The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-09-04

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a am not speaking wildly. an
speaking from a long aud painful "a,
IerieBce. I've realized that Destiny
has made up It's mind TO put me in the
wrong, whatever 1 90, anu whatever /,
may cost to ether people 70 put me il
Tie wrong. AS long as I'm In tht
wrong, that's all that's wanted, ane
other people don { matter. his timf
CHER people ere Fronting by me. LAS
light @atered my tennls-iawu- I've
not got a hose ana I carried The water
IA cans until my back WAS nearly
X This morning 1 started oui
without an umbrella and with a neR
hat To make II mUre certain, I'm 20
Ing up 70 London for a Gay 8 pleasure
Bnd amusement nu clear I'D while
I'm In the theater this afternoon. and
hegin 70 rain again as 4 come "a It'll
lucky the country wants rain; SIEVE
cot IL because 1 Gidn L
he hardly looked ike a man on E
spree. and suppose I was ruGe enough
to lei my eyes Iest on his obtrusiyt
mourning.
You're looking az my clothes. Yes
know, II does seem queer. I'm In
mourning for ay uncle. he 8 not dead
mind you; he s weA as ever he was, he
ewes his lie 70 me. and yet he'll never
speak TO me again. ana las cut me Out
0 fhis viii. he whs yely ia, and ]
knew that the doctors had given up ali
hope. and that II was onlY Z question
Of hours. Consequently { was MOI
surprised to get a telegram to say
that he was dying. ana 1 must come a.
once II / wlsAsd az see aim alive again
went ct 81 once, and, knowing how
busy ! Should be the next few days
with the funeral arrangements and 6
IN, ordered a suit 81 mourning on the
way Ny tailor lives close 70 the sta
ton, and had a few minutes 70 wait
Tor my train. ANY other man would
hsye done the ANT My uncle got
better, OF course; there never been
such a wonderful case before, and the
doctors who we're attending him have
written TO the medical uagGrs 10 maze
excuses for tlyassslYes, because, by al
me rules, the man ought 10 have died
0f course, he only lived because had
bought mourning for his death. h
fpuhd cut that | had bought thai
7 EAAA AA#E hAAkAN AN vas AE@Aa NM AZ
has never forgiven me and never will
and there's a quarter Of q million
hanging 10 it, Tue tailor refused &c
take the clothes back, and / don't mean
r. lose them as we'll Ia Nssrlng
them, aBG - soins Oh wedfing them
ana, be added. truculcaty, 4 don't
care a damRi
/ sympathized with him. and asked
him IL he enjoyed the theater.
yes, be said. as we'll as a man
an enjoy Il who never sees the partic-
ular actress or actor that he has gone
leo see Wheusyer ! 50 ! set an under
study with q cough in The principal
part. There is a whole thester audi.
ence disappointed just IN order that
may be put ln the wrong. ] gave Ten
sh.illngs Tor my seat today, and Il they
knew the sort Of q man was they .
lay me ten pounds not 10 50 In.
You say that you saved your uncle't
life, owing 20 your peculiar destiny
tell me, did you ever Kill a nan Ia the
same wayg
nNyry possibly. but II so il was in.
directly anu 1 never sol to hear OF IL
I KILLED q horse. though. 1 backed
Holocaust for e pound ezch way. lou
remember that uerbyg I've neSe!
nlade a bet since. What rissl have J
got ~ ktii other people horsesg Bal
it's some sort ot consolation 10 me C
recall the good that I've done. ~,
saved q mans lie; I've brought thti
rain that ) ~ much wanted; I've saved
the poor man from starvation, ane
m.aa. N4w. A-aaA q. 80 90
Bread 10 eatg lou haven't told M,
about that.
'You remember at the beginning o.
the SPANISH American war that IN,
price OF doar went up, and everybody
said Il was going higher, very muct
higher
Well no. don't know much about
-four. lll take your word Tor a."
IL was So. 1 wa fool enough 10 for.
get that { have got 70 he 10 the wrong
and / bought -four for the rise, Il fell
IL went humping down like \ carload
OF bricks going down a coal-shau 4
nearly broke nae, bat Il was 4 boon &
she poor man. try 20 look al Il Il
that way. hs said with a sigh.
And ate you guing % 90 anything
with regard 60 coalf . asked ia
less you Interfere. coal VIII be a
famine prices this winter, Don't yQ1
think rs your duty 20 set a couple .
truek-ioads al present prlecs and o0llgi
The poor again.
NO he said u { bought coal viii
a philsnthropio motive With an tde'
OF making prices cheaper, the pTie.
would rash up even higher Aan II
bad let IL alone. But ! should be pre-
vented from making any pr2ag ON o
Il because my coal would either b
stolen or catch IRE, You eaas pla'
about In that way. Il yoaT dosttnl
, means you 70 be wrong yea win b
WRONG. It's OF no use 10 Struggle"
lie glanced AZ his watch can
make this out. he said rAs Train y
quite punctvaL aud yet I have an ~
pointment 10 town which aAS0is uis|
Z We were more than = ssArtaf 81 ~
lhour late"
he hRd hardly spoken ssfaTS ~
train pulled up short People PA
.ttbeir heads out OF the window an
asked questions q railway oHietaA
eho dsa not answer them AZ hast the
broke the news u as hat a goods irai
had gone % tbs rails just ahead q y
and blocked both lines We should s.
on again la twenty miautee Of hAit :