, 1890-10-12

insult he had given to the authority of
the association. A spirited and angry
discussion ensued, when they were com
PEELED to retreat from the premises to the
tune of the Old Kings Arm She'll
''Smarting under this uuwelc1me de-
feat says Mr.. Gould, "a second com
pany was dispatched the following Tues
day to enforce submission, and with In-
structious to seize the gun and horn, and
If necessary mete out TO Mr.. Gould a
s~Aluiary coat OF tar and feathers. The
sun had just arrived at the meridian
when, a favorable opportunity present
ing itself, the signal whoop was given,
and the savage horde, spdnging from
their hiding places, and with demon like
yrlls, rushed up aud surrounded MIR.
GouLl, who was standing with his little
son in the oDen air in front Of the house.
We were that SON."
Here Is where Mr.. Gould slips a gram
NAUTICAL COZ. lie for the momen seems
to anticipate his own future and regard
himself as the president, hoard Of direc-
tors, general passenger agent and conduc-
tor: and. even il il be proper TO use the
plural first person under those circum-
stances. would il not have been more ele-
CANT to hAvi said chat son was us2"
IL seems 50, we think, 20 the thinking
mind.
But later on Jay says, ''0h, the agony
of MY youthful mind as | expected every
moment TO behold him Frustrated. a life
less corpse upon the ground" Ia this
sentence he again resumes the singular
number. He also refers with much yigor
to the great lack of vitality so noticeable
in a corpse. In this, however, he is not
alone. Others nave noticed it. IL only
raFuulnRd for a traNrhanI nan Hta that ~
tins virile young author to describe il.
Mr.. Gould's book cannot fail to please
those who love n turgid, clear cut style
such as we find in a little book by an un-
known author called the List of Names
and Numbers of Telephone Subscribers in
the City Of New York" There is no
surplusaRe in the writings of Mr.. Gould
any more than there is in the treasury of
his corporations after he has drawn his
salary. HIS language is direct, forthwith
and free from rhetorical ruchings.
While he does not appeal perhaps so
strongly TO the passions or the supreme
court as Tolstoi does he writes with n sym
metrioal. easy running style which re-
minds one Of the Proceedings of the
State Dairymen's Association of Yer
MONT
Mr.. Gould's name will be proposed at
the fall meet of the Authors club, OF New
York, a social organization which EN-
braces such minds as my own and hat of
the author OF The Little Giant Joke
Book and Choice Songs for CIrcuses." |
shall offer Mr.. Gould's name, and shall
ask 10 have it acted upon at once. so that
he may avail himself oi the privileges of
our club.
Later on Mr.. Gould and myself hope to
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own works. We will give a pure evening
Of refined thought that will take the taste
out of ones mouth after reading Tolstoi.
Nothing passionate will be read at all.
MIR. Gould is now getting an upper regis
ter part in his voice, so that he can sue
cessfully hear himself in Chickering hall.
He will read selections from his His.
tory of Delaware County" and also from
his map. lie will by request also read the
following, which is one of his compost
tons, earlier than anything yet published.
and which | saw in the original manu-
script this summer. | am not thoroughly
familiar with Mr.. Gould's earlier writings,
but 1t purports to be his. | give it be.
low. It is on the subject Of Hone.
HOPE.
"Hope is a real good thing. 1t some
times springs eternal in the human breast
for a little while and hen withers. y
what should one do if bereft Of hopel
They would be so Respondent, one would,
il they did not have hope, especially for
for the future. We can get along with
out hope so far as the present is concerned,
but in the future how different, and the
more we go on from one thing to another.
and still are here today and there tomor-
row. Is il not better if we must to do those
things that are inevitable with a CHEEKY
smile on each and all. esonomizing In
every way we can. especially in our oper-
Ating expenses and dividends, thus leav-
ing moro to be used judiciously by our
selves rather than frittered away on com-
parauye strangers.
"Hope,0 tfopel He who hath not a
tail hold on hope is a wreck on a single
track. o bully for hopcl On the other
hand, how disagrecable is despair There
Is nothing more unpopular in the worl
today than despair.
Then let us 10 our school life always be
hopeful, aud eat only such v%ictuals rs