The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-19
Tony GEiBBIIs'> WILL


,rk,-l elderly g,rutlrm1n, al SLEEK am
frsftruuS app. aranc,. ami cauTtlN
rnannpfs. Nh. Anthony Grstttat, Janr"r,
un the cuutrtry. was tall AMI titl, VIII
a wat.ry ~ and cuu-umptIve cough
Nuun- man who plainly showed tiltl
b, hal not Inherited either hl, tathtf :
,-Nctllent constitution or his business ca
lutiilti,,. Father and >"n were no le>~
unlike m taste. habit and disposition
than IN outward appearance. Mf. "rah-
t~r. senior. ~as plou> man. "trf VIZ
r,-sl,cItl peoples church watden "ht'
great regularity ia ht> suburban pdIINti
and took an immense interest m ui-ht
school, and the conversion ut the lew,
iut Tony was "A goddess youth, who never
went ta church and spent his >uadtv>
IN ,lrhaucherv. Obi Grahher hated every
description ot sport, booked upon lace
meetings aS inventions of the devil AMI
did not know rifle from towlrng
piece: where his son WAS desperately
fond Of racing. coursing and coCk-tlsht-
tns when We could ct IT., lost large
sums Of his fathers money at cards anu
~hot pigeons AT every gun cub within
nifty miles of London. ndtr these CIR
rumstances il WAS not greatly surprising
that there WAS no love Inst h,tworn
the two gentlemen Old t;rabbtr he
spi1,d hi, son u, Il fol AMI positively
hated him rs "A I.nutlnit and gambler.
while Tony iook,d upon his father rs a
sHctlmontuus oli srllE ami drtotedlN
PRAYED that before hong he would ic H..
moved IT, a better world. N,u VIE tins
All. The credit 1T t,rtlter. llu>k *
,.rahlsr had tu l." maintained al any
ru>t and II hence came about that NotIng
Grahmrs bills Were invariably hon. red
aS they fell due, "a circumstance which
cost old Grabter much anxiety AMI bal
language. and made Mr. flusk think So.
ri,ni-ly of quitting the firm. For Tony
l.nl been made partner at the az" of one.
and twenty, since which time he hld
never done "A stroke uf work, ami how to
vet r,d of him without damaging thrti
reputation was "A problem which his
Partners had hitherto tailed to s"lv" IN
II satisfactory manner.
Mr. Grabtnr junior. though a dlN,lpat.
ei wastrel. MAS puIt" sharp enough t."
rral.lr the strength uf his position. ami
Irtit of his father anl Mr.. | n,k av1ilrd
IT, max" him turn over "A new lrat. give
mp gambling and betting, ami interest
himself, IN the affairs Of the firm. He
plunged deeper AMI deeper, Ill luck at
tending every venture upon which he
embarked. Old Grubhrr stormel and
Mr.. llusk dissolved into tears. but Tony
was ublnt,tr IT,, wotld persist IN play
my harcarit IN ir'uurutng race meet
tngS, ~ making periodical visits to Monte
ntlo aud IN keeping a very smart 'siah
lt-hn,ht 1t length M,S-I~ trubler
~ FLUSH determined tn make a dc~p'rae
effort to get rIl of IL" iuculus hv huting
Ton, uur II the bank hltogrth,r. and
WITH View ta THIS arrint,lu"nt they
rall-d m the aId ut Mr.. %harpu-, the
trtn confidential solicitor aui general
adviser the question with regard to
Mr. Shafpl~' counsel was ch,rily required
was hoN mach IN the first plae" they
could afford to give MIR t'rthl"r. junior,
tn make himself scarce and how mu'h.
In the second. the said Nuuug .,"ntlemai,
ruIill hc persuaded tu accept Mr. Shar.
IlI4 after the manner of hl- KIND, was
not over Sanuuinr and when tlc affair,
# the firm Vrrr disclosed ~ him he be
came positively dr,pirint. For, sli 10
say, ihnh vas bV nu means ~ a Il pur
l,hiug condition. The drawings ut
,utIns Tony Amounted mp to a most
alarming ti-ltr AMI what surprised AMI
horrliirl Mr. FLUSH even more WAS that
obi Grahbcr, by dint Of engaging in
duuhlul sppculatlonS on his own account
and involving the firm IN bat Il, hl,, War
himself rapidly approaching Insolvency
tlu-k wa, a timid, nervous man ana
"h"u these appalling circumstances were
reverted to- hIm he sank leIpi,s.lv into
IA chair, his CONSERVATION drrriSius him
Temporarily OF the puWcr Of speech.
1--WE are absolutely ruined y hr Et.p.
ri. At length. "tvpn If Wr grt rat ut
tl" young villain We must stop within
s,N months
"NlutT and nou,ru-,.' angtiIt rrtortrd
t,tailrr. "anNthing may happ"n IN .IN
months. All W. want j. another Euod ar.
count ur two. Why. if Young lrciham
comes to w.. w. shall have tit" handling
OF II couple Of hunred thousand, at
least
Mr. Flu-k stared at hi> partner in hor-
fNr.
Il don't quite follow ,ou." hr family
remarked.
n hen ,uli must Il" = foot. ,nariei
'lahher do sou think I'm going to
pat up the shutters il ~" rnn mau1ge t"
keep gong;'
con reflection. Mr.. fu,k, sad Mr.