The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-03-08
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u mu'i - owned. with every nrres.
,lv apoi1V ~ fbe ia,t. thai Tbhip
Massey had up 10 thar time only ar.
Trhfni as q very ~commHuplaeo char.
nctef During his fen yeari manage.
noni u bic UWn affairs b. had done
nothing Ia ue yrn least remarkable
He had not gone % che bad. nor had ho
bccomc 10 ans way dea loll, go0i ne
bad managed 10 kcop out 4 drii. ave
little Incidental debts now and then.
which hal never seriously embarrassed
him. HIS Amusomrnis had been II tho
Kind common 10 mostof tho yOure mrn
Dc knew They at made 4 point ~
paying frequent visits a. the different
lrsiorl theators, and passing their val.
uahln criticisms on tho various plays
md panlomimcs performed there they
also %palronizcd different SORTS Of con.
ccrts and entertainments, being direct
ed IN their choice hy the bent of their
minds AMI surroundings. On Saturday
afternoons. when they came home early
from business, they were usually in tho
habit u playing football In winter. and
cricket N summer They were out In
large bodies TO play against rival clubs;
they adorned their persons for these
sports instripod jerseys Of startling hue;
and they adorned their clubs with names
Ns iar-fctchcd and bizarre as the colors
Of tho costumes In which their souls de.
lighted. Their legs they wero wont to
enease In stockings still moro remark.
able han the jerseys; aud thus equipped,
strong In numbers, they might be seen
by proud parents and a delighted pub.
lie parading the streets 10 and from
their respective cricket or football
grounds.
1t sounds n commonplace, everyday
kind OF career, almost vulgar In It's
coinmonplaceness; but II becomes less
embarrassing when one thinks of the
possibilities hidden behind all those
young inccs-ihc possibilities contained
In all those young lives -potontialitlcs
which might remain dormant 10 the
very last or IN whose full strength
might be called forth. aud their full re-
sults displayed. ''Lifc is not an idle
ore WI arr told,
"Ilnt Iron dug from central gloom.
Aud heated hot with burning fears.
Ana dipped In iaihs OF Kissing tears.
And battered with tho strokes OF doom
To shape and uac"
But II may take n less tremendous
process than this tomold a young man.
character, and prove whether good OF
bad prcdominatcs In him, whether tho
Affections or properties which attend
him in his lies course shall have made
or married him In the end.
II was nj one Of the aforementioned
cricket OF football clubs with the mys
Tie titles scorpions" 'Gnals," ''Frc,
Wandcrcrs,' or the like. that three OF
four years ago. Philip Massey had me-
Hermann Bcrghaus. German by name,
and born Of German parents. Hermann
had never been In bis fatherland. Iii
ialher was a merchant Of lfkiord, on,
Of the weather. merchants; his wife wa
charming woman, and their house
always Hospitality open TO Hermann
friends. Wa \ pleasant one Ia 20 10
The youth himscli was the only son o
the house, and was blessed with ire
sisters who were inclined TO spoil him
Without any very deep or devote.
friendship, Philip aud Young Berghau
had always been cordial allies, 10
Hermann. Younger BY several years tina
his friend, felt the influence which philil
Massey, despite bis commonplace ante
cedcut and career. very generally cxcl
cSsed over his acquaintance; Il woul
have been difficult to say in what IN
attraction consisted, for his manner wa
simple and without any particula
sliasiiy or polish; perhaps the rath,
grave simplicity had something to d
with the charm. simplicity being rare
now than Il ono was. lie passed anon
his friends for u very good fellow. din
cult TO stir up. but occasionally sayin
dry, humorous things with an undi
turbed gravity which made one invo
unfairly laugh, aud again maxim
sharp. sarcastic speeches In u La
voice, which might be supposed 10 lea,
disagrccable sensations In the bosoms
those against whom they were directc,
Perhaps also part Of The charm ma
have lain In his appearance. FOR he WI
distinctly handsome. with n dark fac,
aud a warm southern coloring. shown
thai the blood courscd freely under u
brown skin. and reminding one occ.
slonally, In n ilcctlng manner, Of son
lace looking from canvascs VI Vaudyl
or Paolo Nercnesc. lie had n pleasai
voice, with n tinga Of Yorkshire In /
hceenti pleasant eyes. dark. and co
tanning sometimes a certain glow viii,
limited NJ n temper morc ardent than h
was usually supposed 10 be. lio cou
frown sometimes, darkly enough. M
his smtlc was a sweet. II not a ireauen
one.
lilo aud Hermann Bcrghaus four
themselves presently in q wide, bu,
suburban sscct, known ~ Carlt,
Road. q OF the busiest thoruughfar
20 and from lrkford. They walked I,
some little distance up this road, uni
they had passed the last shops. aud HI
come 10 n stretch Of thoroughfa
shaded on either side by largo trees.
very pleasant portion II the road. m
trees grew behind rather high wall
and behind them were some lau
pleasant modern houses. and a few Of
CT ones. dating back to the middle
tho last century. whom Irkford had be,
q little country town, with fewer inha
ftants than were now contained In
single one Of is suburbs.
Philip and Hermann turned In al Il
large wooden gates belonging TO one
these houses. and found themselves In
garden. green. fresh and delightful.
garden whose beauty was surprising,
being 80 neal q great smoky tow
When the high wooden gates We
closed. nothing could be zen 81 Il
throng outside. only the tramp. tran
OF many feet heard. and the nevcr-enl
ing rumble of vehicles.
"Heydayf' remarked Herman
looking round the garden, al don't .,
any d the girisi they certainly said III,
uefs going 10 play eroquel Lets Z
I'D - wkefe thef are
They west Into the house. the door
Viii stood open. Into . large, con
e3llsb1c squarr hall. and aside into N
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