The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-08

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Lyman Harris home and
household effects were to be
sold at public auction by the Sheriff
of the county. He had failed, and
now he was co be sold out" Many
of his neighbors said they We're dread
tut sorry for the Harris" They de-
clared it was "aH Lyman,s own fault
Old Nat Dake. the richest man in
town, and one who had never been
known TO give away a dollar. said,
sageIy:
1T is all very we'll to talk about
-sen'rosity. but there's such a thing as
being Just before you are Gen'rous,
aud I've told Lyman Hart many
time No man can give away as reck-
less as he did and keep roof over
his head. Charitys all right, but the
place for it to begin is at home. There
amt been a week in the past ten
years when Lyman Hart amt had
some one hangin' on to him that hadn't
no claim on him, an that he'd ought
TO Lave sent to the poorhouse- And
low he's being soId out because he
can't pay his taxes nor the mortgages
on his place and furniture
Nat Dake did not add. but every
one knew. that he held most of the
notes and mortgages Lyman Hart
could not pay They knew that these
notes and mortgages called for rate
of interest higher than old Nat Drake
could have exacted had he not taken
advantage of Lyman Harris extreme
necessity.
They knew further that Nat Dal1e
had long coveted the Hart farm be-
cause it adjoined his own, ana that he
secretly rejoiced over the distress
which enabled him to take the farm
from Lyman Hart
Even his kinder and truer friends
were of the opinion that Lyman Hart
had not been wise.
He AS taken in anG done for them
that had no earthly claim on him,
said garrulous old Ann Haskins, who
had known Lyman from his boyhood.
and whose sorrow for him was sin
cere. ''What earthly claim did his
cousins widow and her three children
have on him that he should keep them
a whole year after his cousin died and
left them without a penny in the
worId2
And when old Nancy David's hus-
band died and they We're taking her to
the poorhouse, if Lyman Hart didn't
meet The keeper of the poor farm with
old Nancy in his wagon, and because
she was waiIing and crying. what did
Lyman do? He just got right out Of
his syag on and lifted her and her poor
little bundle of clothes into it. and
took her home with him. and kept her
there until she died, two years later
He said he did it because old Nancy
and his mother had been great friends,
and because he said Nancy had been
good to him when he was boy. and
had nursed his mother through her
last sickness. That was Lyme Hart all
over"
Lyman, In his great generosity, had
often loaned money unwise1y. He had
endorsed notes for others because they
were unfortunate. and he had had
very many of the notes to pay The
generous man had recognized. possibly
without suffi Client carefuluess. the
Bear re one anotf er's burdens" This
had made him brother to any one in
trouble. and opened his heart to every
cry of the needy And now he was to
be solo out under the red flag of the
Sheriff.
Every one knew that old Nathaniel
Dake would bid In the house and
farm, for he held heavy mortgages
upon them. and there was no one else
IN the neighborhood able to buy them.
The household furniture, live stock
and farming utensils We're also to be
sold under chattel mortgage. and the
good man and his Wife and their chill
dren would be left almost penniless-
Lyman had 4 cheerful and hopeful
spirit, but 1t was no. to be wondered
at that he was much cast down when
the day CT the sale came He was sad
dened as much by knowledge of the
fact that those he had trusted had
been untrue to him as by the loss OF
HIS belongings his plans Tor the fu-
Sure were vague and uniformed. He
was united for anything but farming
and he did not wish to engage in any
other occupation. He would, he said
begin over again. but he did not
know where or how he was to begin.
The day OF the sale dawned clear
and bright. There had rarely been a
fairer Jun> day The long piazza in
front of the hose was filed with fur
niture and all sorts OF household arti-
cles soon to be scattered far and wide
The neighbcrs and strangers came in
great numbers TO the sale and frampe6
heavily in and out of the dismantled
rooms. some of them even peerinz into
closets and drawers. They all agreed
In this-that it was too bad but
most of them added that Lyman Hart
had brought it on himseIf"
The sale began at ten o'clock. wfaer
the house and farm were ssput uD,s b,
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