New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
HIRAM.
A STORY TOLD BY DIR. HOLMES

From over Tie Tcacup,9 in The Atlantic =.
one OF my neigbo's. thorough american, Is n'1 ,.
concerned about tie growth 81 "iEt nc .a it t,'
hard handel arstocracy7 lie tells the foNo"ihS
story; H.. .,.u. r, VOID and
employed q msn OF whom knew some thhG-that l9
wa indu'uols temp rat ana that he 'AI VIZ s
Highlander. / engaged lin. say, to Dig some pl'.
iolt,. Wv emp,o'c bought a new Spaie and SEQ,
1l putp,~c. and came T. nv place a. the app JIfu
tine. and bean di;sine. While ne vas at WORT ty1
mau came oyer fom drnidns sllojn L. W's' i liy
r,,id,uc. f, rca.rr ihtn cOud deere one 81 mem
| lad known as NuGc FaglG. uhe ether ~ itl'
;chcimcr. They loood at Hiram. my NV Hamp.
T.. a minut or So when FegJn addressed him 49,
And how much does the man pay yez by the
The gentleman doesn't pay me by tie hour sad
How mo,h doe, he bay you by der veeksr said
ii don't know as that's any Of your business
~.rata WI! make it our business, said Mite
Fa.an. WcIe Kno.,,ht, Of Labor. we'd have ySz 10
know and yo can't make yer bargains III rs ye likes
We uanc, TO know how mony hours sc WORKS. ana
how much yc get for T. ,,., A.. - . ,,,r,
Of titic Il nobility. isn't IT, thought the laws q
our country DIDN'T allow titles OF t,si kind. bnt Z
6 6g 'r ~ art]s You As such sir Mchac con:
e.d,ulat. you on the dignity yod have a'tanet
sr Hans: ply ms repactS = y.n u'%i H Ttns
The p'lcc colr; ho"gh, It ntrc sir' I, intervene
Inc Two men looked a. n. weigh about $50
p pc,a IN lpf ys =. Pr.n,ier In, my facc Is
rather pallid and peaked and Hiram .al Sg.n Lh,ns
Srn rii hirdiy knew what rrclId - take. They
rather liked Tlc sound of ,lr Michael and SIR Hans
They did g%t Sn9" T Her To don whcthr %
tahc what had been sud a ca-lS hcili or not, but
hE wanted ed d pg a Of 9s ON NM tie S,D or Ing
handled. Spoonlike shovel. with WHch Hiram ina
a,Ar.sE. 5c ,ohcrs" cxcla.ract Mike Facin. 'but
hasn't he been atTftn' VIII Brown. the hardware
fcIlah that W. boycotted! Grab it, lIas,, and well
,aryv IL OF and show IL = the lro'hc"hool.'
the men made a move toward The Implement.
foa M st arr scGp ' TSc S sIG 'a were i ram
haivc as their noble prcd'c SOS with TIE same ttle
always wee anl Il was aSreS, to come 70 a, we ~,
.ir Michael. Hiram treated sir Hans 10 what Is
techic1!lv known a, Gr'i5 ou'ocE DON'T wan,
to De planted in that uc poS-holc. y'd better tAle
n,.' y ~ S ne sign posts say. abaout these tines
",ir Michael went down halt stunned by nay cx-
prcs.vc gesture: Sir Hans tid not know whether h!s
ZIP was ou II Joint or he hal go'-e bad spran bus
y We're both ont q condition for further ho,tilte ties:
mi~f1ltUne> 20 inl'c discourse upon them but they
had brought II Themselves and we each 81 US gave
them piece Of , onr mind. chi, Hmm sim ,.oo ~,
independent American g%en ard y, 1n i T2n ,, to
c,' as choose N" FOLKS That T. work FIR
cm ard That want . work fnr, might IT, a vel
Bunker nm bat;lo. guess If our folks in them davs
didn't no gr"at ahaout Lord Percy and Sir William
lIaOwe we ant -gOn' T. he scarf by Sir Michael
Ta.an aud Sir Hans What'S-hls name. nor no other
fellahs that undertakes 70 be noolemen and tells us
common folks what we shall dew an what We sha'nt
~. s.rr
u took the opportunity 10 explain 20 Sir Michael
and sir II rns what II father fought for. and
what Is the oaning If liberty. II these noblemen
did not like the country. they cou1~u~ elsewhere n
they didn't like the laws. they had the ballot box. and
could choose legislators. Rut long tho
Laws existed they must obey them. could not adj
NIT that because they called themselves by IN" titles
tie Old Wo9N nobility thought much a. thcv had
a right ~ Interfere I'm the agreements entered into
with nv nc-hbor. rod Sir Michel that Il he would
20 home ana help Lady Pagan 20 saw and split the
wood for her fire. he would b. better employed than
IN ncldling with my domestic arrangements al
vscd sir Hans - ask Lady Schlc'mo" lo- her bottle
Of spirits 10 aS emil r)catOn for his lano MP.
And 50 my two visitors with the arl>toclatlc tteS
,tlgg7rei off, and left Ms plain. united cticnN,
Hiram arl myself 70 set orr posts ana CONSIDER t1e
question whether we lived in q free country or under
the authority Of selfconsttuted order OF quasi
NOBILITY