The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-22
THE BLACKBERRY KING, 81:
A Boy Who Tried To Be . Good CNizen
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these poor people to live again on the
Town Farm We hereby present to the
town. OF Farieigh the sum OF $50. which
we nave nana1ed to scrape together this
summer. to be expended In putting the
Iown Farm upon Its former footing, Il
mas oeen computed that this sum VIII
Keep the Town Farm going unit, the au-
tumn OF next year. We hope that nobody
VIII object TO receiving this money. 1t
mas peen great pleasure for us to earn
~ ana IL has been a good thing for M
to go without the little Injuries for
which we might have expended what we
earned. We wish to thank Mr.. Dwight
Benson especially for his efficient aid,
without which our receipts would have
been very much smaller. This whole sum
mas been produced entirely from the
woods and fields OF Farleigh, with the
exception of si25. which was the result
OF fair and so from ball game. Yours
very sincerely,
Harold. Mark and Arthur Robbins,
Percy Wyman, Madeline Wyman, Roger
Richards. Victor Reeve
After this letter was read and a mo-
uon made that the sum named therein
De accepted for the purpose Designated.
MIR. Kelsey rose and said ne wished II
to be distinctly understood that those
who had undertaken 10 hire or board the
paupers were not censured by this ac-
ton.
II and my folks" went on Mr.. Kelsey.
have done the very bett we could for
Aunt Polly Nichols. She's had a good
room an good cloes, an she hain't had
10 work half a. hard a. my wife has She
amt the easiest person in the world TO
suit laughed here, for they
All knew Aunt Polly, with her dolefui
on. sux'--'an reckon even the Angel
Gabriel Will And her a little mite difYi-
cult, but we hain't abused her in any
way. shape or manner"
Mr.. Edwin Hotchkiss started TO get I'D
when Mr. Kelsey sat down, but the mod
orator remarked that there was little
time and II wasn't worth while to say
much more upon this phase OF the sub
ject The faults Of the system were those
which seemed inseparabie from II when
tried under such circumstances as those
which prevailed In this town Individ-
uals should not be blamed The system
had worked we'll In some places. 1t had
had been all right TO try the experiment.
IL had now been tried for six months
and II had not succeeded. The lives of
several OF the paupers had been imperilsd
and there had been some scandal Still,
u would have been impossible to remedy
the existing order before the March meet
ing. II these young people had not pre-
scented the town with this generous gift
Unless some new side OF the question
ttuiu DC opeHeU TOT ulSCuSSlou, might
be put to vote. Several men cried.
Question: Question: and the motion
passed. with only six dissenting votes.
Two or three days later, a letter came
for Mark. II was OF an imposing appear
ance and was sealed with the town seal
of Farlefgh. Mark cut II open carefully,
though his heart was beating pretty fast
A large letter. bearing the imprint Of the
selectmen OF the town Of Farleigh was
tho first thing that he saw. In this was
Enclosed private communication from
Mr. Weilman. telling about the town
meeting and such other Farietgh news
as he thought Mark and the rest OF the
Robbins family mimht like TO know. The
official letter ran as follows:
I'm behalf Of the sclectmen OF the town
OF Farlsigh. invite you to eat Thanks
giving dinner with them and their fami-
lies at the town farm OF Farieigh at noon.
November - During your stay I'm town.
Mrs. Weliman and 4 would be happy to
entertain you at Bntternut lodge. We
hope that you will come as many DAYS
afterward as your home engagements will
permit. JOHN WELLMAN.
For the Selectmen of Farieigh."
A round-trip ticket between New York
and Farleigh was inciosed In the letter
To say that Mark was pleased with
this invitation would be to express his
feelings I'm a cold and coiorless way, He
did not Jump up and down. nor hing
things around. as he might have done
when he was younger, but HIS eyes looked
very bright az he turned to his mother
and said In a slightly trcmuious voice: