Telegram-herald., 1890-04-20

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h2<dIy distinguishes froEa TIE royal ose-
tsso rai1a q 5p>ln- He aos produces
son. of this b.aaEifal fruit each year a.
"a snorxz.ous pro6t. 1sd each night &s Dc
rstir.s ne CO place ms hand Oh h1s heart
and says -As ls.Ss have never aided II
the great and xro~ing bat repEehensioAs
Iztussry Of hlling drankasds graves
Mr. cood1@a k2s . history. De ran
Tks Territorial EnIsrpsiss n tAose early
days when such yosznx struxgiers -
Daniel Do GUILE, the bright young
Frsachman. and Samuel l. Ci<u1sns. the
talented MisSoarizn. worked for hlu.
Hs vas sas VI the features q those won
derfuI days on the Cornstock which can
never come again
IGws my good fortune 70 Sc . oon-
sidsrabls of him Not 50 much - we see
of our l.dy fri<slds In society when IN
full dress, perhaps but sui ssw him in
his working clothes and in hLs every day
manners
la San Francisco they told me about
hk attendance &C the obsequies Of Sandy
Baldwin Baldwin and Goodman were
fast friends, and when Sandy died Mr..
Goodman Was a=ked 70 act - chief pail
bearer. He came down from the mines
for that purpose. and had 20 borrow some
clothes OF John Mccullough. They were
very good clothes. but not long enough in
the sl-eves OF the legs for Joseph 7. Good
man. The Prince Albert coat was plenty
long enough IN the skirts. but revealed a
sweep Of forearm and flannel shirt sleeve
which came very near giving a tinge Of
sadness 20 the funeral His trousers also
were of the hydrophobia variety, and in
order % make friends with the tops of
his boots they had sacrificed the valued
friendship that had existed between
themselves and the waistcoat, as it were.
In the midst OF AL this the master Of
ceremonies suddenly decided that dr.
Baldwin's pail bearers ought properly 20
consist OF judges and political dignitaries
Of the state, rather than OF MS old and
tried friends, who might be barren OF
titles. This was contrary 10 the Bald
win style, however. and highly offensive
to his friends, especially Mr.. Goodman.
who had eaten and slept with Sandy for
many moons, and had even taken him
out shooting on Saturdays, when COL
lectors were in the habit Of breaking in
ON Baldwins tranquility Of spiriA
SO Joseph 7. Goodman arose from his
seat down stairs when the master Of cere-
monies said that the procession was now
ready 10 move, and he invaded the room
where the casket stood. surrounded by its
naughty double rank Of titled pail bearers.
In all the grandeur of John McCullough's
clothes, with his arms extending grandly
beyond the sleeves of the great TRACE
dams coat, his legs wandering away be-
low the meager longitude OF trousers,
and his glimmering head protruding
nobly above his erstwhile hair. he came
with cleaning eye among them. and,
ranging himself fearlessly by the coffin
OF his friend, he wilted the weeping COM
pany with the grandeur of his own grief
and Indignation.
Gentlemen" said he, 81 am here to
act as the pail bearer Of Sandy Baldwin.
I shall do it. and those of you who know
me know that will d. 1t. He cared lit
tie for the empty titles which the errors
othumanity bestow upon unworthy men.
he knew his friends while living. He
knows them still. was his friend.
am nothing more than that now. IL he
were he would indorsc that sentiment
At that moment Mr. Goodman stopped
and, taking hold of the casket, he gently
iolted il to test its weight. After ne had
hefted il he said:
Now gentlemen" and he looked like
a Numidian lion whose tail had been shut
into the door of the Coliseum by mistake,
or a Royal Bengal tiger, whose own pri-
vate martyr had been ruthlessly jerked
away from him by means of a string;
pride. pomp and circumstance can no
longer reach Sandy Baldwin in that
mysterious country TO which he has
gone. Empty titles and the false gla-
nour and glitter of hollow honors cannot
gladden. his dead heart now. Your hon.
orable this and your judge that cannot
bring the flash Of pride to his pallid clay.
''But friendly hands shall be the last
TO touch his bier. No stranger shall bear
my friend away to his grave, for, by -,
/ will carry him myself"
Then he reached down and put his
strong arms about the casket Of Sandy
Baldwin TO shoulder il. But better judg
ment moved the man who had charge Of
the services and the original programme
was carried out.
Lawrence Barrett said IL was at once
the grandest and the most ludicrous
sight he ever saw. There in the midst
of mourning. on the most solemn and
impressive of occasions. stood brave
and defiant man. in Prince Albert coat
that tried to be dignified but lacked the
necessary scope. and with trouscr which
shuddered at the idea of o'ing the
earth by a foot or 80. With ia. .Ing eye
and distended nostril ne defisd the entire
programme. and threatening to bear
awav the bodv Of his friend. like true
gladiator. se won his case, and Sandy
Baldwin went to his grave surrounded
By little band OF plain American cit
- 81. fo@ 49,