The Washington times., 1903-02-22
By RICHARD SAKE JONES.

IT was very much the same old story.
IN angry father. a headstrong son;
short. sharp. considered words,
and Eddie Hotaling had gone into the
world to seek his fortune. Upon the
rights and wrongs of such a misunder-
standing It Is useless to debate. for con-
illusions would differ with the temper
ament OF each judge. Edward Hotaling's
immediate impressions on the subjec,
arc shown by a letter written from Chi
cago to his one absolute conhdant. Miss
Douinger sayward. Of Commonwealth
Avenue
my Dearest Dolly:
Il am adrift. You have heard the
other side of the story. no doubt.
suppose you are not surprised. You
said that II I kept on il would come
10 this. Kept on at what? I never did
anything so very bad, Dolly; never any
thing but what told you about. 1
was spending none of fathers money
foolishly. but only what mother left me.
OF course. I except the time he took
my watch out OF soak. and he need
not have done that, for won four hun
dred at the races the next Friday. and
then he would not let me pay him back.
THE races were a bad habit. I know
and 1 except Mercedes. too. II Barry
more had not squealed. father would
never have known about that. told
you about her. and she was the oni,
one. and it seems as though father might
have forgiven me If you did. I was a
crazy fool. but every boy gets struck on
some actress. some time
The last scene came over nothing at
all. I threw a half faded bouquet to the
nurse girl at Tippon's. Father and
Marie TippOn came around the corner
just as / did II. and saw me- l didn't
mean anything. and don't think father
would have cared IL Marie hadn't been
along; but he is struck on Marie. and
the family dignity had to be braced UP
accordingly. He informed me that
young men Of the Hotaling family were
usually above kitchen hirtations. Then
] went wrong or course ] know
ought to have kept still; but I did not
want him to show off to Marie at my
expense, so ] said that I had noticed
that such pleasures were exclusively re
served for the older members of the
family. That ended it, He gave me an
even thousand, and told me to come back
when I could be a man and respect gen
tlemen. I suppose that wifi be next
never!
"of course 1 cannot exist long on a
thousand, so / am hunting for work. 1
guess 1 will go farther West and grow
up with the country. Your true lover.
DEE"
Raymond Hotaling was too proud to
tell the facts as he knew them How
much Of love for his only son. OF pride
in his boys future, OF hope for the
name OF HotaIing. had been gradually
buried beneath the clods OF continued es-
capades: how much OF self-esteem had
been wounded. how much self-lOve
crushed; how much OF ambition and de-
sire crossed by the waywardness OF his
boy-all this we can only conjecture.
We are not defending a son who is way
ward. nor father who is stern.
Edward Hotanng. Esq. wrote fire.
quently to Miss Dollinger Sayward: al
first from Chicago. then from Omaha,
then from Cheyenne. Al the expiration
OF I'VE months after leaving Boston nc
wrote from Ra7gIins. Wyo-. that he was
strapped, and had hired out to ride the
range"
Il am OF no use to myself, Dolly, nor
can I ever hope TO be Of any use tC
you, I will be honest with you. my
dear. good sweetheart. and tell you that
] was drunk yesterday. It was the first
real drunk I ever knew, and my head
- fairly splitting today, but 1 am tc
leave here tonight. 50 / write while
can I gambled. too, and lost my las
cent at faro. a sheep raiser from vi
North was there. and hired out TO rid,
after band of sheep. I am 10 get
thlrty-fve dollars per month and found
(which means provisions 20 do my Owl
cooking)- l am 20 look after about
three thousand sheep. ride around after