Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-12

kttilt>l tttlgIl ~ il" ne. lie ld't ltNti
spared himself; he had labored with hand
and with brain from early morning until
iate at night. and had never remembered
that the time must come when brain and
hand would both tire. He worked entire
~ for love Of his WORK. lie had no wife
to share his honors and riches, no children
to inherit them, and lc was quite alone in
the world. When friends asked him why
he worked SO hard, having neither wife
nor child, kith nor Kin, his answer MAS AZ
WAYS
"For the love of it,"
lie had amassed a large fortune, and had
purchased d magnificent estate called Lul-
worth, near the pretty town ol Tor Dca-
con, in Surrey. lie had successfully con-
Quoted Il great engineering feat, having
built a bridge over one Of the swlttcst riN-
ers and broadc>t streams in England. 1t
had been a gigantic undertaking. on
which the eyes OF scientific men had been
fixed with eager attention, for the river
d,cpened and broadcncd until it was
neither more nor less than the trtn @. the
sea. with IA strou" tide cAhiug ana Towing;
and the bridge had 20 be built wAcrc tne
stream WAS widest. Sccptics had refused
to believe il was possible; but Sir Kaye
smiled and said there was no feat 30 dill
cult but that tiLac and patience could ac-
ronpli>t il.
What obstacles he mctwith, what diff
cullieS he olcrcLnlc, what remarkable tai
eat he displayed, what energy and re-
source, were topics, that were discussed
almost daily.
\ royal parsonage went to open the
bridge, and commented it ~ one of the
greatest works OF tile age. The queen
kii2htcd the engineer and spoke words Of
praise that almost brought tears 10 his
eyes; aud the world of science and art
aad fashion did homage 60 him.
And now Ike seemed suddenly TO col
lal.c; his brain was tired. aad he could
not work. The world seemed all at once
to have grown empty; and he sat with
~acLjughcad and with >loWly -hcating heart,
wondering what had come over him, what
was the matter, and Why life had changed
and gone wrong. Grdyc-faccd doctors
came 10 him and told him that he must
rest. Tie smiled A. he heard the word
II ne went TO LulW0rth Hall, the princeiy
residence which bc had purchased, there
would be no rest. People would come to
see him; he would be compelled TO enter
tam and visit and he did not feel equal
70 either.
"if | were in your place, Sir Raye,"
said the first doctor-onc OF the most Skill
ful professional men ia London-..I should
leave all care behind me, and 80 to some
quiet farmhouse, far in the heart of the
country, and really rest from everything.
spend sour time in the fields, and listen
10 nothing save the songs OF BIRDS
sir liayc saW reason IN the advice, and
complied with it,. Fate led him TO the
prctty country town of Uolwood, in Kent,
and he found lodgings in a small neat
farmhouse near there. Every care was
lott behind, and he gave himself up TO the
ldIi enjoyment OF Il sleepy country lie,
which was 80 unlike the other life he had
icd.
Meadow farm was an old-laShlohed
house, h0llt Of gray stone, anu covered
Witl tfdIlihg roses, It ialSe "hiic Jcssd-
mHAc almost hiulh2 the pofch from view
Ae iallh looked most picturesque, WIN
IT. fcii h-ieado"-id""' ilN green io'"5e, us
ci'ar poor Ni'"fe vac 'S''Ie "i""N, ~ 'oI"-
Atiu> STACKS OF MAJ.
th t"fei! June az. ar Kaye NioArt
stood Al The Wttle gaze lAal ave access 10
the meadows, lost Ia admfailoh. his hoaft
WARMER ti'tt - h"u "'th s'"o' hh't' ~
las mother : knee: l"r lh'fe was some
thlhS IN the blue Say, ~ lhe sweet lIesI
breath OF the Wihd. ia TIE joyous song OF
the BIRDS, IN the odors THAT arose from the
leaves and IoWcr>, THAT sent his houEhts
to Heaven, and let iIm like a simple cHild
before the great open heart of Nature.
Behind hm Was the prctty farm, and
herore him was field atlet irl,,. until The
grpeu gra>s re,embled a Great Green sea,
I'm the midst of the crdautexltu,sc rolden
" -