Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-13

ueen round the world from sydney Io
Frisco, across the continent II A,lss..l the
called II Amerrkcl 20 N,'y NorA eft,: then
on TO England, anl tomorrow Shat lcave
your city to .ontinu. my travels. Bfi in
all my expericnev ! have never Hpar4l so
grand a voice ypur own gal. and n
great deal more be s,id IL thr same strain
which modesty f1rbuis me to reproduce
here
Now, am not without sane know Ie,lv,
Of the world outside tho close OF March
bury cathedral, ard could not listen 10
such 'fiatteriug tale" without haYiug my
suspicious aroused Who aud what is thi,
mani thought l. looked NJ itin u,rrow
ly. At first the Thought flashed acs - ne
that he might he swell mpl,>man
But no his face was TOO cpo1 Tor that.
besides, no man with that hinge frame, tha,
personality 50 marked aud 80 easily rcrog
nizable, could br a -wiudler, he could not
escape detection single hour ] dismissed
the ungenerous thuught Perhaps he i
rich as he says. We 10 hear of muuifieent
donations 10y benevolent millionaires now
and then. What II this Australian, at
tracted by the glories Of the old cathedral,
should appear, a deus cx mnchina, to re
endow the choir. or to found a musical
professoriate in connection with the choir,
appointing me the first occupant Of the
professorial chair.
These thoughts flashed across my mind
In the momcntary pause Of his fluent
tongue
'As for yourself. SIR" he began again.
Il have something to propose which trust
may not prove unwelcome. But the pub
lie street is hardly a suitable place 10 dis
cuss my proposal. May call upon you
| f,,e ha
know which II IL, for happened To see you
go into it yesterday after the morning
service"
Il shall be very pleased 10 see YOU" re
piled. we are going out TO dinner tlns
evening, but | shall be at home and Olsen
gagged till about 4"
THANK you very much. Then shall do
myself the pleasure Of calling upon you
about 8 O'Clock. Till then, farewellp' A
graceful wave Of the hand and my un
known friend had disappeared round the
corner of the street.
Now at last, thought. something Is 90
ing to happen in my uneyentful life-some
thing TO break the monotony of existence
Coming events cast their shadows before
The shadow had been cast, and very
solid and substantial shadow, too-over
six feet high, and proportionately broad
and thick
had succeeded. il was evident, In at
tracing the notice Of some great Austria
lian millionaire OF course he must have
inquired my name--he could get that from
any of the cathedral vergers, and, as he
said, he had observed whereabouts in the
Close | lived But was not to see him
again till O'clock. and there were three
good hours to wait. recalled all that
happened on the Sunday. IL seemed a. II
some special providence was acting in my
favor II was du. to the illness and alb
sence OF my colleagues that ! had had the
good fortune To ofliciate. Surely this was
providential. and am ashamed to say that
| was. in one way realizing the truth OF
the famous maxim of l.arOchefOucauld in
deriving secret sat tisfaction from the mis-.
fortunes OF my friends Still it va re.
markable that IL should happen thus And
1t WAS undoubtedly true TINT on thar par
ticular Sunday ! was in excellent voice;
and then the vanity, which is natural to all
men, asserted itself in me, and for nd my
self only too ready TO believe that my voice
was the finest and clearest" ever heard
Somebody's must be the finest, and why
not minef
My mysterious friend, whatever else hs
might be, was most certainly a man OF
| kOD4l ltAStt httt Othll tOl
ba denied And then, "a he had said, he
was rich. PLENTY OF money" be said he had
What is he coming to see me for. wondered
spent the rest Of the afternoon in making
the widest surnses ! was castle build
ing In Spain at furious rate. At one
time imagined that this faithful son oi
the church-ils he appeared 10 be-was go
ing to build and endOw grand cathedral
in Australia on condition that ! should b,
appointed dean mt yearly stipend of-say
Gf0.000 At another time imagined hin
asking me to become his private chaplain
at about the same remuneration.
Again thought that he might offer 4
educate my three boys at his own expense
, provided that special attention should b,
, given to the development OF their natura
musical genius Or, perhaps. | said TO my
self, he will beg me To accept sum o
money! never thought Of il Ms less thai
q thousand pounds--as slight recognition
of. and tribute to, my remarkable voca
, ability. | confess always came back 4
, this last conjecture as the most probable
the others seemed rather wild In their fan
cifulness. felt there were many practi
cal objections in the way Of realizing these
but it seemed 30 easy aud natural that h
should make ms present from his bound
less wealth that my Imagination dwell
upon il with increasing satisfaction.
, took "A long. lonely walk into the coun
try To correct these ridiculous faneies ant
TO steady my mind, and when I reacheI
home and had refreshed myself with
quiet cup OF afternoon tea, | felt | wa
, morally and physically prepared for my in
teryiew with the opulent stranger.
Punctually "a the cathedral clock strucl
ak there was ring at the visitors bell
In a moment or two my unknown frienC
was shown into the drawing room. whicl
he entered with the easy air OF man o
, the world noticed he was carrying
small black bag
= How do you do again, MIR. Dalet" h
said as though we were old acquaintance
. You see nave come sharp to my time"
Yea" | answered, and am pleased I,
= zee you, do sit down. lie sank into m.
y best armchair, and placed his bag on tn
fioor beside him
Since we met IN the afternoon, be said
Il have written letter TO your dean ex
pressing the great pleasure felt in listen
~ ing to yonr choir, and at the same time
10 incIosed liye-pound note, which begge'
2 him to divide among the choir boys ani
y men, from Alexander Pointer, ESQ, o
- Pointers Pills. You have Of course hear
!, =, of the world renowned Poulierss Pills
am Pouiter.n
a Pointer Of Pointers Pills Ny hear
sank within mel a five-pound motel III
airy castles were tottering
II also sent him couple Of hundred 9
y nv pamphlets. which | said ! trusted b
- ..n,lA h.a 81 Kind AS TO digtrihute In th