The times., 1898-09-18

was to bear him for the first time in a long
life out of sight of familiar dwellings.
When the car made its first turn into
new territory his heart misgave him. He
hesitated about continuing. The conductor
failed to note his indecision and the train
sped onward. 1t was early morning. The
sun had not yet risen. Let me out at
the first park. the old man requested. He
wished to feel the grass of which he had
read but had never seen Anon they
stopped and the conductor signaled to his
lonely passenger.
1.-The car went on. The old man was
alone in the park-alone with natures
richest Summer gifts. The fragrant vis-
ia flooded his senses with the force of a
deluge. The sea of green and its vari-
colored blooms intoxicated him. Looking
about fearfully and assuring his freedom
of espionage he took off his shoes and
stepped reverently upon the luscious car
pet. Thrilled by its color, texture and
aroma. he scampered about like school
boy at recess. Could this grand bequest
have been his unappreciated for life
time? At his very door. and neglected.!
Then the sun burst above the horizon.
The scene was one of gold, and scarlet,
and green and every prismatic hue OF
woods and field. tas
"a policeman on his first round about s
O'Clock that morning, found PROSTATE
body on the sward. The old man had
died of grief and joyT'
A hum of admiration swept around the
board. Mordaunt had made a clean job
OF his undertaking. The party then called
for Blocks contribution. Here it is:
.Indulging his newly acquired passion
for reading, the traveller paused at the
first newsstand. He had never encoun-
tered novel. His tastes literary had
assumed no shape. A copy of Blazing
Dick, the Apache Raider of the Rockies.
caught his eye. He purchased 1t and
boarded car. That night he failed to
return home. Relatives instituted
search. The police OF the country were
wired. In a small railroad station in
Ohio. two thousand miles from home he
was identified and taken In hand. The
Indian novel had gotten in its work at
eighty as effectually as IL does at eight.
| When recovered the old man was loaded
to the heels with six-shooters. smokeless
| powders, bowies and various other pic
| turesque implements of savage warfare.
| The fighting fever caught him on the car
! he boarded at about Chapter III Of
| Blazing Dick Thence he had sped to
the firearm shop, thence to a train for
the West and gore and gloryr"
A vote by the little party of nine found
three vehemently declaring Blocks work
| the best; three others hotly favored
Mordaunts for it's dramatic quality. and
the remaining three awarded the whole
! credit to Miss Gallatin.
William Seymour, the stage manager
of the company. entered in the midst OF
the deadlock. The situation was played
before him for ultimate decision.
Where did your character liver he In
| quired.
New York city-in the heart of 1.-THE
| busy bustling maeIstrom in the lower
part of the city-say one of the small
streets crossing Wall" replied Miss Gal
latin. eagerly.
IAN wagers are off," sententiously an
swered Seymour.
Every stage manager is necessarily a
realist. Eighty years ago orchards
bloomed for miles about Wall Street.
Your germ lacks the first essential for
serious consideration. It's improbable
And the question as 10 whether the
coneever or subsequent developers of the
ccnceit are entitled to the credit of an
invention is still an active source OF dis
cussion among the literary nine.