The sun., 1892-01-03

since he was n bachelor--and fastened with
red wax-n batch Of II as big as half crown
and-and-our crest for soal. motto and all.
And the Ignorant. sprawling hand Is gono: he
sports secretary evidently. q secretary with
most confident swing and flourish to his pen.
Oh. indeed! our fortunes are improving over
there. our meek tramp has undergone meta.
morphosis."
Rend 1t. my lord. please"
Yes. this time will. For the sake OF the
eat"
1+,oIs SsIs,y.m s1ny,r.
NV I.oRpi 1t Is my painful duty TO announce to you
that the head OF iustrious house Is no more,he
Right Honorable. the Most Noble the Most Puissaut
Simon Lathers Lord Rossnore having departed this
life leone at lastthis is unspeakabiy precious news.
my SON at hts seat in the envrons Of tho hamlet of
Duny's corners In the grand old State OF Arkansas
and his twin brother with him. both being crushed by
log at smoke house raising owing to careessness on
the part OF all present. referale TO and
vsyety Induced by overplns OF sour Extol,ed
be sour NASH whatever that may be- eh Bcrkeey ~
ve days ago, with scion OF ancient race present
to close his and inter him with the honors due his
historic nane and lorty rankin fact no is OH the ice
yet lin and his brother-friends took up = collection
for it, Hut shall take immediate ccasion to have
their noble remains shipped to you |" Great hesvenal
for nterment. with due ceremonies and soern nies in
the family vault or nausoeum OF our house. Meantime
shall put up pair OF hatchinents my house. and
yon will of course do the same at several ssa
Ihave also 10 remind yon that by this sad disaster
As sole heir inherit and be seized OF all the titles
honors lands. and goods Of lamentsd relative and
must of necessity. painful tho duty is shortly re.
qure at the bar OF the Lords restitution Of these dgn
ties and propertisA now illegally enjoyed by your
tituiar lordship.
With assurance o. my distinguished consideration
and warm cousiny regard. remain. your t,uar lord.
ships most obedent servant.
ArLsrRRr skLLrRs Earl Hossmore.
"Im-monse! Come. this ones interesting.
Why. Berk eley. his breezy impudcncc sis
why. it's colossal. It's sublime"
No. this one doesn't seem to crinEe much"
"Cringe! Why. he doesn't know tho mean
ing of the word. Attachments! To commem-
orate that snveling tramp and his fraternal
duplicate. And he is going to send me the re-
mains. The late claimant was fool. but
plainly this new ones n maniac. What
name! Mulberry sellers-there's music for
you. Simon Lnthcrs-Mulberry Selors-Mul.
berry Sellers. Simon Lathers. Sounds like
machinery working and churning. Simon
Lathers. Mulberry Sell Are you going?"
III have your leave father"
The old gentleman stood musing some time
after his son was gone.
This was his thought:
HE is good boy, and lovable. Let him
take his own coursc-as it would profit nothing
to oppose him-make things worse. in fact.
My arguments and his aunt's pcrsuasions
have failed: let us see what America can do
for us. Let us see what equality and hard
times can effect for the mental health Of
brain-sck young British lord. Going to re.
nounce his lordship and be man! Yas!"
CHAPTER IL
Col. Mulberry Sellers-this was some days
before he wrote his letter to Lord Rossmore-
was seated in his library" which was his
drawing room" and was also his picture
gallery" and likewise his workshop" Some.
times he called 1t by one Of these Names some
times by another. according to occasion and
circumstance. Ho was constructing what
seemed to be some kind OF a fral mechanical
toy. and was apparently very much interested
in his work. He was white-headed man now
but otherwise he was as young. alert, huoyant
visionary. and entcrprising as ever. His low
ing old wife sat near by. contentedly knitting
and thinking. with n cat asleep in her lap The
room was large. light. and had a comfortable
look: in fact home-liko look. though the fur
niture was OF II humble sort and not over
abundant anu the knick- -knacks and things
that go TO adorn living room not plenty and
not costly. But there were natural flowers,
and thero was an abstract and unclassfable
SoilSShiuS uuoul thp uluCc WulCu UetTdycu Tile
presence in tho house Of somebody with Q
happy taste and IN effective touch.
Even tho deadly chromos on the walls were
somehow without offence: in fact. they seemed
to belong there and to add an attraction to the
room-a fascination. any way: for whoever cot
his eye on one OF them was like to gaze and
suffer till he died-you have seen that kind OF
pictures Some OF these terrors were land
scapes. some libelled the sea. some were
ostcnsible portraits all were crimes. All the
portraits We're recognizable as dead Ameri-
cans Of distinction. and yet. through labelling
added by daring hand. they were all doing
duty here as Earls Of Kossmore." The new
est one had left the works as Andrew Jack
son. but was doing its best now as Simon
I.athers. Lord Rossmore. present earl" On
one wall. was q cheap old railroad map
OF Warwickshire. This had been newly
labelled The Rossmore Estates" On the
opposite wall was another map. and this
was the most imposing decoration OF the es-
tablshment and the first to catch strangers
attention because OF Its great size. 1t had
once borne simply the title "Sibera:" but
now tho word Future" had been written in
front OF TINT word. There were other addi-
tions. in red ink-many cities. with great popu-
lations set down scattered over the vast coun-
try at points where neither cities nor popula-
population placed at 1.5OO.OOO bore tho name
Liberty rtyorlofIskoizalinski." and there was q
still more popuous ono. centrally located and
marked Capitol" which borc tho name
eedomslovnaivanovich."
Tho mansion-the Coloncl's usual name for
the house-was O rickety. old two-story franc
OF considerable size, which had been painted
some time or other, but had nearly forgotten
II. II was away out in the ragged edge OF
Washington. and had once boen somebody's
country place. 1t had a neglected yard around
It. with paling fence that needed straiehten-
ing up in places and gate that would stay
shut. by the door post were several modest
tin signs. "Col. Mulberry Sellers. Attorney
at.Law and Claim Agent" was tho principal
one. One learned from tho others that the
Colonel was . materializer. a hypnotizer.
mind.cure dabbler. and 80 on. For he was q
man who could always find things to do.
whlte-headed negro man. with spectacles
and damaged white cotton gloves. appeared
In the presence made a stately obeisance. and
announced:
"8iarsc Washington Hawkins. suh."
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