The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-12-27
The Case of
Jacob Rhine.
By NANCY BRENT.
copyrighted, 1907, by Homer sprague.

O'SVOSSSSSNSS~SSS'SS SVSS0SSNSNN'SSNNO
Miss Mary eyed the best tablecloth
closely. She decided it hung an inch
longer on the end next the kitchen
door. She Strengthened it conscien-
tiOusly, then gave her attention to the
spoons.
Since it was an impossibility to set a
table for twelve people and put a sill
yer spoon at each place, the number
of real silver spoons possessed being
seven, it behooved her to decide upon
which guests the honor was to be be-
slowed.
Mrs. Judge Brown must have one
of the real silver ones because-no one
in Brownsville would have thought of
offering her anything except their best
Miss Josephine Dwight must be one Of
the hOnored ones. 1t might keep her
from telling next day that there were
! five pewter ones.
She finally arranged it to her salts
faction, the pewter ones falling to her.
self, to the schOOlteacher, to Uncle
Lem Whitley and little William Bos-
WELL
When John Tweedy and his wife ar
rived Miss Mary eyed them interroga-
lively.
PA TweeGy had rheumatism come
on him." explained Mrs. John, "and
couldn't come. 1 left the baby home
with him. That's one comfort
I'm sorry your pa couldn't come
Miss Mary looked at the vacant seat
at the table-"for the turkeys done to
q turn, and it seems kinder lonesome
for him to have dinner alone on New
Years day"
A knock at the door caused her to
excuse herself. The maid of all work
was at the critical point Of coffee max
ing, and Miss Mary herself went to
the door,
The old man standing there, stran-
ger, looked at her in a dazed manner.
I'm mighty cold and mighty hun
I gry,' he said timidly. 81 wonder if
you would give me little dinner"
Miss Mary's tender hearted hospital
ity was instantly his to command,
''YOu just come right on in" her
CHEEKY tone making him sure of well
come. Il was right proper worried
about having that vacant place at the
! table"
! When, after dinner, the unexpected
/ guest fell i'll the company bedroom was
at his disposal. In the weeks illness
that followed Miss Mary lowered over
him with good natured anxiety, and
when he Unexpectedly died from a
heart attack she declared that the poor
man should not be buried by the coun-
! ty-She didn't think she would miss it
forever if she paid for a decent fu-
/ neralsOut of her savings.
! Judge Brown came over the day the
old man died and had long talk with
| her.
I'VE know you don't charge for TAX
ing care of him. Miss Mary" he ar
gued. "but the pension certificate
found in his pocket shows he was an
old soldier, and the government is able
to bury its soldiers
/ She listened reluctantly. "But I hate
to be so uncharitable." she said slowly.
Il wonder if the poor fellow had any
/ folks"
That's just itr' the judge exclaimed.
/ IF you send in a claim for burial ex-
penses the commissioner of pensions
will be able TO notify his people if
/ they're hunting for him."
The judge argued successfully. A
/ few days later he came with a dusty
volume of pension laws. accompanied
! by the ministers, Peters the notary
and by Mrs. Judge Brown herself.
1--WE want TO fix this up in regulation
/ STYLE" he said loosely, "and when me
and Peters get through drawing up
/ this claim and the minister and Mrs.
Brown witness it, it ought to be as
/ legal a document as they ever handled
in Washington"
! After the document was posted Miss
Mary and BrOwnsville-man, woman
i and child-found it topic for converse
ton while they awaited the outcome
] 1t came sooner than Miss Mary ex-
! pected. 1t Knocked at Miss Mary's
/ door one night. and when she answer
ed, lamp in hand she found man in
an Overcoat of unmistakable city cut,
who took off his hat in a way that
filed her with admiration.
'My name is Rhine" he said in ex-
! PLANTATION. Il believe it was in your
house my father died"
She led the way to the sitting ROOM
volunteering bits of information and
sympathy
Il hope you won't think 1 wanted to
be paid for nursing him. her comely
face flushing with sensitiveness, but
the judge said 1 ought to-"
I'm glad you did" he responded
heartily. 1T was the way we located
him. I'm a travelling man, and my IA
Their lived at the soldiers home. When
came back from my trip and found
that he had wandered from the home
in a state of melancholia, you can i'm
agine how / felt"
You sit right down and take off
x-O-,,. ovopooof XVhiIa vo,1 ro xx-o IN, a.