The sun., 1886-12-05
roNGUEOIL TIMOTHY DEAD.
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VIRGINIA CrrT. New, Nov. 2o.-A letter re-
e,ivsd months go from . friend as Butte.
Moosana. iniorms me OF the death In that
p.sss of Tongue-Ol Timothy" . former
Nsssdas. and In his sphere ercat and good
man. NJ frieed says:
Ne ssA Z. - vita hss sesss -. psssins away
ssseefsfiy uisA sAs svsss month u JssA
The departed vss . man Of genius In his
wax and var Of life. His like '' 80 ne'er shall
80 again. II being the rule to give no
vord Of eacouraaement to = man Of genius
during his lifetime. feel At liberty-now th.t
Topgue-Oh Timothy can in no way be bene-
nted By what I shail say OF him-to drop at
least one leaf OF Daphns's dsathless plant ''
upon his tomb.
In oily smoothness OF discourse and rlausi-
biiity OF manner he was . man without COM
pare. viruient polem ics were By him detes:ed.
HIS occupation. that OF q dealer OF the hohle
game OF faro. va. one that furnished him end
Ie~s opportunity for the exercise Of his pecu.
otly in all hts wsIks in life that It is hard to
% which to Lay. hold. He scems at the fret
glance q promising subject but like the Ir;sh-
man'e n.s when we put our hneer on him
rosous-oM TIMOTHY soorHEs DxH or LIoxs
Tonxu--oil Timothy generally dealt his own
eeme moving fr.m town to town as tho ernss
Sys sr:
Q Ue.Lknown Nevada town. which would smell
the sams By any other nam-.
Dsinx ono in eht.h sheke.s aboundoi: but he
lad aieo hear.i from tn. fes IL his fellow crafts
70 'ns Ssi
sss nha had Of the the sro,isI- II Sns = the & great at
Mason and Dx"p's rci-t.rated line.
A tho gentl. dove goes cooing into the
strange dov-cote. so Tonsue-o,l Timothy en-
tered the to~n Of Sulrhuropo.is. Cnost- nta-
tousiy he s-.arrd a iarx. RON IN tue rea. Of
the bnrr'"m ~ N. PRINCIPAL hotel and smii-
inx,y he spr-sd lortn MS :, net. ,. ,.
thu beast OF the jungle had ventnred To show
himself in the town-tn- .orle came. they saw.
their shek.is in, {" his drawer. With oi ; tongue
aud in sndd-ned and sympathetic lone.
hair whsn one that he was cheering on aud in
whom he seemed to f.e' almost fathsrly in
ter-st wa: a continual .os-r.
Tho NM 'rity OF hose gathered about the lair
OF TimU,nys pet Bengal we're fiery eons Of the
shiyarous south; men Of the hali-hors-. half
serene in the midst Of this turbulent ellen. mt
taxed the peculiar g-nins OF Timothy to the
utmost. yet he was equal to the situation. As
they saw their golden pieces depart and their
piies 81 silver melt away. not uDfreQu.Ety was
tnere heard among those surrounding Tongues
teeth. Si1h- that shook strong frames forced
their way from hrazrn breasts. and often great
and ,ny.d sh sse sac sora ~ SaM,e OK
rested uron tho ivorS hiit Of Colts inconpsr-
Timothy shone forth in almost God-like great
1eas. Hs saw nothing. A serene smile Of
peaoe and good will toward AL mankind piayed
1pon his lips. and hi eyes soft in their gaze
n . mai T. MS. glanced from face to fac. n
osse9 o. xaH h IN
board or tho plies of Eoid before him. His
heart was not in them. but absent and roaming g
kv~R h. .,
10 locate the home Of is childhood. Amazed
and Jun. .,un,!ed at b-hoiding this exhibition
Srefcn-d and ruined men Would stand and
tmpatieniiy gnzs into one anothers fac-s the
long. kn"tt.d fingers would owiy reiax their
: p n.rl-et t" eaim s % would % snsas. The tIaSbied led
Wnters acknowledged the soothing oil.
there in tne day aud In the dead vast middle
Of the night sat TonGue-oi Timothy. smiling.
