The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-28
GETS 50 MANY LETTERS.
Arp Has to Have Help In Answer.
ing Them.
Is The RESULT OF EDUCATION.
Boys AID Girls Now ,cays Seek K=ow.cdse
ard Bill Takes Delight in wr.ilaf Letters
10 Ihem.

[he young girls ard boys have a ,hjrs,
Tor knowledge. Tha youths iepart
ment In the newspapers and raazazIue.
Is growing into importance and ti.el;
letters to the editors betoken studlor,
lnqutrirg minds. The art of .et,el
writing Is itself not only an accom-
but a good part of q poli.h.
ed education. Letters indicate char.
acter and good letters require thought
Ife letters OF notable men and wo
men are the best part OF their bio
sraphies- Ihey are an index To he
heart. the emotions. the disposition
lime was when but few could write a,
all, and the opening of mail In
country town was small affair. ]
know from experience. for when | va.
in my teens my father was the post.
master and | had the work [; do
There are now at least ten letters ne,
capita to where there was one in ,hos,
days. One great drawback on lett,
writing then was the cost Of postare
A letter to a place within the State
was u II cents and the postage la,
to be paid by the person receiving ii
and II 1t was poor letter he felt like
he was cheated. Many a letter was
handed back to me with such n renl3ri
as We'll, l reckon it's from Dicl
Jones, over in Arkansaw. and Eainr
got the quarter. Just put it back urti
I come ag'in'
This is not all that could be writer
about time and where the day begins
but 1t is enough to satisfy the schoo.
girls and boys, and especially iht
pretty girl who writes me frcm Nc.
Rae. In these Gays Of telegraph aat
ocean cables it seems very funny to ".
veterans that when message j. sen,
from London it gets here two or thre,
hours before it starts. and if we sent
a telegram to San Francisco to-day az
neon it gets there at nine o'elocl
this morning. The battle of Manil.
was fought en- Sunday morning, hut
the news of it came on Saturday night
before. How is that.
Edgar Poe wrote pretty little sto:l
called Three Sundays in Week" i,
which he told about young man Hh,
was adopted and reared by a ricn oil.
bachelor uncle who had been a sea cap
tain, but how the cid sailor was t,
leave his nephew large fortune if b
behaved to suit him. The old man was
cross and contrary and the young MAJ
was awfully uneasy for tear he wcult
do something to 6isplease him. A
last he fell in love, CT course. with +
very poor but a pretty s:,; nainet
Kate. They kept their love d seer.
and lived en- it for about a year. an,
thought the old captain didn't hnou
it, but he did. So they determined t,
get married even tho it should max,
the old man mad and he should ttIrr
them out OF doors and not leave then
anything when he died. So Oh Sun
day morning Jack took Kate b- til,
hand and boldly they went into n,
old mans presence and told MIN a,
about it, and that they had ccme f.
his consent and for him to fix the da,
when they should be married rae oil
fellow was really glad Of it, for h
liked the girl, but he couldn't help be
Ing contrary and so he bluatcre,
around and pretended to be very salai
and finally wound up by saying: ''Ses
you may get married, and III say whe
yes when. Well, you may get mar
ried when there are three Sundays i
| a week. Yes, then and not before"
This was awful and the sad youn
couple were about to leave WIEN th--
was a knock at the door. T'hca
was opened two sailors. sea captains
too, came rushing in and seizei tn
| old mans hands and hugged him. an
| all three got jolly. for they were o.
chums and had not seen each otter fo
a year. The old uncle introduced the,
to the young man and Kate and sii
| something nice about them. He san
| brought cut some fiEe old Madeira m
made everybody take drink Af:e
| while Captain Pratt said: We'll, nc-
| I remember that the last time We wei
together we had royal game of card
Suppose We have another game as
| reminder"
i h4 01I s.fN
friends you forget that this is SuEda.
and true Englishmer never play carr
On Sunday" Sunday, indeed e,
claimed Captain Pratt. 'It is Mo,
day. Yesterday was Sunday. and
had prayers on board ship as a
ways do" Captain Smithson by tn
time was excited and exclaimed: "W'h
you both are crazy. To-day is SatE
day and tomorrow will be Sunla
Didn't make my sailors scrub shi
this morning before sunrise as u
came into port, and don't We AWAY
scrub ship on Saturday. What ale yo
thinking about F"
Then the cid uncle laughed an
chuckled and danced around the roo
in great glee, for the wine was doin
its work.
"Sunday-Sunday!" he exelaiTie
Pratt says that yesterday was SUI
day, Smithson swears that tc-morTo
will be Sunday, ana swear Lnat Jo-na
is Sunday. Ha! ha! ha. see how
is. Pratt sailed west from London ar
Smithson sailed east and have bee
round tie world in opposite direction
and l have stayed at home. rEr,
Sundays in a week. by Jupiter. Her
lack, you young dog. go after ii
preacher and you and Kate get ma
ried to day, for it will be long tin
before three Sundays come togeth.
again
I I haven't told the story az Poe to
it, but that is the gist Of it.-M.l A.
iu Atlanta Constitution.
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