The Sunday globe., 1901-05-19
CHAPTER II.
"THE WORLD WERE BRIGHTER WITH
vIoLETTA." "

Yes, repeated the Juuge, nuslH Blg
"Our hates are stronger than our loves
Search the pages of history, sacred o
prOfaue, scan every annal of legal juris
prudence, and you will find the hate fur
nishing the incentive for the deed
Look for the motive, one of thu
slogans of our fraternity, is but another
way of saying Look for the hate The
Esquimaux and FIJI are no more remOt,
in their characteristics than the Italiar
peasant and the mountaineer Of our Cen
tral border States, as they are called
The low caste son of Italia is a coward O
cowards-he strikes with the stlettO in
the dark. The village schoolmasJer oi
the Alleghanies and the Blue Ridge teari
from the dictionary the leaf containing
the word fear, that the children may
never learn its meaning. Yet the ven
detta of the one and the feud Of the
other are twin sisters; both are fOstered
and flourish in hate Perhaps the Diyin.
ity, in His wisdom, intended that hate
should be the stronger passion, and for
that reason he made love the most lasting.
With the same faith with which we cling
to the belief that there is a blessed land
beyond the blue, we accept the teaching
that love, all powerful, enters the pearly
gates and holds supreme sway in the
realms of bliss above
| watched the Judge as he was talking.
In my gray matter were two dominant
thoughts One was the remembrance of
line in my copybool, to the effect that
Disparity in age offers more barriers to
companionship than wealth" The
Judge was without doubt many years
older than yours truly, yet we bid fair to
be agreeable companions. The other
query was as to his romance-and every
man must have experienced one or more
of those events that are characterized as
being to man an episode, to woman a
life-which was the dominant spirit, love
or hate2
When he had finished we were silent
for some seconds, when | said:
Judge, | noticed you spoke of Uncle
Sans books as more or less interesting
with the accent on the est 1 say in
teresting, with the accent on the in. '''
you say it correctly, and score one on
me, - he laughed.
BY this time we had finished a hearty
supper and as we were leaving the din.
ing room the Judge said:
'If you will kindly step in here we
will endeavor to continue the converse
ton"
Here" was the parlor of the New
Grand, separated from the dining room
by hall nearly the length Of the build.
ing For wonder it was deserted. So
delightful was the weather, | suppose
everybody preferred to remain out Of
doors, it being that season Of the year
Indian aurnunar I rarn.r,, l,a
the line from Lowell:
''What unison OF tints the year puts on,
When falling leaves filter through notion
less air"
Take the rocker" said the Judge.
pushing one Of the easy chairs nearer
the window ,''and make yourself comfor.
table while endeavor to outline the situ-
alton. Just as soon as | possibly can
will write Capt. Tibbles-he's our county
chairman-the date he can expect me to
make a speech here. will apprse you
of il at the same time, and will be
pleased If you will fix me up notice for
the Gazette. You see Tibbles; he keeps
that grocery about three blocks down
street. where the old postOttice used IL
be; he may have additional material fol
your item. Among other things let me
committee in charge have any music,
singing, or other side features, you in
sist that they shall follow, not precede,
nv remarks / forgot to mention that
to Tibbles when | was with him thi;
afternoon. II is more than likely band
will accompany our party and possibly
a marching club, an escort, as II were.
Other details will put in your letter.
hope you do not find my writing difficult
10 decipher | do not write the best
hand in the world.
so | discovered. But then | really
find pleasure in deciphering bad manu-
script If / am ever so fortunate, ol
perhaps unfortunate, as to locate in a
large city, one of my first acts will be tc
visit the newspaper offices and beg some
old COPY, 50 that may practice and
perfect myself to such an extent that
will be able to read with ease the worst
that comes to my typewriter.
"In what sum am | indebted TO you iol
the work Of the fOrenoon2'
Il don't suppose it will make or break
either of US, " l responded, as named
the amount.
zone of the notices Of the successful
lawyer is, make your fee big enough.
You can do likewise" " he said, as he
counted out the change and handed it tC
me-
Speaking of miserable handwriting.
said the Judge, reminds me Of litil'
story OF Henry WattersOn, the veteran
editor OF the Louisville Courier JOnrnal
The name of Watterson, you know, is
synonym for brains, but the genial col
onel writes a hand-well, IL is worse thai
mine. One day he wanted 10 send not
over to b. +. Avery, the head of the plOv
works bearing his name. lie scrlbblel
off a few words and dispatched bO
with the message. Mr.. Avery looked a
il moment, and then gave vent to a
expletiye or two. lie could not max
head nor tail of it. 20 he called the DO
up 10 the desk and said Here. you TAX
tliat back TO Col WattersOn, have hin
read IL TO you, and then you come Dac
and tell me what he says. The boy r,
turned 10 the Journal Off nd gingeTl
laid the note on the Colonel's desk. IN
Colonel picked il up and tried to read
but in the meantime the writing had g
cold and he could not make out sing
word. Here, he said to the boy 'yo
take that back where il came from, an
tell him say the man that wrote that
id fool Yes sir, siultere
the boy, but that's just what he said.
While the Judge was telling his wal
terson story II occurred to me that wa
called upon to bear at least a minor POI
tion of the conversation, 30 ! said;
Judge, your story calls to my min