Carolina Watchman

              r 11 i " 1 • it 7 j i a 11v j(xl ullllcl 1 f d ildlllldl jl 0l rill-thise series salisbury n c thursday january 30 1890 i a q ma ■*■ irn'f-'t take no shoes unless ujuli ■: i on the ' , y a ■ advertised | i \ s * m ■ i v fl j em at i ► ■ ml kent m style best fitting , w l : ft sa maes sold by rj i f222 j •■ . li 1 h 7-*?,u 7 im i i"m ■ . may - i , tcam and ■ 1 1 a 11 •' on ■ ire .'. here t liej ! . day and night • if .!'.!.. m 6 aiar m-'«"tlii'pb»pp *■-■'■■ " ks ' , " r ritrefe ju al jhl i • itfte in ch • 1 i ri(p ' - - :> f"f • «>. " ■ <" ' 1 '•' "■»"»,• rail yonr n.ishnora a*£"j .- l you th«b fp,'jul _-"-**—, i f rfi.«n n t thetele '.;:.::»! 10 *- - — - — . . - ■ -,■,. - ' "■.? vtl i v wt ll n voil.'h tf - '■ 141 i al ■ aai fi m ft -'• ■:! id ' : •'--•'■' ., - >.►«;>. 1 ktlam maine fob sale ■ 1 lots heavens exclamed caleb i must find those people " let's look in tlie directory said the dealer mayzie is n«t a verv common name where is it — l m here it is — only one of the name — harriet mayzie widow 439 east th street ah ! about as i expected the poorest end of a rather poor street i'll be — there within an hour said caleb pencilling the address on the back of a letter good-day then he hurried out but returned io remark will you be good enough to say any time you hear horace men tioued that he mie;ht have had all the money he needed if he'd only said the word ? 1 mean it thing having the appearance of char ity would be an insult to horace 5 * memory but he flattered himself that he was smart enough to avoid that when finally he retired he murmured to himself minnesota is a great wav from new york som very intelligent memkers did it ever occur to your to wonder what he came of all the people educated in the east last winter we had five con certs one by a company from this verv city of new york and there was a theatrical performance once in a while of which our local papt spoke verv highly yon must excuse the dear girls mr bridgeway said the widow who seem ed ill at ease they never hare heen outside of the city except to run into the country for a day or two in sum mer so they cannot help looking at ! everything from a new york stand point quite naturally said caleb regain ing command of his temper bnt—ex cuse me if i ask * lain questions i was horace's friend you know i merely wish to a what good is everythingin new york if on hasn't the means to enjoy it i know how it used to be with me when i was a young man here with more taste than money all that i liked and couldn't enjoy was a constant source of irritation their tastes still unformed i assure yen i would think it my dntv to " to bury yourself in discomfort and exile — for our sake — mother dear said cora with tears springing to her eyes as she sprain to her mether'sside and caressed the whitening head while the two younger si»ter9 fell upon their knees beside their mother who looked into vacancy as sadly as if many ef her hopes lav buried there mr bridgeway resumed the teach er sister i'm afraid we've acted very rudely nobody can know better than we how much thoughtfulnees and gen erosity there is in your offer but it was so sudden — so unlike anything we were accustomed to do try to put yourself in our places for a moment and tell us what the west has in it to compensate us for what we would hi»ye to leave not now my dear madam — not now i came through in about fnrtv eight hours a new riew ofthe case came to him suddenly and he went on as to the cost of getting there and transporting all yonr belongings i have influence enough to get railway passes to cover all i hop he continued to himself that she doe not know about the interstate com merce act mrs mayzie mnsed and caleb won dered what could be preventing her replying with — well with the hearti ness which he thought such an offer ought to elicit no matter who might make it beyond help v hen caleb bridgeway went to minnesota several years before the war to locate a home steed and grow up with tlie country he had been rcr:yy aided hy a loan of * few hun dred dollars from his friend horace mayzie horace was repaid in a very fey years fer caleb was one of those clear-sighted energetic fellows who succeed at almost everything thev un dertake indeed he was so forefiand ed three years after the loan wa made as to send with his final pav nienl 1 handsome set of silver to the hidy who lorace had written was ' to become mrs mayzie a mr tin wedding letters between the two were exchanged tt long intervals and when by chance they both travelling met on day in chicago it flashed upon the westerner that his oh friend who as usual was exquisitely dressed was somewhat ashamed of the roughly clad loud-spoken speculator anker 1 aleh went home with a son in iiis heart he wrote no more letter 1 , for horace