The daily critic., 1890-08-14

90 The sixties leaning on his baud tol
much distracted
Are you not we'll Trrorr0a
asked The narrator
Perfectly. replied TfIr1IIuH
"butG was just building rt.ra i1
Spain
Upon these castles in Spain ifis slIl.
the sun always shines They stand
lofty and fair-so our authorities de
clue-in a luminous atmosphere. iu
which no gales blow. and there are mo-
tempests. All the sublime mountains
and the beautiful valleys and soft land
scapCs that The owners of these castles
rev,r saw. are tl be found iu the
grounds The Nile flows through them.
The Desert says the narrator.
stands upon the edge Of the grounds
and Damascus stands in my garden. |
am given 90 understand also. that Oh
Paitheuou has been removed omv Span
fish possessions The Golden Horn Is my
fish preservc nov locks of golden fleece
are pasturd ON the plain of Marathon.
and the honey of Hymeuus Is di,uIle
from the flowers thai grow in the Vale
Of Euna-all in my Spanish domain.
Amazing in beauty are all Spanish
castles, and illimitable in extent all
Spanish estates
And everybody owns not one, but
many such castles and estates.
Therefore, nobody will envy the COOL
fortune of Hon. JAMES O'DoNNELL,
N ember Of Congress from the Third
District Of Michigan, even If he has
come into a Spanish estate Of $4,000,
C0Ol What If he hasg a wo-milllou
dollar Spanish estate Nobody would
60 to the trouble Of giving a second
thought to Spanish estate so small as
tbat Certainly nobody but Michigan
Congressman.
Throughout the monotonous pro-
ccedings Of the House yesterday" said
tie Associated Press the other day,
there was one man whose face was
wrcaihCd in a constant smile. lie
scene ell to he in the best Of humor with
hin nself and the whole world The
happy gentleman Is Congressman
JAMES O'DoNNEIL, who represents the
Third Congressional disuict Of Michi
gar. Mr.. O'DoNNEIL has received a
Cablegram informing him that he has
fallen heir tot fortune " about 50 900,
eco In Spain, and that 100000 has
been placed at his disposal in order that
lie might go to Spain and take the
necessary legal steps to secure control
/ Of lis heritage. Mr. O'DoNNEIL does
/ rot luOw who left him the money.
He says that one Of his relatives went
10 Spain and settled there, but had been
lost light Of. %
il will be observed that this Cougr,s
sional TITBoTToN is better of, In one
respect, than most Spanish proprietors.
A part OF his Spanish fortune IS S7O0,0OC
cash 10 bear his expenses 10 his estates
No doubt e. will take all Of this amount
TO reach them. unless he goes by one OF
u usual utes
DO You know, said TITBoTroM,
chat fancy my castles he just beyond
those distant hills? Al all events, ]
can see them distinctly from their sum,
mits"
"But, TTBOTTOM. / asked, "havC
| you never discovered the way tC
them %
Dear me yes" answered he, 81
know the way well enoughi but I
would DO no good 10 follow IL. ! should
give ont before ] auiyed, II Is lonl
aud difficult journey. j have nevel
known but two men who reached thei
estates in Spain.
Indeed, said /, how did they g15'
zone went over the side Of a ship
and the other Out Of a third story win
dow, said TITBorToM
And ] know one proprietor who re
sides upon his estates constantly" con
iinued he
"Who is thar
"Our old friend SLUG, whom yol
may see any day al the asylum, jus
coming ia from the hunt. or going L
call on his friend, the Grand Lama, o
dressing for the wedding Of the Man 4
the Moon, or receiving an Ambassado
from TimbuctoO. This Is the onll
Spanish proprietor In possession will
whom ] am acquainted. "
May TITBoTT0M O'DoNNELL, th
latest Of the host Of Spanish propTietOri
get 10 his estates by some other rout
than over a ships side, OF through
third story window And may his pos
sessions, If ever he should reach them
be more real than those that "Our oil