The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-09-05

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! Eyerythina
ABOUT Mr. Bookman was dingv az
, melancholy. The world IN uh,ss
,, he lived was surrounded by creato,s
who merely knew him as a debsa, v
be continually carried forward i, tbs,.
books. His children looked uDon Ii,
as a man of mystery, woefully deficient
In small change; while his wife raol
lied that he possessed real abillty Al
no income to speak Of.
The only oasis In the Sahara II m
Bookman family was Lucretia, the iii
est Of the six daughters She was n
eminently practical girl. One day a.
said to her father:
| Il have long been thinking Of e,,
position, and 1t seems TO me- tEas
unless something Is done at ont5 ~
shall starve. There are six Of us alrIs
and not one earning g. cent, have
had an offer of marriage from ra1
Harris, our baker"
'What?'' gasped Mr.. Bookman
Yes, father; our baker He d M
a literary man, but he has good husi,
ness"
This is terrible" exclaimed I'M
Ph. D. What madness has seize
you. my daughter?''
mo madness, father; am talkns
plain sense Listen to me for min
ute. You know that we have nevar
been overfed, though perhaps oyet.
educated. I will never marry q man
connected with either education OF
erature. have decided 10 marry Nh
Harris, and, If want to read PLAN
afterward, shall be able to do so#
near good warm stove"
But. Lueretia. Socrates
Bother Socrates. father end ali bhss
tribe!' rejoined the young woman.
He would be arrested as a vagrans III
these days Fancy the poor cid fnan
stopping people on the streets, Ind
asking their opinion on the tariff,
bimetalisrn, or the Fiiip.nos Mother
says she is willing to have me anarfy
the baker, for It means Unlimited
bread and cake for the Bookman fan
ilY.s
For minute or two Mr.. BooKman
was silent. He was thinking deeDly
and along a line of thought that Ras
new to him.
am becoming interested In what
you say, my DEAR" he finally re
marked. "But bread and cake aza net
the only neeessaries. Only thisshorR
ing your mother told me we are=in
need Of coal again"
well. father, before next vinslf
comes. Jennie may marry young Has
tie coal merchant Of South street. ha ]
has called on her three times s
week"
Father and daughter continued tha
conversation for more than an hoaT
that dull March afternoon. Mr.. Roek
man began to see things in different
light, and gave his consent to Luera
t1a's marriage. That bright young
woman urged her sisters to keep 81
sharp lockout for business man ana
before the month Of April vas over
she led the way by marrying frea
Harris. In June, Jennie married fha
coal merchant; and Lucinda. the peg
ond girl. became the wife OF Geefs8
Ross, neighboring butcher. Thlhgs.
looked brighter for the Bookman tam
lily.
In discussing with his wife the greas 5
change in the family's affairs, tae
head of the house thus expressed BIN
self:
You see, my dear, how much w
are indebted to Lucretias practea
mind. If my father had insisted ea
me becoming :. blacksmith. or I. shoe
maker, he would have been wiser; aaa
I. no doubt, would now be better Oh
Think of the years have spent h
trying to lead the youth of this teea s
around the moss-covered Parfneaois
getting only small fees In return. ~
we are now connected with trade, aaa
although / am no politician. appls
ciate free breakfast table.
The ancients,' he continued, Valu
ing to his subject, ''seem to have s's
fsf1ed their hunger with dialogues, y.
such airy nutriment as that y =.
suited either to this part OF the s'oos.
or to the present age"
No, indeed" replied his -
"Only yesterday bought some CO., y.
from a Harvard graduate. He spo =.
SO nicely, but seemed Thoroughly a
heartened. He said he Is not 8,
enough to join the police, over 81
for the army, and far too DiAoass s.
enter the navy. I think ne saia, s.
took four scholarships. but ns
clared that If he failed to sen -
dozen combs he had with him ps's.
night, he would commit sufelde.
Very sad, my dear, reT1aIasa ., ale
Bookman. Gust listen to th's -
verse I wrote this afternoon;
Is no good
To take the place OF daily Gooo.