The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-04-14

ed country from whence no traveller
returns is still the mystery of myste-
ries. No, my friend, ] repeat that ]
know not whence / came nor whittier
/ am going and therefore humble my
self under the mighty hand of God
and trust him as little child trusts
its father.
! have jus. returned from brief
visit to jacksonville, where went i'll
search of miller weather, for | have T.
bad cough md the grip, etc, but
did not find much difference. The
weather is bad everywhere-gc on a
trust reckon. had some fun, though,
Mt the expense of other people. A
good old matron came to see me amt
lavished on me many pleasant COM
pliments and among other things said:
"You must corne and see us. We have
every book that You ever wrote upon
our parlor table. Yes, We have your
Uncle Remus' and your 'Mingo and
Daddy Tack the runaway, and oil
your other books" Well, now Of
course, didn't bave the meanness in
| my heart to tell her that was not
Joel Chandler Harris, SO ] just swal-
lowed it all down and felt huttered.
Next tackled conductor, and
when he read my pass he looked at me
soS soS Smea maer Ny n fatEsr EsrV was Ss" Co%M ss
bus man and he just banked OH you.
Yes, up to the day of his death he said
everything that Bill Nye wrote"
| "Bill Nye is dead" said 1 solemn.
ly. He looked bewildered and 1 re-
licved him by telling him that 1 was
Bill Arp and not Bill Nye.
| wish l was rich. l know man
whose name was Duncan, and one day
l found him brooding over the fire i'll
his back store, and says |: "What are
You thinking about, Duncan?" He
smiled sadly and said: 81 was just
wishing l was rich" "Whnt for, said
II. "Why, just to have my opinions
respected. One Of my customers
asked me this morning what thought
about cotton-would it go up or &C
down, and 1 told him 1 thought il
would rise in few days, and he TOLD
another feller what l said and h'
turned up his nose and said: 'Duncar
-Duucan-hang Duncan. What doe:
he know? Why dident you AK Shor
ter?' Well, Shorter is rich and In
tnnn ne uJ.1,Nnw more about cottol
bale in his life
Now, | don't want to be rich inst :,
have my opinion respected, but / woul,
IKE to have charity fund ut nv com
mand SO that l could respond to som,
or these pitiful appeals that receiv,
almost every day. They make m,
heartsick and | can't do anytbino
About half the letters l receive ask fo,
something that l cannot supply. The,
want to know the missing word and
some of them actually offer to give me
h"!i the reward if l will tell it to them.
Ana then these chain letters come
emHss oPsa ss sSssry seG GhaT and they syrect
and ray postage all round. And some
of my young friends want compost
tions or points for n debate about tn,
Philippines or the Cuban war. And
some ambitious young people send me
n lot of poetry to he criticised. They
are afraid of Frank Stanton. Well, OF
course, all these letters are with good
intent and some of them have Stamp
inclosed, but they are white man s
burden and cannot do justice to them.
As for autographs, l send them with
| pleasure, for it is an easy task
wonder if "Cncle Remus" has SINH
lar experience. Nevertheless, / nm
still calm and serene. BIZ. Arr i.
Atlanta Constitution.