The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-24
PRELIMINARY

Bloom q Co will have enough to pay
its funeral expenses, and that's about
all. What have left is my wife's, who
will, l trust, be able to support me I'M
til certain life insurance policies become
due, out Of which she can reimburse
herself through my dying, for the cost
of my living I'm too old to try again,
too sad to care much, except for you.
Your father was my dear friend,
your mother my beloved sister. When
he died, promised him | would be a
father to you. When she died, her last
words were a plea that should be good
to her boy accepted both trusts,
Darcy, and betrayed both.
"Thev died poor was rich. They
would have had you learn TO carve your
own career, and l loved you SO that
from your bright, brave boyhood you
were spoiled and INDUCED as my own
son, l gave you the best had. baked
you in only one desire. that of going to
West Point Harvard, London. Paris,
Berlin, Vienna. Rome and the Riviera
were your educators. planned to make
you a railway magnate when you hadn't
learned the first principles of the bust
ness I've accustomed you to every lux
ury-to life of careless ease, to be
dawdler and a dilettante-isn't that
what you call it? | counted ON leaving
self reproach, the misery which over
comes me as 1 write these words no
words can tell you.
IL know what you would write and
say, You were always generous; but,
Darcy, don't write, don't come, Just
yet. Wait until you get--the next news
Wait until
However. let us get down to bust
ness. OF course you and Mrs. Hunter
will not be apt to see much of each 9th
or. She will mourn me less than you,
and you moro than deserve The very
little nest egg your mother set aside for
you is intact. With accrued interest it
amounts to some ell. TAO. You have no
debts TO speak of. have your I've paid
all You ever told me about--twice.
think-and You were always frank and
truthful. That little sum, with what
you have to your credit In the Chemical
and over there with you, represents the
sum total Of your fortune You never
needed IL before. and 30 never happen
cd 10 mention 1t TO you.
"But despite your defects In bringing
mp. for which 1 am responsible you re
not much worse of than If you'd gone
into the army Il hope you've outlived
that lunacy, as you did the other one
for-you know and can now make a
strike for yourself. You have the best
Of health. tho best Of looks--for you
strongly resemble your uncle as he was
at your age-the best of education for
any purpose that ism Z absolutely useful.
and there is nothing that know Of to
prevent your marrying fortune, as l
did, and living happy ever after-as /
didn't
Don't upderrate the extent of my
oollapse-Bloom got away with what
Wall street left-or of my love. Thank
God. have no son of my ownl Thank
God, I've only you to kneel to and say,
Forgive the blind misoalculating, but
utterly BUNDLED old fellow that -
But here the eyes of the man seated
there by the dancing waters III the glad
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that he could read no more
out on the blue, translucent waves
the white swans were padding to and
fro, dipping for bread tossed by the Law
ish hands OF laughing children and their
whito capped BONES. The flashing oars
OF many a skltf drove through the spar.
king waters sending snowy little surges
breaking from the sharp, white prows.
Fairy yachts and swift paddle wheel
steamers Glove the mirror surface farther
from the shore and tossed the creamy
foam along their billowing wake. Halt
way over to the Savoy shore, deep in
the shadow OF the mountains. two white
winged barks seemed woolpg the fall
tering breeze. for not leaf was stirring
In the deep green foliage that shaded
the path along the sea wall Towering
high aloft. dazzling in the sunshine,
the snow scanned, snow capped crags
blinded the eye with their radiance al
they peered dowr into their own refleo-
tions III the somber depths at their
shadowy base Away 10 the eastward,
lovely little towns and villages lay al
the foot Of the vine clad slopes Of the
northern shore, while here and there q
venerable ruin-castle, convent OF for.
tress---stood sentineled III bold relief on
some projecting height or nestled under
the shoulder of some rocky cliff close
20 the water edge. Near at hand in
the public place the carrousels, throng
ed with children, old and young
we're spinning madly to the reedy melo
dies OF some donkey driven organ
Waltz, galop and military march riotec
IN loud rivalry and group Of Italian
singers, smiling indomitably. carolec
"Funiculi Funicula" IN nimble opposi
tion 70 Tyrolean band quackinR like
noisy ducks in the pavilion at the wa
ter's edge. The bell buttoned page o.
the Beau RiyaRe was still darting about
distributing letters just brought III by
the grInning facteur, ever a.scent fol
tips, and, having still three or four IN
Aalfuerad tricefyap haltad IN frouN ~