whs til his debtor in his re spei >.. mt he remained bravely loyal in spirit to the man whose service to i im had b en so great and he never 1 new yorker without asking about h rav mayzie that he got mi ll ion from only about 0111 man in fifty did not discourage him in the least but his heart sank i little ns the y^ars went on to find vrr ami i men who knew his old friend v iunwhiie caleb prospered i.e not grew with his slate but ahead of 1 1 he became a millionaire by courtesv and apparently merited his title money was scarce in his stale bnt 1 rtainly he owned much proyerty he married a woman who taught him to look the equal of his jos tion and final lv partly to please his wife and a ■. to further 21 little job of his wn he consented to run for '' ingress from a district in which no one dared ne go il i washington how . he went - i new york hoping to ■.,■ the old friendly relal ions wit ■ -. rle had become world y wi e . to admit that utter all y haps .' ! ice who al wn vs ij id all 11 bed great rta nee to dress and address was .. • rely to be blamed for g ' v snubbing a man who never then wore ed snoes and clean-shaven clu eks : ; on sundays now things differeul ; caleb dressed in a good tasie as any business man in the 7.i and hia wife had given him some : ... u'-al instructions in carriage uud manners for which he was profoundly grateful though they were very much like some he had ignored when offered bv his mother thirty years before besides there was his newly engraved card witli tbe letters if c uuder his name horace had m-ver been to congress or caleb would have known of it wii«ii they were boys together horace had always longed to become acquainted with a congressman ca leb did not wish his old friend any humiliation but be could not repress a gentle chuckle as he imagined how horace wuuld look un reading that ird with the air of a man whose foot ■ us once more on his native heath caleb no sooner reached new york than he hurried through the well-re membered streets to the district domi nated by the leather trade of which horace and his father had been mem a strange name was over the door of tbe old building which other wise was unchanged where have mayzie i v : son moved caleb asked uf a rotund gentle man in the office the gentleman looked astonished then thoughtful ami replied : •• yo heaven i hope ' what said caleb ioosing hold of 1 y can which had been in 1 - lingers hidden by his overcoat pocket for ten minutes as bad as ■?" mad what better place could you ask for them my friend 11 inquired fhe proprietor . i true murine red caleb 1 didn t an it in that light they were old :. i of mine or the son was - i 1 supposed he was still alive 1 li'1,1 too bad horace was my ml too good fellow no better 11 made always ready to oblige a nd at last he obligi d one too nv aud down he came and the a came d iwn with him never got again ieb why didn't he say something knew when to get money indeed responded the merchant lb could have called 0:1 me for rthing he wanted coutinncd ca . fumbling in his pocket for a card - *~ time it was one inscribed presi j of the bridge way national won't you walk in sir asked the ther dealer after looking at the prof ed card thank you 1 guess not i'm afraid hy didn't he write to me of the fix was in ! 1 owed my start in btisi ---. to him nnd he knew how gratt ii fixed ? ii nit \\ hen he had mom > i sop py moved and mo d id . . tf : fn aid 1--.i sight ol tin m its bound to work and how hap py they al wil be tfc will be worth all that it will cost just to see that widow's face brighten when she take it all in she's a superior women — cou'dn't be otherwise if dear old hor ace found her the right girl for him to marry can't hale the marks that poverty has made on her face though thank cod those are marks that can be rubbed out pi any face by proper treatment * i believe yon said the merchant within the hour caleb was far up town and looking at the numbers on some dingy wooden houses which had once been pretty cottagps iiis pull at the bfeil was answered by a slattern who in renlv to his request for mrs mayzie snapped oat up-stairs and disappeared reaching the ser-nml floor caleb knocked at one door after another how he longed for a card bearing only his name at length a dour opened and a middle-aged woman looked at him inquiringly mrs mayzie yes sir horace mayzic's widow yes sir mv name is bridgewa r , of minne sota 1 am an old friend of vour hus band caleb was so delighted with his new plan that he lay awake half the night to think of it and he awoke early — for a man in new york — with the fear that he had overslept the appoint ed hour he dressed with more than usual care his best made to order in chicago for use in washington he thought none too good to wear when calling upon the widow of his best