Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-05-19


coup which i srr-c,ci by every sAnguins
business man came OF. Mr.. Tailsrt realized
hs capital AMI sold his basinrss. lie obtained
los for II t-cause h. made the stipulation that
his name should no longer appsar IN connec-
tim with H. Then, widowcr with one
daughter anil two aons, hc bought Haflcwopd
Hon.e, and sss,lci down % drift gradually
into good locicty.
T lie c.lucaie.i his chiIslrcn by this cresl II
Il tho duty q all people 10 rio In tho worh-
both in commercial ami social circles Thanks
% hls cteriions AMI god fortune. tho frt
half q The obligation hsd h"en di-chargci
The noc0ud rssf-i chi-ny With his chiidrvn.
He dhi not toI them this In definite words,
bot ell the sAme prcached Il 10 them uo~t elo-
qusnily, and uas more than content, AMI felt
tAat tho fruits % his training were showing
themselves. whsn his daughter married Sir
Mainsay ClAuson.a n fairly r,spectabls AMI
weli.tOdo larunct
This satisfaciory allance gave the Taltrrts
a liz In the sociai sale. although. ~ far a.
Oakbury Vas c,iDocrns.i. u was httle nessiei.
Mr. Tall.rt ha.l nov t...n cut q bu1ness for At
least ten ycars he was quiet, gcuihmaniy,
AMI, n not retiring. AZ lcast unolsrusiye. His
wealth was estimated AZ about tlrcc Tins its
CORRECT amount With ths>s a,ivaniagss be
alrcady found himslf well ruccivcd BY the
famAs. u T.-iuon, his ncighbon. Conteut
a. be NJ doubt fclt ca bis own aocOant, h..
nessfiheiez., hsld up tleir sisters brilliant
match A. an example o. his sons. ami talked
somurh alout the neos-sliy q thcir choo.ing
their iu,imaiss fittingiy that II j. a marvel
tho young nien did not sI-..ily develop into
fools o. kn0ln.
But even now when verging upun middle
ago thy we're although any man
Who would desllns your aoquainianos or
mine ought q oounc. 20 - ons 90 the
other-psrhapa tath. The worst that couli
l.urgc.l az. at the Taltrrts vas this from
The very flrst taey bad told themselv- We
can fnsl A. tleasant ami A. trlis friends among
tho upf--r tsn thousand-among tbo-s who do
Mt make their living by haT,er-as we can
smang commercial Ieople. Let ne therefore
only ss-eiaie with tn h-s, 4 man has an
un,ioutfei night tO chp-- bis o~n fri~nis
wc.hal not 90 out - our way 10 toady tho
grcAt, tut With cur ileas On tho ubl~t No
can oniy male assoclaies Of tbo~s ~hom ws
consider the prupsr olAas q people. A Duks
q nadminton may ao-pciate with vhomsorver
h. choa.eS lie Il slsays. pr -. the duks
We are not dukesL Our father nlaio his
monsy in-sell. never mind Ia What We
are Mt even millionaire We have enough
wealth 10 live comfortably AMI Ike gentle
men. lut Mt enough b. roll in N We 90 hand
IN glove with cal, tolaooo. sugar, etc, We
must, on account of tho narrow distance
whiCh divides us from the status q commerce,
sink % the level, or at least gct cunfouniei
sith tho useful, RESPECTABLE. prudiahle. but,
to "a, disia.tsful comm1siitieS Therefore u
I.hoovea us o. ID fastiiious even % fault"
Who can blame such sentiments a. the.el
To my mind tlere Il a Kind q shre~d noblLty
In them,
Why, with such -snsihls views On things In
grneral. the two young men dld not follow
their sisters example AMI mako brilliant
matches l. q matter which has never been
cl-arly cxplainei Whcn. after an inlmau-
late car,cr, they lcft Oxford. they were tall,
wei built. young fellows; moreover carrying
about them an Inherent look u distinction
70 far a. Tho worl1 know they had no ViccN
Inde.d, IN spite q stature, good looks. AMI
bruai sholliers, In soins quarters they were
accounted milk-op< Perhaps boau-e, In al
