Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
Hu,turol1s department.
Meanness Of Men.

Meanness OF Men.
1T Is astonishing" notes Tom Nc
Neal, in the Mail and Breeze, chow
mean a man can be when he wants to
be-" And then Tom tells the follow
ing story Of two Of the prominent So
ciety families Of Topeka:
Back in the early history OF this
country a great -granduncle of Mrs. Hi
ram Dillon was a missionary. He was
a good and devoted man, but unfortu-
nately was sent to minister to lot OF
cannibals who hankered after human
flesh. Instead Of feeding on the bread
of life, which the good man had
brought to them, these savages FED on
the good man himself.
"The other day Hiram Dillon related
this interesting bit Of family history to
Eugene Quinton, who Immediately went
home and with a great sigh said to his
wife:
"That was sad about Mrs. Dillon's
uncle, wasn't it?'
"'Why, what in the world happened
to him.? asked Mrs. Quinton. interested
at once.
why, hadn't you heard about 1t!
Mrs. Dillon's uncle was eaten up by q
lot Of cannibals. 1t was terrible ar
fair They didn't leave bit of the old
man except q few bones and a little
hair. The report is that the old gen.
tleman was boiled and eaten that way,
but, of course, that is not definitely
confirmed
My, Oh, my!' said Mrs. Quinton,
when she had listened to this blood
curdling recital Wasn't that just ter
rible? And Mrs. Dillon is such dear,
good women. She must feel terribly
about it. will 60 over and see II there
is anything I can do for her. 1t may
be that I can do something to get her
mind off the awful occurrence
"As soon as she could Mrs. Quinton
went over to see her friend Mrs. Dill
lon. It occurred to her that Mrs. Dill
lon did not seem to be as much weigh
ed down with grief as would naturally
be expected in the case Of one whose
uncle had recently furnished the prin-
cipal course at a savage banquet, but
she supposed that Mrs. Dillon had made
up her mind to bear the affiiction with
fortitude and she wanted to AFFORD
some comfort If possible. Finally the
question of going somewhere for the
summer came up. Mrs. Dillon said
she had expected to go east during the
hot weather but she did not know now
that she would do so. Mrs. Quinton
at once jumped to the conclusion that
this reluctance to go to any summer
resort was the result Of the recent af-
Fiction. Here was chance to put In
a word Of comfort.
"'Yes, Mrs. Dillon, just heard to-
day Of your sad bereavement. Wasn't
it awful?'
MRS. Dillon looked surprised. What
bereavement do you refer to. Mrs.
Quinton?'
why the death of your uncle
death Of my uncle? Why, I have
nOI lOSl lily uuSAC.
"'Why, I just heard little while ago
that your uncle had been killed by can
nibals and eaten,' said Mrs. Quinton.
"A light began to break over the face
Of Mrs. Dillon. Who has been telling
you that story? had a great-great-
great-granduncle who was a mission
ary and 1 have been told by my grand
parents that he was killed by the can
nibals, but that was more than hum
dred years ago.
THAT husband of mine, said Mrs.
Quinton, as she set her jaws firmly to-
gether, thinks he Is pretty smart, but
If 1 don't pay him back for this 1t will
be because 1 am taken down with some
incurable fever. He came home look
ing as if he was ready to weep and
told me that your uncle had been kill
ed and eaten by the cannibals; that
they had eaten everything but a few
bones. as reported, but that you had
not received all the horrible particu-
lars. Oh, yes, he thinks he Is smart,
but will get even with him. the mean
thingn"-Kansas City Journal.