The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-26


that abe ~oald ind On q maatelpi~ce In
Tho pur.e she found the r-,eiptcd bill
and q diamond - large ~ q hazel nut,
marksi juLIy's dowry Then, - the
t~-vilIcr-d old merchant sinks TO his
kEe--. there Il n tumult on the street
md 10 ghhor- rush In and drag ham
outside. and th-r-. just entering the
In-t. Is a great ship. hts own Pharsnn.
ur ~. INST ike II. that wa- certainly
.r-'. bat liS strangely risen from ID.
>"t @ L. Oh real. TOR Their" u his cap
IAN ~hputIas orders from the dee /,
ant there arr hi~ Own sailors laundering
up Tho towering mast.
] Iycu'odv would Ike g. H. a. DANIts
was. r,h lgvuud IA" ransom 80 an em-
Ilrr ard nearly every healthy American
man or bow has at one time or another
IN las HE tll.,i his mind with day dreams
Ike those 81 DUM,s's story. and hIS
iavrd 10 enjoy IN Imagination the pleas
ur of reaching out his hand secretly,
Ike n King IT fairylind. To- thOse who
were onor out 81 pun, gnod-heartsdnes-
kind to him. and If doing 81 when the
tide ~ time and chano began Ia bear
heavily upon the ancient doer Of good
deeds. But To yery few people is the
pleasure gwen, either of acquiring great
wealth or Of using II 80 ~ tn win such
happiness. One man. however. in this
generation has. notably. reached that
position. Tie IL Mr. ANDREW CARNEGlE
and what has been said il only by way
oi prelude To a reference To Mr.. CAR
NTGiE's early boyhood that APPEARED IN
THE ST. the other day. Some one sent
to Mr.. ttRNEGIE from Maine a photo
graph. r~urrectcd from garnet dust, of
the bark WisCasset which brought Mr..
CARNEGIE and his parents tn this Culn-
try years ago. Mr.. CARNEGIE replied
through his private secretary thus:
ut,g sir NJ C.K>EuIs thanks you sin
c-rr'y Tor srudlns him a picture OF the wlscNssr'.
witch Is no doubt the bark In which his parents
sailed. with himself and bis brother. in is,s lie
remembcs the master was capt ioSo. and there
sas a sailor ON board who was a grra, 'aVcr',e.
allied H.ssYAAN. NJ C.HSEGIE has often sAid
y he could mad hi-n he would like 20 be of >ertrr
lie bocame a little sailor and was sorry to lra,e
the ship after seven weeks upon u. Vety truly
ynur,. JAMES BKnrHsN.
Private SECRETARY.
sSiso c,srls. Anpa,T. Y II. June ,. i9l,
Now, surprising that sailor B,RRYNiAN
Is living. what "A plot there ia here for
latter-day DUMAS! Tho poor little
Scotch boy with whom the g~ood-naturcd
seaman played upon the deck Of the
Wlscasset has become II Of the rich
ost men in the world. At his will. IL
he chose. "A thousand Wiscassets would
spread their sails. and he. # he could
only find BAgRYMAN. would like To be
= of service" Probably he never will
find him. for IL i reasonable to sup
pose that long ago the sailor passed
over 10 the majority. and We can only
hope that the publication oi the little
tale, whose chief value Is it, proof that
ANDREW CARNEGIE has a warm heart in
breast and a tender memory that
aud riches have not dulled. will
cause the manufacture of a horde
IF fraudulent B~tRBYMANs who will camp
upon the lawn at Skibo and assail Mr.. |
with claims upon his graft
tude based upon spurious "reminiscences !
Of the days when they were jolly tars
together.