Barbour County index., 1884-02-22


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THE TARANTULnS BITE.
Among Pll my acquaintance. mono
seemed -hapPicr than Eugene r.
named him Fortune FavOritc. lie had n
beautiful and highly accomplished wife:
his chi ldrca were the prciticsd and the
best nlannere'l have ever met. All the
women considered Mrs. p rs near per-
lection as mortals can achieve, all lhc
men voted Eugene F-Rs.clcycr nan
n one could desire to. claim fellow .hfp
with. He was rich in ASSOCIATIONS, In
tho integrity of a name that COMMANDED
the respect Of four generations How
lew aspiring Americans can sN as
muchy llr possessed the advantages
ot ahboTal odueatiOn, his place. was
assnrgl ny veil as it Il possible TO as
s'rV nhytlnng IN cOuntry Nhers the
wh'el Ot fortune oblitcratcs the accunEu-
lations and Populations Of generations,
aud lifts men and women ont of olssur-
ny In day. That Is TO say. tie com.
pany that employed him was the oldca.
NEST roliablc. md the richie q OrQanila-
tiOn Ot its kiud in the country. Final-
w 10 addition 10 salary of three
thousand oyear, Eugene had good rca-
son Ia. count upon hn. inheritance in the
near futnro that would rOadsr him in
dependent. 80.
The hotevorthy trait fellowship with
sEugupc F-'rcv ulcd wis his c1uablc
spirits. Torn. ~ he asserted of content
mont Hc was satisfied with his place.
his belongings aud cn'oymcnts. No
man hal moro to make him happy. he
said. Nu man cn 'oved life more philo-
sophtcally, or frcttcd himself less over
the biz or lttln thibgs beyond lis con
troll. 10 wa3 this cgu pui,c. and.
= doubtless, his ignurancU df the binls
and bitter cxpeuencc3 of less favored
people, that rendered Eugene F in
different whom tho misforunes nnd
lemPtai OPS Of the poor wcrc discu Sscd.
Generous tu a fault, hc Was unable Ia
cOmiTelWnd thc dioc necessities that
drive tlIc unfortunra' to desperation
3 aud death Hc wnss-v,r~ -.couId with
hMculty lind language strong cnoagI
a. 10 oeNlTes' his contempt OF tho average
suicide
- poor mar Who sought employment
and iailrd 10 find H.. weary with fruit
less effort. despair ng under the worl,l s
rcbuiis, plunged rcck,Cssly into the un-.
Known. Th' means employed cmpha.
s1cd thu powity OF tIc wrrtchGd crca,-
a NV. Fhr newspapers made much OF il.
u was the item Of the day, and proved
base fn cOlumns. | dropped i'm on
taEugene one dgy when his iou.. . work
was done, He had newspaper i'm his
hauds III" thrvw Il ,lown hnbaticnth.
angfur ns BE- bnndc'l me cigar and
pushed me into seat, saying:
Ian dEqttei W th you ncSsparer
men, Why do yuu give 50 muclS PROM
tnenrcand space to that horrible sui-
% cidcs Nv all arc~n,s. the frll1w tild
all that was lcft him to do. II Ec had
only dTplaycd c1umon sense. when he
was atOut & antt rriptc,l On der means,
u q man must MI hmsel. why does he
dishgure himself, or impose unnecessary
and horrible agunics such as th's poor
szswrotsh inflicted Upon himselfg'
a- Aside from tho fact tliat- 2 have no
.paeienee with thc speculation md thro.
" thatc0ts ground from undcr every
ChristiauF fcrt was tired Eugene
wCFkcd an hour cvery dav. worked.
on an aVcrarc, twelve NJ least. and did
move IN on hour than Fnrrnc ,fid i'm
Three. Sntc u WIS ,icar 10 mc that ho
regyiyci " least ten time, more for his
mental ton than I dd. I could afford To-.
permit mm to indulge himself i'm iIro-
tongcd dissertation ~ the "survivaI OF
q, the htiest,..Ii plea, ell him AMI amused
mc,
-. ''Now,-hc said. atihc end of chap
cr, TEL IA why a man who chooses to-
Vii himself. lot "a say With rat poison.
should be rrgar,l'd rs mach .oso a
q rat. dclc i anpihsr account. i'm uiis
Z mornings Papsr. ~! u Wo.L an Who held
e., her head IN tub OF water until she
drOwDod. TOa me woman WHO does
q. lllAt - entitled 60 the lIsnolts of The
.a ainoteenth eenturyi Why. II such. p,.c-
pic were fairly balanced ON the fenca
ro,.ad lieavOn. thcy WU,ld hang with
heir head slownward of cllO.c.. Hu-
f.-nan tadlSilc-. ali oi thoms' s...a
Eug'uc had lInrror ~ death; ccmc-
'erics were his sre ial aversion. He
vas ncvcr known to attend funeral
We could not bring himself 20 witness
= ne cervtncnirs IN the housc ~ ~ the
rsve Tie bed prejudice against
"why can't cveryboiy have vaults
With nice. pleasing colors on the walls
have the Interior ~ well rs tic cxtc-
-icr oruamcntcd. aui made so attrac.
-- lys.that people going Into them would
- tedas they 10 when they enter an At
!. .,ractivc chamber with a bod IN if7'sf
- 70 you mean the dcadg''
~" N4eN 'MtH ctoukn relcr To
- Fisitors to tho lyiag. ~
- - Il am afraid. could not help say
q, hg, gratoly. you have yet Ga learn.
Eugene. that not all the religion. ali
Vfthe learning aud all che philosophy In
q rihs world can never make death other
han dcath.n -.
EsaH''iiut that A NO reason whV every.
body should make death so horrible and
gsgrialy. They make n ghastlv. anil I'm
s,c clhC,ssme breath tell you 10 u the wnv 10
- lasayen The wHy To Heaven ought 10
~ % bcsfitihIl. - E na -'-rI
Have you forgotten Pilgrims Prog
ress?n>
;'Gpiecc of rank plagiarism. The
dea W thousands ~ years old. -
='.Why dQ we Introduce dscords In
ll 4Itat. - = - =. . 7. ~ 4 'rI-''F7 -
sHon@usc's Tn nsme You a thou.
= lari,t plccos = famous COMPOSITIONS =
NltlIQ1y. N fIiscord," Eugene answered.
=. ,,esT1la tacf n. the word docsn'f believe
" what Il profcstcs' - pa. - 80
''why don't you advocate crcma-
lionP' 1rctorted '.IL your theory Is
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