lost in the low, Pi""
engine. 49,. . i, s,uol,inr j,
.,,ot room. where he WAS assistant en-
'ri"oor Vi" in the basement OF huge dc
s,,nont store. But to-day he lei
ip""tloss, p", and cared no more Tor re
leINi lI',,irn. th.n a tramp. What hasi
he had made OF thihSS' =" " "",I y
A,a how all his past mistakes came
,,;nr Nn" back and hcdgcd him IN,
v,oGP6h thov stood too thickly Tor Il
.n,,,bt un' IN escape him without Their
leave. 1t gave nm 4 EtI'h S''U "'
satisfaction just to look t"c"a nNV,'
e"V Sow ho;nr one more proof to back up
his own opinion o. u'.''S'.' "S'"'''I' t,I ~
himself. And hc WAS oNV y young 'o'-
low, too. 49,, ,,;,,h,.
"head OF the house ha" ''o"& = 80 ~
first but he liked young mcu' a"d """
long since learned " take thr'" "'taS-
ure. and Joe had swung thFo"%" II''
searching examination IL thn"% " HN
had been fed on uynanicS am S''"''I
gauges from his cradle 'n"V'"" 81
having lust graduated from s'AI'"'"'E
engine on farm. 30 now ne ""9 ~
wntching the needle "n the |h"IN"'''
the GLOW OF the furnace ON Iuc "o"''
the height of the wa'"r co!u'hh i" vac
guarded glass tube: anu thc IaFHo.
was many mile away. HAD II la'"
Yes, it had he tOld himself, SAVAGE
lv There are some thlrg- lAaI II"
man will ever stand. ma Lou HA"
told him-bud told him" Ndl wa IL
That she had married hchEaIH "'''
and that be had married her i"t me
farm. He writhcd at the lho"E"'r'rh
now. .....
Curse the farm 1t was she thIt
loved, not lot Of barns ana c"'i'"'
he roared, then sank back ON his stu"'
and covered his face.
Then he began To make excuses 'n'
her to himself. She was but grl
not eighteen. Too young to marry
they had said, nc wise heads impN.-
siye and unframed. and left aon' IN
the world. Way had he not been more
patient with her, and tried to q" jHr
things which seemed 80 a.!-lmp"riaIl
to her although 50 tr!N.n& 10 hlM
He could see now that each Chance I
ignored had been the gentle siiu1n" ~ |
q uuicksand through Il DarrIrr NulI. Hi ,
last enough had passed 10 carry al
before i. in an over" nrImlEG tlNH
,h,, L,1 s,,or, ,w.,. th,ir hnuuiu,..- /
s.'.V S Wv"
Dinner, Joe.
,;. '' I,,n,b .rI Iur rr.,. ..n,I. .
YEARLY, and put rn his coat. y u'IDn |
ms,,o.in,, in,n ,h, s,o,.,;.rn,m h,yorr /
,',i,,' ,hn7,. I" n,n, lnrrHnnns .rl n',.I,' .
,,i,', ,.i,L on, -, ,,, t,.n., ,.,I.,r. t
tnr,;I,. u.a, cn.,nn,r,. or,nr.,.,rl .
I,I .o,nn ,,,H ,urr ,I.f- Mny ,,y,',. '.' /
Jno, nIn,.,. l.nn. M. vnnr ,,ntf,. -, /
o,, ,ni. ,nn,
', Inn, vor, ,.,n ~, "' j., f,,,,, -,
Gro GiNor,.n, Iir.,.,imn. ., nnr".,. l,,. .
n,ssrr ,hrnnoh ,h,, ronm ian" lf-
tan% " ,r.. -, F',7i IF ,,Ino,, ~! ,. .I',.I
l"nt @ the tho,r ~ lhat M oorTrJ IT, = L"In;nI /
h,nd ,hot 81 .b.,,lnw foil nm ,I,.m, |
which lasted iii lone after the InI,. !
was over, What could il, mean, AND
each small hear, uayr = li,Il. lLr,r -, |
fear and pity. for with lnum inn. nr,.
outlo0k could Give them -u,1 a u.i,,r |
their sword of Damo,.n. "lj..
charge" And what wouIJ ,ncv In
now withou, Joe
Out into the hurlv.burly and roar of
the streets punynJ the InuIn,rr /,
might hclp him to foru,r, Thr ruu,.
bic swput If; un1 rr..,, ,,.,n,.. nf ,r..'j,.
and met at rjuht unuI, : nuG,hrr IN :.
swirl of battle thunder. Can. lumhrr,
ing draws, cra.hjnu. clannir,r nl,r,ri,.
cars and the ,crthin,. un,, nf hnrry-
ing souls. that nIirr,G rn,nugh M.
and in ana ON, ,mnnn thH
teams As tholph r,r,I,ss M Iifn-,hi.
WAS what ne ,onrhl ana me- lot hin,.
self drift with The ,.rnwl jtnt man
does not hanp sn,, NV nn . n.II wnnn
he dons his hYt for an nutiry a.
takes it. with him a. hn woulu =, w,,rb
and forever fn,ls himself rrfrrrinu ~
it. AS to hauuiucss-wbnt,h had br-
come of his :,
"SoId tn,bo r,.r IN ,bo ,bi,oh.,
for fomtenn rmn,. ~ - ''''0 ''"''
,Ino s,onnoG 'i,n,, l,,,.i1ao,o,i L., ,,o
words arf ~" w ~ .,u'' ~ "S wy
lauchtcr frn,', ,,.n,. ,'ninao '"Jrv Irnoo ~
scionsIr ha N.d ''S'"H n",I', No''oa. ono"'l'
rIuo.s . nd 1a, no ."" c"'c'eu d cross street,
the middIrr dIrPUI'' " v,hi"h q" ""UVaoa 'oon', III
lauphinp crnyd T,,ir ,anot,' an
traetnd6 iro" u, "r'r E"yeGS aI
s,raivb, ~ i," -, ,"'",., a." Il. shouiocrru ,,
his real t",,is ,", Hs .t'""N V'laI nag oeeh
under fatns L;nTi, '"'', ~ IIpe was
II waS ,nn m."u G"'"'ns manu-.
ooai., & was ,a one OF those seml-annual
the salesman " H. t'', wv onG 'nono'ony mono o'
ciaimnG I 1aIS,'an me- lne disposal OF un,
hcan NJ tht,, - P"' GC'S' ~ sicaI