Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-20

fair. But there IL nothing fair In hered-
ity. whether It's gifts be good or bad.
1t Is arrant theft or bribery, as the case
may be. Father himself came OF line
OF free llvers, and yet he suffered
scarcely at all from the hereditary all
ment, and It has cropped out In me in
pure watonness direct from my grand
father. who suffered terribly, by all
accounts, while my two elder brothers
go free and drink their fill. However,
it so happens that have made special
study Of the disease and shall be able to
doctor myself without calling in my
worthy friend, Drysdale, my popular
and successful rival In the local field.
Gout is confouhdedly painful, especial
ly when you cannot solace yourself with
"reminiscences of Anacreonic nights Of
compensation.
1t would be useless for me to think OF
leaving my rooms for the next three or
four days AZ least, and inasmuch as the
burglar hunt comes of to- morrow night
IL is plain that in this, as In other things
OF life, my part Is 10 be still that of Al
onlooker. Certainly, II anyone attempts
to burgle my precious SapranI, for In
stance, l shall-well, on second thought
l would as we'll allow Sspranl to act for
herself. She has arguments as effective
IS ever proceeded from a feminine
mouth. Seriously, l shall be as secure
as q robber baron in his castle and as
comfortable as the govt permits, and
since no one will know but that am
away with the rest l might chance TO
pick of an unsuspecting Jack Sheppard
from my bedroom window.
II has been finally arranged that the
party shall really drive down to the
cabin on the lake, arriving there soon
after sunset, and that when the ladies
have been settled there they shall be
left under the protection OF the old
Scotch gardener and his boy, while
John, Henry aAd Tom, the groom, shall
ride back TO Cedlrclffe and lie in wait
In certain favorable spots for what may
turn up. The house Is TO be locked up
and left absolutely empty-except for
me. Mother was very anxious that
somebody should be left TO attend upon
me, but explained to her that would
be enough to give me st. Vitus's dance
in addition to my other troubles. In
fact, have rather genius for solitude,
and this affair will give me brief op-
portunity Of INDUCING it.
They started an hour or more ago
and by this time are nearly at the lake,
and am here alone, with books, paper
and pens, a box Of cigars and my foot
bandaged up In flannel and resting
on q stool. A pair OF crutches lean
against the table at my side, with
which, when necessary, can make
Shift to hobble about. My bed is
made up on the sofa close by. /
decided to put up in the library instead
OF In the bedroom upstairs, partly be-
cause IL is more cheerful and partly be-
cause can have access TO Saprani In
the labratory adjoining. The govt, like
everything else in the universe, comes
In waves. 1t has crises and intermis-
sions. During the intermissions II is
probably not more trying than some
pleasures are. and except for the in
astivity it enforces believe l should
rather enjoy it,
Another phenomenon worth noting is
that have never felt in such extraor-
dinarily good spirits as l do now. re-
member several weeks ago lamenting
my depressed and torpid state and pin
ing for some torch to kindle me into a
blaze. The torch seems to have been
applied. This very night is my apoRee.
II was no delusion. l can be great, as
the future will show. All is well with
me. And, standing where 1 do now.
| can understand all the obscurities
and mistakes and diSappointments
of the past. l can see the
path should have taken and the
points where strayed from 1t. How
strange and laughable Is the human,
race, voluntarily binding, gagging and
lettering itself in the name OF liberty
and civilization The air l breathe is
not the sluggish vapor OF the earth.
but the free and mighty atmosphere OF
space.