, 1879-04-12
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. H. PAGES

news carno too late to ssvs Roger Macpherson.
Ann Y IA always 40; the road Of l!fe is strewn
tane" a sappese q 2s ~ as R"e@" eoo
deni Of troub!e,' Jail n gentleman near nc,
who tuok him literally In vfew Of tIs rather long
facc, his smallis't eyes blinking io the light a
tho ehat.leliers, y might be With the deepcs. sa
seIf.aoal.t!onment across the bfow-above all
In 1tstcung to that dIrRe.tlke note. "No man
can have known more, " .a'd. "for svcry "ora ',i
II no's f sfqkssa kSsT % y Ill., E ay ots. S.,a nas
might have prepared myself. l might have
tuiti yo,i something Of what had seen in this
wonderful ctY-homethfnE Of tho Church of
Notrc Dame, IT tts cabs ail1 other antiquities,
branches OF modern French thought-t!,c fine
nrts, aclrncc, anI--adutscry. Bnt, SIR, why tell
you what !niuht havc donci The news had
come too Into to save Rogcr Macpherson"
This rl,ra.s was getting troublesome. ny
lara. anil | should havo to answcr evasyely.
being found out. Roger Macpherson. siE, wns
man ~ !!g't va coI,!"E at 1as.-I . M 1net on
pcrnlai,cu.1y sad1cned b., a., experience. which
bcIel him Ia WISCONSIN. lie had been askcd to
convey tlc rc!nalna of valued friend to hts
homo In that State from distant town where
which, atn sorry to say. was exchanged at thu
depot during his nosncntary absence for q case
Of r(es which very much resemblcd It in out
ward form. Tic rifles were put In thB car, md
silence, thinking lie was stu guarding tie r.
mnins of Ills friend. Anotl'er traveller, mir,
bad meanwhile deposited Ltmbargcr cheese
In the car, which, somehow or other, I
tan hardly telI why, tended TO keep up tle
OF his hag!ng th!s del!caey for travelling COM
pauEon. Yet It wns III all probability the cause
Of hls thinking !necssautly II is late friend. It
had the sa.nu effect on others. Did lie ttc re-.
cent'y,-that t., this yearl' asked the exprcss-
rltlc-box. uo amt in no trancc,' added tho
honest fellow aftcr pausee, contemplating the
box. aes permanent, III 20 bull for him.
j. 'l've carried goou mans q 'em. too.
ulne poHer'-- md he looked at the boz
agaIu. They smoke necessarily, they burn
feathers, and at last tile cxprcssmnn says: It
atn't no use your friend wants to travel atonc,'
anl they 20 outside aud pasa the rest Of q very
bitter night on the platform Of the car." can.
not follow Mark Twain through the narrowing
account Of tlle cold and fever that ensuc,i, tic
solemn buria! Of the box, md the discovery o.
either TIC health OF Macpherson or bis peace 0!
mind. / DO not expect YOU to laugh at what
hnvo written; It Is enough to say that We did a'
| at what he said.
Lord puurarcn's health followed In due
course. lie was toastcd as . number Of t,e
| Ilousc Of Lords md as frlend Of America, and
Ut, ntlusiop wns made to hts pnrrhaso Of land II
| tho West. 70 complete our appreciation Of tls
man mil his attributes he WIS next gently raj
| lied on his well-known taste Tor Tie banjo III
.uok all in very good part; liz said he bad CO
4 deavored to form bis life on two ma1itua q
| Horace ureeley; Let every maa learn trade
md "Go West, young nun, 90 West. +" 1ht
| first had led to ns learning the banjo, bu. he
1lad only learned enough to know uiat lIc stoult
nuYcr muster "tllat noble ,instrutnent;f' tn
lust, to purchase Of lu,,d 10 Colorado, whict
IN to this time, In spito Of the sagc, had ncvel
Welded tim q cent,