New-York tribune., 1884-01-22

~ assure \Ou III Is Il 'i'dHht' ''F'., ~'''
ner {" OF course, my time is heavily mortgaged
all through the wear; but man IN my P93sIllon
must not complain of that. Our tn', you hnoN,
belongs TO thc public: and VIII MAINTAIN lha' w
have n most generous master always ready 10 make
allowances for us, and always treating us lf p''tJi
than we deserve Even Reginald IreShanl' a.
tbouQh hut a Young man. remembered that MI
Spinner had not invariably been OF thls oPliloh'
There had been periods when, so lar from conSleG
ing his countrymen the klndeSt ana mosi aPuvD,,
ative people IN the world, he had reploacneu lnnl
with base ingTatitudc. and fOrsworn thclr service
forever. nation so false and so iatblesS deSeINcu
fo he left 10 ITS own blind devices. But MI SPIN
ner did not happen to hold these particular GploHms m
at the moment when ITesham was li'Iouuoou ~
him. !, , Nv
lie began at once to talk very freely, ana eX-
pressed hisyiews without reserve concerning
body and everything. After his first great rHhn s
there was a pause, and then his visitor tpoH n ,o
liberty of asking him what he though OF NV m inL 10
emf state of his paTty-was II as taVoraoIe "' H0
~ am clad 70 hear you ask that question:
replicd the minister with great deal more @
and energy than seemed to be necessary ~ lC4to eHo
me that YOU reflect at you desire 10 PJt @
below the surface of things: i'll one word 'd. Y?u
are in earnest Depend upon H. whaI we "aIit al tn 49,
The present day is more earnestnesS; we arc an u"V
friydlons do not say thai even triyolltX mas hot
its nses: sometimes indulge III 1t myself WIZ q
sncceSs winch Won may have remarked. put
invariably accompany it with sincerity ana 'Rus nus
qualified il can do no one any ha1lIl. Loon d, vi
Flnmmer Do not think that wish 20 say any
thing unknd of him, although nv own iccllngs are
deeply stirred whenever | pronounce hIs na'no,
will not deny it. Yet bear him no nallcennomI OTIs
and as for accusing him unlustly, as some people
have abSurdly said, everybody knows that never
accuse anybody of anythinG-lt is not my way.
make no accusations; attribute 10 motives II ID
always dangerous to do either, for You expose your
self to contradiction, perhaps TO reiutatloh' nc
proper course is to strike at character oy nhuehuo
lead people to infer certain thing With2ut m yout
self mourning the risk of asserting IT, III is an arr
worthy of study, as you will find some day WHICH
; "Took then. | saw" continued Mr.. Spinner, now
standing up with his back to the ire. and taIklng
with amazlnr fluency "lOOk at Mr.. flummer. why
is il that he lost ground 80 terribly SIMPLY because
he was not in earnest. He had no opinions; hssoul
if he had onc-was not in politics. lie was deSIlf
tute of sincerity. What / take the liberty OF
humbly urging upon You, my young 1liehd-"Ha'
take leave, with all humility, to recommend,-ls
This: consult vour conscience at all times, and obey
It's voice 1t may lead you III one direction lo-uaE;
and in another tomorrow; but stu opoV lt-SLn
may appear devious and confused running hther
and thithcr without order or plan, Out thdl
which is incOnvencnt you can explain away
and that which cannot be explained You WIZ De AZ
liberty to repudiate No man con be bound by MS
own words forever. Your inner consciousness VIII
signify approval. and that Is gil you WI nee neta
Pnrsue one path-the path of honor. III Is not
straight path according TO my eXperenCei 80 laI
from being straight, it takes great many e3cce9Mhg M
curious twists and turns; but keep on IT, n G sio sno
same. l have invariably done SO, ana you Sc9
where am. Pardon me talking thus lranEy. l
40 il because YOU are the son of very Old iHend'
and because earnestly wish to promote your sue
II am sure can have but one feeling on tho sub
ject" said Tresham. u little puzzled, ana that Is
of great obligation to you for your advice anu
" Precisely. That is the spirit should have eI;
pected to find in you. One other point lei me owen
upon before we part. Never mlsrepresent anyoouy
Often in the course of your career, II II Is pro
tracted as long mine has been, You VIII DO pro-
yOked by the malice or wlCkcdness OF your aunelrr
saries; but invariably deal with them III spirit Oh
centleness and brotherly kindness. Always adnere
10 the simple and naked truth; no putting 1alse
gloss upon anything; no distortion OF @ @ng5iPiita Pi
fIon OF words to hide your meaning ana deceive
Others To excite popular prejudice against an ad-
yersary BY unfair means Is an act unworthy on an
Englishman. regard i as deep oiiehceFfl may may
opponents from the public, eye rather
than expose them. Recolect we are
ali Christians Even FlummeT, they say
was Christian, though have no actual proof OF
if; II ls a statement resting mere rumor and
you know how baseless Tumor generally Is
may almost say that 1t is never to he trusted;
but do not let us forget-rather let us carefully
it may have been right in thls
instance however improbable II may SEEM Cohcedc,
then that Flummer Christian. though you
will perhaps say very queer KIND OF one; WIZ
not enter into that-cOncede IT, and what thcnf
Does It make his kind betteri ] crave leave to
think not; | submit to you, with ali deieTence
that il makes it worse. / Will not call MN
C arlatan because it is wrong TO call namesj but !
am at a loss to know in what other way you would
describe him. How does it strike your"
OF the plot it is enough to say that it deals wit
sncb hackneved materials as the Sudden loss of an
estate the restoration of the dispossessed family
the search for a wandering wife and daughter, and
A remote mysterious marriages and that the con-
struction is comicaly inartifcal and sensational.
The necessary young lover IS dreadful cad'ahd lis
behavior when the heroine loses her money is ab0m
inablc though the authorcydently does not knowlt.
The VII or of The Millionaire" however, has not
n very keen sense of proprioty. He appears to be
quite unaware that there is anything irregular the
of Margravc and Dexter File to marry
Sir Reginald Ire sham to Kate Margrave without al
lowing the young baronet to know that hatcS
mother, whom he supposcs 10 be respectfully dead
is an actress, strollng about England with cara
van and getting drunk OH gin. We are told, at the
end Of the story. that this lady is going to reform
and Kate, who has never known her is not to be in
formed of her existence. That is very well; but
one would think that Sir Reginald had some right
to he secret In society less sophisticated than
that of the English arstocTa3y, bridegroom who
should be kept in ignorance Of such an Interesting
fact in the brides family history would be justified
in calling his father-n-law a swinder
In the Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly" for jan
uary there is pleasant account by Mr. W. II.
Tuunard of the birtY of lambda in 1852 in little
old log cabin IN the woods near Kenyon. There
was danger in the foundation, for law then eX-
lStcd al hehyon against al ScCIc' anu
the meInb,r Is would perforce steal away through
the night to the celebration Of their rites In 1871
the ban was removed on condition that a member
of the faculty should be allowed TO attend the
meetings OF the result an old member says'
short time after this agreement was walking
MP the college path with President Lorin Andrews,
when he asked:
- How are you getting alongP
"'Niccly,' replied
a. When do YOU mcetP
Cant tel you, Mr.. President
WHY not Did you not agree that L member OF
the Faculty should attend {"
Yes. sir. But We propose TO choose the member.
We will take Professor Iathrop.' The President
gave a long whistle and chan ged the subject. We
had beaten him. Professor Lathrop. charter mem