The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-24
my Fannyi But. for the sake of mercy.
tell me about il When where and how


my Fanny But, for the sake of mercy,
tell me about it When where and how
WAS it? .., e7sse
then told him what ! have already
related about my arrest. and | also re-
peated much ssof what was said at the
Gibson House when called to see them
there. and spoke of the baby
The mention of the baby transfixed
hiln-it eclipsed all thought of every
other person told him that the child
oohed like him, for all the ladies said
chat it looked like me.
4i ! cannot take time to give all the de-
tails; his story was this: az
ii His Aunt Susan and he were all that
were left of their family Neither had
another relative upon the face of the
earth. She was well off, and he had
taken to roaming when boy and had
not seen her for many years She lived
In little town called Angelica, in west
ern New York z sft
In 1870 he went to see her and was
deluged with affectionste attentions.
His aunt's most. intimate friend was
Mrs. Seymour. who had a pretty daugh-s
ter. Fanny--and the two old ladies ham
died the matter SO adroitly that almost
before he knew it he married the girl
r Then Mrs. Seymour broke up her
house and they all set up together at
Aunt Sues.
The ladies had between them an abun-
dance of money He did nothing but
idle the time away; and they did moth
ing but pet him They all made a small
god of him. and he soon felt himself
being suffocated with an excess of affec-
- H..
never coughed or sneezed, without
putting all three ladies into more or less
excitement. They palnpered him with
food, fused over his linen and other
garments, satiated him with petty pet
tings, until his life was a burden After
two months of it, he had to go to Harris
burg on business. and this little sniff of
freedom brought back the charms of a
Bohemian life and he did not return
He wrote them from different places,
but never waited to hear from them,
and now over two years had passed since
he had written at all
suggested that he go back to them,
and he at once asserted with great We
helnence that if that baby was boy he
j would go back: if it was a girl he would
go right away to China or India. and
I uSfOI dIlOW O11CIu W nSoiI vi LIIIA
i In Mr.. Murray's opinion household
made up of three women and one man
was too uneven. He was too much in
minority. He said that he seemed to be
/ cut off from companionship, and wanted
nothing in the world so much as a male
| friend and the society of gentlemen
| He said if that child was a boy he
would not feel SO much alone and so
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him entirely; that he and the boy would
soon conspire and confederate for mutual
comfort and protection
Unfortunately could not tell him the
sex of the child, but promised, without
disclosing the fact that had met him,
to get the baby's gender, and let him
know When | took leave he said that
he understood that he had been charged
with theft of bonds and money. You
tell Aunt Sue, said he, that the stuff
is in Mr. Lockhart's safe in his store
where she told me to leave it. | may
have omitted to mention this to her.
wrote TO Miss Timberlake when re-
turned home, and the baby proved to be
boy, which fact ] communicated to
Mr. Myers at Puckaway He replied
giving me leave TO write again to Aunt
que UO say LIltl nc Was hOLAC
!. and in my letter to her 1 ventured tc
hint that if she and Mrs Seymour would
expend tho wealth of their affections IL
one house, on each other, and let Mr.
l and Mrs. Murray and the boy occupy {
mansion to themselves, there would b,
: no further separations knew thai
] Murray would soon make a genteel .Bo
! hemian out of the boy, and the twf
\ l. tn
/ In 1880 got the ''oil fever" and in
= vested some money of my own and NOR
for other people in petroleum in Penn
6 sylvania. l spent some time in goins
i, over the field. from Bradford. Pa, t,
f Rlchburg, N. Y, and at Duke Center
: Pa, had quite extensive operations.
s One day at the little tavern in Dnk
Q Center who. should come swinging in bu
/ Murray, alias Myers He had grown 81
: much stouter that be was not mistakel
4 for me. nor for him; but he knew m,
: instantly, and when I asked, How j
9 Aunt Sue2 and how is the boyr the fel
o low smiled to his full capacity. He as
d sured me that Aunt Sue was sound Il
s the core; that the boy was ''gusher.
d and SO was his little brother.
: :. "Then," said l, s''you are no longer il
9 hopeless minority e
, y .tNo. sir" answered he, with the EN-
b phasis of driller: =. Aunt Sue and Mothe
:. Seymour don't count. and we are thre
!, to,one now.
IS .sDo you never reflect" asked, -ttha
that second boy may not just as wei
Y have been mine? When was taken t
be the father of the first one, was a
d footloose as cowboy, and could hav
gone right into the house and been it
y hero. as long as did not expose my lef
side, and perhaps should have beel