, 1879-01-16


Az Nc were sitting aro,thl The blazing fire one
winter night IN Cravtord's RJman studio, tho
young nrttst Esck Pettlbone crossed his legs,
tundlctl his mustache In q wny that meant viii.
tnencss, md told tho following bit Of pcraoDat
history:
Ny name, gentlemen, belongs to remote aud
rious l,cupir. nnd wish 10 a1llrm II, the ul'tsct
that II Is rond thing 10 be wcll'hofn. Fn ne
nbe to look hack IN lotR lines 81 ancestry ta1at
wcre rIci, but rcatectatie, Is exciting. cannot
l,rtp saying plainly that am IN favor Of dis
ttngutsle.l fainily.trcc.
l.cit ii, orpl,an at the tender age Of years,
having ,o bruthcra or sisters to prop me round
into thrce pairs of hands, excellent fn their
why, hut peculiar. paticnce, Enuiee, md Mary
Annc l'cttibnnc were my aisnta on my fathers
stlc. And Patience, IN her stately wny, said:
shall nc3cr want whto his three hunts can sup.
mort }itu,' 30 I vent to IiYc with my plain
but bcnt2nant protectors.
1scncmier once being told must not shhrc
"sty - chIli," aunouncc'i tl.a eldest sister, tour
family M dnuht came Ut 4 ycry oil stock; neT.
haps n. bclung to tho nobility. lscspctt your
self. and whcn .yo1t grow up you VIII not ~
grct that your o!i nnI eafefa! aunt % dnl rot wish
In the hleepng-roonl OF my Aunt Patience
rcpDsc,l trunk. / dnrcd nui ask tu have the
cover ras.cd ior ms qualification. rs had often
hccn told wns "too fittle" 10 rstiu,atc Alright
what that artnurIal box contained. Once saw
the fndeu slstcrs bcndig urer tho trunk toKetl-
cr AMI, Us | thought, enbanlng fu,nethhg In
cat,,nlnr. CURIOSITY impcl1cd mo to lInGcf, hut
/ was nodded out u tho roo,n.
J. was - wlcn ! entered The l,oary hnlls OF
swiftn,outll College. 1"call them lIonry, be-
cutsc thcy had bccl, built more than fifty years.
nuw begun to study Il. Eood car.'est the wis.
ION Of the past. SAW clearly tho value Ut
dead ,nru nn.i sn0idr prceGpte, and begun to
c reverence Noyai lines of tlcccasc, u,ornrcl.s.
Hut tho trunk In 5nowborouyh troubled mr.
trratlls, for there still sle1t thy preof nf our
| faulty distinction. ~ will g0,h said ], Ito
tho hume vi my Aunt*+ MID lhGTc learn our lit
iIerited claims to Gtory." ...
won't tn Snowbor1ugll. Aunt Patience cx-
psaitv,l TINT nlI The Old family documents wcrc
destroyed In great lire. but--thcrc had been
preserved for Inany years . suit Of imperial
fnthrr III England, and were they NOT proof t!lat
| thu o,Yner brtongel 10 tho Royal Court uf King
| tieurgu htlnseIEt Through how .nDny ion!.
years these font, foolsl. virgins had lighted
their uilil!rAerlng l1HiEs VI expectation and hope
1t tl,ls cherished shrine!
| va, now usl my way to the family repository
| nf nll our grealncss ! went ui,-stuiFs "uti the
| iump.r We oil kuclt dnsn t~tu!r Inc wcIl-pve.
SERVED box: and my proud Aunt patienee turned
tic kcy. My l,cart beat high. | WIS about II
louk on Dukes OF at, Enrl's rc9alh; ard ~as
descended fran The owner In direct inct Thu
lii went tt,, Anl tho sisters beHau to Hhrull the
| PRECIOUS RarHleHth "H!ca seciMeu eHSHsincu ~
asonntIr gum uull splcea With pluns prcets
tt, tle VtUiDcs were uncovered mltl at last The
whole suit VIVA laid bcfure nY cxuertant eyes.
| Sty auuts locked at ne. 1 hal bten 10 cOt-
lcgU; purlInps could ilnmetiinscls name thu
exact station III lie to which that sutt Ut clotAe.
belonged.
"What rank In The pccrngo do tl,oso gold
lacc.l garments anI bly, buttons bctokcn ! +
cr.ct ali turrc.
"Nks a suit Of st,rans's !isryvr gaspcl /, ant
fell tack with u slullder. ..-..
Tint cytnIlg utter the sun 'had gone down
WI buried those hateful garments liz ditch Vi
tho button, Ut the gnrtlen. Rest there, pcr
tutt,cd bo.ir-eoat, ytfiow brccclscs, browl
Ealters, aHd al1
Vain pomp and glor, OF thts world, Ihats 70!