Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-07
We trust our fellows from our ignorance of

I we trust our fellows from our ignorance "
them"
"You always turn your virtues into
satire, when anybody mentions them.
But I'm very selfish to think of my own
affairs when you're in danger. Pardon Inc.
please. Can be of any service I"
None, my dear fellow. Under differ
emit circumstances, ! might wish to engage
you in certain contingency. But when
I'm involved with Margaret Royden's
brother, l will not array YOU among his
avowed enemies. You don't like him, I
know but one doesn't choose to be fight
ing with the kinsmen of ones lady-love,
unless cast by an infexible manager for
the part of Romeo
Don't let my relation to Margaret
stand in the way of my friendship for you.
You wouldn't let any consideration hinder
You from aiding me, and hope that am
not SO much less generous"
You're too generous, Oscar that's
your fault not only won't have you act
for me, if l require friend, but l posi-
lively interdict your acting But don't
imagine you'll escape. If l should be
called out, l shall have various commits
sions for you. and though of peaceful
and commercial kind. very important. y
cts altogether likely that you will be
invited to fight. Philip Royden would en-
joy what he would think the consequence
of being principal in duel. The Rens-
selaer, you told me, believes in dueling,
and he would lose caste in his snobbish set
if he should tamely submit to choking in
the presence of his cronies. Royden is, l
believe, good shot, too, and has won
prizes as a member of the Newport Gun
Club. Fortunately, you also are clever
marksman. | beg you TO look out for your
self, Archer. Don't run any needless risk
through some false notion of chivalry.
Your life is valuable, as the life of any
good, strong, intelligent man is and Philip
Royden's is worse than worthless. Ii one
of you must be hurt. let it be him"
''Don't trouble yourself about me, Oscar.
6 The gods take care OF Cato
"Your quotation is unfortunately apt.
Cato would not take care of himself; he
committed suicide, when he might have
lived to advantage. I'm afraid of you.
You're often wildly reckless you seem
sometimes as if you were-trying to get rid
of your life."
absurd No Newly Yorker need to
pretend he's tired of existence, when he
can rid himself of it by merely walking
down to any one of her hundreds of docks !;
fill his pockets with stones and jump off
1t is very hard for an ordinary man to
make his way here but when he can't, he
has the consolation of knowing that the
city's surrounded by water"
You know well enough, Archer, that
many men who would like to die refrain
from suicide.
''That's true enough, Goodwin but you
don't suppose that I'm one OF them.
Nc, don't; though, as I've often told
you, I can never get key to your COM
pick nature. I've seen you, when 1 have
thought you courted death for no apparent
reason whatever. remember your des-
perate determination to relieve that Eng
hshman on Mont Blanc, and your foolhardy
enterprise in Calabria Citra.'
o those were merely larks, my dear
boy"
Very serious larks, Archer, and you
escaped death by the luckiest chance"
It's very pleasant, Oscar, to have you
fatter me; but it's getting late. I'll re-
port to you tomorrow, or today, rather
it's after now-and perhaps take counsel.
Meanwhile pleasant dreams of the early
deliverance from the Gallo monster of the
Lady Beautiful"