Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-09
A Sincere MOurner.

=, Ronert bulge was young man who lived In
boston. He mad been left wealthy orphan
Wneh very young, mad been raised On the bottle
Dy a guardian, sent to school and to college,
and launched into the world at tweDty-thTpe,
with nothing to do except TO spend his Income
ne wanted 10 90 everything just right. He
opened his ancestral mansion. He procured
The services OF venerable and infirm butler.
who consumed his wine and bullie1 him I'm r4
turn. lie even sent for one OF his maiden auuts
TO come and live with him and look after his
house. He had horses and men Servants and
maid servants, and II camels and asses had been
Ia lashlon he would have had them, too But
his brow man should live, occupation has
been necessary factor or existence. Ron
ert Bulge found Ii so. Without the Necessity
OF tolling for his daily bread, he undertook to
accomplish the hardest thing knoWn-to do
nothing. Life became forthwith a vale or
Tears. lie looked about for sOlace. and found it,
ne SET up dogcart, commissioned himself to
drive IL, and bestowed upon this empIOymenr
the best thought and experience which ne had
hlinSelf or VI hlch he could buy. The cart was a
marvel. In It's construction the coach build IT
had exhausted the most occult resources or his
ART lt had dark-green wheels and a claret-
colored pody, and when its owner was In IT,
WIN a small and perfectly equipped groom
Sack OF MN, ana Griying large horse with
banged tan, ne knew that he had gone the
aIduous length OF art, and deserved the salts
faction that he felt.
But Fitz James Eustis' father died and LETT him
fortune. ana ne came out with dogcart that
turned the happiness Of Robert Bulge to ashes
III his mouth. For not oily was FItz James
machine second triumph or the coach builders
art, ms groom perfect, and his horse a superior
oedSt; but he had one special advantage which
tohert 1ei1 could not be overcome He was I'm
mourning TO- his deceased parent and the con-
seICeLi IhGrhinesS OF his equipage and OF all is
appolLI mems was thought TO imparJ to it de-
gree Vi interesting elegance which could not be
otherWise attained. Paint, yarnish. upholstery
ana general ntnGSS will exact q tr1h,Jta of ad;ni
adtiOn; put II Is grief the heightened sorrow OF
heart and draws out the expression of real feel
ing. '0'01 - i0''i io'1
From the front rank Robert Bulge fell to the
position OF second best, and this subsistence hts
spirit III could brook lie ceased to be Interested
III passing affairs; he rarely left his house: MS
dpFetlte failed. Ia three weeks he lost twenty
Sen 81 t POUNDS IN weight. His friends beca ne
alarmed, and his maiden Amt was reduced. bY
lucesSant anxiety, TO condition little bettlr
than lis own.
WI, What was the cause OF his melancholy he re-
luse0 10 impait, and his physician, who could
discover no organic complaint was not little
puLzieo 10 account Tor the young mans prostra-
JOD.
one morning his maiden aunt unexpaetedig
appeared at the door or his apartments VII
leT lace Deceived with tears and bringing IN
her hand an open telegram.
fODeTt.' she exclaimed, with broken utter
ance-'yoIT aunt-my poor sister, Clementina-
is-dead.'
she got no further n her announcement One
glance at the dispatch, and Robert had rushed
-
pearCQ out OF the front door. Looking ont or
the WINDOW, she saw hin hurrying down the
street in the direction OF his stables.
Next day such persons as called to see or IN
4UlTe AFTER Robert Bulge were informed that
ne had gone out OF town 70 attend the funeral
OF near and beloved relative.
OIe week later, as Fiz James Eustis was
driving out over the Mill Dam road, he Oh.
served ahead an equipage, with the anoaar-
anc2 OF which be was not familiar. ExcIfin9
his horse, he got nearer, ana s,,.. that It WAs
cog cart, black like his own, and tnat on The
pack seat were two small negroes their faces
leaning with happiness, wearing high mats
adorned with weeds and Grape rOsettes black
suits With large black buttons, and Grape around
the left arm. Facing the ether way driving d
large black horse with an elaborately banged
tall, IN deep mourning. gIief-strlcken as to his
gloves, shirt collar and handkerchief with a
weed on his hat a black silk Ribbon On his whip.
and his face the incarnation or sorrow, sat ROB.
ert Bulge.
YES" said Fitz James Eustis, two days Ia
ter, TO the friend who was seeing him off from
the Albany depot, Il know 1t is rather sudden
move TO make, but am tired OF loafing around
Boston. ana nave no doubt that the rough ont
ofdoor life Of Colorado viii make me feel ike a
new man. You know always felt an interest
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