The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-26

eat as you walk afOnS.
Tom brought out a box containing a
generous supply of ham sandwiches, half
a mince pie and a big piece of cheese.
| The hungry wayfarer was delighted and,
! unsuspecting. trudged off, driving the
( cows before him.
| 1t was twelve miles TO Tarryville, and
when ten days later Tobias found his
cattle he resolved 20 keep them in his
| own pastures thereafter AT the same
time he did not take the affair as
good humored joke as Tom had hoped
| he would do Tobias told Tom that ii
was a smart trick, but he would show
| him that he was smart enough to get
even with him.
You shant come to see Amanda any
more in my house, he said
! Six months later Tobias sold his farm
and moved to Tarryville. Farming was
| too hard work for him, and with that
| fatality which besets shiftless men he
opened a butcher shop. Everybody knows
| that only a smart business man can sue
coed as a butcher.
or course, Browns reputation was
against him, and the only clerks he was
| able to hire were men out of a job be-
cause they were incompetent and UNI
! scrupplous.
| Almost before he realized it, there were
bad debts to the amount of $1,000 on his
books, and as neither he nor his clerks
were good judges of meat, he disappointed
the few good customers who had been In
duced to trade with him, and they began
| 10 leave him. The clerks were also steal
ing half of what money he took in.
His sister, who Kept house for him In
| Tarryville, found out the precarious con-
dition of his affairs, and saw an oppor-
tunity by which it might be possible to
/ overcome his grudge against her lover.
She met Tom on the sly and explained
the situa ton.
Tobias will fail unless some one who
has a better head than he has comes 30
his rescue You ought to be smart enough
to get him out of his difficulty He is
| in desperate condition of mind, and IL
you can get him to listen to you and hep
| him he will forever after be your friend,
and no longer object to your seeing me
and going with me as much as you
please"
What brings you here?" inquired To-
bias, threateningly, as Tom entered his
shop.
81 want to see you about something of
| great Importance. Let me talk with you
| a few minutes in your private Office"
Tobias was sullen but he was in a pre-
dicament that temporarily cowed his ma
tural arrogance.
''Wen, what is it?" he asked, as soon
as they We're by themselves.
81 have learned that your business Is
| in a shaky condition, and ] think / may
be able to help you out of your trouble"
IF / am in a bad fix, / don't want an
enemy to NEEDLE. You must think 1 am
| green"
but I'm not your enemy. It was you
| that soured on me- All ] ask in return
for any aid I may be able TO give you Is
! that you will not interfere with me and
| your sister any more"
Cd bat
Driving away the cattle showed that, end
| if you'll straighten out my business you
can go with the girl for all l care.
Brown told what was necessary, and
Tom said he would think the matter over
and return in the morning.
81 can pull you through, guess" said
| Tom the next morning. "You go to Mr..
Davis Che lives on the old town road,
| you know and buy his two fine heifers
! on thirty days credit Put on a confident
air and don't fail TO get them"
! Tobias bought the heifers and drove them
| to the outskirts of Tarryville, where Tom
| took them in charge. He drove them here
and there through the pace In an osten-
tatious way shouting loudly and attract
| ing the attention OF the employees in the
manufactures and not a few other cit-
zens. He got it noised about that the ex-
! ira fine heifers were to be butchered and
! the meat sold at Browns market.
| The tempting quarters of juicy beef
were hung In a conspicuous place in the
shop. 1t was cool weather and the beef
would be kept for some time for show,
Tom turned out the two worthless clerks,
| and acted as Tobias sole assistant.
Customers began to flock to the store.
They admired the show pieces of meat,
while Tom quietly gave them cuts from
animals good, but not extra good,
Trade was so much increased that at
the end of the thirty days there was
enough money on hand to pay for the
heifers and to settle the most pressing
bills against the establishment. Tom
staid with Brown three months.
I'm not old enough or otherwise ready
to be married yet" said he, as he left
the shop for Tobias to run with a new
clerk.
mo matter" said the well Pleased en-
ployer You can have the girl with my
blessing whenever you want her. You've
done me good turn, and I'll not forget
it,"
Everything Is ell right" said Tom 10
the blushing Amanda half hour later
but what will become of Tobias. now
that you have left him?"
Hell fail, of course. Nothing can save
him in the long run. He must work for
wages in the end. But you and | can
marry within five years. Father Gays
and live on the farm with him and mother
The farm win finally be ours, and 1t Is a
good one"
At the end Of five years Tom and Aman-
da were married. IL was pleasant we'd
ding. Tobias was complainant guest.
He had found his level, as Tom had fore
seen.
Il tell you what, he's a smart boy, and
you ought 10 be proud Of him, Tobias
said to Toms father. IF had had his
head or If he'd only staid with me in The
\ market, / would not be a hostler IN a
livery stable to-day"
And If ] hadn't been fool and hadn't
thought he was a coward, would not
have TO walk with a cane to-day" re-
joined the old man, smiling grimly
Fighting Women.
The devices OF savage mothers to avoid
being bothered by their children are num-