Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-12-21


csUldron of Settings, a mausoleum, curl
Gus collection Of odds and ends, gong going
ike an auctioncer's tongue, busy as a hiVe
of bees alert as lightning, and fall OF IDEAS
As shad of eggs. Being practical short,
hand thinker, took them all down and
awsv and, to do the Old Man justice, he has
done powerful siaht of thinking. Iris
crosses marked the structure oil bus Drain'
butthere was one central idea-what DO you
think il was? Ask thousand men, and
tLey'd never guessit One would say money,
another women, another marble, another
longevity, another sel!ishneSs, another gor-
mgndizing, another cupidity, another glnt-
tony; but, although like all people, he had
mice orcach of these, found that his cen,
nal thought feeling, motive power, and all
Potential force, was jealousy. jealousy INTO
mLich cruelty, calculation, craft and selfish
ness entered largely; but a jealousy which
WIS horn with him, snl, thank heaven, VIII
die Win him. All of a sudden flash OF fire
re veal, d TO me, and probably 10 Ii n, 70 )m
in he Astor House. Up and GoSa, up and
Eoa:, the room two men walked third. One
wss doctor. the second didn't know, aud
the third turned lis languid face towards
us the CID u.Gu shouted out III Shr!i! speak,
Good God, it Bake!
"l,is, said /; pray, who's Baker
What His Alment Was.
But they paid no attention 10 me; their
patient needed all they could give: Presen-
tly they laid him down upon the floor. and
with q stomach pump, worked at his vlctuas
till it seemed as if his yitals would be
brought 10 light. Poison! as sure as
fate, said the doctor; and poison it was,
poison enough to kill dozen men, with an
able bodied woman thrown IN.
rs there any hope, Doctor sad
highlyperfumed young aristocrat, with her
handkerchief to her nose. Not BIT L
fear. madam" replied a consulting phys
ician; but the Doctor looked uP and smIl-
ing promptly pumped the harder: They
| bl;s,trcd lis legs, they pounded his chest
they slapped his thighs, they worked his
arms, and waiter poured codee, brandy and
chan pasne down his tbroat-not his oTa.
but the sick man still it seemed as it he
| net the waiter, but Bake-would burst.
| And be probably would, had it not been for
the stomach.pump and a very large pail
adjacent. Several little bottles were IN
| drawer of the bureau, and slcl!tsh oiGr
| told the story Of attempted sc!EdeS.ruct'on.
| Gradually the room filled up with doctors,
| surge ops the family Of the siCl man and
! Lo,cl rcople. The consultation terminated
| in Il verdict that the man must die. he doc
Tor sliced out agaius! the whole batch, aud
finally put them out Of the room and retur-
| ued to The charge.
Willie he, by the aid of the waiter, walked
| Bake up and down the room, gathered
| from the old man brief outline oil his his
| ;ory. Bake was at one time Boston mer
| chant Coming here he entered the wOJ!en
| depcttment OF Sings establishment, Yir
lua!'r as partner, receiving regular pro
rata ,hala Of the profits Indeed one gear
be cleared for bis share $4,000, and was
e.oul 10 take it, when 1t was discovered
tia. the lossea vera aboa; as heaIy aud the
! uroit balance was clean gone 10 ever.
Uuecr, wasn't it?
Shortly after tkiS Bake had q qnagre!
with one Of Stingy's partners, and one day
ordered him out Of his Office. The row wa,
brourh, to S,ingy who decided, of course,
in favor OF his partner Bake left and has
| since had to sue for settlement. This
and other matters SO prayed upon his mind
that he became almost crazy. A few days
since he went to the Astor Hous,, took u
room. and went to bel Next day he ate
little and went to bed again. Accidentally,
dear darling Of chsmbermaid peefaI III
the key hole and saw him in the sleep winch
occasionally knows no waking. She
screamed assistance came the he. door pr, vas "a.
reason Of the stomach pump brigade All
this time the Old man stood aud shiyercl
1t seemed as il some fatal spell had seized
him, lie looked at his old partner till !
really feared his eyes void slart from their
sockets, aud WAS about, in my dream, u
ask him out 20 take something when the
scene changed, ard We we're back 10 the
store again. Another flash, and there
passed before orr vision the coasump.ivc
porter, who, having breGthed the fearful
odorS Of the basement, neared death door,
and begged for week 5 rest and recupera-
ton. 1t was denied, except with loss OF
salary, so he held on until death clipped his
thread and he ran down like an ul1ound
clock.
Saw His Early Life.
asked the old man if that wasn't rather
rough lie said he didn't sec it. business
wss Business, and no well regulated porter
ever hrd the consumption. He never had
it. While he was talking mcsmeric jerk
brought before him panorama o! his lite.
| Looking back some three.quarters OF cen.
| tury, he saw shock-headed shaver with
stick Of candy in one hand and cup full OF
| berries in the other. lie was crying as
art - J." could because another boy had
| -, h. H. I.o,...I. l.. IL
tcpa' to eat, our boy only pretending to eat
| usi. Alter a little the other boys berries
S,re all gone whcrcupon our boy jecrei
| him ''r u wasteiul gOrmanirpr and tantal-
ized him hy q lavish exhibition of his un-
touched fruit Though various grada,ious
| he At l.ugfh became little tapAselcr in
New York lie rose a. dsybreak, borrowed
night and day. undcrsoi AMI oyevhid
mau"UyIed and saved, and in time, attain.
! ed saC8 10 the extent of 100000 pr m.
Nun. Then he conceived the idea az cclp4
ing all his friends and ncigh5ors, and b llt
3 magnificent store down town There he
caught Rakc-aud many others So STEADY
are hi8 business habits, so careful his invest.
mcnts, so stinFy his ways thar he became
very rich and very hard, very severe and
WY t@SNClsbE. va le went, growing Ola
ard haggard and rich, but always unhappy.
because other men, younger, fresher, rad,
der and healthier, were creeping alony to.
wGrd him, in extent Of sales and solvancv
Of credit. Always jealous he stoopel to
petty meanncsscs which would damn an
ordinary man, but only served to add to tia
reputation he already enjoyed on the street
and amongst tho trade At last he seems
to have reached the height Of his ambition:
but he is mistaken; his rival beats him by
several millions Of sal each year, ard 10
sorrow and vcxaion OF spirit the old man
fast approaches the grave. Visions of over
worked men and pale and sicky women
haunt him, and he turns in his sleep before
me as uneasy and as wretched as the most
deserted being in the Tombs | see his
heated brain as it swels with agitation.
Greed Of gold has permanent pew in his
house Of worship so has love OF notoriary
and an itching Tor the praise Of men. viii |
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