The Somerset reporter., 1890-03-06


been quiet while, an unusual thing for
him, when he suddenly raised himself up
on his elbow and looked at me.
See here, )" said he He spoke as plain
as could be, tho he hadn't much voice,
the doctors said his lungs were all gone,
but for all that he'd always had real
pleasant way of speaking. Somehow he
did nave coaxing way with him, differ
ent from any man | ever took care of.
No matter what he said, and he had no
patience whatever, you couldn't get an
cry and you couldn't help trying to please
him.
Tell me now just what they say" he
went on. 81 suppose | can't last much
| longer"
"Oh, we cant none of US tell what turn
you may take" says |, helping him to lie
down rs easy as | could, and fixing the
spread over him. He never was suited II
it wasn't all Strengthened up as nice and
smooth as could be, tho he wouldn't keep
1t SO for five minutes.
He looked at me with those big. dark
eyes Of his; his face was SO thin that his
eyes did look out of all reason, but even
| then you would have known him for
handsome man.
II want TO tell you my story" says he.
| They often begin in that way. 1t ap-
pears like when they're away fir I'm ali
their own folks, and feel they've got to
go, they can't rest till you know all about
em. Land knows 1t don't do any good,
but always humor my patients, tho
some of the nurses do call me fool for
my pains. "If it does EN- any good, let
sometimes thew oct ali mixed mn and
can't tell Won ANYTHING straight after ALI
Sometimes thev droo off in the middle
Rpt thia ono y,as a roal asn,,eman and 7
knew be had n story coming to the hos
nital "a he did straight from bis onice
and tho no,,na mon hat came with MIN
saving. lie hasn't got anv friends to
go toe,
~ ,bought Won was going To sleep TO-
n;obt saSs SITTING down NV him com.
fartah,. Iite INT he didn't lake No no.
tice Of me. he inst stretched out his
hand and lnok.d at II Ue had the
whi,est little hands "a slender and white
"a any laav,s and on his third finger he
wore handsome seal ring. II was
green seal with a kind of a digger ON il.
3Jt belongs m NV family coat'of-arms. =
sav. he and he lanobed kind a scornful.
Ard than h., Hooked nm at me with that
wistfnl look ~ his and saws he ~ want
Won to send it To somebody when it's all
aver with me I'm poino To tell Won who
Che il hsfore 7 finish INV Story"
Then he shifted himself a little and
want right nm without looking at me III
couldn,t have stonned him II had tried
tn
"ro bepin with , SAWS he, 81 was born
at sea. I'm the man without country.
/ never had one Nv mother had been
amusing herself in Throne and she went
n amusing herself for A good MANY years
After DOM think She troubled herself
much about me. though have heard her
say that looked like an angel. In long
curls and velvet knickerbockers. 1t isn't
what I shonld have sunnosed. hut VIC men
oupht to know hest about those things
eWe had nlentv of money In those
davs NV father was in business. |
didn't know very much about IT except
that he furnished the wherewithal We
had to ask him for it. and sometimes he
hjnstered a little about our speuding SO
mnch Init IL always came. went to
school and tn collepe. | had plenty of
friends. plenty of fun. and didn't want
for ANYTHING in those DAYS"
He Stained for a minnie and looked at
me raal nitIfnl
-, Tisn,t mucb of a story when YOU
rom. To tell IT." saws he somehow it
seams like more than IT ia
Rut nrettv aeon he locked at his ring
apain r. was too loose for his iguer, and
he hogan turning i, ronnd with the other
moor thin hand
..rhav b.d oil sorts of names for me-
ha honan M oun name IL Charles Ed
ward Tbev SOW thara has always been
one in the family since the time of King
Charias npt If was prince Charlie, of,
tanar ,bsn snvthin, 'ise She would
sNhNA NHNA '"'".
u.suep Lnows d;dn,, nra,epd with her
IL nod 90, down to dead earnest hv that
live pr, hsvan,, no, to that vet
81 cam. hom. frone Collage snd there
d;dn.t saon, tn h. any,bino varv nres.inp
tor mo ,o do E.thar naver SMOKE Of NV
aoina into n nrotaasion and hated hnsi.
noss Mo,har ana anno- Anna wss NV
aIdast .istar thon thara Us spo,har li,tle
~ ,har ha,h it'd ~ bavs me- 90 ahont
,n;th ,ha1, for f.,har vas sjct enough
~ !, hv Tho, TINA We travelled too.
We snant ono Winter In the HermuJas
and anns snd vant oysr 10 England for
- vear W. mad a regnlsr div of IL see
inc all the Enylisb cstbedrsls That was
Nsn'. ,daa Rnt we had no end of good +
lima Than ,,a came home and father
nn, s,o,ynr .nd sIower ahont SUMMING
tho sinews NJ war To tell the Truth. | |
an, nrs,,v deen IN an though | had |
mis,rns,e3 something for a good while.
CA Isst the cash came and IL WAS A
bad nna l., ,vss Ill mn win uurd & En-
darby father was the Enderby. He came
and shnt himself no In his bedroom he |
wonldn,t se,. even mother. and there was |
the vsrv dickens to nav. What could
dn2 hsd no more idea than a baby
Anna-that pirl has tremendous pluck, |
and good she's one of the best girls alive |
AIMS went to royernessipg, Ned and
Mortimer. tn. two Younger BOYS, came
home from school and went in stores. |
II strikes me that that's good way to be
a cad. bu, | didn't blame them. Father
we'll, father was found dead one morning
| suppose it was ali right, apoplexy of the
heart or something of that kind they
called IL. Mother went home to her cid. |