The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-03

man doesn't earn by his own woodwork,
pah!'' and the old pstrician brushed mag
mary labor dirt from his white hands.
You have conle to hold just those opin-
ions yourself, / Suppose" he added, with a
sneer.
told that the shet had hit and hurt, but he
answered with dignity:
II have. I say il; without shame-I feel
none. And now my reason Tor resolving to
rsnounue my heirship without resistance Is
explained. I wish to retire from what to
mo Is a false existence. q false position, and
begin my lifo over again-begin it right
begin it in on the level of mere manhood,
unassisted by fictitious aids, and succeed
or fail by pure merit or the want of it. !
will go to America, whore all men are
equal and have an, equal chance; l will live
or die, sink or swim. win or lose as just a
man, that alone. and not a single helping
gaud or fiction bach of it,"
Hear, hear!'' The two men looked at
each other steadily in the eye a moment or
two, then the elder n added, musingly,
"Ab-so-lutely crazy-ab-so-lutely!" After
another silence he said. as one who, long
troubled By clouds, discovers a ray OF sun
tion-Simon Lathers will come here to
enter into his own, and l will drown him in
theihorse pond. That poor devil-always
80 humble in his letters, 80 pitiful, so defsr-
entail; SO stepped in reverence for our great
line and lofty station; SO anxious to placase
tive, a bearer in his veins OF our sacred
blood, and withal 80 poor, 80 needy, 80
threadbare and paupershod as to raiment,
go despised, so laughed at for his silly
claimship BY the lewd American scum
around him-sch, the vulgar, crawling, in
snfferabls tramp: 70 read y OF his
This to u splendid turnkey, allin inaamea
plush and buttons and knee-breeches az to
his trunk, and q glinting white frost-work
of ground glass paste as to his head, who
stood with his heels together and the upper
half of him bent forward, a salver in his
hands.
"Yhe letters. my lord"
My lord took them and the servant disap-
peared.
Among the rest an American letter.
From the tramp, of course. Jove, but here's
. change! No brown paper envelope this
time, flched from a shop and carrying the
shops advertisement in the corner. On, no,
proper enough envelope. with a most osten-
tatiously broad mourning border-for his
cat, perhaps, since he was q bachelnr-as
big as a half crown-and-and-our crest
for Z seal-motto and all. And the igno-
rant, s~prawline hand is gone; he sports q
confident swing and flourish to his pen.
Oh, indeed, our fortunes are improving ovel
thers-our meek tramp has undergone a
metamorphosis."
Read it, my lord, please"
Yes, this time will. For the sake Of
the cat!'
49,. 14042 SIXTEENTH STREET, !
WAsIigNGToN, May 2.
MY LoRD-lt is my painful duty to Announce
TO you that the head of our iliustrious house il
no more-the Right Honorable, the Most Noble,
the Most Puiss.nt Simon Lathsrs, Lord Hoss.
more. having departed this life ('Gona at last
this is nnspaakably precious news. my SON. d
his seat in the enyirons of the hamlet of Duffy
Corners, in the grand old State of Arkansas
and his twin brother with him. both hein'
crushed by q log at a smuke-house raising, OWN
to cxrelessness on the part of all present. reFera
BILE to oyer-contidence and gaysty induced b.
~overplus of sour-mash ('Extelled be sonr-mash
ago. with no scion of our ancient race present t
close his eyes and inter him with the honors du
his historic name and lofty rankin fact. he i
on the ice yet. him and his brother-friends too
diate occasion to have their noble remain
shipped to you C'hreat heavens!') for int,
ment, with due ceremonies and solemnities, j
the family vault OF mausoleum of our house
Meantime ! shall pnt up a pair OF hatchment
on my house front, and YOU will of course do til
same at your several seats.
/ have also to remind you that by this sad di
aster j. as sole heir, inherit and become seized {
all the titles, honors. lands and goods of on
larnented relative, and must of necessity, pail
the Lords restitution of these dignities an
properties. now illegally enjoyed by your tituia
lerdship.
With assurance of my distinguished consider;
tituiar lordship's most obedient servant.
MULBERRY SELLERS. Earl Rossmore.
'Im-menss! Come, this ons's interes'