The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-15

to these things himself. He gave positive
orders that no servant was ever to enter his
room. Regularly every evening he went down
stairs with bucket. filled it with water. and
carried it up the three flights OF stairs to mis-
room. In four or five years one becomes ac-
customed to almost anything. and 30 after
while this ceased to be a matter Of comment.
One day came wagon loaded with dusty
old paintings for Mr.. Carnage. There we're
nearly 300 OF them. and they all showed signs
OF age. He had them sent up to his room
where he hung some OF them on the wall and
piled the rest on the floor.
The years passed and other tenants came to
take the places Of the old ones. New janitors
came and went and everything underwent the
change OF time save Mr.. Carnage and dusty
room SO. True. he grew older. but as for his
habits. they were the same. No one was ever
seen to visit him. nor did he ever make the
slightest advances to neighborly acGuaint-
ance. When spoken to he answered with
civility. but never continued the conversation.
So he grew old. One day. perhaps twenty
years ago. he made slight innovation. When
he left the house he walked around Washing
ton square. throwing his arms in and out to
develop tho muscles OF his chest For over an
hour he went through this exercise regularly
every morning. There are to-day few
tenants in the University building who
have been there nearly ten years. In
this time they had struck up nodding &C.
quaintance with Mr. Carnage. He had grown
to be an old man. with snow-whte hair. though
he still retained much Of the vigor Of younger
days. One of these tenants. who Is an artist
walked into Mr.. Damages room one evening
to borrow match. Mr.. Carnage smiled as no
saw. the man looking around the room. and
"Quite lot OF pictures here"
The artist asked him what they were.
odd Italian masters some ola English.
this artist that he had obtained an appoint
Senator Evarts is a classmate Of mine Of
Yale" was the Only explanation ttit, he gave
when her Pre- Pres SIDE Cleveland removed him His
work did not interfere with his habits, as far
apy Of The tenants obseryed but when he
.1S0b. i've been to the art galleries. 60
It was nearly year after this that they
learned that it was his hnbt to visit picture
dd ay on On s. Sunday for twenty.ye years. he
to hs l ase sHa the
e vreetines Of the day with him. 'A .'e'N VIC
Mr.. damage had taken his meals for the last
few years at II boarding. house at Ninth street
and University place. Beyond nodding to his
table c9mpanions at coming Or going he never . e,
presence. He paid his bills, promptly. hut
never spent cent unnecessarily. None OF the
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against the wall. and left it there. never re-
There Was no gas in his room. In the sum-
mer time he kept a candle there. In the win
ter he derived both light and heat from a little
was his custom after lie returned home for the
might Thsa nM vi Els qbs asket q s sars
Coming up hS would swing ihe bucket as
much az he could without srilling Il. for the
syes this on sH TIE osd MoRs lis
and then come out again for the water. Then.
Last Friday afternoon. at 0 o'clock; no left
Soclock his familiar step came up the stair:
Tht ths beard s M the Iab
Htont .Sss asock on Saturday after
ss g h S.t e s so% 81 sam h w ss
q # It most Sste,a a fbn
years years that the servant lad been there. Out q
he pushed the Q, door oS and
On the edge Of the bed under the .stylieht sat
the ,white-haired tenant. leaning forward with
ams. Eesl dead aud one Side q his head
| was burned black,
called the wh9
allowing the head to rest on a pile Of books
| seemed to Indicate that death had bsen sud
den and painless; His left hand was clenched.
| and rested on the table before him.. In his
he had evidently been trying to ADJUST some
| thing about the stove.
An undertaken WAS sent for and he obtained
| permit from deputy Coroner Dnnin tore
move the body. Yesterday morning Deputy
rooms of the uniertaker. ~ University place.
and said that death had resulted from apo
| plexy.
Harry Matthews. the janitors son. look ed
| through Mr. Gamage's papers and found a will
| and some memoranda in which the name OF
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