The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-09-24


mering:
sHal I thought sol Take your
seat I'll attend to you presently. "
The attention thus grimly alluded
n became very frequent, far more 80
n this way my schoolboy days
passG. Nor did my troubles endhere.
WhenI left school my uncle was duly
notifedof the fact, with the expecta-
ton tha he would now give some earl
nest of tie hopes so often held out,
put neve; realized.
But as lie made no response to this,
ave to iepeat the often expressed
lope, that would do credit to a name
hated, aid as it was necessary that
should 10 something for my own
,upport, Ibegan to cast about what
hat something should be.
Like most young men of my calibre
Ind expectation I wanted some nice
asy berth, with little to do and a
.lrge salary. Having heard of a. va
rancy of this kind in an insurance of
Zee, with whose President my father S
.ami1y had been long and favorably
anow,n n ! applied for it.
The President looked at me, then at
be credentials and then at me.
Sorry, very sorry, young man.
Snow your father good many years,
slso his father before him. No doubt
whatever of your competency. But
Lut, it couldn't be thought of. !"
why not 7" / said in astonishment.
"What possible objection have you to
me?"
mo objection at all to you It's
your name / object to. Doolittle
Wright 1t would cast discredit on
the company as you can see for your
self. Take my advice and changeit. !"
But did not yield the matter thus.
Hearing of a well-established and lu-
crative business that wanted work
ing partner, Iofered my services and
with very fair prospects of success, un-
til forced to mention my first name.
"Doolittle Wright !" exclaimed the
senior partner, with whom was con-
versing. "That sounds badly You
might drop your first name, | suppose,
and take the other. You'll have to,
if you come into the firm"
Then, glancing at myletter to him
8lg545, 4 n ~, xzz.s $50 a-s-
"What does T. stand for? r.
IT was in for it now and there was
nothing to do but to go forward.
"Tickellum.''
"Tickellum, did you say? Why that
is worse if anything than the other
more ridiculous, at all events. A man
who will give an inofending child
such names as those ought to be in
dicted by the Grand Jury. All ! can
say to you is, get rid of them as speed
| lily as possible. Good morning, sir T.
/ never felt more strongly inclined
| to do this in my life, and this is say
| ing a great deal. But knew my
uncle would take mortal offense at it,
who. was now prostrated by one of the
attacks to which he was subject, and
which threatened to be his last. It
would be a pity after enduring SO
much to fail when the goal was near.
So, after various other attempts end
| ing Just as disastrously, I accepted a
second rate clerkship in small retail
store, with correspondingly small
salary. This was something of come
down to my ambitious hopes, but I
consoled myself with the thought that
nv uncle's declining health made 1t
only a temporary arrangement.
AT this juncture l completed the
sum of my tribulations by falling in
love. The object of this, Miss Clara
Montague, was certainly fair and love-
| " enough to excuse the folly, if folly
! it was. She had also some property In
her own right, by no means a small
consideration to me.
So far as could be judge the attrac-
ton was mutual ; the fair Clara ifnot
so demonstrative seemingly to be
equally as we'll pleased.
The reader will readily infer that
did not bring into any marked promi-
nence my luckless name. In fact she
was in entire ignorance of it until one
of my rivals maliciously alluded to il
and in way to cover me with ridi'
.cu1e.
The next time / visited her she re-
ceived me with marked coolness'
When I pressed her for reason she
opened fire on me by declaring "tha'
she never could marry any one with
such ridiculous name?"
"But you can easily change it "shs
added in a more gracious, tone, "a1e
ifyou have the regard for me you have
professed, you will not hesitate to ds
So"
1 assured the fair speaker "that my
name was as distasteful to me as t.
her; that was named for rich ant
aged uncle, who would be greatly dis
pleased"
| Here Miss Montague arose.
every we'll, Mr.. .Doolittle Wright
very appropriate name, ! should say
you will do as you like, ofcourse. Bu
| if you would rather displease me thai
your uncle you needn't take the trou
bic to call again; for I never will mar
ry a man with such a ridiculou
name"
| Exit Miss Montague, leaving me t.
my not very pleasing reflections.
While was debating which of tn
horns of this perplexing dilemma t
take, 1 received telegram that m.
uncle was at the point of death.
He-had frequently been at the poin
of death before; but in accordanc
with my invariable pratice when re
ceiving such notice I went to see him
found the old gentleman very low
| in fact, scarcely able to more thar