The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
aERAH KEsrnKoox,s tnurn.
Sr Some Ono pundn't usroten re- ne weuia nee
ne q mtg Wan In Thln state.

ne q u,E WAN In This state
al sec they've elected Zcary wcstbrook Mayor
OF Amsterdam, up in York State somewhere"
said q Pike county man, referring TO tho Hon.
Zerah westbrook, ox,Deputy Comptroller Of
New York and lately Judge of Montgomery
county. THAT shows what o lucky thing ID
was for him that his flute got broken years and
years ago up In Sussex county, n. j.. the night
we went over and gave him a surprise party.
"Neary was born In Sussex county and lived
on the farm only a few miles from the Della
ware, and no cam over into Pike county whom
he was 10 or II, to go TO school at Milford. He
was popular among us young folks, but thundert
there wasn't anything about him. either Of OUT
ward show or inward light, in those days that
would have furnished material for the best all.
round prophet in the business TO build a future
for him beyond tho confines of tho rail fence
around that old Westbrook farm over In
Jersey. Some folks went 80, far as. to
end, blasting their forebolings on whse
seemed to be the all.suficient fact that he
Ilnfe' alt 1nS hT H. te hs d Il H sx Mor4Io glG " HE he
in the Silly summer night. He forced from, 10
| walls, and wild and dcspairing shrieks. He cuS
these up into sections and called them tunes.
The most dcspairine. the most hopeless, the
most distressing OF these was his favorite. He
called II Napoleon Crossing the AlpsI l never
believed IT. Napoleon had a bad time crossinI
the Alps. but it was nevor, never SO bad as that.
People who ioresaw his awful finish declare to
t this h 4 so that int It would Sndn,i have SnnS come long D before
him from that flute.
"Zeary quit going to school in Milford alters
while, and thought he could do better by going
back home to hoip with tho pis killing and the
chores about the farm, SO he took his flute and
Sles that n fife. and drum corps failed to fll
Then, afte q while. when the weather got cold
thought h siH S' We'a axe Eke0a a 8 sleigh tds 81 ri Ss y Cper to ,0 tSs
Westbrook farm and give Zeary q surpri eparty,
surprise rtr ! party p IT Gust custom mn in ap those days doSs. i That hat was sas
the, coolest night l was ever out In. 1t was 30
cold tina when our sleigh upset on the way over
pan of custerd | had charge Of climbed up ON
my head, turned itself bottom side up, sqnashed
before l had recovered from my astonishment
scalped to get away from it or leave it there
until we could get s%omeThero to thaw 1t out.
and left it. Tho girls all had Mysteries for .
while, but no one was hurt.
w IWs Were n, only w 2 couple 1phis Of mi miles n from from the !
and we soon Strengthened things up and went
on. AS we neared the CHEEKY lights thatgleamed
frSm the 1sic Mss Sp @Ssir w eaps' sts;np ssdd s q ,r iss
to turn round in the road and go back. The
driver d r yer 9G ,bnsd tin,1o down. Tid but Looked t, back c a az =
the night wind. we heard sounds of agony.-do-
spasiTdin n &. m3 2Tan 9 eSe = oGnit img. walls Sons g ana n. cries.
have we come here to meet with sickness. and
perhaps death
NJ, .ItIllcu duOtuCIy WIN leCOBhiLcu tuO
sounds. We haven't. That's only Zeary boost.
ing Napoleon over the Alps
"It was Zeary and his flute. still tempting
fate. We soon hustled inside with our surprise,
and II was n surprise, too. But even the sight
of me frozen fast by my hair to a tin pan
couldn't turn Zeary from his course. He had
NAPOLEON ~ such 9 critical spot in the Alps that
kept on crossing him over. He got him to tho
pinnacle of the he ghts at last, and cast him
down on the other-side with such an appalling
burst from thedepths OF the flute that one Of the
girls reached out for more Mysteries and got EN-.
Then Ieary threw the house wide open. They
thawed me out. and we were having q joyfultime
when Zcary moved toward the flute again. We
were about to order up the horses and fly, but
we didn't have to-. Somebody or something,
somehow. had wrecked the flute. Whether 10
had been sat on. or jumped on, or what; there IL
was, broken beyond repair.
"Zeary was sad. but he kept up. He mover
could get another flute that suited him, and the
charm of the farm was broken. He left tho
place. by and by and went up into New York
State. There he got into politics, and the first
thing we heard he had got to be a Judge, and
then Deputy Comptroller of the State. And now
he's q Mayor. But he'd never have been tn re
If we hadn't gone over to Jersey with our sur
prise party that night. Zeary ought to offer a
reward of maybe $500 to the fellow who broke
that flute. I'd just like to make that much
about now to kind O. winter over on"