, 1876-11-21
anne rIsks for SO 900, and, ns It IL evident that
the cnst Of cnrryin0 them Is idcnticnliy tho same,
tho chance of profit Is propo1tionatcly rcstrtct.
nd NrXn
TIE CANvASSER'B TALE.

femote anu lonesome, ~ tne empty vast1cee o.
my heatt notwithstanding observed . portfolio
nan,I. ~ sna,hn. oonro.aor 'A'' W. '"' 'e'~
"ae, az, ~ .,4a" a"osa.s .tu 'aens.' , ,..,,,
wen, tne,e people Always gov one n'e.es.sa' ,
tton and .smnothv nm 's tn to1a Ia 4 ,oath,na ike
~, ''A'r"'' wv
'n,s. =, ,, u,,.
heart aud reared mo as his own. 1lo was my
only relative in tho wide world; but he wns
good, md rich, aud generous. llo reared MIC In
tic lnp of luxury. fkncw no want that money
could antIsfy,
In tlu iullncss Of time vas graduated, and
went with two Of nv scryaatB-my eha1nbcr-
laln and my vatct-to travel In foreign coun-
tries. During four years lifted upo,l carUlcss
strnutl il you viii permit This form Of epcecl in
ono whose tongue wns ercr attuncd 10 nooay:
and indeed 40 spcnk with confidence, is ono
unto lis kind. for perceive by your eyes tl,at
you too SIR are gifted with tic divine 3ntIatton
IL those far latis revc1cl in tic anl6roslni
food that frtctillcs the SOUL Tie lnInl the heart.
hut OF ail things, that wllicn most appealed 10
MY inborn csthetic tasto was tho prevailing
tons of elegant and costly ra5itios, dain.y oSjsts
ID rertu, and in m evil h6ur tried to unllft nv
uncle 1thurcl to plane OF sympathy with this
exquisite employment.
collection Of shcila; anothcr'e noble collector,
OF meerBchaurn pipes; anottler's eleyatfng and
refining collection II unlcclnicrabio autographs;
anothef's prluclcss collection Of old china; a1l-
others enchanting collection OF postage
stamps 49, and SO forth aud so on. Soon
my letters yielded fruit. My un-
Gle began 10 look nbout for something 10 mako
a collection Of. You may know, perhaps, low
ilccty taste like this d!atcs. His SOON be-
@ Ieran to rcct lis greot por @ bus,ncss ss:' pres
Insure Into rabtd search for curious things.
Ills wealth was vast, mid he spared it not. Flrst
tlllcd i've large salons, and Conlprejlenlcd ali
Tic dIlrcrcnt sorts OF 'cow-bcils Tint ever Ind
been contrivcll, savu one. That onc-an mn.
tiqi,e, and ne only sspes'aen c1tant-was pos
essan NUNS for t. bu tue a woud
not sell. Doubtless yuu know what necessarily
resulted, A true collector attaches no value to
4 collection TINT is not complete, Ills sells his
seems unoccupicd.
Thus Iii nv unclc. Tia next tried
br'ekbata. After plling up vast md intensely
rvcncH H. 1rea4 hast st Srm oratn m .f ~
out @ lis souls l5ol to tic retired Brewer Or si wio
posscsscl tho missing brick. Thon l,e tried
hint batchcts md other Implements Of prlmcyul
Man, but by and by discovered that tho factory
where thHY vera IuHile 6ltDD1rfuN ether cn{-
icctors IA well Us himself. Ho tricd Aztec H.
scrjptIons and stuffed wha]es-nnotLcr faIIurc,
aftcr incredible iabor and oxpense. Wien liz
COLLECTION secmcd at last pcrfcct. stnfrefI whaio
arrived from 0ycculnud and an Aztcc inscrio-
tion from Tic Cund.lranEo regions Of Central
ntllcnut, Nv uuclc hastcncd to scc,iso Thar.
noble gems. lie rot thc stuffed whnfc. h;t M
nthcr roliector Tot thc inarrlnti0m. K rcnl
Ctndurango, u possbY YOU know, is a possess.
Ion OF sflrf suntrma yaIuo flat. whcn nncc n
collector Rets It, he wifi rather mart with h,s
family than viii, II. So nv uncle sold OUT. and
saw lis ariiugs 60 forth, never more 10 @ return: M
and lis cOsi-biacE hair turned villa ma snnw n
d sincje nleht. '''
Now he watet, and thouaht. he kncw mn
ot1cr Observation-Disclosures mipht lin lin. I #. ,rns
resolved ff,at he weud ci,,,nsn thfn~. rc1t timS
that no otlIur mai, was collecting. liz rnrcfnliv
nailn III, i,is mini ami n,,rc ,,,Hrn "ntcr,. th,,
iieid,-lds time to mai make collection % Of eclloes' u
Wof What i" said /. ~S'~> ~~'''s''
Tciincs. sir. His frat nt,rchovc u.oo mn ccbo l.,
Gcorrja lint rennatrd fn,,r timcs. h;a M nnrt waa
sfxt3cnestcrS II Mnrrjnmt. ii. Tnxt ~ sras .hr'
tcr,s.renaater IN Ma1a. III n"rt rss a1 ntrc.ro.
ncntsr IN Kanans: its ,,ert WA
In Tennr,nrn. wI,Irl, In frnt r1,non cn ~ sn"si.
hcrnt,ac Il VIVA n'lt "f rcn,ir ,nr.,an ~ ~