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Show -4 SENTIMENT RULES IN THE S4UTH I tssldaat Which snows Lm of repie for TYialr l.nat favas. "I waa In New Orleans the other day," said a young Oetrolter who has made such a success In life that much Df bis time Is at his own disposal, "and while roaming about Ihe city cam upon the shop of sn old collector collec-tor of curios, himself shout as quaint and Interesting an object as any that bis establishment contained. Ha took the greatest delight In showing me his treasures bits of rare old furniture, valuable pictures and other things dear to the heart and purse of th lover of the antlitiltle. After displaying display-ing scores of the most tempting objects, ob-jects, he took from a safe a little leu that b handled with the utmost gentleness, gen-tleness, and, opening It carefully, he permitted me to gase upon a pnlr of old-fashioned earrings that to my eye possessed little value. Tho gold In them could not have been worth mors than 13 or It. and I'm sure th atone did not represent a much larger value, Beforo I could express my want of appreciation ap-preciation of tho ornaments ho exclaimed: ex-claimed: "'I gave a fine sum of money tor those tha other day.' "Why. may 1 ask?' wa my reply. 'They don't appear valuable to me." " 'No, they're not In dollars and cents, (lilt their sentlnieutsl value to m I almost priceless. They were brought to only last woek by a lady who gave me satisfactory proof that they had belonged to the first wife of Jefferson Iavts, had, Indeed, been given to bcr by her father, Zachary Taylor, as a wedding present, after ha forgave her for eloping with the dashing dash-ing young soldier who was destined to cut such a figure In American history In later years. The lady from whom I bought them Is a relative of the family, fam-ily, and you may be sure that only th most pressing necessity Induced her to part with them; and. while I deeply regret her predicament. I cannot help rejoicing that I ahould bo th fortunate fortu-nate purchaser.' "And this," sdded the Detrolter, "I only a trifling evidence of the love and reverence the people of the South still feel for everything connected with th leader of the lost cause." Lkitrott Fre Pres. |
