The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-07-23

lou may see what kind Of man l an D.
my Portrait NOT over ple4z1t with any
one
George Flexmore and I were friends
He was my first client VIXEN I set up in
Coneyford. a small town Just large enough
at that time. as I believed 70 keep a law
yer Of its own there are a couple Of rs
now. and We hare IS much 10 do as We
need. Eexmore had Just then cone into
a fortune and he did nor know what 10
do with IL I prevented him from losing
Il. as be certainly would have done with
out proper direction. for be was an easy
going nan. OF a creduious disposition.
such as POUR needy Adventures and shify
Spectator love 70 take IN hand For eF-
cry nan thar has money there are ninety
nine who are anxious 10 spend il for him
IF any one asks y0a for money. Flex-
more said l. don't refuse him: send
hin 70 ne And he did 50. with this ~
snIt-he nersr lost a penny b. these good
nafured friends
He lad a great respect for me-nore
than I deserved doubtless be seemed 70
think that whatever 1 did must Be right.
and ! beiieTe Il was the sheer force Of ex-
ample that kept him OFT Of malr.uony 80
long. beraEse / did not care 10 ak a
wife. he thought II best 10 keep single
But the conditions were different l an
NOT an ~easy-Eoing 4 and marriage
would ave been purgatory for ne or ny
wife, and the result must have been equal
II bad for both Of Us in either case But
Flsxnore had nothing TO do from morning
20 night that might not very well be set
aside TO attend 70 the wants Of some
body else He saw that he ought % have
sone other object in life than TO ear and
sleep and kill time-that his life was in
complete in fact But he still made pre-
tense OF being content with a bachelors
existence.
One day / caught him singing his old
song. when a mans single he lives at bis
ease" but in such a lugubriOus strain
that ii would lave made me laugh If it
had not irritated me
That's hunbug. F1exmore." said /.
land you know IL A mans happiness
consists in making other people happy
unless he's a lawyer You're not q law
yer. and you ought 20 Be making some
body happy You'd be more al your ease
# you bad somebody else TO think about,
and somebody else 10 think about you
d you mean that / ought to marry.
Tony" be said. blushing Ike a girl
That is exactly what / do mean.
George There's little Miss Vaughan.
who has been waiting to be asked these
three years. there are dozens Of girls 10
Be chosen from
DO you think she would have ne7~ be
Interrupted eagerly
well the best way Of deciding that
point Is to 90 and ask her this afternoon
said l.
The result of this advice vas that
FIezmOre married Miss Vaughan Just SIX
weeks after
She was much younger than be, As q
<ifs should BE- A happier couple l never
law- He lived TO please her, and she TO
,lease him-that was the chief object Of !
heir lives
A year after their marriage they had a :
hid, and q nice fuss they made about Il q
Che grew up a pleasant little thing. shy J
nd timid. with 3 eiinging affection for 1
Drable persons and things l never saw q
like the passionate attachment
bat existed between Der and her sweet a
mother Poor Mrs Fe1mors
ad never been a robust person. and {
to cut short a story that Is too pain '
Il 70 dwell upon. she died when little I
aure was eleven years DID ,
Flsmore was then sixty-two. but be b
as not too old 10 suffer The loss IN !
AIMED him completely. He took on Ike a
woman and be would have been less a p
II he had not. perhaps
NY poor Old friend said l. 1T would tc
we been better TO let you live on an 81
d bachelor"
no. no. be replied After such hap d
ness an eternity Of suffering would find y
z still q gamer" =
-Yoa have your chiId-your little o.
said L. and then. to turn bis u
oughts from the past. I talked about %
E future. and What he should do for Q
e chiId's welfare. Indeed the cbfId's 70
isf gave me almost as much concern as e
= fatterk II vas not a passionate OUT
rst, that spends itself Ike a sumner =
over and gives place to peace and Of
tiles. but a continued f~ruitless yearn- e
2 for that loved one 70 come back Who q
y gone forever. "
-You must have q woman here to con- ~
her" / said to Flexmore- Of
He agreed 70 this, and sent for his d. ~
aseo brotners widow. who had married ~
ain and ben q second tine left e
dow, as being his nearest female rela- IA
e. and she came readily enouxh- ne
man Of fifty. hard a. nails, and sfrinu 81
an old crow She looked upon IifrIe na
lures distress a. unnatural in a child e.
d her morbid condition as the result Of VI
fective education: and she set about vi
all this By settinx the little
Ing TO read some Instructive and moral h'
Dks which 10 conceivable creature could nj
q interest or pleasure IN "
she had been there three DAYS fet
: Awdrey had 20 Be sent for. Laure la
. feyerish and couldn't hold herself ed
properly Dr.. Awdrey ordered her ha
Be put 70 bed at once. gave directions 81
treatment. and sent physic 70 sol
administered eTery two hours Of
Mr. Yeames had studied medicine from At
handbook that she carried with La
as II Il we're IN amulet She diluted 10
physic and administered doses when fis
thought It. Little Laure was very hai
ch worse when the doctor called the up
Il day and It was not long before he Fl,
the reason. He came down