, 1897-09-04
A BROTHERS. KEEPER

When a man who is yet young ar
rlves al the conclusion that life holds
nothing more for him and that he can
only devote himself to the good Of
others. there is plenty of keen wretct
euness in store for him, If he gets -,
after a bad blow and is actively mlscr.
able and somcw hat hateful aud resent
full, he can yet be harry But self i'm.
notation Is not natural, and ANYTHING
unnatural brings its own punishment
mother iersnn and other people can
not he the center Of the universe for
very long There may come u lar thar
Will put yen out Of plumb for a bit. but
you swing back to your normal posi-
ton.
The jar that came to Osborne was a
hard enc. The girl to whom he WIS en-.
gagged ted him that Ter parents were
forcing her to MARY certain rith
man. Now parents in these days 30
not force one to mary anybody, bot
Osborne would have !,I.cv,d whart,l!
the girl bad CHOSEN to al him he h..
licved this and thought She was II l.au
'iihi, NuLti'HS marty 7, ana lDtft wa. IL
tragic scene, which she did clcv,rlv.
and II parting After tina: Osborne iusl
even ambition, which bad been Il ruil!-
passion almost above his l0,c ilv si.
was mean enough, too. to keep ms MS
cry alive ly WHILE to him uCv; AID
then bcwail'uS her gi!d"d captivity
Life, he told himself, was ur. tntt!
II vain thing, only fit to be- used IN tho
service of Others. 1t is not easy to srru
others picturesquely in the amy Ii,u
are no needy and no fallen outs. Lr
cause when they fall they cease to lr ~
the army So Osborn. bcthuuSht ulm
of his brother Alexander
Alexander lived on n ranch, ne Us.
borne had dcne. He was II years cid
At lG Osborne had been the suurDfi OF
widowed mother and $50 chillrcn
He Ind had no boyhOod in particular
1t had all been work making the ranch
pay Only those who have tried it
know what that means, Alexander was
not afflicted after tins fashion lie lived
on his new st'pfatlier and was envl0us
Of his brother
Now, when Osborne brought AleXnH.
der Oh to San Antonio the first evening
of his arrival he spoke to him thus
''There's u first class school right in the
town. Alex Silence. IL want you to
study hard, y~oungster. to make up for
the time you've lost up there III the vii
derness."
Alex braced his feet against the porch
railing and tipped back his chair 1T
all ,,, V'yn iaEt 49,, It. f,,, sL.,. t.-
anything else. 1t amt fair, Hcrtert.
You've been having II picnic for the last
eight years, while I've been shaving in
the fields, ard | don't see it in the light
of settling down right away to digging
ut books | want ii swing"
If II nature is ambitious. it cannot he
altered The ambition may Transfer Its
object from self to sOme ol.r else, hut il
will not die OshOruc's had Transferred
itself to his hro!:or So his Heart sank
But he had leaned federation. "Wcil,
III give you three months. hut you
must study 10 make up for it"
Three Tonths nothing! WHAT'S the
matter with siX?'
"a coed dca! is the matter You'll
be nearly ~ III six mCa:hs. and yen
don't EuOw Is much "s the avCrar| iSy
Of IA Of Course I'm Tot llan iUg You
for that Yen haven't had :! tar
chance Osborne forgot that Il Is lie
himself had passed the Cumppi.tiyr rx
animation
~ guess | havcn't-Nt that or any
thing else
Young Osborne had zone barefoot all
his life and had never had Il WEUir l,w
suit of clothes to his back or u ONT t.
call his own. Osborne gave lnlu U..IC
ing pumps ana various srcn'iy suits
and Il reasonable allow I
But lac t!rUsht the allowance -anll
Say. IlGtu,, | cant make out with
that mc:siy ten Make II Is. " IL vou?'
he complained
me" SAID Osborne,
O%sbornc's noes were always def
mite. but Alexander persisted. why
not? You've Il lot niurc than you need.
II know hest about that Ten dollars
is enough. and it's all | can give you.
I've your education to pay for. recol
lect. You've no expenses outside Of an
occasional tEea;Ir i,cLet and tennis tall
CT yuu shouldn't have.
"Yca always did catch all the
piuns. said Alexander.
Then the mail elderly gave Osborne
u letter from the girl Osborne licked
himself in his wtlkroom and read it
und L,litv," every word of il. And
living-W,un FOR others-seelned II hard
thing for the next few days,
Alcxand' felt his oats promptly. He
excelied ut ruseball. he learned tennis
and dancing by magic and he rode
we'll Osborne had never been SO popu-
lar. He hid served the Mammon of
ambition exclusively until he had
transferred his allegiance to the god of
love. Since then he had been IL martyr
and martyrs arc more pleasing in
stained glass than in life And NOW he
returned to the first cult, and ambition
filled him He reJolcod in his brothers.
beauty, which WAS Of the BERTHE Cecil
type, in his magnificent stature, in his
agility and his athletics He mounted
him Oh the finest horse to be had in
that part Of the country-and wore u
shabby uniform himself nll winter He
read with him for two hours daily and
was well pleased when the boy remem-
bered just enough TO give his conve1sa-
ton a peculiarly brilliant turn. He ar
Rued great things flGm this when
EArARRH