The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-31

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ever 80 hard.
The old gentleman had so often heard |
him Qllude TO this "castle i'll the air."
that one day he asked Sam. to give him |
an account OF it.
"My father, sir, was in those days |
hand-in.glove with the richest men in the |
city. He often dined with the Govern |
or, was intimate with the Mayor, and |
all the nabobs came to our house. But |
as ours was only a three-story affair,
and father was ambitious of living in as /
high style, at least, as any of his friends, |
he conceived this lofty idea, of building |
house which the Governor himself |
N ght envy, which would set brilliant |
example ior others to initiate, as far AS |
their means would allow-and SO i'm |
prove the CITY,"
THAT was a public-spirited notion,
certainly" said the old gentleman.
"And suppose, Mr. Fungus, that your
father was also man OF very great
means, to have undertaken such a mon-
ster OF house, OF palace, should say,
in those days."
so. he had some property. sir, as
sure you," replied Sam, carelessiy, not
wishing 10 be too defuite on that point.
Gle was Undoubtedly man OF great
meanings" added the other, with a
smile.
"rhat he was, sir: All enterprise.
Born for anything great, Large mInu,
sir. Nothing small about him; except
his size. Something like me. Wen, sir,
forget how many Thousand or million
bricks | have heard my mother say ne
put into that building, or what he pald
for timber, stone, building, ana so lorlh,
and SO forth. l was born after four OF
| tne nine stories were destroyed, also, or
| could give you q description OF the
city's wonder, as it looked when COM
pleted. But L know that my mother
used to say, that her friends used TO say,
That 1T deserved TO be ranked with the
Pyramids of Egypt, ST. Peters AT Rome,
the Colosseum, and the Tower OF Babel,
as a marvel OF a cnitecturai magnitude.
Yes, sir, Fungus Folly was st1pend-
ously colossal. 1t vast was"
Nine stories high, and gave employ
ment to l don't know now many work
men tor don't know now many months.
| NV father WAS great man, sir, though
l say lt,"
did he have great iamily?"
| "SlX in all"
"Only six i'll all. And was the Folly
built for his family aloneW
! "Ot course. He had too much pride to
think OF renting out rooms OF the house
he lived in to othersW
| "And how many rooms were thereW
"Fltty odd, believe"
| "A house of nine stories and fifty
rooms for family Of Skip
"Prlncely, wasn't itW
every. And when the four top sto-
ries tumbled of, did your father patch
it up and live i'll ltF'
mo. No, str. y, mop
"What thenW
"Why, you see-the truth was, it cost
father an enormous sight, such a tre-
menuouS eXpense-that nls money was
all run cut, and the properly passed ell
Lirely out Of his hands JUS as ii was"
And others liked 1t up~
"TIat's it. 1t ruined lather, almost,
But, Of course, all The credit belonged to
my lurther. II remains monument now
20 perpetuate his name. l shouldn't
wouder if Fungus's Folly should stand
i've hundred years, though you anu
VIII not I've TO see It,"
"uardiy," said the old gentleman
And wnaJ else did your father ~"
"What else? WasHt That enough
You don't suppose lie went to work an.
uuiIJ another like That, do you2 | shoult
tuiuk one Folly was enough iur life
Tim.
II should think SO, too. That then
was his chief, sole glory. But VIVA
= nave his children uOneW
SO, we nave moved i'll respectable So
ciety, of course; but, Vi course, WI
; couldn't presume to equal the greatnes,
) of our father. ThaPs lame enough TO
one iamil5."
"And 80 your highest ambition IS t
keep alive the memory OF your laLhe u
Folly. 1"u are an extraordinary man
> like your iaLher."
"lnank you SIR" said Sam, deligh
a ed. II am glad L know what you tuIul
D Uf latner's Folly"
"You do not know yst," repled hi
cXpecLed tather-iu-law, SEVERELY. 81 vii
l tell you what l think OF it. 1t was
mad.bralned, silly speculation, born Z
inflated vanity, which cUllapsed-cas
l uoWn by Lhe winds Of heaven; a win
. palacet And here you are, lorly year
/ Olu, and all your life has been ruined b
d remembering iL, and thinking il grea
b Lnlng, instead of seeing what a piece {
l. hazardous nonsense 1t was, aud prOtitiu
l by the lesson. II ruined your latuer i
Il tne hrst place, and it has ruined you i
e me second. II your father had bee
: cohtented IN cave, or in hut, and yO
J. mad been porn with nothing but cOmmu
/, sense ana poverty to LOOK back upol
|
T. sell--instead oil brag ding OF your father
u iuiocy, drinking TO ms Folly aud incI ea
ing Ills dlsgfa0e-and have become re
e man by th time. Why, my poor sill
! you are u Fungus's folIy yourself. Rul
i nas blown you over, beginning at lh
e Lop, az the wind did wan the houst
d 70 work rum. Your father was
Z bad builder, III hotn ways. You ais
II haven't been put together right, aud al
TOO 'nlgP most of the time, ourself.
E near ol you. You can't nave my daugJ
e YER, sir. You need u guaruian; al
Z Nhat kind of u protector would yo
l. make? Reform, sir. Believe whatI sa,
Like your tatAers, your ann has bee
700 hlgu and airy. Take care and pr
II serve what foundation there is left
ou."
n When castle is taken by surpris
- the men won't do any kind of JUS lice
% their reputation, as general thing.
y So it was with poor Samuel, under th
y whitening, unexpected assault upon h
u ideas, his nablts, his long-cherisAed lido
). He Ielt paralyzed. He felt some ange
- but more shame and griet. He said not
e my. He took his hat and LETT.
.s The cool air and nipper revived hi
" in the course OF an hour.
l. "He's only snob," muttered Ii
s "Pooh! VINO cares? Hey BeLLy Marti