The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
HOW A BOY GREW.

Then there Is another sort. It's a MAJ
who carries this around. It's with him all
the time Years ago, when this man was
younger, and stronger, aud believed that be
was sll-poWerful, his only boy came 10 him
and honestly told him that he had been
gambling he had lost 5000, and that
he hadn't the money to pay with. Now, IL
that had been your boy or mine, we would
have gotten that money somehow and saved
him But this man, = whom $500 was a
/ trife. turned on ms son and asked him how
be dared tell him q such a vile action, and
/ then and there said he would not give him a
cent, and that be might leave
| bis house-that his roof should not
shelter gamblers. Almost crazy, the
I boy went to bis mother, but the father
was there before him. took every one Of
/ her jewels from her, so she could raise no
money on them, told her that her son was
thief, and there before tie mother who
bore him, cursed him and told him % 60
And the boy Went-went out in the world
not knowing how to work; got some poorer
people TO help him, and when | say poorer,
mean poorer in purse and richer in kind
ness than his own were, aud then he went TO
the far west. There he got position in a
railroad office; out of his poor little salary
be saved thai $500, though It took two years
70 do it. and he sent it back to the people to
whom he owed it. As the years went on
he absolutely grew with the town, and
to-dsy-what do you think hs is t0-dayl
He is either governor or senator. and YOU
can decide which. He doesn't bear his
fathers name.
HE Is KNOWN BY HIS MOTHERS,
a name 70 which he had right by birth,
and which he had the law give him az well.
And that father never dare speak Of his son.
They see each other constantly, and the sons
face grows harder d colder when he looks
at his father And the old man, who has
realized that there is power stronger than
his, would give all the years of bis life if he
might tell that this man, Of whom 50 many
speak in praise. is his boy, but he dare not.
How can he account for the years when that
boy suffered and almost starved when be first
began to workl How can he ever expect to
get his love, or even his liberation, when
the man remembers what the boy endured,
and knows that at that time his father was
living in luxury. aud making no effort 70
discover where he was. The son s indiffer-
ent; his mother died years ago, and so there
is no gentle feminine tie between him aud
his father. And that's the skeleton a fashion
able old man carries. / don't think my
body cares to exchange skeletons with him.
WHY ARE THESE THINGS THUs3
Why is it that when you have new
sealskin coat the weather is consistently
warm?
Why Is It that when you think you are
the best looking man in town, that every
body else don't agree with youl
Why is it that when you know you can
paint picture better than can Carolus
Duran, that the rest Of the world don't find
1t outl
Why is it that when you feel that you can
edit paper as well as Mr.. Dana of the
New York Sun" that the city editor hasn't
discovered III
What's the skeleton Of a milliner's bill. Of
a lack Of pretty clothes or pretty surround
ings, or a yearning for a gay life, COM
pared with any Of thesel Just think them
over aud say, after ALL "What comfort
able sort OF person my own skeleton is, ~ and
be eatisfied. Keep him secluded, and don't
show, even by wrinkle on your brow, that
you hear the rattle of his bones, and In
time he may go where some politicians
will, into ''Innoouous desuetude." You
question that but then there is so many
things you question and want to know why.
Why is it that when this is the greatest
country in the world we have to dig up the
streets three times year TO find it out?
Why is it that when all good politicians
will surely 90 to heaven so few seem to be
aiming for that direction?
Why is it that when congress is In session
most Of the men look nke-well, what do
they look likea
Why is it that you think your dog is the
finest in the world2
Why is it when you've got horse that
can go he won't. just when you want him
tol
Why is it that your own wife always
wants to be kissed at inopportune times?
OF course, that sort Of thing never happens
with a widow or some other mans wife.
Why is 1t that | am asking all these uues-
tions' 1t is because have a laudable desire
for knowledge, whIch l hope is shared by
all the rest Of womanklnd as well as by
BAR