Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-29
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The rattlers, by the way. seemed to be
aware of the presence of their neighbor
and showed some agitation, especially
i'll the region of the tail. They seemed
more alarmed than irritated, however
suppose they were awed by the superior
genius of the queenly Indian. But it is
part of my plan to see how they will be-
have to one another, so this morning
opened the door in the partition. The
rattlers, instead of coiling themselves in
position, skunk about at full length and
got under the blankets. The cobra sat
quiet for time, as if she were contem-
plating the situation. but at last, with a
slow and graceful movement and head
erect, she slid through the opening and
into the other cage. She was like a queen
among her subjects, and her subjects
never so much as ratified. She finally
made herself comfortable in their blank
cts. and it did not seem to occur to them
to retaliate by making free with hers.
/ am never tired of watching these
mysterious animals. The power of in
slant death is IA fascinating thing to
mediate upon. 1t gives dignity to its
possessor-a dignity which is inherent,
not derived from the Imagination of the
observer. No animal has finer manners
"a more awful composure-than this
cobra of mine Human monarchs have
the same power of life and death, and
that. after all, is the basis Of their gran
deur and serenity. There is something
royal in the aspect of outlaws and des-
peradoes VIII do not hesitate to kill men.
There is on.y one thing nobler than to
destroy life, and that is to create it.
My own ling, so far as | can be said
to have one, possesses neither Of these
advantages, for although no doubt a
physician may often be fatal to his pa
tent that is not his ostensible business,
and, as for creating life, my science is
there at one with my orthodoxy. Nor
/ tai man will never accomplish the feat.
/ This patching and mending of WORKOUT
bodies can hardly be called respectable
employment and in the widest sense
I perhaps not philanthropic one. Patched
people do not make good ancestors. Med
ical skill is the foe of posterity. II Ihad
my choice of future incarnation, |
should choose to be a central African
despot-or cobra. What a change from
relieving tine aches and pains of Mrs
Hodge in the village and bringing Sophie
Stubs little baby through an attack of
GROUP
There must be an essential discord at
the bottom of my nature. My tempera-
ment seems to be quiet, methodical, I'M
demonstratiye, retiring. People find me
sympathetic, appreciative, benevolent i
am made the confil2nt of all manner of
troubles and secrets 1t is my fate to be
an adviser and mediator. Though
was born four years later than John and
two years after Henry, yet am older in
my ways and external feeling than either
of them. In this my twenty eighth year
nv character appears already fixed
And yet am never without a misgiying
that this is not my real self-that the
genuine Frank Mainwaring has never
yet been revealed. | am asleep. The
hour of my awakening has never struck
OF course it never will strike. This
perception of latent possibilities Is nj
doubt common, and the practical reali
ties of life gradually obliterate it. Ian
an observer and student. but have
never attempted to control circum
stances. My acts have been obedient, MOI
aggressive. have taken relief in imag
nation, but that will cool in time.
only wish the whole thing did not seen
so like playacting. | fancy | shoulf
have been being what | am
without that $4,000 that my father
will gave me. ought to bave had tn,
whole estate or nothing. Henry did yer.
well with his so 900 at least his desir,
always was to rpxin about the world
and his beQuest lhas enabled him to d
it ali these four ysars since father died