The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-26


have frequently heard him referred to IN
Paris as tho second American Franklin and
Il was only lis lack Of sordid ambition
and his love for life Of ease that prevent
ed him from becoming one ~ the greatest
of diplomats Not man, woman ar child
who has ever met him that but Will feel as
though good man. splendid wit a re-
markable character has gone 10 HIS re-
ward"
BARNEY TIERNAN's MEMORY OF HIN.
IA prince OF good fellows was Tom"
said Captain Barney Ticrnan "a man
Of the highest ideals. one OF the most low
able Of characters the truest OF friends
and gentleman from the ton Of his red
head TO the tip Of his toes He was never,
to my knowledge, aud I had exceptional
opportunities of knowing the man. guilty
Of any Nlct that a gentleman would be
ashamedNf He was gentle, charitable
and his VA as pure and as sparkling as old
vine LIN humor was spontaneous aud
"He cyeNSssoclated with the gentlemen
OF the lanNh He ever Stunned the low
dung He vVAld disown the friendship ot
any man WING was guilty Of "A iupahle or
uudcrhand aEtiou. His enemies bad rca-
son TO fear hEn His friends Ind cnuse
10 love him. HaNithout helng Nlndictiye he
would never %laSe his fights against those
who had violHted his friendship through a
4 dishonest act4iand he would give the last
sou he possMed, or, II he did not possess
one the lq# farthing he could borrow.
20 friend IA distress. lie haa ONLY one
mood, and Mat one always caused him to
/ look at thGbrlght side OF life.
| II have Men him join a crowd ~ friends.
/ every ond3Ff whom was In tho dumps. aud
| in less tA3u a twinkle he would have them
| all lool@Tg at life through n rose-tinted
| lens. Ws stories were ever aprupos. hut
| none q>hem ever bore rctsllns. In fact.
for oaS TO attempt TO repeat a yarn that
! was ~ given to the world by Tom
| OchlHee was like endeavoring to reiuvc
| natAFchampagne that had become nat. II
| w4E impossible, The personality Of Tom
| 0Miltree was always essential TO the Tom
4Vhlltree stories.
NJ do not believe Tom Ochiltrce ever
l$wed a penny that he did not sooner oil
Bater pay II was either a feast or a
famine. financially speaking. with him.
| When he had money II went as free rs
water When be found himself ln a rui
he did not hesitate to borrow right md
left. and, as he truly remarked once, hI
never borrowed from any one from whom
he could not borrow again he alwayi
took life as he found II and ms he alway'
looked for the best there was N life b.
generally found the best.
HE was, in short. hail fellow wei
met typical clubman was Tom. =
lover Of companlonable people who wert
OF his stripe. II is but natural that h
should have been much sought after
Then again, one must remember thai
dvylng the time Tom lived In Galveston
hhbdreds Of upstate planters came t,
Galveston 10 make merry. Tom, with
them. was an inspiration Whether nrounC
the BANQUET board or over the green GOV
cred tables Of private club rooms he on
tertained them as only Tom Ochitree coult
entertain them. While Father Time has re
volved his circle and fashions and Gus
tons have changed since then. when W,
view his actions in Galveston we mus
View tiem from the standpoint Of Wha
was the custom when he lived here
'Tom was not n practical Joker. II,
never said anything that carried a slim
with It. He never Intentionally wounde,
the feelings NJ any man whom ne callet
friend believe had he over done 30 h
would never have ceased his efforts q
make the matter right and such nm lniur,
would have caused Tom t. suffer NOR
pangs Of regret than II would have causel
the injured marty. All the nractica
stories ne told were about himself "
/, | would recount the most ludicrous Incl
dents in his career. which, II any one oils
had told would have made the teller IN
near idiotic But as told by Tom. Colonc
Ochiltrec was always q hero. He was tn
only person ever saw who possessed tbi
knack
; ''No man who ever met Tom ochiltre
, over forgot the meeting. Ono could no
, talk 10 him for even i've minutes withOu
, something occurring TINT would ndeIibl
lmpress Itself M ones memory. An
what Is more, these incidents were Away
, OF d pleasant character