Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-06-29


fbont most things. bot Il did NOT sfoI
70 give the subject second though
when Josh Kinney took Mary Man
ning home after choir practice. III,
was just t1e bass singer and she IN.
organlst. aud OF course he would moi
let her 20 unprotected. Lower Cor
ners thought he was accommodating
that was all.
Would she protest also when he
should tell her OF his longing. OF his
love; You. gentle reader. know she
would not. and Josh made bold enough
one night when the moonlight was
glowing on the BILLS to find ont FOR
himself. u was not for others 10
know what he said.
"Not necessarily for publication. but
| just as an evidence OF good faith"
said Josh long after when twitted
about II.
There came another night when the
moon was not shining. The little Office
was as dark as the great world out
side and as quiet. II was Thursday
night. aud the hand press was still
That seemed strange TO passersby on
the road. They were used to hearing
the steady clack OF the press on that
night long after r. II they had OBJ
served closely. they might possibly
have seen that tho door was standing
wide open and that over II was
square white patch OF something.
The next day--ah. what a Friday
that was for Lower Cornersl II has
been written In great big letters Into
the history OF the nelghborhood. BY
some freak Of fortune or misfortune
John Manning was the first man 20
ride down the road past kidneys Of
fee. The sun was just lifting its red
disk over the cornnelds 10 ,he east.
He was whlstllng his favohte tune.
the one he had learned In the old days
when no woocd aud won Nancy Cor
win. lie spled the biz Of paper over
kidneys open doorway. lie passed
through the latticed gate and up the
hill 10 the cabin. There he adjusted
his spectacles and read these words:
40 subscribers: Walk In and get your
paper. The editor Is busy elsewhere"
Manning. consumed with curiosity
and never bashfui about getting what
was coming 10 him. went In and picked
up paper from huge pile stacked ON
the office table lie glanced over the
first page and then turned to kidneys
always liked 20 read
them even though he was not always
convinced by them. There was some
thing there this time that blanched his
face and made him totter 20 chair for
support.
His first impulse was to tear his pa
per into fragments and burn the rest,
but Instead he folded II up thrust II
Into his pocket and hurried from the
office.
'Drat his hIder he mumbled to him.
self. "He might at least have asked |
me. How'd he know what | might
have saidT'
In two hours every man. woman and
child In Lower Corners who could had
devoured these double loaded lines;
"wIth this issue publication OF The
Boy Is suspended for lack
Df an editor. He cauc 10 you empty /
handed: he has gone with the falrest
lower OF Lower Corners. with the
queen rose Of the rosebud garden OF
girls He hopes he has gone. too. with
The kindly wishes OF all this worthy
people. He bears with him no enmltles.
no regrets. save those that come from
he sense Of a work III done. II be had
deals and failed 10 reach them. Il was
rot because he lacked the inspiration
II your generous support.
Better The Sangamon Boy should
lie In bis youth than be cast n waif
Ipon the world. OF him shall hold for
myself the tenderest remembrance; 10
'ou l bcqueath whatever OF good be
nay have done. ! loved him the more
hat he was only boy. just n strip OF
hd who longed 10 be n man and
Weld n mans power. Pity that one so
'oung should not have had a wiser
and TO point bis way and guide his
iuNtlluk lttAs " NfN w. Aht tAt'NAHt
hall read these lines. his life viii have
losed. and mine-wiil have begun In
uller measure. DO you doubt my
rophecyy Read:
KINNEY MANNING. Married. June II. In
pringusld. Al mldnghi, by Rev. John ingalls,,
aaior q the Grad Avenue 81 g. church, a. bis
.sldence. Joshua kinney and Miss Mary Manning.
9TH Of Lever Corners shortly after the cefe-
Iohy Mr.. and Mrs. kinney lsit on the Alton Tor
anaas City, where the late editor u The sanga.
ION Boy win give hii eatifc time 20 newspapcr
ork. The bride Il the daughter q John Man.
ing. one q tbs Bat knoNn farmers u s-ngamon
lunty.
Two hours after he had read this
oncise notice John Manning held In
ne Of his hands a telegram from St.
ouls signed "Alary." II simply stated
rat she was very happy with the
dearest man in the world"
A cynical nelghbor said Manning was
,nclllated by that statement about
1ne o. the most prominent farmers
NJ. whatever the cause. Manning de-