Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-18

good, rugged New England type" or of the true scholarly appearance" according to trade or professionalism is. whether they were in the boot and shoe, fishery or farming connection or held down "chairs" of one kind or an- other at Cambridge or elsewhere. They all seemed to run to boots and shoes, cod and mackerel, farming or "chairs,'' and they were all cousins some of the most impossible degrees. It was thought by the way Hackbay raved about those female cousins that he would have returned and married one of them, but he succumbed to a Chicago girl.
 Back home," said Hackbay, "we hold by the old saying that blood is thicker than water; We know our kin dred and take proper pride in the traditions and history of cur family. We have family ideals and we try, sc. cording to our lights. to live up to them. It is 'Hackbay's obliges' with us.
 "Of course some of us fall by the wayside, but they are still Hackbays. and they will never lack a helping hand or a welcome from their more fortunate relatives. But they are rare exceptions. New Englanders are i thrifty, provident, industrious and in- dependent, as a genera. thing, and l think l may say without vanity that our family is no exception to the rule.''
 Then he would brae about John Hackbay's commentary on the talmud and Seth Hackbay's fleet of whalers and Hosea Hackbay's shoe factories and the Yankee dialect (which he called English undefiled'O, and the 1 school statistics of Massachusetts, and | Plymouth Rock, and King Phillip, un- | til people said: Well. they guessed it was about time they were going, and they didn't think they had been in any rush.
 One of Hackbay's pct themes was | Uncle Jonas. Uncle Jonas had been of an adventurous spirit, and had run away from home and shipped as a cabin boy on a vessel bound for the | Indies. There it was reported that he | had become the favorite and grand vizier of a nawab, and had amassed in- calculable treasures of pearls and rubies and lakhs of rupees. Once he had written to Cousin Hosea from | Singapore, where he had been, he said on affairs of state, and he declared his intention of returning to New Bedford at the earliest opportunity to end his days among his kin and enrich the de- serving among them. He requested news of the kin aforesaid, which Cous- in Hosea sent him in an affectionate letter. It is proba ble, however, that most people would brag little of a grand vizier. The prospect of having one come back with chests of lustrous oriental pearls and rubies big as pigeons eggs, to say nothing of golc 1nohurs and sequins, was, to say the least of it, ailuring.
 One night a grizzled, red-faced ole
 man of a seafaring appearance knocked at Hackbay's door and asked l to see him. The servant was a littl.
 doubtful about admitting him even tt
 the vestibule, for he had wicked : leering eye and breath that was red
 olent of rum. So she told him to wait
 and then closed the door while sh,
 went in and told Hackbay. The Saw yer's and Megginses were there that night Hackbay excused himself anc went out and asked the man what hs wanted.- &
 Why, I dunno as I want anythln | in particular said this. person. My name is Jonas Hackbay, an IcaFlat' yeou're a nephew O mine. I-' He didn't get any further, for Hack , bay seized his horny palm in an en i. thusiastic grasp and ejacula ting s.Uncle Jonas!" in accents of delight
 dragged his relative inside and shout ed for his wife as he hospitabsy helpe'