friend he reached the house several moments ahead of time — just early enough to overhear the end of a conversation on the upper floor be tween mrs mayzie and a landlord's agent the lady was begging a few davs delay aud ilie man was surly let me settle this bill for you mrs mayzie said caleb hurrying up the stairs you know i owe yov a lot of money oh he exclaimed stupid of me not to think of mentioning it — you'll hare no house-h»nt to trouble you for a year or two i'm putting v.r a ncrvt street of houses and twill be money in my pocket to have such a family occupy t he best building of the lot rent-free that's the way we boom a new street in the west you know — offer a house rent-free to a first-class family to set the fashion it not only fills all the other houses but enables a fellow to charge a good deal more rent for them shrewd trick isn't it then lie said to himself i think i got around that point very neatly considering how short a time i had to think it in but we can enjoy a gn-at deal said agnes with much spirit it costs nothing for us to go to all the spring and fall openings we read in the newspapers everything about the theatres and operas and the doings ot society out of town in summer ' ll es said helen and we often are begge'd to go to concerts simply to fill the seats and how perfectly lovely some of the singers are miss helen could not express her appreciation in words so she gracefully spread her shapely hands and assumed an expres sion of countenance which caleb thought simply ecstatic we have seen no less than seven swell weddings in church this season said agnes and really twas almost as pleasant as being invited guests to be sure we could not attend the recep tions afterward but we saw all the people in tl.e church and just what thev wore and the floral decorations i ** and mrs mayzie remained reticent and her well wisher was aorely puzzled could there possibly be any impro priety in his offer an offer from a man who had loved her husband dearlv longht to say further mrs may zie caleb continued that my wife fully approves my plan she is my partner in all matters and knew be fore i left home of my intentions i may also say without undue pride that there is no one in the state who could make you acquainted with more pleasant people she is a woman whom t am sure you and your daugh ters would like oh mr bridgeway i remem er your name very well do come in then he took the man to the front door payed the sum demanded and solemnly promised tiie fellow if he would come west to either teach him how to be mannerly to a lady or to drown him in the nearest creek yet the door seemed held against him a few seconds and he heard a rus tle of dresses inside when at last he wa admitted he and mrs mayzie were alone so sony you had to overhear an affair of that kind murmured mrs mayzie when caleb rejoined her then she rank into a chair and averted a dis tressed face i've not been in new york before in thirty years said caleb and i've made it my first business to look up my dearest friend i hadn't heard — and i'm awful v sorry mrs mayzie'a kerchief found its way to her eyes caleb could think of nothing appropriate to say so he look ed about him the room was neat and by no means bare but the carpet was worn and the furniture while sightly was eld evidently the fami ly was not suffering butjnothing looked as horace would have had it in old caleb was thoughtful a moment or two he looked at mrs mnyzie's best dress which unknown to the wearer was displaying a strained shoulder seam glanced at mrs mayzie's gray hairs gazed around at the worn furni ture and looked down at the frayed carpets recalled the incident with the landlord's agent aud replied i'm sure i can't see if you can't ladies for i'm not the party in interest as they say in law i'm afraid i've put my foot in it and beg you will accept my apologies by the way i ought to have been back to the hotel before thi good-by god bless you all — - dear old horace's family you know caleb seized his hat and made adieus as he hurried toward the downtown train he drew his hat over his eyes and muttered beyond help john habbertox saved by a dog a week or so ago several of the daily papers contained accounts of how four boys were saved from drowning by a dog belonging to two of them i sup pose every i/ie who reads the words i have just written unless he read the story as the papers told it will imagine a big dog plunging into the water grasping a boy'a clothing in his teeth reselling him ami then going back for another hut he did better than that he saved them all at once and almost at the expense of his own life this is * the stun the little smith boys went to sunday school last sunday after noon after it was over they started ; off with three other boys to have a ', good time they