The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-02-17

tHo huchieutTIy pies fxat mothef lash
, Toned. were swimmirs n fragrant luce.
where the shells Of the clans for the
rAowder were SNOW white and the chow
der iisfif triumph. where there were no
voices but those OF the wind ana sea.
no.
Don't" busis out Jonadab Don't.
I cant stand ~"
He was inupplns bis eyes with his
resi lniGaanner. was considerable
shook Is, layseif. A hog would have
.fisd lsrsw Ivou!dns help II.
A. ~ .'eser Z. Brown. he fairly
er,esd
~ aFlA yunT' he says Il knew It
wDA.d Aild it'll geI Il leap Of others
~ Vel we can't send Elm back 10
Tie nd Ih,..r. hni we can lrot the old
li,lis 10 lirni. ar a mighty good inll.
tsnhdi u i ilrre II il night Lcre..'
And ilsu tn Brown teller took his
see dUwu ~ lhe raii. hileh,L his chair
r.-.il IL ironi u .lonadaD and nue. and
commenced 10 Tux. aud how he did
s;alk. say. b. could tak Hyannls
slihrrn,aA ,Ds. missionary.
i He proposed 10 iurn Aunt Sophrony's
Aihd plantation into hotel for sum.
nlef lUafdefs
.'Conioand il. man. be says. they're
sick OF hot aud cold water. elevators.
beli wlres with n Niger ON the end,
aud al that. Theirs a raft of old
dodgers that cali themselves self made
nen'-meanln' that the Creator won't
own en-. and they take the RESPONSE
billy themselves that are always
wishing they could 20 s5mewheres like
the sharks where they lived when they
Mere kids They're always talking
4bou, i aud Wishing they could go
70 the old EOne and resi-.
Z -lsm twill cosl 50 ike the dickens
Go furnish n. says
~Furalsl it, says he why. that's
just II. ii WONT cost nothing 10 fur
nlsi li--noliing TO speak ". went
through THE house day before yester-
day -crawied 10 the kitchen window.
Oh Ms all right. You can count the
spoons. and tIlrrc's eight Of those bed
rooms furnished just right-corded
beslsieads. painted bureaus with glass
knobs t;oI l.iess Uur Hone aud In
de Jei-il.ls his eOliiu plate up the wall.
rag mal> "I liie aoor.and All the rest.
All sh- nessis Is little more OF the
sam. sun. That | can buy round
here for next 10 nothlng-i used 10 buy
for M anctian room a little paint
aud iixln-s. aud there she Is. All
want from yuu folks Is little money.
IN chuck In two hundred aud nfty
myself and yuu twv ean be proprie-
TORS and treasures II you want TO.
But active manager and publicity man
that's yours cheerily. Peter Theo-
doslus Brown And be slapped his
plaid vest.
We'll. when he heavcd anchor Jona-
! dab had agreed 20 put up thousand.
aud wins 10 for hve hundred. and Pc
ter contributed two hundred aud ffty
aud experience and nerve. And the
Old Home House was of tho ways.
And by the Isl OF May twas open
and ready for business lou. You never
see such driver a. that feller srown
was lie had new Wide piazza built
al round ,he main buildings. painted
everything ~ ine. hired the three
/ best women cooks In weilmouth-
there's some good cooks on cape Cod.
too-and half dozen chamber girls
aud walters. ile had some trouble
getting corded beds and old bureaus
for the empty rooms. but be got 'em
| finally. IL bought the last bed Of
IserIah burgess. up az East Harnlss.
and had quite decker getting IL.
-He thought be ought 20 get s. for
~ says Isrown. telling Jonadab aud
the about ". said he hated 60 part
with II because his grandmother died
In H. I told him ! couldn't see any
good reason why should pay more
for a bed just because II had Killed
his grandmother. 40 We split up aud
called II 81 Twas too much money.
but we had 20 have IT,"
Aud the advertisements They was
sent eyerywhcrcs. By the middle OF
April most Of our money was gone.
but every room la the house was Yet.
and we had applications coming by
the pailful
And the folks that come had money
TOO. The, had % have to pay Browns
rates. always felt like robber or
Standard on director every time
looked ~ the books The most Of
'em was rich foIks-self made men.
just like Peter prophcsied- they
brought their wives and daughters aud
slept on cornhusks and eat chowder
and said twas great aud just like old
times And they got the rest we al.
yertiscd. We didn't cheat 'esp 90 rest.
There was Que old ehrl s.sat we'll
call Dillaway Ebcnezer DlIIaway.
That want bis name. Ills real ones
too well known to tell. lie runs the
'Dilaway combination stores that
are all over the country. In them
stores he'll seil you moving MA.
chine and the grass seed 20 grow the
nay to cut with Il. He'll sell you
suit Of clothes for s2.25. and for 10
cents more he'll sell y"u glue e'inneh
10 stick u tereilicr ai.iih alter sDa IL
worn Il uul III Tie rain
lie come 20 the Old Home ucuss