The Lamar register., 1902-10-22

kew to NE workroOm and as they
entered by the front he entered at
the rear.
Col. Keever cherished no ill-feel-
ings and he greeted his callers cor
daily and humorously. Should he
put their names down for years
subscription to his invaluable paper,
two dollars n year. In advance.
No; the four gentlemen from Hnr-
mony had not called for any such
purpose.
Indeed. While his four callers
were unfortunate. in 30 far as they
resided in town with such poor
outlook as Harmony. yet lack of
taste was not crime. and Col.
Keever was glad to extend the right
hand of fellowship 70 Col. Dingle,
Maj. Harp, Capt. Blue and Mr..
Boomer.
Col. Dingle. Maj. Harp. Capt. Blue
and Mr.. Boomer gratefully acknowl-
edged Col. Keever's amicable senti-
ments and begged to assure him of
their own, coupled with n slight Of
fering in the way OF liquid refresh-
ments.
ihib ""tkoA oAA"hS ~
to the voluble satisfaction OF all
parties. Col. Dingle asked to know
if they were alone.
Col. Keever told him that they
could not be more utterly alone II
they were set down on the broad
bosom of the Sahars-with nothing
to drink.
Then they all laughed and elapped
Keever on the back and seemed to
think It an excellent joke, and Col.
Keever became bland and facetious
and informed them again of his ever
lasting regard.
After this Mr.. Boomer went to
the door and looked out on the land
ing and down the stairs and came
back seemingly satisfied.
"All clear, Colonel" he said, and
Col Dingle hitcbed his chair into
confidential proximity to Col.
Keever's.
Colonel" he observed, carefully.
concord is the county seat of Good
will county"
Col. Keever replied that he had no
reason to dispute his honorable
friends statement. He concurred In
it fully.
Colonel" went on Dngle, "HAr-
mony would like to have the county
seat"
Keever averred loudly. in answer
to this remark. that Col. Dingle was
truthful man and man of un-
doubted ability. They had had their
little differences, of course, yet Col.
90 va
where honor was due. When IL
rained, Col. Dingle knew where TO go
to keep out of the wet.
Dingle laughed, his natural eye
glowed, and he nudged Keevsr with
his elbow. The other three gentle
men joined In the msrriment, liquid
refreshment was again bountifully
administered and the good feeling
prevailed to an extent that was a.
most morbid.
Dingle hung languishingly on
Keever's shoulder while the three
others huddled about, anxious to
laugh at any joke however old, and
silently imploring an opportunity TO
express their unbounded affection
for everybody.
"a special election has been called
for the purpose Of shifting the coun-
ty seat from Concord TO Harmony"
Dingle resumed. land two-thirds
vote is necessary TO the consumma-
tion of such n change. Now 1t Is i'm
possible TO deny that Harmony Is Q
favorite with two-thirds of the coun-
ty, but we"-Dingle designated him
self and his three companions-"thor-
oughly understand how utterly vain
it would be for Harmony to attempt
to secure the county seat without
the good will and assistance of one
whose ability Ii undoubted, whose
virtues are the envy OF his fellow
men and whose congenial nature 10
theme of general remark. In
short, Col. Archibald Keever, of Con-
cord"
Col. Keever smiled his qualification
and desired to state that Il had
never been his extreme good fortune
to run across 30 truthful . man -
Col. Dingle nor such whols-souled,
appreciative set of companions a.
had accompanied him: and he hoped
that, knowing him as they all did.
they would take this little apostro-
phe for what II was worth. In the
meantime, as the national debt was
oppressive, why not give It another
lift?
The four gentlemen from Harmony
readily understood this hint and four
TASKS were stretched out stimuli
taneously towards Col. Keever. The
latter bowed, and TO the end that
none might feel aggrieved, paid due
and heightened attention 70 each
flask. supplementing saeh draught
with peculiarly happy remark rela-
tive to the generosity of the donor
and the excellence of his gift.