Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1901-06-27

ever, in voice scarcely aDnNt !:
whisper, and preceded AMI followed
BY long drawn sigha he replied:
Ewc $3.50 | received news
I'm Gordon.n
10 On earth is Hiram Cor
4on7h she inquired after vainly try
ing to recall the name.
my second cousin out in Ne:
hraska. Yes. poor Hiram has passed
away from earth, and his troubles
are over"
Mw -B0wser had no remembrance
Of any second cousin, and she was
sure that Mr.. BUwSGr had held M
correspondence with any for years
Besides, he was not the man To LET
the death of distant relative put
him down To any extent. She
wanted 10 say so, but il suddenly
occurred to her that it WAS ON" ni
! Mr.. Bowser'S freaks. As they sal
down to dinner she began To chat nl
the events of the day Ia chase away
his sorrow, but he looked at her r..
provingly and SAID:
Mrs. BOwser, this hiIarlty l. al.
together out of place under tn" CIR
cumSlance-, and you ought I" have
sense enough To realize it,
81 am not hilarious" she replied,
4" but do not see why the death OF \
second cousin whom you hAV"uOl seen
for % years should plunge our "u-"
Z -, , IA, Il, H.. ~ ~ nntt ~
" II vuu Ito not, do, and y"u VIII
greatly ubIige me by Keeping your
! lrvlty for some other OCCASION"
lie ate very sparingly and sighed
! frequently. and nr forgot i" ,'iE hat
{ the steak WAS uvcrdun" ari that
there were Jumps in IN" mashed
potatoes. ~ they adjourned /" ia"
sitting room he sank int" CHAIR
with Il whispered gruan and said to
himself:
" Poor Hiram Poor liram And
vet he j. better oil"
Now, them" answered Mr..
BuwSrr, with bursting voice. " !
want To know who this Hiram Cor.
don was. Was he one ui your dis.
iant relatives, who Wa- always try.
ing to- borrow five nr ten I"llar-
She meant to rouse Mr.. RuW~rr,
and She accomplished her purpose.
HIS face flushed up, and h" turned
on her with:
as that the way you speak "i
person who has just been laid 10 r"-t =:
Woman you seem IN b" h"artlr-H
"Rut am not. 1t seems that you
had a second cousin NAMED Hiram
Gordon. Years and years az" hc
mnvad 10 the West. You meyer
wr-.a to each other, and never
heard YOU mention his maine. DC
not believe you had thought OF HIM
for five years before you got new I'll
hi. death. And what i his death t.
US: don't say we should rejoice
but ! don't see why wc should
weep"
= 40, Of course you don't. Ny
sorrows are not your S"rrnW-.'
" But why do you sorrow ~
Wuman,n shouted Mr.. Brw-rr
a. he -prang up and gave tn" family
eat a scare, " sorrow because ! have
the heart of child with the body O
man, When We were babies to
vrthrr, Hiram Gordon and | uccu
} picd the same cradle. In childhn"'
we played horse together. He hat
the same tender heart have got
: A. Il boy he would go mile out 81
his way rather than walk on a sleep
ing hog. True, we drittcd apart ant
| lost sight Of each other for Il score q
wears, but We always carried sol
SPOT in our hearts for each other
4 person with the heart Of a hyen'
cannot understand this, but there ART
others who would even griere will
me. Poor Hiram ~
Mr.. Bowser cat down with srea
J jar and sighed and shook his head
and Mrs. BoWser thought 1t policy
4 to maintain silence. The cat cam
J back and tried to look solemn, am
for FIVE minutes the house seemed
deserted. Then came a sound tina
: brought Mr.. BUwser TO his feet As i
he had been thrown up by Il spring
board, and he raised an arm AM
: hoarsely whispered
t "By thunder, but what do yo'
, call that ?:''
t 1t was the strains Of fiddle mex
4: door. 1t squeaked and walled ant
) squeaked as it was being tuned u
9 to the key Of 6 and then started Of
on the air of" Buffalo GALS like
2 young colt galIoping across it, pas
tnre.
"By John, but think Of it =
e gasped Mr.. BoUser as his eyes bega
t to bulge out, My second cousin die
out in Nebraska, and | scarcely ge
word of it and sit down to griev
y when human hyena next doc
e starts in 10 work jig tune out Of hi
e old fiddle !"
\ But our grief is our own" re
piled Mrs. Bowser. We can't eS
, pect nor do we ask the world t
/ grieye with u.s."
81 know that, don't l? But tn
|, world has no right to play a blame
old fiddle under our noses when "