Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21

Caleb, % beamed Mrs. Eldertop.
"Johnny, put on your cap and r1h
to. the grocer's for a smoked niackerel
for your uncle's breakfast. hope
you fothd your room comfortable;
Uacie Caleb?"
Before she slept that night Mrs.
Eldertop put on her bonnet and shawl
and ran around to the Larkins man.
sion to impart her wonderful tidihgs to
sister Rebecca, ary =; ~
seYou don't Say so!'' Cried out the
astonished &atroa.
."Gespel trdth!' said Mrs. Eldertop.
'I saw it with my own eyes,"
"He must come here" said Mrs.
Larkins, resolutely. .5s:s
''Not if I know it, % said Mrs. Elder
top. '.He's my guest, and my guest
he shall remain.
'tBut if I'm to share equally with
you," said Mrs; Larkins, 'I ought
to show him some attention, the dear,
generous hearted old mana,,',
'sLest he should alter his WILL
shrewdly remarked sister Jerusha
nYoa always were worldly creature,
Beekyn'
''No more than YOURSELF" said Mrs.
Larkins, bristling up. "But it's NY
family I am thinking of, JerasAa., IN
/ tell you what--I'll come around mad
see him tomorrow.
.sBut don't you breathe syllable
about the WILL" said Mrs. Eldertop
In mysterious manner.
"Oh. not for worlds!". said Mrs. Lar
kins, fervently.
During the next week Uncle Chew
erel was overwhelmed with civilities.
On Thursday NJ W suit of clothes ara.
rived, with Mr.. Earkins' best love and
compliments. On Friday Mrs. Lar
kins came withan open barohche to
take dear Uncle Caleb for a drive in
the; park, And on Saturday Mrs El-7-
Edertop burst into tears and & declared
she should never be happy again if
her mothers only brother didn't
pledge himself, then ant. there, to
make his future home with herself
and Eben.
Uncle Caleb looked little puzzled.
"Well," said he, ''if you really
make point OF it-but I was calcu-
laling on going to visit Cousin Ezekiel
in Ohio"
"Der uncle, promise me to stay
here alwaysw cried Mrs. Eldertop,
hysterically.
stJust rs you say, niece Jerusha,'.
assented the old man. complacently.
Mrs. Eldertop felt that she had car
ried her point.
But when Mr.. and Mrs. Larkins
came on Sunday afternoon to press
similar petition Uncle Caleb opened
his eyes.
"My stock seems to have riz in the
market, /" observed he. quantity. ST
never was in such demand among my
relatives before. But can't be in
two places at once, that's plain"
And he decided to remain with Mrs.
Eldertop, greatly to the Indignation
of the Larkins family, who did not hes
itate to hint boldly at unfair advan-
tages and undue impartiality.
But, just as Mrs. Larkins was ris-
ing to depart, with 'her handkerchief
to her eyes, little Johnny Eldertop
came clamoringin for piece of paper
to cut out fox-chase on.
$50 alongr' said Mrs. Eldertop, i'm.
patiently. "We've. no paper. here.
Go to Amelia Ann
"Hold on, little chap-hold on"
said Uncle Caleb, fuubiing in his over
coat pocket-he had been Just starting
for walk when the Larkins party az
riyed.-"here's bit as is Of 40 use to
nobody"
And he produced the trough draft"
and bestowed it on johnny.
"One sides written on, said he,
'and t'other amt. 1t was lying on
the floor in Judge Watterly's law Of
fee when I stopped in to see if Joseph
Hail was employed there IS porter
yet. Ain old chum of mine Hall was
in Tortoise Hollow. I can't bear to
see even bit of paper wasted, so [
axed the clerk if it was of no use. He
said not was only draught OF DR..
Falcons will. DR.. Falcon made
new will every six months, he said;
so I jest picked it up and put it in
my pocket. Everything comes in use
once in seven years, they say; and
this is just right for little Johnnys
fox-chase. %
Mrs. Larkins looked at Mrs. Elder
top; Mr.. Eldertop stared into the spec
tacl.ed eyes of Mr.. Larkins.
Uncle Caleb chuckled benevolently
as little Johnny skipped away with
the, piece of paper which had been
freighted with such wealth of antici-
patton.
The Larkinses took leave without
any unnecessary formula of adieux, and
Mrs. Eldertop' took occasion to tell
Uncle Caleb that perhaps he had bet
ter prosecute his original design of the
Ohio visit.
because we're expecting company
tomorrow, said she, sand our best
room will be wanted, for awhile. And,'
she added, within herself, 1T will take
good care it shan't. be empty again,
just at present"
So Uncle Caleb Cheverel went out
west, where Cousin Ezekiel was
as poor and rs warm hearted rs him
self, and he was never invited to re-
turn east again. And to this day he
cannot understand the sudden varia-
tions of the domestic barometer in
the Larkins and Eldertop houses
Saturday Night.
Within so years the commercial fer
tilizer industry in the United States
l,os grown from nothing until dt pres