Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-10
UNDER A CLOUD.
The Difference Between Character
and Reputation illustrated.


Whom he Was twenty three wears Of age aud
In the employ OF a allroad contractor he
was known AZ nSam Robosts.s sam Roberts
Was hdastr.ons kacn and economical 80
nv the limo no was thltty he Waa a eontrae.
Tor himself In a smsil way. aud he was Known
a. ,.Alr. l.ore,tss or aAfr. s,iu Roberts"
Al iony.a,o Mt. Rober,s WAS rica. and the
director Of a bank at nfty ho was president
OF tho same bank aud very rich. aud with
that alteration VI wealth which. ~ uniorlu.
nately chnrae.oriles VA Amorlcans. his I'D
misors would hayu coiled him "lionorable."
"Excenency.u 'Iudgce or "Goqerai" Il thoy
could Ind tho sligh,eat pre,oxt Tor So doing,
Tor in thes, dnys we worship tho man Of dol.
lars rather than tho man u brains and char.
actor. IL Is due Mir. Roberts to say that no
was not a had man. hut his life had been 40
absorbed In the nAklna IL money that like
mnny others. 10 had como To believe that tho
Gathering IN Of dollnts was tho chief ond Of
uaa.
| Mr.. Roberts had ecycrni dauahtors and ono
son. The latter yyAa named Washington. alb.
hreylntod into Wash. Az men always yoarn
for what thsy do not possess. Mr., Roberta
was oa,.pr That hla son should have a coego-
educator, hut as Wash WAS as nrmly 10
solved not to submit &. tho training Of the
hi,,hpr schools. hls father Welded 10 what
could not be avoided. and comforting him-
sslt with tho belief that his son resemblod
him. and wan Dcut out only for business" no
tool. him into tho hank whom hoWas clghteon
Years OF ago and gave hin, a salary Of twenty
dollar n week which Wnsha mother, who
had unlimited means al hor dlsposal. In.
]
lknoWlsdre
Wash h,,d a horse. he belonged to boat
olul, aud n,tors be ,aa pirht.on he had es
tobnslel Al. fopuietion ns "a ya,ipe man who
was 10 t.o ysr, ygoaIthy some dn,. aud who In
tho ntantlms mad hll tho money that no
needed at bis disposai with disposltion 90
ape,d n IN What 4, .rronesu.ly called "so,.
INC nfop n abould mean utalins a look at
deatb
SIM Wash uobsrts' Napia erov rraator
than Ma ,noans ,or .nnnlyipe them. Itis
SALARY N tho bank ala not Feoii him In ulsar-
otto., tics and gloves. and tho money secretly
e,yen nm, IN MA mother dil moi pay Ma vino
blus
In tho bapl thoro VIVA a younp man. or
rather i.5y for he ,gas hardly seyenteon.
named o,orgs Flaming tIcorso plempq's
h0,er bad formerly bsop tho esslst.nt toner
under Mr.. Roberta int n atrnlo Of pnr,iyala
tby wear botorr had made INN a confirmed
lhyAjd with mo- hon, M recovery and na MIA
sniary had never enabled him 10 iay M for a
raipy day be WAS poor. with Mis- vifo and
two yennser children to earo for no by way
az hnlnlng hla son. whoeas forced 10 leayo
! scbool Nah rlysn n ,lase IA the bank atoinht
3 1nll.,S n ,,oet md M Toborta. Who asea
! IN, -,,,,ss said mai tc rould hayo t,o ,,or,,
J donc M IN dollars I'm M Two d,iIara nd.
; dt,lonni vsfc ndd.d nan son ~ charity 10,
: tbn ~, N the moor tn,,n vino had worn GU,
+ Ma ia n, tbo scrylee nf tbe h,nt
uso,,,e Fls,nlu, lad ambition cba,.otcr
and t,st nrnror st,nl al rrldo that roga,da
j ,1i ,o,t 1 NJ. bopor,bls and avery dnt, M 4
, n,a,tsr ~ moni,oad Ia WA undor wal
p,,.,,s sn,i ho so,,, ,tis,,,y,,,,.i mai h, M
, ~, osty l,is AVN bn,a ,yo,, 4, IA In, oiaf
! ,,st ~ M IAN az ,he prcsi1ant ,qho IVA,
inoh,dunt.rim edo,atlon by All Tia oti,o,
! .l,,ps ,,r ,,o 1on a, N ,ich eanlo,,r M
1000, ~ ci,a,uc,nr 4. IN N ~ ,,,,, ,,aa a,
B -u.srlor f,nd m belng Inv the Iosa tor.
Z sn,s,o ,,,,( NV, no ,i,h ma ingno,tIaI hlns.
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