The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-02

man and my time to go can't be very
far away now"
1t was story that proved to Mr..
Belden that he who told it was, in
deed, his father. He had been taught
to. look upon the man that his mother
had been married to after her divorce
as his father, and he had never heard
of his real father. But now the man
of whom he was flesh of his flesh, sat
before him trembling with all the joy
of a parents love for his first born
That night Mr.. Belden was late at
dinner, and when he reached home a
stranger accompanied him, a man
whom Mr.. Belden introduced to his
wondering wife as his father; to the
children as their grandfather. And at
the dinner table the story unfolded in
the real estate office was told again.
The elder Mr.. Belden remained at
his sons home until nearly midnight,
recounting the events of forty years
and listening to his boys experiences.
Then, despite the urginigs of son and
daughter and grandchildren, he in
sisted on returning to his hotel for the
night and babe all goodnight, after
promising to show up the next evening
for dinner.
In the afternoon of the following day
a customer dropped into Mr.. Belden's
the business in hand, remarked;
by the way, perhaps you'd like to
know about it; he may be a relative.
A man named Belden was run over and
killed by a trolley car down town this
morning"
mo relative of NINE" replied Mr..
Belden. I'm the only one of my fam
lily here" adding: "Oh, yes, my father
came from the West yesterday"
The customer spoke up:
'The man who was run over was
elderly"
Curiosity prompted Mr.. Belden to ask:
What did he look like?"
HE had a gray Van Dyke beard
began the customer: and then he stop
ped. for Mr.. Beiden had fallen back
into his chair and was murmuring:
my God! it's father!"
The dead man proved to be the elder
Mr.. Belden. He had slipped and fallen
under a car while on his way to his
sons office. But he had not died be-
fore the one great desire of his later
years had been satisfied-he had seen
his son that he had parted from when
a baby before the expected end had
come SO Unexpectedly.
James R. Keene has Joined the brig
ade of hungry rich men. Because Of
sist on a diet simpler than that of a
coal miner on strike. ] ohm Rockefeller is
another multi millionaire who must eat
very sparingly of everything and is
wholly barred from eating many things
of which he is especially fond.
J. Pierpont Morgan must also use the
utmost care with his diet He recently
presided at a banquet where everyone
else Toasted. but he had one lamb
shop and some cruel. 1t has often
been said that Russell Sage is penu-
rious about his eating. 1t is not strictly
true, although he may eat only the
simplest food.
One Of the papers here compares Dis
trict Attorney Jerome to the Artist
Whistler. who once wrote a book. ii
will be remembered, entitled '"The Cen
tie Art of Making Enemies
/ heard what think is a new story
about Whistler the other day. He has
many eccentricities other than that of
making enemies. One of them is spend
ing much more than his income. which
is very large. Sometimes he spends so
much more than his financial straits
are dire. Not so long ago his friends.
or his family, or someone. were much
dissa tisfied with the modest manner in
which he lived. So they got together
and bought him a beautiful house
which they furnished most sumptuous-
ly.
whistler was obliged to stay IN
town during the summer and autumn
and lived alone in this splendid house.
All the folk who had assisted In the
purchase Of this elaborate place of res
idence, however, went away
When they returned Whistler had
vanished on one OF his periodical alb