The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-10-19
UNCLE LOCKS LEGACY.
4 Story Written for This Paper, by James
Payn

OIi!t - Win NUoil tjitil lEitiit7 are
M. e familiar still. ANA ne thcsc name
abb c.iatcd .jcm. or Bill, or Bob 50
thci.c ar: men who might have hal no
Chr tan name at all. lit g i tn
kuuwn of it: EXCEPT when they "! lie
il on q. chccuc il l. never III cEld ne.
and icy ar known by their slirnanc-
OIL. 10 the end Of their lifc7 chapter.
OF uch Il kind wa- my tnc'c Lock-.
Few of his acc ualnt il'c-, TIL they
re dit On his tombstone. were aware
that he wa, chl i-tcn. d Richard, and if
his mother ever cali him DICK
(which doubt. She was the only one.
once upon Il time he wa married.
Though did not know him till he had
been Il widnwcr for Il quarter Of Il cen
turv. but his wife never addressed him
by any other name THAI Mr.. Lock.
The only parallel to this within my OK
pc"irncc is the case II u lady of title
who speaks of her husband as my
luld." but tunt itck never got even
to that dc gree of familiarity: she might
have called him my Mr.. Lock :ppro-
priatrly enough. for thy were more
like Il commercial firm than !, married
couple, but am sure she never VEN
lttir.d on the experiment. She died
after It few years Of welded life. not OF
Il broken heart. for he was not of that
kind. bat rather a. one who having
hal enough of the business of life.
rctircs from it early. She wa not an
attractive person from any point OF
view. Eu, She suit Il Uncle i.ock much
bctt T. than ANYONE. inclnding him
self. had had amy idc: CT. Hard "a, he
was, and h;tr-h as he could be, he sin
ccrcly regretted her death, and. What
seemed curious - macy people. showed
it in Il very sentimental fashion. AS "a
} matter Of fact. all OF us who are not alb
sOllIt .ly inhulEan ar actuatcd by -clltl-
mcn: ANA those who q ny it III least IA
much is other people: and the more
VIC rcprc,.; the natural emotions the
more cX,' aVlgant bee mo the rN-
pr. ,s, ION Of them. Thus. Though Uncle
Lock never WOr. mourning tor ills
vie. not even in the mitigated form OF
n;N inch hatEand. he pat away every
article of cwrlry AMI clothing size ma /,
W. IN in Il room. the dor Of which wa
mover opened, ard kept til" vr'y-h'oil,
lmoetjy on c.,utr:E and hou elk" PING
she li,.i used. uIld"r glass. lik" melons
or r..c,'mhCr-.
The G was II soft pi:t e. indeed. that
few ,ll,pt ctrd. III 'nclr Lock : lc:tF'
;iul his niece SrphE found II out. II
W. i,llpo- aibic, in ice |! for her Ia miss
it.. j. 4 exit ii at all Tor Il more de-
ligltful child than :Iophy MayhcW il
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