Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-10-17

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his spirits again. He became his own
best customer, and that of course meant
ruin. but what, after all, killed him
was the knowledge that he had been for
more than a score of days in full posses
sion of that old house and had spent
scores of hours alone III the old library
and vet had not discovered and destroy
ed the new will lying there at his mercy.
The sheriff soon sold out his saloon,
while his wife eloped with his hest
friend Ruined in pocket, health and
character, poor old Brea was left bare to
every storm that blew. One morning, as
the sun was rising over the town, sur
prising half dozen belated gamblers i'll
Ned Wright's saloon as they were get
ting up to leave, they found lying across
the threshold the body Of a man, rag
ged. emaciated, forlorn. 1t was Brea.
As soon as James had read the will
he insisted upon having So, 600 from
Brea at once, and he got the money.
But when that thunderbolt Of the new
will fell ON the two men James sadly
recognized that fortune and he would
shake hands no more, so far as this
world is concerned, and he resolved to
chance returning to London before the
whole of the s., 900 he had from Brea
was gone. To London he went. He lived
few years in extreme poverty, driven
to all manner Of miserable shifts, and at
last died.
This man died who ought to have
been buried in Westminster abbey, so
adding one more brilliant name to the
long line of illustrious lord chancellOrs
from Thomas a Beckett and Cardinal
Wolsey down, but he, hating his own
soul, took the first step i'll wrongdoing,
and instead Of resting in the mighty
abbey and bequeathing his dust as
precious legacy to succeeding genera
tions perished forlorn and alone and
was buried III a pauper's grave.
We all landed in Liverpool in the
highest spirits and at once took the
train for London, enjoying the novelty
of everything.
Therefore, after completing certain
preparations which required skill and
considerable business knowledge, we
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course last shuttle for fortune.
After we saw George off to Paris on
the train Mac and 1 walked up and
down the platform outside of the station,
star gazing Mac, with his brilliant
scholarship, elegant speech, logical force
and fiery enthusiasm, made most fas-
cinating companion.
The study Of mankind is man, the old
proverb says; but, like many other prov
erbs, there is full measure of unreality
in it, 1t takes good amount Of AFRO
gance and conceit for one to fancy he is
going to study and understand men. No
man can understand himself, and by no
amount of experience or study will he
ever come to understand that subtle
thing he calls his mind or understand
the motives that sway him.
| only wish one Of those scientists
who study the human mind could have
sat in Macs brain that night, have
thought his thoughts and heard his
speech, while remaining ignorant of our
history and mission. Macs mind was a
storehouse Of erudition, his memory a
picture gallery whose chambers were
gilded and decorated with many glow
ing canvas. AS child he was familiar
with the Bible, the Old Testament par
ticularly, and, improbable as it seems,
was still diligent student of holy writ
His mind was completely saturated
with Bible imagery, yet there we were
with our pockets full Of forged docu-
ments walking up and down that plat
form star gazing, while he talked with
intelligent enthusiasm Of those silver
flowers in the darkened sky, Of stellar
space, how in its infnity it proved the
presence of Deity; that with him there
was no great and no little; that
thought sweeping across the God given
mind Of an infant was as wonderful
and as much an evidence Of power as
tho millioned arch Of radiant suns in the
milky way. While speeding through
Belgium ON our way to the Rhine he
continued until the sun shone upon the
horizon at times, talking like AN in
spired prophet Of God s purposes to men
and Of the destiny Of our race. 1t was
something to stir ones enthusiasm to
see his sublime faith in the mighty des
tiny of man, and to listen to him tell of
the dignity and grace Of every human
soul and his sure faith that all would be
garnered IN the mighty plains Of heav-
en-, and he meant and felt it all Yes,
meant all he said, believed all he said,
believed that he himself was potent
factor in the divine economy, and fur
thermore believed it behooved every
man to do all things, to be all things
good and true, yet on this Sunday morn
ing we were fast speeding TO the scene
Of our contemplated schemes, and with
light hearts looked forward to a speedy
return to London, fairly we'll laden with
plunder
We talked the whole night through,
or rather Mac talked and listened, and
it was treat to be a listener, he being
the speaker.
A period was put TO his Grafton by the
train stopping at Luxembourg, we being
summoned to breakfast.
On resuming our journey we took a
nap, and when we awoke we found our
selves nearing the Rhine. About noon
we arrived at Cologne, and going to
Uhlrich platZ drank a bottle Of tokay in
famous wine cellar there; then, hurry
ing back to the station, we travelled
across the sandy plain that stretches
from near the Prussian border to the
capital We arrived soon after dark, and
Mac went at once 10 the Hotel Lion de
Paris and registered. / waited across
the street in the shadow Of the Empress
palace. Mac soon came ont, and we
went TO dine in a large cafe. We enjoy
ed the novelty Of the scene and were
never tired Of marveling over the all
predominant militarism $ soldiers ev-
| erywhere, all with good lungs and
loud voices. We spent the evening see
ing the town. At midnight we parted
TO meet and breakfast together at tho
cafe at s. | then went to an obscure
hotel and soon was in the land Of
dreams. In the morning l awoke with
an anxious feeling and found myself
wishing it were night. At s, the APP
pointed time, I met Mac He may pos
sibly have felt some anxiety. If so, it
was invisible.
When an honest man makes n mis-
take, he has not only sympathy, but can
always pick himself up again. With
rogue mistake may easily be and al
most always is fatal. So, too, with us.
We feared the unseen and the unexpect-
ed Above all, our imagination magni-
fled the danger, while tormCut.ng us
with needless fears. In Germany the