Telegram-herald., 1889-10-06

pitfalls for everybody else. II Is
a. pleasant 10 De with him on his jour
ncys as 10 is 70 have any guide who not
only thoroughly knows his way but
rcvels n all its charms. The springs
OF his fancy flOw smoothly with only
ripple here and there till they break
into a sparkling cascade. They neither
-oar like \ vaterspout nor surge like
falling torrent, but they are laughing
waters cool, sparkling and refreshing.
Those who look carefully for undercur-
rents can detect sem. The humOrists
name j. usually identified with nothing
but humor. almost invariably broad
aa1 grOtesque and sometimes a trifie
coarse. This conception Of Nye. how
ever is far from defining and determin-
ing his real limits. The measure must
be stretched a little IL is too circum-
scribed FOR the man. Between the lines
are touches Of the subtlest satire;
touches shat are neither heavy, clumsy
nor accidental In his own inimitable
serio-comic fashion he described the
preparation he had made for insuring
himself 4 serenade on his return from
Europe. He had ne goes on TO say,
hired a tug band and glee club and
prepared what he calls a neat little
address. He hoped the proposed ovs-
ton would not interfere with the plans
o. -he captain Of the steamer in the
matter Of landing OF course the ova-
tlon falls through The tug is carting
garbage ont 70 sea when be arrives and
Che climax comes in for this descrlp-
ton
When 20. homo to Staten
Island. feeling that had been away
hundred years and thinking that L
would hardly De remen bered even by
nv own family, I found tha. nobody
knew had been away. l can no" sec
Tor ne hrst time how the world squeeIes
along SO we'll when great man diGs-
In the article from which thisis taken
there IS not sentence which Is remark
able FOR beauty OF construction, but
poupous orat3Ons with infinitely less
philosophy in them are delivered by tho
score There is such thing as being
beguiled By thesrtlsss simplicity which
froiics on The surface Of the story. The
wary viii End in it. however, whole
CULVER full % arrows for fuss and
feathers and bonbast. and tho discrim-
mating VIII discover texts Tor nalI
dozen m0ralirars The arrows might
- tipped with poison but Tor the fac'
that Nve selects no outside victims
TIE is his own tar~e-. r. ia the triumph
Of his art that he directs every shats
s-ainst hinSelf No matter how de-
str4ctive the shot may he. ~ buries ~
e.. in Bill I'VE. This completely dis
srus the reader No one can De sis-
rlrious % a nan whose purpose seems
e. be 20 take an arms against MS own
it3osrarrariss. rh,se crusade IA Always
against b rself and wco mases his oN .
devoted heal the objective polhs @.
r.i'cnla Tia pfeasant enouEn io CAV
quletiv down tbe stream with Mt N}et
% suspect lha eristencs or no RnaeF
currents and - take him AZ pufef
ruperacia' estimate. Those Who have
TIME 20 read enlv as they run VIA
tnd themselves amused if they ara
content With thaA Universal popular
~ however. las deeper ION n'iat.on'-
81 maces lsuvhabie thouEa tAey
%, g. nct command it. They become
tlfHsome wien they stand Aoh"
ssF taat there is nothing more tn
sFan she aeihtY 20 provoke 'nii'
try and touch the cen fftooni eo.-ola -
toaa With a tNe fatH'.n -.A'
tfalns ais Euns ss a huntre.l tonnes 49,
rarely ao hls tarzets suacen in E'es
Aa ef rsage The amos
oreataes is alpafs clear ana oeaith{-
ho lfkieas vapers agree s.- A'
- rendered All the more na-"tat - -s
very Afectations They are
i've = disclosed ss never p p ea-F
ana theY givs hin iatiflae lAas All
o. possible unsst na either eioas it =
nof necessary - 81 fuisonae aoo4e So
a MAJ. ffenaraI ferr8s we're coined %
it general eass4 where there - no
specific quality a. mag BE pardoned
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