Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26
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In Lon ;SviI.a / n, ed Colonel Hablln,
ard be urged me L. 81 home WITH him.
Ny people are all ofT IN i VISIT, ana
vCa know what il Is I r. . s.3a. leo.d
fellow 10 he letta leue. sad Ae. And,
u e2-e way. y Il my n ~. IS i, a-s.
| have Gneof lie nest attractive places
in Kentucky. rambling cd house, bullt
by my cra3s';#ti.es. AID al that sort q
thing. Wait NV. before declining, for
l must mention q stronger iHdGeeuent.
one that n GENT nan can hardly Win
Stand-miHt under amber co.ared g1as>.
Don't qp.:e catch thar d. YEA: l i ex
PLAN, and you must pardon me Il l ap-
pear 10 ramb.e little. Il Kentucky
during the latter part q the spring, all
CT the summer and the first half Of the
fall, clodAcEper can live almost as
web as one Of the b.yeds. And Why: Be
cause he can e along the spring branch
and gather mint. can hang about still
house Until somebody gives him 4 quart
Of liquor 70 get rid Of him, and then all
he has 10 do Is TO grab a handful Of
sugar, go away somewhere and live.
But during the Of time, when the sharp
teeth Of the trost has raked the earth, he
can't get the mint, and therefore can't
live completely. Now. have suffered
from this luc0mpleteness Ct living and
have at last provided against it. have
mint dollhouse, and more than that,
the sun rays are mellowed through am
Der glass, and = The old gentleman
snatched ont red bandanna handker-
chief and wiped his mouth. Have YOU
no handkerchief: he asked, noticing
that had not wiped my mouth. What
sort Of a man are you getting to be: But
what do you say: Going with me-
l am.
Upon ny shoulder he afectiquately
laid his hand unsteady with emotion,
and locking straight into my eyes he
said: This world j going II the devil
as fast as il can. and when l meet man
who is willing 10 turn aside and take
an interest IL me. why, I CAD, it moves
me, sir. New Ill tell you what Vel
do, " he added taking my arm and turn
ing me about We i 20 out there ana
have an old fashioned southern Christ
mas On my place are number Of ne
gr0es that Were born there. and to them
the revival Of an Old holiday memory
will be-well, hardly know what TO
call il, but you shall see for yourself. .
We went strllchtSay to the railway
station, the cid man talking incess4nt y
Of his disappointment at the weakness
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talk 1t was like the babbling Of an old
and dearly remembered stream whose
channel is Worn deep and which holds
many tender recollection. many rem
iuiscent surcle. l had known him dur
ing many years. Once he was in tho
state legislature, and as a newspape,
correspondent had reported his speeches.
liked him. took the kink out Of his sen
fences, made him say things to please
his people, and he warmed toward me.
On the train sat and watched him,
living IN the past with him. An cid
man charm is 10 live in the past. To
be wholly Of the present makes him toe
worldly, lover Of money, and a greedy
old man is blight upon the face Of the
earth. | sat and looked at this old man,
and l thought Of the days when his life
was lordly; when dusky hands clapped
in welcome at his return from school
when the music Of his hounds aroused
at dawn his sleepy neighbors; when
proudly he led 10 the altar the belle of
the nelghborhood. 1t was easy TO review
his life. In society forever gone his
place had been secure.
1t was dusk when we got of at sta
tion. A negro who had just lighted
lantern adjusted it as he came toward