The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-28
his PECULIAR WILL.


For the old man made his will and died.
But his willl
1t was a ''corker"-as ''Majahn Jones,
who knows all about corks aud bottles,
would say.
Thus.
Property worth so much and 50 much;
bulk Of it left TO one L. J. Babcock on con-
dltlons. Conditions these: Said Babcock
must be moral and of good character. Said
Babcock is both moral and Of good charac-
ter. He does not chew gum; does not smoke
cigarettes; is not IN the ice-trust: does not
know Mayor Cregier; did not vote for
Cleveland
Therefore both moral and of good char
acter.
Babcock is to marry within five years a
young woman of morality and good char
acter.
And there is the rub.
Imagine Diogenes out on a still hunt for
an honest man and then stretch your imapi-
nation aud picture to yourself Babcock out
with lantern looking for woman both
moral and of good character" Five years
has this same nephew; world over he NAV
search, succeed he muster lose the money.
So he fronts an awful question. Poverty
for matrimonyl Aud which is preferable
no one can tell. And yet there seems to be
a vague, general notion that it is better to
be poor and honest than to be married and
given to prevarication-and that is tn mar
ried mans gift.
So there you are and there is Mr.. Bah
cock. To marry or not to marry-that is
the conundrum. Whether it is better in
mind of Mr.. BsbcOck to bear the sings and
archery of bachelordom or fly to an I'M
known bourne that may bear anything? A
ticklish question. A few years ago no young
man was admitted to society unless he had
proposed to Mrs. Frank Leslie. Very good.
No young woman is in at present unless she
has proposed to Mr.. Luther James Babcock.
Mr.. Babcock is potentially wealthy in order
to be wealthy, without a qualification, he
must turn Benedict.
And how!
Well, Rousseau made fortune-because
he had his works bound in the guillotlned-
and-tanned hide of a countess. An unpleas-
ant way to make fortune!
Mr.. Babcock has found a better way.
During the next 1,095 days he will wrap
himself up in a matrimonial toga and win
both fortune and a woman to boot.
HE IS AT wAUKEsHA.
And Mr.. Babcock?
He is an abrupt, gray little man of is. In
his slippers he stands up to to 5-feet-3. He
is not prejudiced against himself. One can
see that without microscope. The poten-
tial millionaire and obligatory Benedict has
been watering at Waukesha for some weeks
drinking the waters and repulsing the
unmarried women kindly but firmly. Two
days ago he was stopping at hotel NOW he
is at a private boarding mouse. In fact, he
is the paying guest of Mr.. Coyle, the assis-
tant postmaster. Without undue irrever-
ence one might add that Mr.. Coyle
has no manageable daughters. But
Mr.. Babcock, who is only IS, wisely enough
did not trust to this protection. He brought
with him his mother and his aunt. His
mother is Mrs. Babcock, his aunt is Mrs.
| Stores-a widow.
At present he is in charge of his pecuni-
Gus, defunct uncle's estate. And he is a
| money-lender. He lends hard cash and
gracefully accepts interest therefor. 1t
need not be said that Mr.. Babcock makes
his home in Michigan. Every one-bar
Mr.. Babcock and the one democrat in Mich.
gan-borrowS money. So Mr.. Babcock, who
lends the money, is waxing fat as a stalled
OK IN a monetary sense only. Otherwise
he is small and gray and slight and avuncu.
lar.
A CHAT WITH BABCOCK.
A reporter called on Mr. Babcock yester-
day morning at an early hour-say, 9
o'clock. Said Mr.. Babcock to the reporter :
81 arm modest man and do not wish any
| notoriety-by the way you have published
an editorial about me.
"As said, | am modest man and do
not wish any newspaper talk, but should
| like it understood that am not looking for
| wife. The women are looking for me-
| Thousands of women have written to me:
| many beautiful and noble women have pro.
posed to me. But say this: Never-never
| in this world or any other-have sought to
| seine woman'S heart.
"You notice the phrase-it is a fisher
| mans illustration. | am fisherman: also
also hunter and man Of society"
Said the reporter to Mr.. Babcock:
"How long have you been lodging the
beautiful and noble women who have been
| trying to marry your
Said Mr.. Bahcock to the reporter:
| "For two years"
Then Mr. Babcock emitted a chuckle that
was an autobiography.
He added: II can marry any woman |
| please, of course, but l shall wait until the
three years are up. don't want any woman
to marry me for my money. Now. have
| had fine ladies write to me and ask me to
marry them. | was silent. Then nv
| friends came to me and said, Now, my
wifes sister is a charming woman and will
make you a true and loving wife-shau |
Introduce you?
Il said, No"
| Mr. Luther James Babcock, the nephew
of Mr.. Luther jams, has read his Pope: he
knows that the proper study of mank ind is
woman. He is doing that now And as
Mr.. John G. SAKE would have said were he
alive-"Thats what they do at the
springs"
Waukesha at all events.