CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-04-25
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LETTER yLvIIL.

Ing me names" that are not mine they
do me iine injury. and you did well to
purge the text Of their abuse. | agree
with no authority. however immortal
which inquiries What's In n nameT'
expecting the answer to be n snap OF
the fingers. answer with u snap OF
temper that the blood. boots and bones
Of my ancestors are In mine. Do you
suppose ] could have been the same
woman had such a name as Amelia or
Bella or Cinderella been clinging leech-
like TO my consciousness through all
the years of my training? Why, there
are names I can think OF which would
have made me break down in:o side
rlnglets had | been forced TO wear
them sudibly.
The effect is not so absolute when II
Is q second name that can be tucked
away IL unpresentable. but even then
1t is a misfortune. There is g, now.
who won't marry, believe. chiefly be-
cause OF the insane Annie" with which
she was smitten at the baptismal font
by an afterthought She regards IL as
taint n her constitution which orders
her TO lonely life lest worse might
follow. And apply the consideration
more publicly: DO you imagine the
Prince OF Wales viii be the same sort
of king II when he comes to the throne
he calls himself King Albert Edward
In 1orid continental fashion instead of
Edward. the Seventh. with a right
hope that an Edward the Eighth may
follow after him TO make n neck and
neck race Of II with the Henrysf l
don't know anything that would dc
more to knit up the English constitu-
ton, but whenever l pass the Albert
memorial tremble lest dial piety will
no, allow the thing TO be done.
Now. OF all this had an Instance in
the village the day before yesterday.
At the corner house by the postoftice
as went by q bird opened his bin and
sang a note, and down. down. down.
down he went over = golden scale,
pitched atresh and dropped down an
other. and then mp. up. up. over the
range OF both Then he flung back his
shabby head and laughed I'm all my
fathers realm there are no such bells
as these" II was the laughing jack
ass, Who gave you your nameT'
My godfa,hers and my .odmotbers In
my baptism" Well, his will have that
to answer for. however safely for the
rest he may have eschewsd the world,
the flesh and the devil. Poor bird. to
be set To sing to US under such bur
den. OF which. unconscious failure. he
knows nothing
Here have remembered for you a
bit OF a poem that took hold OF me
some while ago and touched on the
same unkindness, only here the flower
IL conscious OF the wrong done TO II
and looks forward to a day OF juster
judgment:
What h.r, aohsI Man came
Crhsrss nothing that stieks like dirtl.
Loosed With syes Of blame
And called me sluinancy wor,i"
what have donrt ! lingeT
a rsnnoi ,ay that l hVsl
In the happy lands Of my hifth-
Pszsefssy point With the hnger;
Fof ths hrht Of the
IL darksned. "a. what would I give
To orerp .wsy aud hide my shame in the sarthi
What have donrf
Yet there 10 hope. hAvr
Many changes sinee ! began.
The ~,biootrd beasts have been
CDesr besstsl and gone. bsins part Of some wider
plan.
perhsp, in Ia. inaniis mercy Cod will rsno,.
this mani
Now | am ON sentiment and unjust
judgments, here Is another Instance
where evidently In life | did not love
well enough "A character nobier than
this capering and accommodating boy
Benny. who toadics to all my moods.
Calling at the lower farm, missed him
whom | used to nickname Manager
because his dog jaws always refused
to smile on me. His old mistress gave
me n pathetic account of his last days.
II was the mnzzling order that broke
his poor old heart. He took IL as an ac-
cusation on n point where, though of
melancholy disposition. his reputation
had been spotlcss. He never lifted his
head nor smiled again. And not all his
mistress love could explain to him
that he was not In fault She wept as
she told II me.
"Goodby. dearest. and for this letter
so full OF such little worth call me
what names you Ike. and will go to
Jemima, Kczlah and kerenhappuch for
the patience In which they must have
taken after their father when he SO
named them, suppose for n discipline.
My beloved. let my heart come where
Il wants to be. Twilight has been on
me today. don't know why. and l
have not written It OF as hoped to
do. All yours and nothing left