San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-26

ever ne tnougIrtis was about TO gain cIer.
Presently he called tc me again.
81 forgot to ask" said he, whether this
was to be read backwards or sideways"
straight ahead" answered.
saw that he was getting involved in the
tolls, and knew that they would soon close
on him 1t must be remembered that had
never deceived Ulysses, and the thought that
l. or any one else, could feign an opinion
which was not genuine had never occurred
to him. The book had been submitted to
him about the middle of the morning Ulys
SEES took no refreshment that day, neither
water nor food. When came out of the house
after "tiffin" / advised him to lay the vol
ume aside and look at it again the next day.
He seemed to feel that this would be a con-
fcssion of failure, and refused.
'Tell me, he wrote, ARE there many Of
Your species who understand and really en-
Joy this book"
There are not many in number" | an
swered. "but their position in the society of
culture and taste is an exalted one. Within
tie last few years it has come to pass that
the understanding and appreciation of this
work is shibbolcth by which the true dis
cples of sweetness and light may distinguish
themselves from the miscellaneous herd of
Philistines Do not be discouraged because
you havo failed" added, in kindly, pa
tronizing cone. There are many estimable
mortalS in the same situation. You under
stand, however, that you cannot be admitted
to the elect, much less claim superiority over
myself"
Ulysses wrote upon the blackboard several
profaae expressions, which lsuppose he had
learned from Briggs, and resumed his study.
1t was nearly evening when Akbar came
to me and said Ulysses was showing decided
ymptoms of becoming must" went out
with the intention of taking the book away
from him, but stopped several yards away,
struck by his changed appearance. His eyes
were wild and bloodshot, his ears erect, his
legs spread apart He was beating his sides
with his trunk, and at times trumpetinG in
low, bass tones. When he saw us approach
he seized the book from the rock and dashed
it at me with all his force.
Ulysses" said, keep calm"
"Look outr cried Akhar; "he is must
Bewarel"
With terrific roar Ulysses turned, and
sprang in great, ponderous leaps out of tho
garden. Briggs, who was in his path,
dropped his rake and flung himself into some
bushes.
After him, Akbarw cried; "see where
he goes"
Ulysses ran toward a clump Of woods,
which grew over knoll a short distance
away Into this he plunged, and was soon
out of sight. We could hear tho limbs crash
as he tore his way into the thick foliage.
Akbar followed cautiously. The direction
which Ulysses had taken caused suspicion
OF possible calamity to dawn on my mind,
and | waited uneasily for the mahout's re-
turn. 1t was not long before Akbar emerged
from the woods and ran toward me-
PRAISE be to our fathers, he is deadr' be
shouted. Akbar had come to fear and to
hate Ulysses.
'Are you surem asked.
''May the hyenas cat my grandfather"
said he, solemnly you, who know only
truth, remember the rocky bank beyond the
hin, which slopes off TO destruction? Your
servant, Ulysses, rushed thIther and flung
himself down. bursting his head against the
stones l myself saw him there, lying mo
tionless and dead"
This was the end O. Ulysses. l have al
ready remarked at the beginning Of this ERR
rativc that | felt less of sor.Ow than of re-
lief over tho catastrophe. Long associat Oh
had made him dear to mo i'll many ways
yet l WAS not prepared 10 endure him as a
master. There could be no otter outcome to
the unhappy situation than tragedy OF
some kind l sadly gave orders for the intc!.
l2ent of his body, and returned to tho Louise,
taking with rae the torn and d.SiguTei copy
of Browning's rdello."-Char!cs Dwight
Willard in San Francisco Argoaaut.