tramped to an old mill on the bronx river and were ' romping about when the dog nit a black newfoundland ran up and joined iu the fun an old boat twelve feet ' long was fastened by a rusty chain to a stake and all of the little fellows * except one climbed into it and were * amusing themselves by rocking it - when the chain broke and the boat * drifted out from the shore hardly * mora thau fifty yards down the river ■ the water splashes over the dam and * falls twenty feet on a mass of jagged 3 rocks there were no ears in the beat * aud nothing that would serve in their stead in the middle of the river the boat swung lazily around until tho f prow pointed towards the jam and ' then it began slowly to drift dewn ? s ram don't mention it ray dear madam said caleb there's nobody alive i suppose who hasn't been annoyed by a colleccor once in a while besides it gives me an opportunity — breaks the ice so to speak so i can tell you what i have been thinking about in con nection with my dear old friend's fam ily first let me ask you a few paint ed questions i know you'll forgive me when you know my purpose did horace leave you comfortably provided for i am very sure we would mr bridgeway said mrs mayzie my dear hunsband used to say that you deserved to marry well and he was are you were shrewd enough todo it did horace say that he exclaimed with manifest delight i declare my wife shall give his daughters tlie finest party uur town and county ever knew by the way my dear madam — for here another suggestion to caleb's mind perhaps i've been asking you to rely too much on my unsupported word 1 may say though in proof of my ability to do all 1 say — heie the speaker took some cards from his pocket — that i am president of the national bank of our town and member of cengress from our district oh mr bridgeway exclaimed the widow with a look of surprise and in creased interest wlrc'i pleased ber v 8 > or of course i need no assurance of your — why here are tho girls ' as she spoke agues and heuu en tered the room caleb arose greeted them and said with the conviction that he was saying something quite pretty when those roses bloom in the pure air of mv adopted state " mr bridgeway has been making a vfyy kind proposition my dear girls said the mother noting the astonish ment which the visitor's speech was causing he wants us all to go to minnesota to live and in less than a month inter rupted helen we shall see all the churches while they are dressed for christmas oh it shall be simply love ly ! ' again miss helen looked ecstatic caleb was about to ask another ques tion when cora the oldest dai ghter returned from her day of duty at school and dropped into a chair as if utterly exhausted the sib uce was becoming awkward when a young women quite a pretty girl entered from an adjoining room ah mr bridgeway sighed the widow if he had done so you would not have heard the humiliating conver sation with that — " cora asked helen with dancing eyes and a mischievous look how would you like to go to minnessota to live the weary expression in the teacher's face changed quickly to one of resolu tion as she replied if it's necessary for me to be buried alive i'd rather the interment should be nearer home agues dear said mrs mayzie this is vour fathers old friend mr bridgeway of minnesota you must remember having heard us talk of him just so interrupted caleb but i didn't know but there might have beeu some property which isn't productive just now nothing remains said the widow but what is uudcr this humble fi oh indeed yes said the young woman effusively and with a pleas ant smile as she offered the visitor her hand daughter exclaimed the mother who was becoming very uucomfortable how can you be so rude but you don't know you haveu't heard 1 must tell vou that mr bridgeway vour father's old friend who haa most delicately done us a great service today has kindly devned a plan by which we all mav be prosperous and independent if wo will go to minuessota that is very kind of mr bridge way i am sure murmured the eldest daughter quickly regaining command of her manners 1 am sure he is the first of dear father's friends isn't he ma to take any practical interest in us but seriously how could we keep from dying if we were out west keep from dying echoed caleb before cora had finished keep from dving excuse me my dear young woman as vour father's friend and debtor for suggesting that you haven't yet begun to live life doesn't amount to much unless one's whole heart is in it don't be frightened i'm not going tu preach a sermon but it isn't moony or opportunity or locality that makes lif it is the personal sense of living old though i am hard though i work new though my state may be 1 believe i enjoy life more than anyone in this city in which i was bom the pure