The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-02-18

/ did not intend in the beginning OF
this scribble. 1t seems now ] will
not be back until after the first OF
March. may, cannot tell.
1t is cold here this morning, abou,
twenty above zero. After having
been In such warm climate. 1t is
not near 50 cold as you are having in
Kentucky. And l believe 1t best
not to go back until the back
b,ne of winter is broken. Whe
in health, 1t Is hard for me to feel
AID realize that l am far over and
down the hillside of time. and,
without very careful and guarded
steps, how easy and quick the "silver
cord" may be loosened. But after
all know the time will not he long,
however careful l may be, when
'paration will come, not only with
the present, but with every thing
belonging to the present.
Every day l take retrospect Of
b,gone days. My ancestors are all
gone. I am alone. 1t reminds me
OF an old forest that had been cleared,
trees all gone, one tree left standing
alone in the clearing, when, but in a
short time, the storms will come and
throw it to the ground.
1 feel may be tresspassing on your
space and time, but my pen has got
under way, and my mind running,
and thinking of the past, present and
future, and go on writing, penciling
down thoughts as they come and 60.
The people have met on this trip
/ have never met or heard of before.
Ties formed that will last, here and
in the beyond. 1t reminds me of
Longfellow's Elizabeth,
Ships that pass i'm the night, and
speak each other in passing,
Only IA signal shown, and distant
voice in the darkness
81 on the ocean of life we pass and
speak one another,
Only look and voice, then dark
ness again and silence"
We are having cold weather still.
q commenced this the 9th. This is
the 1lth.) ] am housed and must be
employed. My thoughts are home
ward, and l would go home, but 1
believe it hest to remain until 1 will
be safe in returning.
Yesterday morning we had zero
weather, very cold for these parts.
1 see, from the morning papers,the
Governors Mansion has burned.
Am sorry of the loss Gov. Bradley
sustained individually, but am glad
the old "rattle-trap" burned. Hope
something will be done to make
things more respectable, and this
will be the cause of a new beginning
all around Frankfort.
1 forgot to mention, in either of my
former letters, that had the pleasure
of meeting,at Tampa, Fla, Mrs. Geo.
T. Stagg. She having heard before
leaving home had gone to Florida.
/ Was in store, the merchant told
me she had inquired OF him if he had
seen me? He had not. l stepped
in a few minutes after she left. He
called her over the telephone, and in
a few minutes she walked In. How
pleasant 1t Is to meet friends when
away from home. She gave me an
invitation to dine with her next day,
in her steam yacht, which 1 accepted.
Had a good dinner and spent pleas
ant hour or more. When l left, my
heart was full, / said "this was one
of the events of my life." Ispeak of
this as one only of the events that
happened on this trip. They hap
pened every day and every hour in
each day.
How pleasant life is when we
make it 80, when we try to make it
so. Life is made up of "little bits of
things"-One who tries to make life
out of "big things" proves a failure
On these thoughts of mine. / stop.
YOurs trulv