The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

| dor eff Parnell was his nance by this
startling information, and had told him
to call on the first clerk upstairs for re-
CARNATIONS
No young limb of the law was ever
so frightened during his first speech at
the bar of the most dignfied court as was
ParneL when he approached this chief
of clerks
In voice faltering with emotion, he
! told OF his loss and wanted to know
whats what?''
The clerk informed the shipper that in
order to claim damages of this line of
steamers it was necessary to present an
.ndolce and describe each article its
nature, etc. whereupon jeff replied thar
was seven gophers in that ar sack" The
clerk told him this description would not
satisfy the owners; he must give In writ
ing minute account of each one.
By this time the perspiration was stand
Ing in globules on the exposed parts of
Jeff's body. To reduce to writing the
| age, color and sex of those Florida chick
ems was a task that he had never before
Undertaken, so after declaring that he
could not write the clerk took up his
pen and called on jeff to give a full de-
scrlption of each. jeff was quick to name
the most valuable of the lot-the father,
IN fact-which he styled an old. striped
head bull gopher; the next best was an
old she' but Tor the life of him Jerf
could not give the relationship between
the two. but he had coch 'em outer the
same hole" and so on to the end of that
sack was JEFF kept in torment trying to
givo DESCRIPTION OF the lost tribe. and
wheh the rigid examination was over
| there was not dry thread on his I'M
washed body, and no hero Of any cause
received more congratulat lions than We're
shcwered upon him by the crew. who
well knew that Coyce would not let such
an opportunity pass that would raise q
good, hearty laugh that would last them
a week at least.
friends was Col. B, an ante-bellun
| planter, more noted for his Worldly
possessions than for his intellectual en-
| 0owments--a rough old purse-proud
son of the soil, who had made a sue
cess of farming and for that reason
spoke as one with authority. STANDING
full six feet in his stockings when
worn, which was only on state occa
sions), an old beaver hat added to his
height another foot or more: a high
standing collar and no cravat; a shirI
front which by the stain upon 1t was
intimately connected with a TOBACCO
mill located Just above a sharp chin
the corners of the mouth turned down
like an inverted new moon, trousers OF
coarsest cotton drill and shoes foreign
to any polish-these completed bis
makeup.
The owner Of some hundred negroes
he held In contempt the man with lesi
than 100-this was Col B.. Stuart
Cayce said that upon ono occasion the
| colonel was standing on the boiler deck
when the alarm Of alligator was
given. Instantly all passengers made q
rush for the front. Among them were
severalnorthern people who had never
seen one of these curiosities In theil
native element Col. B. at once in.
formed these ladies and gentlemen thu,
he had kilt more of EN- than some
folks had dollars-seen 'em 20 fee
long" One of the northern sisters en-
Quired of him II 1t were an amphib
ious animal. This was q poser for thu
old fellow; he thought a long Will,
and could not recall ever having heart
that word and as several crowded
around him to learn the desired In
formation there was no escape, TO 4
came: why. mum. he'll eat mig
ger in minnit."
After the war Colonel Cayce entered
ccnfmercial life and died as nc hat
/ fived-an honored citizen, a true sol
der, an affectionate husband and faith
or. If the angel who visited AboU Ber
Adhem were to come to Mobile toda,
and be asked to write the names O.