dltion 10 the polite, even oourtly, style which
they siroye % adopt towards every ons. they
had many little hnnlck.ng. old.maidi.h ways
which we're a lourcs q nnerriment % their
coutcmporaries NevcTtheleuz. aInong the
Who were honnrci with their Friendship. the
Talhcris werc ut unpopular With many
womcn- the miidlcagcd cpcclAlly-thes
tall handsome, rcfnci young men werr
prime favoriis- The fact q tho brothers
having r,aclc,i the respective agcs u 40 and
Al without having selected helps-ueet for
them argues that romsthing which mAkss
a marrying man was missing from their
natures
II may 10 tha, the PLEASURE they found in
travel prevented their -ettllng down For
many years, either together or singly, ths
Talhcrts spcnt nine months out q tho twelve
away from hone. 1heir father, Who hai NJ
wi,h b. - bis sons striving In tho rack oi
humanity for the worlds prizas, made them
handsome all0vanrsx. Greatly 30 thrir credit
they lived within their incomes, even savel
money. The>s savings they invariably IN
vestsi In works q art, 20 that A. years went
hy thsir ACQUISITIONS II unitei would have
formed valuable and tAstsfui coIlertion. ths
units q which bal been culled from east
west, north and sou,h-~o tndiciously tssi
the hrotherS fslt sure that. n such q thins
were neesissi, the selsrtion would enhance ths
tastes and knO~ledse q matters artistic
The hrothers wss ths bsst u fficnik
They uniersiood and symrA;hihsd with each
others' hk,s, disllkas and weakncers Only
onos in their lives bal they quarrelled, but
that quarrel hai lasisl for six years They
shudicr now as they look hack upon that
time.
IL was no vulgar dispute, which 4 made
known 90 all tho work. and In which mutual
frien,ls aro etpectcd 10 tAks siic< IL was
only the Tallsrts themselves who knew that
a quarrel existed. To outsiders they -r-m~i
more alsurily polite 10 each other than BE-
fore
The Gauss of the quarrel vas the interfer-
enoe q one brother In the other safairs They
we're peculiar men, and very tenacious Of tho
Englishmans duty of minding his own bua-
ness On q certain occasion one of them
fancloi a rather delicate matter a. much his
own businez- as bis brother's Hs was mis-
taken They did nct uss high words, because
such things wers not In their line; but Zach
brothcr Was sadly frm The upshot WAS that
for an ycan they only spoks ~hsn they mss
In society.
Al last old Talbsrt disd. His saccs.ful
uAlNutNt haL bsu uf&t - Ata2 t*4tte~ s@~~s-
man left Lakewood Houss and ia contents
10 his sons oonjointly. The ret his fortune
he divided into thres parts, and lefs IN tins
proportion 10 each of his Children o. their
Children, N any. Then tho sons met 1t HAzle-
wood Hou.s and con<dered what they should
DO.
Fist of all, o. was becoming. they made up
their diflernoeS Very little was Haid On
either sids, but 10 was undcstood that cordial
relations were reesfabl ished Atwhich happy
CONCLUSION each man rejoicsi grcatiy-ths
M ysar' SEPARATION bad been terrible a6air
and taclily registered . vow that Tor ths
future his brothers Affairs should 10 hn own
distinct, private property.
BY this time our friends bad grown rHfh9
weary Of gsddlng about Moreover, 10 ws
due 70 their position that soms place should
bs callrd their homA P0 nsarly twenty
years they bad lived In the various capitAlsof
Eurorc, and they knew that they had con-
qucrcd society. Indeed, iti doubtful whsthsr
any two msn, not cslehritirA were bsttsr
known than Horace snd Hwbrrt TAibert 30
they resolved 10 srttls down and begin houss
keeping ca their own sccounk
Thry collected thsir srt truaure<, and b.
ing po< tr.dar, but arl thorough M q
fro be Consiuued.1