The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-02


- abont a handerI
and twenty thousand Quite. And be
left me an hls money"
! glanced u ihe shiny sleeve " his
coai and my eye Travelled mp 10 the
fray ed cnllar
livery pcnay." said the man with
The glass eye. aud caught the active
pupil looking nt me with a touch OF
Oncnsc.
1--we never had any wlndfans Ike
that" ] faid. trying to speak obviously
and propliiate him.
Even legacy ISN'T always a bless.
Ing" he remarked with sigh. and
with an air Of philosophical resigna-
ton he put the red nose and the wlry
musiache Into his iankard for a space
Perhaps not" I said.
Tie was nm author. you see, and he
wrote n lot Of books"
"lndeedr'
"That was the trouble Of n AM He
stared ~ 30 with the available eve 10
see u ] ssped his statement. then
averied his face little and produced
a tOothplck
"Nou See" be aaid. smaeking his
lips after pause. III was like this.
lie was my unclc-my maternal uncle.
And he had-whai shall I call TIA
weakness for writing cdifying litcm-
ture. Weakness Is hardly the word
downright mania Is nearer the mark.
Had been librarian In a Polyiechnis.
Aud as soon as the money came TO
him he began 20 Indulge his ambition.
It's simple. extraordinary and lncom-
prehcnsible thing to me. Here WIS n
man Of thiriy-sevcn suddenly dropped
Into perfect pile Of gold. and be- did
not gO-n0t days bust on al One
would think a chap would 20 aud get
himself dressed BIZ dccent-say n
couple dozen pairs ~ trousers al n
West End tailorF but he never dld.
You'd hardly believe II. but when he
died he hadn't even q gold watch. II
seems wrong f6r people Ike that TO
I have money. All he did was just to
take house. and order In pretty near
I ~ Ave tons Of books and Ink aud pa
/ per. and SET to writing edifying iltcra.
I ture as hard NJ ever he could write.
can't understand n, HUT he did
The money came to him curiously
enough through maternal uncle ~
dis. unexpected Ike. when he was i've
aud twenty. MY mother. 4 happened,
was his only relation IN al the wide,
wide world. except some second cous-
ins Of HIS And was her only son.
You follow all thniy 1ne second cbus.
ms had only ono son. too. lat they
brought him up io see the old man too
soon. He was rather spolit young.
Etcr. was this son Of theirs. and direct
~ he set eyes on my uncle he began
hawllng out as hard a. he could. Take
I'm away-er.' he says, Take I'm
away and so did for himself entirely
II was pretty straight sailing you
think. for me- chr Aud my mnther. be-
ing a sensible. careful woman. settled
the business In her own mind long be-
fore he did.
"ile was n curious little chap. was
my uncle as ! remember him. ! don't
wonder ai the Md being scared Hair
Just like these Japanese dolls they
sell. black aud straight aud siin al
round the brim and none In the middle
aud below whlilsh kind OF face and
rather large dark gray eyes moving
about behind his spectacle We used
% attach a great deal ~ importance
90 dress. aud always wore Tapping
ovcrcoai and big hrlmnicr felt hat
Of q most extraordinary size. "a,
looked a rummy little bcgear. can tel
you Indoors Il was, as a I1ile. q dirty
red flannel dressing gown and n black
skull cap he had That black cap mid.
him look like the portraits Of all kind
OF celebrated people. lie was Away,
moving about from house 20 house
was my uncle. With his chair. which
lad belonged 20 Savage Iandor. ant
his two writing tables. one of Carlyle,
aud the other Of Shelly's. so the dealer
told me. and the complctcst portah,
reference library IN England. De- sal,
he had-and he Ngsed The whole cara
van. HOW q house nc Down ucil
DarWln's old place. chen 20 Reirite
near Mrmcdlth. ihcn en- 10 llalrimorl
-ihats where ih' ozone growa-thei
hack 90 Cne. sea Tor a hlt ard then nj
o. hampstead he knew thcle wa.
something wrong With his stun. bn HI
never knew there was anything wron'
with his brains. u was always the AT
or the water or the ait'tuds o. grm
tommy ro, like that. - much depends
GA environment DO used q ely. arj
stare 40 you had. as u he g.sp'ct ,
you were hiding: grin M hlu aOae
whore under YOUR face. 80 much H.
ponds on environment TO O sensitive
mind Ike mine
"What was ms name? You woalii'
know u J ted y0n lie wrote o ih.n'
thai any che pag over rrad-uri hi"r
No enc could read It. Re wanial 10 Z.
a great teacher, hc SALT ana he lidg
know what he wanted in teach nG.
more than q child. 80 o. jurt l'cNi
erei az large about truth and hshi
cnufness, ard the spirit ha.gry. dp0
an taai. Book giier book Do ws.t
and published az his owu expense. u
wasn't quite right IN his head. yo
know. really. And o. lar him ro OF
az the critics mot because lhcy slate.
him. mind you-hc liked That hul i0
cause they didn't take aus notice 90
him at IN What DO TIE raJot
wautg be- would q L. holding oul d
brown old claw why. tourhug
| guldanccl They arc scattered upll Oh
hills Ike sheep without shepherd.
"Thrrc rs war. and runners of Wai
and thc unlawful spirit IL disc IA 4
land Nihillsm. vlvirociien. vd,cla
tlon. DRUNKENNESS, pcnury. want. al
Clallsilc error. selfish capital, DO yol
see the clouds lamcsg nay name So.
know. DO you see The clouds hover
lng over Che landy And whom @ an
the MOngol wniisr lie WAS alway
worry nront ON Nancnl nul fhn el,,i.i,s