air i ine the at home the feeling that neither i nor any other intelligent per son need regard anyone as a social su perior tin opportunity to be every thing i believe myself fitted for the comfort of knowing that no one in my laud of plenty can be suffering from hun"er the absence of the vicious class that°must be feared and the rich do nothing class which is quite as danger ous in another way make me feel that ■ that - -" caleb's remarks thus far had been part of an address which he had deliv ered at a county fair a year or two be fore and which he had been mentally revising since his election to congress fur use at washington as a patriotic outburst to lighten a speech which otherwise would be strictly business but he had not yet composed a new finale the old would not be appropriate in present circumstances sp he hesita i , ; m ment the oldest daughter finishe i the sentence by suggesting that minnesota is the place f r everyone who has not plenty of m mey iu new york the sentiment does vou credit mr bridgeway but as for us we would nuther starve in the city than to be well-to-do iu the country wo ain't we girls far rather exclaimed agnes yes indeed murmured ib-h-n you must excuse the dear girls 1 m r . i lgeway a id mrs mayzie 7 . . ■ -' - i •' ' ' ; .„. . ... .. , .. ; i .;...! .-. - i • •* a c;*e the a fc vear ••••- •' ■ ■'• ■■■■■■ um no expectations from either side of the family none whatever meanwhile two other young women entered whom mr mayzie addressed as cora and helen one question more — i know you'll pardon me for it for your husband and 1 were dear friends are any of your daughters engaged not one the dear girls have not had proper social advantages since their father died dear cora was just enter ing society then but she has been too busy with her school-duties for some vears to keep up her old acquantances besides as you see we are not no cir cumstanced as to return any courtesies of our old friends the little society we have now comes entirely through our church connections the dear girls do not lack admirers but none are such as could make them happy then mrs mayzie said caleb let me explain my reason for asking all these questions i should like to take you and your entire family tu minnesota well mrs mayzie bluntly after looking ut the three girls a moment dear horace left yon u great deal to be proud of yes sighed the widow as the girls looked pleased whatever else i lack uo women has three better daughters mamma protested the girls in chorus nit hr.d stood on the shore with eaie and tail erect watching the boat drift awuy when the boat began to moie towards the dam nit became ill atea and ran barking and whining up and down the bauk the bovs were thor oughly alarmed by this time too and begau to cry out for help nit sprang into the water and beat his way with lusty strokes toward the boat now dangerously near the dam he swam right in front of the boat and tried to stop it with his body but the current swung the stern around finding that this wouldn't do he swam around the boat twice and theu sprang up on the gunwale and seized it with his teeth this lifted him so far out of the water that he couldn't swim then he let go his hold he then swam close to the boat and sticking his head over the gunwale looked imploringly into little car's face and whim-hir ed oscar misundestood aud thought nit was tired and wanted to come in for a rest lb seized the leather strap that was buckled around the dog neck ami tried to lift him in but n.t instantly dropped back into the water and pointing hi head toward the shore began swimming for all he was worth gradually the downward course of the boat was stopped it swung around in answer to nits powerful leg and slowly drew near shore no use to deny it ladies said caleb gallantly to anyone who knew your father then he began to talk of horace rightly supposing the subject interest ing and rapidly told one story after another to his friend's credit in the mean time he was carefully studying the family and talking against time while he was forming conclusions time flew rapidly the gas was lighted and still the visitor remained inei detitly he learned the eldest daughter who looked tired taught school and that the others did nothing in particu lar later in the evening a young man called and caleb suddenly realized that it was night and he had kept the family from their supper so he depart ed abruptly first asking permission to call on mrs mayzie next day for a talk about her lata husbands affairs and intentions mercy exclaimed helen sinking into a chair dear me murmured agnes resting her hand ou the edge of a table caleb moved to where he could see both faces more distinctly to see a flush of pleasure come into the face of a pretty girl is always a precious privi lege it is doubly