Asheville daily citizen., 1892-12-10

borrow the Vanderbilt plate when we
have company, but we do not. A picture
of Nancy Hanks which l secured at the
Vatican was taken from the house;
also Roman tear jug which | had
been using since l began to build, and
which was nearly full.
People write to Mr.. Vanderbilt, and if
they do not get reply they write to me
to know "what is eating him." as they
tersely express it. One old lady writes
me that she wants to learn to go on the
stage. She does not say that she is old,
but she unfortunately sends her photo
graph. She wants me to bring her out.
If will not do it, "How about GEORGE"
she asks.
Her work, she says, is comic. In one
place on her programme she allows an
intermission of ten minutes in which to
put on another dress. should hope she
did. Iwould put it right on over the
other one if nature had figured as closely
in dealing with me as she did with her:
| EAST BRIDGEwATER, Mass, Nov /.
| Mr.. NYE-PleaSc excuse the liberty take in
addressing these few lines to you. You are IA
stranger to me, and still feel us though was
| acquainted with you, or your name reading
| and enjoying your experiences that we read of
| in the paper. Why, just as soon as we get the
paper we always look to sec where or what
| Bill Nye is doing. Sometimes he is eating
| watermelon, sometimes he is smiling on snakes,
but we enjoy it just the same. 1t is hard to
keep track of him, but reading the other day
that he was in Asheville | am trusting that
| he will stay there until after he receives this
| humble letter, for would like some informa-
| ton. Picking up paper the other evening,
| read about you being down on your estate, and
| Of another gentleman that is having Il vcritabe
palace built out there in Asheville, and that
every addition he adds to it is fortune of itself
| read that he was heard to say that his millions
of money that he had in bonds and securities
| disguised him. 1t seems strange to me that 1t
should because | have never had money
enough to disgust me. | would like to try
| some for awhile and see if it would, but |
| should not want as much as he has got. When
| come to think of millions, one million being
ten hundred thousand-wcll, think ten thou
sand of that would be like picking a grain of
| sand off desert or taking drop of water out
of the Atlantic ocean, but if this poor creature
had ii how much happiness and rest it would
secure for her could buy me a little house.
Housc IHuL uOH y suppose ne WOulu care 10
| put on the remotest corner of his beautiful
estate to keep fowls in-but it would be u home
| for me the rest of my weary life and lift me to
comparative ease and comfort. With home
| of my own, some land and a very common
kind of II COW, and enough TO secure me from
want the rest of my life, would promise any
body that | wouldn't be disgustcd. Now, my
| friend Nye, the man refer to is Mr. George
Vanderbilt, Why, the name seems colossal to
me, but of what have read of him think he
is perfect gentleman, but then won't say
any more. Would you be kind enough TO let
me know if he is there in Ashcyille, or when he
| comcsI | can't come to see him, but | can
write and ask him to make his fortune one
| tiny grain less and me IL happy woman, that
| has nothing but work, work, work. VIII you,
please, write and let me know when he comes
| and you will oLige, respectfully yours,
NlRs. GUY EARIscoURT MURPHY.
i. 81 know that have not got your right
| name, although | have heard it spoken. En-
cusc me for writing. 1t was from the pen of
Walter Wellman that got my information.
Mrs. G. Il. NJ.
Walter Wellmans impulses are good,
but sometimes he seems to need some
one near him to counsel and advise him.
Yes, Mrs. Murphy, will write you as
soon as Mr. Vanderbilt comes back. He
is at present in Japan, where he is look
ing for some one on whom he can bestow
his money; he hates it so. He heard that
there was poor person in Japan who
would take some of the corroding curse
of money off his hands, and so he went
over there to see about it.
You are right, Mrs. Guy Earlscourt
Murphy, when you say that you hear
he is perfect gentleman. think, if
you would be content with ten thousand,
q little land here between Mr.. Wander