The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-09-12

of his brilliant career, Tor Jansen was
then more famous and moro popular and
younger and prettior than Shots now. The
news went all over Princeton that Ned
| Peace and Jansen were travelling jolly
| fast pace together.
The pace he had set for himself at col
| lege was only preliminary canter to get
| into condition. AS he had plenty Of money
his time was his to spend as he chose.
And he chose to spend it in n mad gallOp
down that broad road whereof Sunday
school scholars hear much. He and Jan
sen were the best of friends and no one
could have been moro devoted than he was
to her. 1t was talked of everywhere, and
finally it was said that they were married.
But this was contradicted and at last died
out. He had fortune of something over
5000, 600 to spend. He wanted to spend
principal as we'll as interest. And Jansen
helped him with those pink, extravaganza
fingers of hers.
Then came time-less than five years
after Ned Peace left college-when his
friends were saying that the end had
come. All the cash was gone, and every
bit Of land that his father and GRANDPA
ther had left him was mortgaged above
the highest tree top. There was no more
money for the big generous hands to dive
into and toss away. But for many months
he and Jansen continued to be friends
She was fond of her handsome athlete,
and she did not give him the marble
heart in the days of his misfortunes.
But with misfortune came dependency
and with dependency came drink of that
deeper and heavier sort that tells that
man is crossing the line Everybody no
ticed the change-the bloodshot eyes, the
fat body, the pulled checks, the STOPPING
shoulders And it seemed as if the end of
the brilliant part of Ned Peace's career
was at hand.
But there came stroke of luck of the
sort one reads about. Down in Pennsyl-
vania there was one bit of Ned Peace's in
heritance which was so worthless shat he
had not been able to mortgage 1t. 1t was
a wild mountain side barren and worth
less. When Ned Peace was down q good
many dollars on the negative or borrow
ing side, he got wind that coal had been
discovered on this worthless land. He
was rich again, richer than before.
He picked up at once. He quit the bag
gard, despairing sort of dissipation and
was seen about his clubs and his old
haunts in the swell cafes and restaurants
He picked up all his old college friends
whom he had rather dropped when it be-
came impossible for him to hold up his END
of the string, and soon he was going the
old gait in Philadelphia.
This brings us down to the last year or
so, down to the Paresis club of Philadel-
phia Of which he is member 1t may
have been that it was one of the theories
of that amazing organization that paresls
is disease which never touches college
men. There are doctors who insist that
it almost never attacks men who have
been properly educated early in life, but
only assaults those who have educated
themselves in the school of experience,
and with brains poorly organized have
risen TO fame or Importance to the strain
of which their brains are unequal. Lit
tie is known about the Paresis club OK
cept that it's members were rich and each
one spent his time in defying that partic
ular disease.
Well, the end has come for Ned Peace.
One of his friends went out to see him in
West Philadelphia month ago and saw
only shadow Of the strong, clear eyed,
clear headed youth of 10 years ago.
They say it is only question of short
time before the most famous of Princeton 5
athletic sports will pass into the last stages
of that disease from which there is only
one relief
And Jansen was in Delmonico's dining
Sunday night. She was looking as young
and fresh as ever, and her laugh was just
as gay and her eyes just as bright as when
she sang and kicked herself into the big
heart of the big Princeton boy. A man
with black pointed beard was with her
and looked exceedingly proud and happy
Who would have the courage to disturb
the combination of bright smile and a
new bonnet and a man with u black point
ed beard with the picture of q darkened
room, q wasted frame and ruined mind
down in West PHILADELPHIA?