Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21

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Pzrhzgsis may - without saying tat
hs b2s been al eArnest Republican IA
politics slnrc tle privilege of voting was
granted 70 aim. aud that re looked open
the sleclIoa o. Ar Cleveland Ia ~ as she
o0st dangerous crl.-s that the coantls
lad passed tbroagL. with the possible ex.
cepiion ~ the war itself When ths Re
pabileans succeeded last faIl in slectlag
their candidate. Plllip was Ia / gh feather.
and from ne c-y the result WAS knowa
rutil tie dFst 81 March. be uSs very pains
taxing in laying up eneuga from hls earn
ings % enable him 30 ~ present al the IL
su-uIation.
Among his aoqusintances iu New York
was man whose name I have not beer
able 10 learn, bnt who wss employed a.
that time as al elevator man by Baulpanu
Bros, IA bui.cing near the Courier in
Fourteenth street This man went with
Phillip 10 Washington for the same pnr
pose On the fourth OF last March sRd to
gether they witnessed tie Inauguration OF
their candidate They spent several dave
Ia the city sight seeing and renewing their
acquaintance with familiar localities.
One day Philip. while wandering along
Pennsy sylyania avenue, fell into converse
tion with a coloret man some years bis
senior. After they had INDUCED Ia dole
ful sympathies with respect 70 the famous
weather Of the fourth Of March. and
chatted on various topics, they exchanged
names, whereupon the old man said that
be knew a family of BARRIERS, and asked
Philip II he was descended from old Judge
Barbour. whose name. IL will be observed
j. spelled somewhat differently from
Philips. IL may be said Ia passing that II
Philip l. correct with regard 10 his ances-
try, he is a not very distant relative OF that
Barbour who has recently been elected 10
succeed RiddieDerger - one Of NiTginia's
representatives in the United States Sen
ate
Philip told his acquaintance that he was
connected with the barbour family, and
that he had two brothers from whom lie
had been parted thirty-tbree wears ago
lie added in the same breath that both the
brothers were dead, whereupon the ole
man proceeded TO inform him that he was
mistaken, that John was still living anu
at work in this very city. Philip was 40
certain that his brother had died from
wounds received in battle, that he placec
no credence in the statements OF his &C
quaintance. but yielding 10 the latter;
opportunities. he went with him in tn,
evening TO see this namesake of his.
The two old colored men went 10 a
modest house upon Rich street, and when
Philip was brought in the presence OF the
man he had come TO see, he recognized him
instantly AS his brother John.
The details of their meeting and their
long conversations about their experiences
during the past thirty three years may he
left to the imagination OF the reader. All
doubts about their kinship were speedily
removed, and Philip found perhaps 3
greater satisfaction in the episode than In
the leading event which had brought him
TO Washington. John Barber is at present
well-to-do employe in jewelry store on
Pennsylvania avenue.
The story would be incomplete withou,
relating the experience OF Philips friend
who had come TO Washington with him to
see the inauguration. He was one of the
unfortunate visitors to the city who was
apparently fated TO pass the nights of thai
crowded period either on the streets or in
come bar-room. for he had been unable to
secure quarters anywhere.
Very fortunately, as he Thought ut the
time, he fell in with colored man, a
stranger to him, who Hospitality offered
him shelter under his own roof in a distant
part of the city. They went home to
gether, and strange enough, living in that
very house, was this colored mans
mother, from whom he had been separated
in the old slave days and whom he had not
seen for a longer period even than bad
elapsed in the case of the Barber brothers.
Philip Barber has returned to New York
L. Ia
teeth street building, but his friend was
too much rejoiced at rejoining his mother
TO leave her again, and he has found EN-
ployment somewhere in Washington where
he intends to stay until the end of his days.
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