The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-10-23


once before my eyes.
From the very first had been much
interested in the young man, and as
day by day went by, and the peculiari-
ties of his character were revealed to
Inc, my interest grew deeper and deep
or. l flatter myself that l am a keen
observer and skillful analyst of per-
sonal character, and until now fancied
that to write description of it's COM
ponent parts was an easy matter. Yet
when l am put to the proof find it no
simple task to convey in words a
proper idea of Charles Carriston's men
tai organization.
/ soon discovered that he was, / may
gay, afflicted by peculiarly sensitive
nature. Although strong, and appar-
emily in good health, the very changes
of the weather seemed to affect him al
most to the same extent as they affect
a flower. Sweet as his disposition al
ways was, the tone of his MIND, his
spirits, his conversation, varied, rs Ii
were, with the atmosphere. He was
full of imagination, and that magma
ton, always rich, was at times weird,
even grotesquely weird. Not for one
moment did he seem to doubt the sta
bility of the wild theories he started,
or the possibility OF the poetical dreams
he dreamed being realized. He had his
faults of course; he was hasty and i'm
pulsive; indeed to me one of the great
est charms about the boy was that,
right or wrong, each word he epoke
came straight from his heart.
So far as / could judge, the whole
organization of his mind was too high
ly strung, too finely wrought for every
day use. A note of joy. of sorrow,
even of pity, vibrated through it too
strongly for his comfort or well-belng.
AS yet 1t had not been called upon to
bear the test of love, and fortunately
use the word MISUNDERSTANDING
he was not, according to the usual sig
nificance of the word, a religious nan,
or l should have thought it not unlikely
that some day he would fall a victim to
that religious mania so well known to
my professional brethren, and have de-
veloped hysteria or melancholia. He
might even have fancled himself a mes
senger sent from heaven for the re-
generation of mankind. From natures
like Carristons are prophets made.
In short, may say that my exhaust
i've study of my new friends character
resulted in a certain amount of an
easiness as to his future-an uneasi-
ness not entirely free from professional
curiosity.
Although the smile came readily
and frequently to his lips, the general
bent of his disposition was sad. even
respondent and morbid. And yet few
young mems lives promised to be so
pleasant as Charles Carriston's.
was rallying him one day on his
future rank and its responsibilities.
You will. of course, be disgustingly
rich" said.
Carriston sighed. Eyes, II live long
enough; but don't suppose l shall"
why in the world shouldn't you?
You look pale and thin but are in cap
ital health. Twelve long miles we have
walked to-day-you never turned
I hair"
Carrlston made no reply. He seemed
in deep thought.
"Your friends ought to look after you
and get you a wife," / said
81 have no friends" he said, sadly.
No nearer relation than cousin a
good deal older than / am, who looks
upon me as one who was born to rob
him OF what should be his"
But by the law of primogeniture,
so sacred to the upper ten thousand,
he must know you are entitled to it,"
Eyes: but for years and years was
always going to die. My life was not
thought worth six Lmonthsl purchase
All of a sudden ! got well. Ever since
then l have seemed, even to myself,
kind of interloper."
at must be unpleasant to have man
longing for ones death. All the more
reason you should marry. and put other
lives between him and the title"
ITO BE CONTINUED