The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-07-27

)r NORWOOD ana 0lo eet. "a
What connection there could be be- 10
ween those young Purltans, afieto- q
rats and scholars, the flower OF the u
prigs, little; and 6o,7'ts o.
land man Of Cohen's way OF lie, ~ =
would be hard to say.
In aspiring to their acquaintance one q
knew If to accuse the man OF
an insane. vanity or pathetic hankefe
ing after better things.
Little Leuniger, who played the
fiddle, Jew, was the fashion NJ that
time among them, but he resoIutety
turned the cold shoulder to poor Cohen
who, believe, deeply resented this IN
his heart, and never lost an oPpoltu-
nifty OF hurting q bitterness at his CON-
patriot.
er,s eyes, 10 make brave show DelOle
one Another, fs, / have Observer,
marked Characteristic of the jewish
people.
1 way aud c0nteDted himself with say
ing that Cohen's family were not Peo- |
4 ple that one "knew"
On the subject of his family, Cohen
himself. at times eavagely reserved, at
others apparently frank, volunteered
little Information, though on one occa-
sion he had touched in with lew
vivid strokes the background OF his
life.
II / seemed to see 1t all before me; the
: little new shOuse in Mazda Vale; q
/, crowd of children, cIamorous, un-
!. kempt; a sallow shrew In torn dress-
/: ling gown. who alternately scOlded,
/. bewailed herself, and sank into moody
j. silence; fitfal paterDnl figure coming
2 and going, depressed, exhiterated &C.
r cording 10 the fluctuations OF his mys-
}. FERROUS financial affairs, aud over
a 4 everything the fumes Of smoke, the
glare of gas. the smell of food In prep.
y aration.
DSl But, naturally enough, it was as an
~ individual, not as tho member Of
vi family. that Cohen cared TO discus
r, himself.
IL There was, Indeed, force, an exu
he bcrauce. ROBUSTNESS about his indivi
duality that atoned-tO the curiOu
n. observer ut least-for the presence Q
!. lcertaip OF the elements which heIpe
to compose il. His unbounded ARC
adj cauce, his enormous pretensiOns, a
Nv ternating with and tempered by oil
nv ter seif.depreciat;on, overlooking 6
cd times into self reviling, impressed mi
,e, leyen while amusing and disgustin
me.
nd 1t secmad that frustrated sense {
ira power. disturbing consciousness
Ia. Isomo blind force which sought an ou
of LOT. lurked with him AMI allowed hii
no rest.
al OF his failure nj his work he spos
arc often enough, soothing at academ
- standards, yet writing nj his own in'
of bylity to come up TO them.
md "On my honor" he said TO me one
Ike 81 can't do better, and that's Il
nm truth. OF course you don't believe
mt. no one believes IT. It's all talk
ted wasted opportunities, squandered Il
he ents-but, before God, that part of n
ING brain which won the scholarship W
ICE, clean gone"
an pointed out to him that his way
life was not exactly calculated TO
py. courage tho working mood.
Zoe oM0odW he shouted, with LOT
.sut ex asperated laugh. "Mood! tell y
there's devil In my brain aud in !
a u blood, and Heaven knows where 1t
alter leading me-"
a 1t led him this way aud that at
ow- hours of the day and night.
The end OF the matter was not di
and cult to foresee, and / told him
plainly.
con. This sobered him little aud he \
rea, quiet for three days, lying out on
nm. rruss with n lexicon aud q pile OF
ID - ford classics.
uu On the fourth the old mood \
upon him, and he rushed about lik'
hunted thing from dawn to sun
snce winding up with an entertainm
me which threatened his position a
member of the university.
crest He got off this time, however, b,
ners shall neverS forget his face. the n
oa0'- morning as he clustered loudly |
most Norwood aud Blount in Trinity sir
rked If he neglected his own work
ever did, as far AZ could be seen, no OF
hing unless fits of voracious and promi
ship. Gus reading may DO allowed to &C
he as such. suspected him OF wri
liked verses, but on this matter OF wri
he always maintained, curio'
ysclf enough, q profound reserve.
out What had for some time fore;
these as inevitable at length came to =
t the Cohen disappeared at Il short nc
from the university, no choice b'
des- given him in the matter.
map 1 went off to his lodgings dire
the news of his sentence reached
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