The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-11-19

1t, ] took his ADVICE. / dldnC cry. 1
pondered. l wanted to find out where
in our family greatness consisted. So
I went to a dear old professor know
and asked him. to lend me books
which should throw light on the
Dutch colonists from the time they
first landed on the island of Manhat-
tan. I was gratihed. Then went
to my fathers library, and sat on his
knees, and runpled his hair, and ]
said to him:
Father, why can't I marry Dickie
Folliott?" He answered patiently:
Because, my dear, it would not be
proper that the daughter of a man
who has been minister to the court
of st. Vladimir and one, too, having
such a pedigree as ours, should marry
a youth who once sold candy over the
counter"
'Is it generally known that Dickie
sold candy over the counterY' quoth 1.
Perhaps not generally. 1t must be
known in certain quarters, because
everything is known by somebody,
These things always leak out. l con-
fess 1 shouldn't have been aware of
the fact myself If the young man
hadn't told me; and honor his frank
ness, l may say his courage. But
that Is no reason why 7 should allow
him to marry my daughter"
How is it that Mr.. Folliott's father
is so rich now?" l asked 1 thought
/ might as we'll find out all l could
about you, Dickie, dear.
ut seems" said my father, serious
ly, that the elder Mr.. Folliott was
an Irish lad from Derry, regular
gossoon. When he came to this coun-
try he met a poor Frenchman of HUI
guenot descent who had been a con-
fectioners assistant in his native
land The two put their wits together
and the few dollars they had and
started little corner candy store,
mere cabin of a place, not very far
from where we used to live on
Blocker street. have bought broken
candy for your mother and you there
many a time. That was their special
ty. Well, those men kept at it for
years, until each had made quite
respectable fortune. Then the French
man went back to Paris, and the Irish
man to Derry. Mr.. Folliott subse-
uuently bought out some linen-mjlls
in Belfast and returned to this coun-
try to settle. He has a large family
Richard is the youngest, think. He
has been very prosperous, lives In
good style, is elder in one of the
Presbyterian churches. There Is an
other thing. You would never be hap
by with Presbyterian They are too
set in their ways. No, Nellie, give
him up child. Between candy and
Calvinism you would have a sweet
time"
rs candy so very much worse than
rum?" / asked innocently.
Rum" said my father. "Ruml
What's rum got to do with it?"
"Well, you see," / answered, I'm
very fond of Dicky Folliott and don't
want to give him up, SO I thought l
would find out wherein our greatness
consisted and just why our family is
go much better than his. And it seems
that our ancestor-'Our First as we
call him-made a large fortune by
trading rum to the Indians for pelts.
/ thought he was a Dutch PATRON On
the Hudson, and held grant of land
from the government"
$50 he was" said my father angrily.
$50 he had. What Internal nonsense.
have you got into your head now?"
i handed him a book with the page
open, on which there was some I'M
pleasant reading for man with fol-
BILE. 1t was there set forth that "Our
First" had accumulated an enormous
fortune in the manner indicated. That
he had bought an estate and slaves
on the Hudson from an extravagant