New-York tribune., 1911-02-26

after eschewed the wine when 1t was red.
Almost everyone in Torinda mad come 10 regard
prother William as the pcrsonhcaton OF peace and
judicial fairness In the absence OF church OF his own
nth he regularly divided his attendance among all
others as represented in the village mere were our p
tbon, including the United Presbyterian denomination
and thus the benevolent Quaker was Ike human ccn
dar for that embryo city of ours Beginning wih the
Nov Year he devoted three months TO tnc NethodSt
Fn;scopa and therefore April found im presbyterian
The first Sunday in July saw him entering for three
months visit, the Baptist church. IN tihe lor te warm
dov and the bapzing ceremonies III the turgid Noda-
80, P;vcr that ran between the hills at the town feet
October mellow and red began his attendance on the
I1nod PRESBYTERIAN for which he had sneaking fond
nes because it refused to have an organ ana adhered
strictly to the psalms of that master poet DAVID,
THERE came time when Horace Greeley S. Gegan 70
i ,rcoch the doctrine of emigration from Atlantic
shores; and there were several persons VINO oDedehy
tno his advice and started toward the setting sun
nerI because somebody remarked that westward the
star Of Empire takes It's way
The original course of many Of our railways was di-
reccd bv town bonuses, and one OF them promised to
come orr wav if we put up enough money, and also
tbreocned TO make the very name Of Torinda for
gotten bv future mappers II we did not Inc gentle
men who came in advance were smooth foWery takers
hired bv New Workers. who we aiterWard learned got
a percentage of all contributions.
Brother William, being for progress, made the biggest
donation and paid in cash Tom Brooks, wanting the
town to grow came second, and we all dug down more
or less under the persuasive eoquence OF the advance
e,n;r ,,ilders and buoyed by own dreams OF how
Torinda would look with red station at which the real
railroad trains sometimes stopped Sam Patch was the
only man against it, and We thought him preJudced
We went railway mad and that is worse for the average
frontier town than plain hydrophobia.
There was much Of a celebration on the day IL was
announced that the road to pass through Iornda
The blue and the gray fought noby to see which could
make the most noise with anvS and powder there beng
no cannon convenient. The blues on one side OF
;,t tba AM
other Every time anvil was hred ITS ServtorS
cheered Most of thought the grays had little the
best of it, on account OF having 50 many OF MoSDy
Raiders who certainly had more terrifying yell than
anv Eastern university now boast But taken alto
pether and considering the nlanty OF the OCCASION IL
passed quite orderly and decorouS Even Brother
William who waddled his three hundred pounds round
the outskirts of the fire, admitted tins.
BROTHER WILLIAM was an extraordinarily early
- riser. His house on what were then the out
skirts of Torinda and as he came down the tran the
next morning he heard a wall from the caaDooSe.
"Iet me out of this" voice roarcd through the
grating. "Comc and unlock this Jug, Mr. whatever
vour name is How in tarnatOn is the stage goln to GIT
out on time with me shut in here! Open this blankety
blank blank door How the blankcty blank blank did
ever git in here's what I'd like To know!
Brother William paused as if arrested by voice
from the tomb His round face grew very stern and ne
strobe energetclly round to the rear got section OF
log propped it up against the wall under the grating and
thus got to where he could look inside Below him he
beheld old Sam Patch with his gray hair rufed in the
act of irving to kick the door down Over in the other
corner a dark figure ndustriously snored
"Brother Sam, the Quaker called, show did thee ever
get in here''
"Thats lest what | want to know Sam answered,
pausing in his laborS "NIust have been Tom. Drat
him He CANT shoe hoSS of mine any more, the go
durn rebel! The idea of trcatn me this a way"
"Who is that in the favoring thee with his
company" Brother William asked pecring through the
grating
"That' said Sam Patch, "is what's left of your man
Hanky Pank.'
Brother William promptly fell off his perch in aston
shmen and when ne got up divided his time for full
minute between rubbing himself and eXcalmng Bless