The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-02-22

drowned. Tell mc 4 woman who does
that y entitled " the benefits ~ the
nineteenth century Why. n such peo-
PIE were fairly Laiancei Oh The fence
round Heaven. ihek would hang with
their heads downward of choice. Hi.
man tadpJ'cs. MI of them''
Eugene had D horror ~ death; ccmc-
trfie, were hi- special aversion. lie
was never known NJ attend X funeral.
lie could not bring himself 70 witness
the ceremonies N The house or III the
grave: lie had n prejudice against
burial.
.'yshy cant every holy NAY. FAULTS.
with nice. pleasing c0lpfs on the walls
have thr interior ~ wen AS the exile
rior oInnmcnied. and made 80 atlrac-
tive Tint people going into thorn would
feel as they dv when they enter an AZ
traciiye chamber with 4 bed in itY"
''io YOU mean ihe deadgN
''lou know we'll enough ! refer 70
visitors ITO The living.
n am airail.N could not help say
inc, gravcly. lyon have yet ~ learn.
Eugene. that not All the religion. all
the learning and all the philosophy N
the world can never make death other
than death"
shut that II no reason why every
body should make death 20 horrible and
grisly. They make il ghastly, and il
the same breath tel Won II j. the way %
Heaven The WAY 10 Heaven ought %
be beautiful"
Have you forgotten Pilgrims Prog
RESP
IA piece d rank plagiarism. The
idea u thousands ~ wears old.
"Why DO We Introduce discofds in
musicyr
..Nonsrnsc, III name yon a thou
sand pieces - famous compositions -
without 4 discord.'' Eugene answered.
The fact i. tile world doesn't believe
what X Processes
..Why don't you advocate crema-
tions' ! ~retoried. If Your theory Il
correct. burn EN- All up; burn the
whole world and carry twenty genera.
tions In q uafch-charm.'
"a friend called upon Eugene F. and
solicited his counsel and services ia 4
business matter. In was 4 responsible
trust. The irienl was going abroad x
remain for years. perhaps permanently
He owned, jointly with his sister. \
piece Of property near the great oi
Belt. Ii might be worthless, and il
might prove very valuable. What th'
friend required Wa honest dealing
For him self he did not care. He has
great wealth. but his invalid sister wa
entitled to all that could no realizes
from her half Of the land. II was ~
Eurcne F-f Id discover the value ~ III
land and Il exercise his judgment Il
disposing 81 il. He undertook the tasl
with -ill-conccaled r~epugnancc. He dis
liked travelling had = horror Of I'm
aired beds and pot-inck. He went 4
the oil regions in a bad humor. NhcI
he returned. a great change was notices
ia his manner. A month had worke'
wonders.
Just think 81 IT, lie said 70 Inc
when he dropped IN 20 shake hands ]
his CHEEKY, hearty WAY. IL though
those Xix hundred acres were wort
about five dollars m acre. AZ the en-
81 d week / WIS offered sixteen thou
sand dollars: ia another week Il iumpe
ny 10 4 hundred thousand. and iinall
i lei il 20 for four hundred thousand
! half cash. balance in three months
III struck Us all a. a surprising >trea0
! Of luck. and everybody put Il that way
but Eugene. who was . convert 10 III
, BELT theory. held il was simply
mater Of management and business OK
pcricnce and ~sagacity. He asSeftc
there wa abundance If oil tcrritor
y ~undevclopcd. and his friends were sui
priscd beyond expression when hc ~
! nounced his resolve 20 demonstrate n
1 correctness III bis conclusions. He IN
dertook the task 81 developing. ans
Ike many another who started out o
tic -Bclf'' theory, he ended '.wild-ca'
thug In other words. NJ assumed Z,
! traordinary risks. His efforts were a
n tended with varying success. He eNp'
b rienccd downright bad luck. = TAI
b good fortune. toe.
y In q wear icss time his old fricns
scarcely knew Eugene D.. He NJ:
energetic. confident. positive and n
ny cisivc: 4 very fair specimen u . tho
ourh-going American business maj
l. His ventures proved profitable in 4
main. and then. all AZ once, accidcl
filled his pockets o night when
/. slept. III was the poSscS-or ~ hall
a million. HI was In tho middle ~ II
n current. a prominent craft IA the strca'
K that allured thousands. fioated = fra
Il ton into safe harbor, and stranded Il
\. great majority.
IA seldom met Eugene now We we
IN different channels. Chance broug'
,r lis face 70 face one day n front 81 y
Era Office.
4 How arc YOU. Ned? Had Dime
Ia Come with me. want company. 4
"a refusal now
u make il tonight, a home, and I
}. ~ on hand
10 [" wish l could: but the truth 4.
~ am 70 seldom AZ home now don
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