Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-12
IandO De Soto Money.

H. ~ ia schools, the negro votes
Hn5 Lu tne sad alligator rolls in his
To- 1h and awaits the coming of his
Ih7r, 49, Ut aog. or plckaninny. they
/ l,r- s.,'. elected a Senator This new
1 an,5- ser Will succeed Senator George;
/ lbros LIE -e seat Will not be vacant for
sio0,- 01IS 70 come. The sage Missis-
/ of iSstFalns himself In his habit
- me- ----Alng and his Legislature only
tslir.. 80 IN Tour years. Hence this
~ zine by the fOrelock In the mat
y ~ senator making.
~ new statesman's name is Her
40 DE SEQ Money. to- which South
- courtesy prefxes The epithet
-,0-" Colonel Money Just now is
0er Of The House Of Representa-
- ana foremost and influential
-. ln bis State Of fevsrs. fogs and
occ7sia snakes.
NS,-to1el Money is the best type Of the
gentleman now eXtant His
49,, .s H-'y-siX, and he looks a decade
e5,,-+-- VI superior refinement and
-..on' Colonel Money. with his in
~ -- inc amioD,e and his care for
--shJs and sensibiHties of others.
mos, agreeable man To- meet
-l,-e llpnatic trait in q Southern gen
~. Is The mixture Of innocence and
a. lt munger; blend Of lamb and tiger
.'A taaJ is as dazzling as hard TO
r,.., stand. AnglO-Americans are
-" "iiAe whether of North or South.
30 FAR as they are made different
o." environment or am education
s. .llS red-and-white streak I'm the
oln gentleman-this slaughter
wan the milk-pure ruilrlessaess
comes from an environment
coln.ed with an education bepun i'm his
cradle DAYS
lour Southern gentleman is TAUGHT
rom infancy that q touch uDo0 his
'-ot demands apology or blood. His
-uec nee OF worlds other than his own
--.s hlm 70 take in the red lesson like
p-i-S water He is told that 10 is bet
,o lose life rather than good fame or
submit 10 insult The upcome of an
.lsse heroics is that when Won invade
,he sensitive honor of Southern gen
liehan You Will De made 10 APOLOGIZE.
night or climb a tree.
~ colonel Money one is brought IN
Gay oy this commiXture OF gantleness
ana Fa,or. This distinction Of the
o9u-nern gentleman is found i'm fullest
o-oom and fragrance In Colonel Money. /
lie IS gentle and deadly tender and
dangerous an at once. A story might
Illustrate what is meant
was Two years, perhaps three years
$50 in Washington Colonel Money
and 7 ware travelling 70 the capital in I
an p street car. The Colonel was alb /
s,rac-ed and thoughtful and az last no. /
Ceeo t himself He felt the need Of /
apol0gizlug
You must excuse my abstraction" |
no said. have heard some Distressing /
news from home"
"Whar is it. Colonel" I asked.
you know my son George" he re- /
Piled and his tones We're full freighted /
with regret
/ knew George. young man of some /
twenty-five years. and as gentle and as /
kindly courteous rs his father From /
the C0,onels tone began 90 fear some /
/ accident had Overt2ken him. Perhaps /
some fever or some feud had carried \
y him OIL. Possibly the Colonel had just /
--'-Sd AS,Ia1eath.
A. - 5Row George.
Hes ID l,si-A '1>--.pe?"
The Colonel FASTENED to- relieve me.
A ooh. no. he's not il." ne said. NO,
Georges health is good, but / just re-
ceived word that ne hes killed q man,
and Of course it worries me-.
Glow was it2" 7 asked. who was
| the trouble with Co'onel?'
T nut good deal OF grave sympathy
f0+0 my words. for I knew we We're on
sacred ground.
SIvhv the man George killed" re-
Dird Colonel Money. and his voice
while sad. was c0Oingly soft and amia-
be "was the Populistic editor down
where we live He was very bitter
man and he s1id things about George
81 H.rrH lrf low man
cord stand and. as ne refused 20 re-
+~,o- mr. qoolCgize. George had no other
vv BE had ~ take his gun aud get
him" and the Colonel sighed.
,oornr1 later that George had saUn-
+o~,7 forth with q shotgun. and in
,,ror9barsive. broad fashion beefed
nom the -hird party man and his horse.
r. was n complete cleanup Of the editor
and his outfit.
.vrl YOU go down to Mississippi
C-'onel2' 7 asked.
aNro" he replied thoughuully Il
-r--t not. To win hardly be necessary.
7-r r-,.ror wires me that public senti-
,,.-- an with George. and then again,
+be District Attorney is kin of mine.
ua wouldn't see any wrong done
George?
.Did the third party man leave any
.,l,tives9" INQUIRED, having I'M mind
49, voDdettas that grow MS naturally
or Southern soil as cotton ard tobacco.
.T believe" said the COlonRl with
-.e+1,- moditatiye air. chat he leaves
s,-, brothers and two uncles. But.
tbe, have several brothers and sons
,l,o-e qs well as cousins an men used
80 Looking out for themselves, and
49, would be no call for me to so
bock ON that account
tbis point the Colonel began to
-ta,tlv muse over the matter as a
- 10 he regretted. though uncvoid-
~ and disturbed him with my ques-
a.~. ro further. George was never
,I,Iic+e6 and the general conclusion
l',,s to be that he unlocked his shot
pm. m the right moment and the right
man. % .,,e ,.,,,l, Colonel
80, viii hold i'm Senate circles. He
,m Lo valuable and "a valued mem
W. discharging his trust with honesty
,,.itb am intelligence as far-reach-
on5 rs luminous as fashlight
ceionol Money is great believer in
.f,rroe doctrine and so intense is
tr,ericanism that he is almost
r-now Nothing