Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25

ago. refused 10 take the history hack again,
and 50 il went and suppose that ~ L. nov
among ms papers. ID should be dug cut
and printed. sly.
Yes, have done q good deal Of service
curing my time. There was proposition
once TO incorporate the town. aud they called
on me 10 draw mp the act Of incorporation. I
md 80. with unusual care sir and ID was uni
srS.ly approved IL WAS pm; into print. and
nave copy o. II among my papers inside
nov. sir. II Yea would like 70 see H. No2
inca some other time. pcrhapG. Just as Won
wish. SIR. Well, tho legislature adjourned With
CUT taking any action on the measure and the
draft That | had made was forgotten The
town has never been incorporated"
IL was supper time. aud the bell was ringing
100 turlousiy Tor Further conversation. and We
parted tor the time. | met him again in the
morning, while l vas sitting on the porch q
the hotel listening % the talk Of the circus
people. VINO had just arrived lie gave thetn .
spurning glance as he emerged upon the whi.c-
washed porch. and turned 20 me witha charm
ing smile Of greeting.
AN OPPORTUNITY Nrs.rp.
81 was sorry that could not find Won again
last night" he said, for I had a message Cor
you Our lodge was having an extraordinary
session and our leader wanted Won 10 holm W.
we're admitting a member 60 the highest degree
and the master OF the order uas lust biz
rusty on the methods. had told him OF YOUR
arrival IN town and he thought that Won might
be one OF and that you might be able 90
help him out with the ceremony. ! ttied 20
you were not TO be found. IL was very un-
fortunate"
Ny answer was filed with guile. for il was |.
time for assembling. Il should have been
only too glad to have helped YOU out il IL had
been within INV powor'-and 4 went ON With
a remark about the weather without mention-
ing to ham the unimportant fact that did noe
belong 10 his order.
lie was IN his usual mood. ready for CONVEX
sation, and he went on with stosie. Of the VII
lage, how IL had remained STATIONARY and had
not grown at all, and how there MAS a move
ment on foot to set a-railroad through there 80
as 10 put the town on a level with the rest Of
the world. lie shOok has head ON utterinc these
words, as II he had doubts of the advantages of
railroads, and he told OF the first great feht ON
the subject In which the ablesi men IN the
county had taken part. The voice Of the
people, however, had been against the railroads
ana so they had gone either Size. aud the
stages iourished.
odd figure in front of the hotel. a man Of some
forty-hve years, shabbily dressed, who coutln-
ued TO move in a beaten path without speaking
and with every indication OF mental alienation.
The eve of the judge shall call him by tins
title for has sake-caught my Chances and
started an explanation.
GOES WITH THE LEASE.
THAT boy" he said, lis without mind. He
is pitiable spectacle. q led OF fine education,
and yet without an idea. wandering about tho
country aimlessly, but perfectly harmless. lis
father used 10 own this hotel and when he
died, some years ago, he stipulated in his will
that whoever leased this property should as
sumo as a charge the care of his foolish son. 10
was touching provision, sir. bat it caused a
great deal OF litigation neremains here how
ever and Is a fixture of the place. His father
was one OF the most sturdy men Of the county.
and ut one time he IAN the hotel him self when
his law practice was dull. When the civil rights
act was passed by Congress the old man tore
down his sign and said that he would 20 out of
business before he wonld keep a hotel open for
all sorts and conditions 81 men. sir. He re-
pented, however, and reopened soon and never
suffered from the operations Of the act.
They tell a rather droll story about him He
was a little man and very sprightly. He had a
habit Of drawing himself up and exploding
with an expletive, his fayoriie one being. -by
the gods, SIR Well 1t was necessary once for
him TO have some carpenrering work done on
the house, and he brought a man from town TO
90 II for him. He careless in business mat
tiers and did not mske a bargain with the work
man before he started the job, ana after It was
finished he asked the carpenter what he owed
him. Ii SO happened that the man had known
the father OF the landlord and so he said: Well,
seem as knowed your dad. III only charge you
so-and-so, naming an exorbitant figure tor the
work. My friend jumped up and putting has
thumbs IN the pockets OF his waistcoat he
yelled:
" BY the gods sir. believe that II YOU had
happened TO know my grandfather you would
have driven me into bankruptcy"
Ii was while the judge laughing nj the
recollection OF his old friends indignation that
the stage that WAS TO convey me ~ the railroad
station arrived IA from; Of the hotel, and bid
ding alden to my venerable acquaintance and
nodding to the circus performers. passed
away from the "reminiscences Of the Oldest in
habitant of the town. L.