Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

mistake. he finally found IL neees-
s2rv 70 seek the AID Of policeman,
vsho anesrem0niously dispersed thsln-
But they continued 70 come singiy and
IN pairs, 20 such an extent that the
doctors door was for days almost con-
tinnously open. They included the
lane. the halt, the blind and the
manned, tbs b<at, the hummer and the
destitute
These were not the only classes, how
ever. Ear from IL The pompous PRO
fessor," the man about town, the impe-
curious inventor. the want-to- go-west
young man, the broken-down broker,
the defnur- little widow, the blonde
girl with the brother TO support, the
woman with the large family, all starv-
ing for . sewing machine; the darl-
haired dreamy girl with the long lashes
and destitute parents-these, and
scores Of others, in tho course Of few
weeks, sent in cards or made such pa
thetic representations as secured them
an interview.
In vain DIR. Paxton assured them that
the story they had read was wholly tie-
titiozs- They treated his assurance
with incredulity and left VITA slow
aud injured air that made the good
man feel very sad Some were i'm
pertinent and some demonstrative. A
week or two after the publication tho
bell rang and when the valet opened
the door he saw. standing In the vesti-
bule. a tall and rather handsome south
erncr, with dark hair falling over his
coat collar, a waxed mustache tends
like bradawlsl and goatee that chung
10 his chin like a nervous black cater
pillar wriggling in sympathy with the
movement of his under jaw. He wore
a broad sombrero on three-fourths OF
his head and had q dazzling expanse of
shirt front He wanted TO see DR.. Pax
ton.
"Yo' name, sah9' inquired the valet
"A gentleman from South Ksw'linA,
sab"
MY ordahs are to get yo' name, sab. "
81 want you 10 understand. sab. that
Pm a gentleman, sab, from South
Kaw'lina, sab, and / allow no coppah-
coIlared niggah to talk ordahs to me.
sah You tell your master want to SEQ
him, sahl"
As he spoke he tossed his locks TO
either side and gazed at tho colored
man with supreme disdain- The latter,
who was his match physically, rose
with commendable promptness to the
requirements of the situation.
''Yo' say yo's from Souf Ka'lina, sab!
Well, Use from Not Ka'ins, sab; and
want yo' TO un'e'stand, 'stinctly, dat no
gemnan from Souf Ka'lina am agwine
10 come heah and suit dis gemmau
from No'f Ka'lina, eff he knows it."
With which remark the 'gemman"
from ''No'f Ka'lina" swung the gentle
man from South Kaw'linA" violently
around by the lapel, clutched him by
the nape of the neck with one hand.
and in the region where the principal
male garment abruptly terminates with
the other, and rushed him down the
steps into the street, administering to
him resounding kick that DIR. Paxton
came on the scene just in time TO wit
ness
1t appeared that the gentleman from
portion of the one hundred thousand
dollars; but he assured DR.. Paxton that
mo gentleman, sab, from my state,
sah," ever permitted an internal mig
GER to ask him his business. The doc
tor informed him that. in his opinion,
the colored gentleman from North Car
olina had learned enough of his errand
TO respond TO it in prompt, commend
able and business-like manner, and
that IL there was anything further he
could do for him, in the same line, he
thought he could be attended to.
But you have no idea," said DR.. Pax
ton, lat least did not, until this try.
/ ing experience came upon me, of the
/ cool impudence, the brassy assurance,
of some who evidently think the world
owes them living. Among those who
called upon me in the earlier period OF
my misery was an elegantly attired and
| evidently we'll educated woman. Her
conversation, complete self possession
and reposo of manner Indicated tina,
she had been accustomed, beyond a
/ doubt, to contact with refined associa-
tons. She wore a long sealskin cloak
and jewelry that must have been cost
| ~. She had suffered severe losses
/ Much Of her private fortune had been
swallowed up In unfortunate invest
raents- She IVES widow and
had two daughters, sweet girls
both, highly educated, etc, etc
/ A fortune had been spent on their
/ tuition and accomplishments. The
/ charming creatures, however. were
compelled for the time being, te
/ languish in comparative obsourity. Hel
dearest wish. as their mother, was 70 dc
I her duty 70 them. That was all she
! had TO live for. She had not married
again and mover would. Her sole JOY
would consist in seeing her dear girls
happily settled That they might have
such opportunities. however, as young
ladies Of their antecedents might rea
I sonabiy aspire to. she must establish
herself once more ia New York and has
! called 10 ask II would kindly loan he
[ ten thousand dollars for the purchase
of furniture and other indispensables
/ When asked where she expected me Z,
/ get IL. she knew. she said, that I has
I plenty 81 rich people In my courrega
ton. and that they would not ref1sc 4
/ help her Il only asked them. BY di
rect inquiry learned that she had rea<
Z the nischievous paragraph, somethin.
she would have preferred TO conceal.
I s.~ove 20 assure her that there was no
shallow of truth in it. but shs locke,
a. me az II were a lineal heir - tn
accomplishmsnt Of Ananias That's tn
way 'hey al looked Oh. IL was simply
dreadful They acted as II my deniah
were mere subtcrfnUeS This lady. II