the 81 =. ns
ered in tine last lex quarter. Tho town VAS
Sean-d: the eras. mcwn to the very roots-
and pastures new: On the eve Of his de-
Il had ben g .st.sd to his ear. .h., brfors % he
lost hs Was tn he made tn smei something
tsso dli the S iarnaes fumes M Of So ennrnpas. @
The STAGE which Vas to bear him awav. and
ysi.n HIM HI. henvy N sac, sacks Of coin vas g soon to
throncea the barroom. and war Was in their
spoke II the terrible stories hs mad heard
against them previous to his coming among
them and a wound np 6y By de G .l.ring rim ne VA was
vineed tina; these were all malicious lies: that
more pleasant or Agreeable, gentlemen it had
those who whose ' ssauaintance % m @ he had had T The
Dieasu!e 81 making IN the enterprising lit,ie
the momsnt. T,ino;hr. with his x.irsact in
his hand. was anxious TO Dc on for
god pi.c. upon the couni-r h~ told the Isnl-
lord t. tr."r a hands. dovgsd and "m;nons
bar where Ia. had thrown his gold piece With
Iii. sane design a. i'rai with whicn th" Russian
As Timothy male his way toward the s,sc.
the men of Suiphurop" is l~Han to th.nDH
about him. lie smiled in various directions.
Nodded, ans! spoke pleasant words :but wo.d
was spoken IN return. AID Go an,wertt. . smile
M, his gaz'. G al was Tn4us.oii Timothy
e.ach Tor he liked no, the flerce an sulisn
look o! thns- who escorted him or Of the mapv
otner- VII" 'aIns crowd nE nr. but hs made !,
appear in :a.- and manner :hat he und-rs'ooi
all to ia ]. '..i with gri". al parting WIKI him.
just -. III. wrip al ;ns driver cracked aud the
unwilling horses ba.:an IN f-~k their way int"
their ca itr-. Tim thy heard a Grua voice say
In arg-F-iiiIck-;i-d tones:
Jas; IN " wnar n. said More pleasant and
Agreeable S-ni,-men lac hal never met is
vhar you 'ughIr struck BsfnH
Iino;1y ,.lt in bis ioElnsi soul that he mad
y =
- the err-ii rol -t away .r' IN the gloomy group
Of eoInl-ss IN n. he h-nt forward from It's win
oou abd with hiss lily ns,d wlre.t them from
his S~n~vo !eht count-nHr re a anil NC tarev vel.
for h- was .ti: with ~ rrach OF . pistol bullet.
and tho words. Just thar is whAr Sou ought'r
struck him." were sIin hum ming In his cars.
fIAoIHY sHRAE SHEEP OF HIS OWN COLOR
On one OCCASION Timothy Of the oily tongue
made his appearance tue brisk little town OF
Snsitorvi,te. famous gOE iss many furnaces and
the ric.iH-ss Of its ars~ntiferous ores He
VAkei about tho town in an spoarsntiy
gloomy and detected DAnnsr. YET wAS he happy
- he uAs uastuous 70 tic core; and even as
ne seemed u sOrros. tha oil OF &.adoeAS wAs
ooGing from his sv~ry pora- In the foUD GaS
only one room In which. suitably and 70 the
fail could he displayed the attractions Of tho
Sorai bssast Of Bengal This room was oceu-
Dae1 b. . brother AyOrt who was driving Quits
Q thriving trata. To obtain possessi0a Of this
yoo0 Vas tbs secret desire os Timothy's soul !:
bsk tbsrs vas Wasateh San" Z" In full and
Qourishihx possession HAmAA looked not on
0ogdscAi siti,ax In tho kiGR's gate win moro
envious eye ,han did Timothy o6<srvs wasateh
BAN. ssatei bshiRd his green baizs. Offering
Al the inst oppos.u.ity Timothy. In tones
al greasy With grief. informed Ws-ateh
thai he vas deal broke He was oven then. -
he said "a his way 10 ihs Cotnstock to raise 9
sun uith ekich 20 start afTesh In the world IL
WAs ha.'i. he said fog q man ike him. wAo bad
always reI"icei in tho pnsA-ssiHn OF a:mnet un-
nunher-i sh-kas. To bs reduced To this ex-