New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-08-02

Ezs - $& TDictated March O. Ioo6J
W T AN talking Of a time
II sixty wears ago and
upwards. | rernera-
- Der the names OF some
- Of those schoolmates.
TnIs-s and. bv titful glImpses.
even their faces rlse
dl-lv before me Tor rloment,-only Just long
enough t. Ire recognized: then they vanish. /
catch glimpse u George Robards. the Latin
71r---se-ie- pale. srud5ous, bending over his
book and absorbed II Il. his long. straight black
l-- hanging down below his laws Ike par OF
Curtains Oh th- sides Of his face | can see HIM
gre MS head toss and rilrt one OF the curtains
5ss around his heai.-to get Il out Of his way, ap-
Fl-e1ty; really u show of.
II that DAY T. was great thing among the boys
L have HAIR n So flexible sort that L could he
--ug back II that way. with a tiIrt of the head
0r27ge ko14-.-- was the envy OF Us ali, Tor there
Els n hair among Us that was 50 competent Tor
MS exhibition ms. except perhaps, the yellow
locks Of VII Bowen and John RObards. Ny hair
vas dense RICK ri short cIris, and 50 was my
brother Henri We tired all kinds OF devices 10
gs- taese ca 5-raightened out 50 that they
.-le rl--. -u- we never succeeded sometimes,
or soaking heads and then CoTnbIng and brush
N o1- hair down tight and fiat TO our skulls, We
t--l get Il Elr temporarily and tins gave Us
gaze It q fir i All sh-Iveef into curls again. and
o. happiness was gone
]HN ROBaRD~ was the little brother Of George
WIKI SILKY gDllttl -L1lllS 70
rs Ice which -.--.-l - MS shoulders and below,
~-- could 1e --rE back -avIshIngly. When he was
s"5Ee years oil he crossed the plains with his
-.ae- amidst She rush u the gold seekers OF 40;
@--l -t-le-l.e- he departure Of the cavalcade when
i sl---el westward. We were all there TO see and
= envy And .- still see that proud little chap
e----S 3E OF great horse, with his long locks
1-5----1s our behind.
ne "e-r all a- hand to gaze and envy when
returned. rH.s years later. II unlnaag1nabie
st1---y- be had travelled None OF Us had ever
- -9--T miles from home, but Re had crossed
- continent. He had been II the gold names.
"a -1--l land .- our imagination. And ne mad
-'-t stu more wonderful thing. He had been
n ships on the actual ocean. II shIIs
- Nee actual .-eaust For he had sailed down
Z racine and around the Horn, among ice
80 and through snow storms and wild WlntTy
80. and had sailed on and turned the corner and
80 - t-1--haa-L the trades and up through the
- equatorial waters,-and there II MS
-a1 lace wee The proofs of what he had been
f--s-. ~ would have sold our souls to Satan
--S privilege ri trading places with him
f- =" nm W.e- / was out that Missouri tr1P
- years ago lie was old rhen.-thOugh not
- - Old as and the burden of life upon
"a ne SAD his granddaughter. twelve years Old.
-VaI ny books ana would ike To see me. Il
- palmetto time. for she was q prisoner II her
~ and marked for death. And John knew that
- vas Passing swiftly away. Twelve years old
t-sr = sTai-ctathers age when he rode away on
bel s'gaI journey with his yellow hair Tapping
I, ~ ~ nm II her / seemed 10 see that boy AGAIN
~ . sS Il he had come back out OF that remote
F- .--a was present before me IN his golden youth
'-@ay was heart disease and her brief lie came
O'se few days later.
n ~ HER OF those schoolboys was John Garth
No. --e became q prosperous banker and = prOmI-
O. ana valued citizen. and q few years ago he
5sr IN and houOred. He died. 1t IS what l
Tie ~, - Say about many Of those boys and girls.
T. -" stu hives. and there are grandchildren.
So, P4llalec days and my barefoot days she was
lar V- . o. mine saw John tomb when made
y missouri visit
he &c iather Mr. kercheva had an apprentice in