so to one who himself causes it but the lush did not come instead the girls looked at each other oddly mr bridgeway has most kindly thought of everything resumed mrs mayzie in a tone which seemed to the visitor to be apologetic he proposes to give you all places as teachers so that you would earn a thousand a year 1 etween you give us a new house rent free for a year and provide railroad pusses for all of us he also assures me that we shall have the entree ofthe best society and that young men are numerous and admirable out there and do you know my dear girls that your father's old friend is a bank pres ident and member of cengress 1 oh mr bridgeway caleb whose eves were looking carefully for the effect of his words could not determine whether the lady was vexed or pleased so he said quickly don't misunderstand me please [ don't suggest it as a charity but an entirely business-like operation i want to give the family a start just as your husband gave me we aregoing to havt a first-class private school in our tvy caleb had mentally organiz ed this educational institution only tlie night before i as president of the board oi trustees will have the naming ofthe three teachers ami tlieir salaries fl will be a thousand dollars a year to vour family and f assure vou mrs mayzie that a thousand dollars in our town goes as far as two or three times as much in new york n'o sooner was he out of the house than caleb after the manner of men who have lived much in sparsely settled counties began muttering rapidly to himself poor as poverty that's plain enough to sec 1 hey re all of hem liv ing 1 suppose ou the earnings of that daughter who teaches poor thing bov tired she looked sin doesn't get much pay either unless teachers are better treated ill new york than elsewhere living on one floor of a house that was considered the but ton notch in new york even when i was a young fellow splendid girls too dressed as plain as could be but a good deal of natural style about them — just like horace the o:ng men at bridge way would go wild over them won ler if thev call that chap a man who came in while i was there he looked as if he lived on his self-conceit an 1 one meal a day the idea of a fellow like that making up to one of i i irace s tn v i lorai e s daughters something must be done for thai fatui i < laleb bridgeway an ! you're the man to do it but minnesota gasped agnes hundreds of miles even from chi cago said h'len distances do seem great to eastern people said caleb i remember how 1 used lo think of them myself but now it only takes a couple of days to run back and see old friends but minnesota exclaimed agnes again why mamma don fc you re member what mr barnes told us thai there were scarcely any sidewalks m the west except in i few cities and that nearly all the houses are ligh'ed with lamps and candles and he said remarked helen that ladies actually had to carry home their own marketing and groceries the visitor began to look surprised almost lern then agnes said - id mr barms told ine there was absolutely nowhere to go evenings p ' is a mistake said bridge-way with m dei b!e lignii - "■ ' lar as . ., ui vn - i " • ' '" ' ■' ■ '" ■ ' ■ r .•;.. tun m*l : .'. ' - lt is verv kind of you to think of us 1 am sure very kind said mrs mayzie but her face was still a puzzle to the visitor what could be the matter was it pride perhaps mrs mayzie herself might be thinking of changing her name or could it be that she dis liked the thought of her daughters lie coming teachers of one thing i can assure yon my dear madam said the astute cabel and that is that your daughters would not be teachers very long unless they insist on remaining single our coun try is full of fine y mug men who know good blood when they see it ~'\ our charming daughters would ha\e no end f offers ••: , kin ! of you to think so i am at 7 i ; .../„, i i./.-i ll ure sail i m . .• ■ ' ■ • men «"< 1 th gh ! ■■' ■ mum mt and con tinued just before tbe boat grounded poor nit mink exhausted in the water tbe boys had to jump out and pull him ashorejand fiuallyfcarried him part ofthe wa borne im tying their coats together for i bi-d to carry him on he recov ered sufficiently to walk and is now an well .- • ver xaslieille adooettie an emiaost doctor's prescription • dr c i henry chicago 111 * ho iim practiced im diciue ntaaj years say j>n>t sprir.p tic u.scd and prescribed clarke extinct nl flax papillon skin tun in 40 i 0 . -. uni never knew acase where x l.ilnl in i an " i know i.f nu remedy i 11 un mi mi implicitly positive cure ror all ili-i a-i s of tlie skin applied ex • ihhiiv the new congm nn pen i he . ' er part of ! he night in ton dat plau for bi tiering the i on iitii ;. a his i ricnd's family t i offer any • ■ x j y s is best foi lla ii s . . ii 2.j cents at la i ii ho 15