The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-05-20

The play was Richard ILL.,, and 1t
was during an intermission that no
ticed him sitting opposite-a shriv-
elled little man, colored in faded sepia
tints, with blind-seeming eyes. BY
those eyes 1 recognized him; for when
l had last seen him, fifteen years ago.
he had not been shrivelled at all and
that head, half bald and half gray, had
been we'll covered with rich brown
locks; but the same eyes-the same in
prospective look that the Greeks gave
their statues by dispensing with eyes
altogether.
was filled with sympathy. What
could have changed him so? Ill
health? Trouble? My dear old profess
sor! Chrysostom, Goldenmouth, Silver
tongue, as l had fondly nicknamed him
in boyish admiration. For Professor
Eustis had the rarest gift of eloquence
that l have ever known, and could
pour forth an unprecedented flood OF
beautiful, classical English for couple
of hours at a time. He was that most
attractive kind of literary man, natur-
ally a poet, but with a solid, labori-
ously-acquired foundation and super
structure of logic. So when he spoke
you would be sure of beautiful image
ry, sometimes springlike, Chauncerian,
with the delightful changing light and
shade of the first fuller-lighted days
of March; again, there was never any
NH he ~
tropical and yet so chaste. Neverthe-
less, it was not for this that he spoke
or you heard him. There was always
q clear message, a profitable instruc-
ton.
His fault, and that an ineradicable
one, was a lack of sympathy with life
his life was entirely in his mind.
He was conscious of this, and had
tried to overcome 1t, / am sure, for
have never known anyone more I'M
failingly kind and cordial of manner
But his refinement was 80 far removed
from the crudity of ordinary mortals
that he was necessarily isolated. Yet
these same crude ordinary mortals are
honest enough to acknowledge real SUI
periority when it comes before them
SO that he had a goodly number of ad'
mirers and friends after all.
crossed the theater, took the va
cant place beside him and was soor
listening to a richer conversation thar
that of old days.
well, John, was quite proud thu
other day to see that one of my OLE
boys had taken his Phi. D. 1 congrat
ulate you"
Thanks, yes-and what are TIL
rights and privileges appertainini
thereto? On commencement day
President c. utters that phras
with a large and lordly air, as thougl
he were conveying to US some mys
terious wealth, veritable treasure O
Monte Cristo; and at the same time h
smiles, a generous, yet slightly hu
morous smile-the same that on
wears in the game of Hold fast what
give you What does he mean"
why, the right to work Alright. 70
know how to work in the domain c
truth and light. The right to delve
the mines, to plough the fields,
forge the metals, to traffic in all tn
. marts and on all the seas, for the Der
eft of humanity. The privilege {
! holding communion and intimate CON
} partnership with the great minds {
this and every age. Well may DR.. c.
smile to feel himself the almoner {
I such gifts as these, John; how mob
is the life of the searcher for truth b
! the inductive method. Who loves ii
truth so much as he who makes hin
self slave for the TRUTH"
Just then Richard did somethin
lad and the people laughed again.
, why are these people laughing?
Ugh moral indignation would seem
le more appropriate"
q "Ah, my boy, still good at askiI
: uestions. Richard Crouchback is
airy tale to brighten children wit
King Shakespeare is only trying
make our hair stand pleasantly {