The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-01-06
The MAN OF MYSTERY
REJECTS A FINE CAREER AND BE
COMES A HERMIT.
In Paradise of Living, He Repressed
Last Throbs of Ambition and
Culture

1t has long been known that the ia
nous eastern shore of Maryland is not
only the paradise of the universe and its
EaStrouumic center as we'll not only an
ideal place in which to spend lifetime.
but an ideal place in which to shuttle of
this mortal COLL It has been related of
strangers who have died in this par
hcuIar section of the United States that
just before crossing the Great Divide
they remarked upon the easy way in
which they were going, adding that
death uu the eastern shore was almost
Ike eating Ice cream on swclJcrIng
midsummer day, and far preferable tu
IIyu- m SOME other sections of this
country.
BE this as il may, there was q man
who died on Barren island, Dorchester
county, a short time ago, who really did
remark upon the easy way in which
ne was "croSsing the river and he fur
theruurr added that he had rather ca
perIcurc the feeling which was then upon
him than to nNc ON ana uu ,ur au m
definite period in any other part of the
world. ITO live cIsoWhcrr,' he l1
quoted as saying just before closing his
eyes upon the things of this world.
.WuUId Joe nothing less than a wear and
t,nr ot body ANA soul, which means loss,
hut tu die ON the great eastern shore OF
Mary land. as ! am dying, is gain, and "a
great gaju With these words the "Iicr.
init ut Barren island surrendered hiE
soul 90 tho Ouc who gave il.
Eccentric, This man not only had all
the rrrruDrrtir, known ia the calendar,
Int % -Urplus-1gr, enough to till an extra
. edition.. And, what Is more, he mndr
d display of every brand. lie was mot
crazy far from it. He was simply the
most eccentric Of all the eccentric uor.
sons who ever trod eastern shore soil,
native or otherwise, and he didn't care
who knew it, just so he was left to hun
self and people didn't qulH hIm about
his past life.
Despite his whimsical ways and his
many pcculluritics. The Hermit was "a
| gentleman to the very core, and it may
further bo said of him, without fear of
successful contradiction, that there could
nowhere be found IN the state of Mary
/ land u person with a more liberal cduca-
1 tluu or one endowed with stronger or
more active mentality, leaving his cc-
/ ccntricitics behind him, than Frank
Moultuu, THE Man Of Mystery
Muultun came To Dorchester county u
/ couple of years ago, from 40 one know
| where, and sQuattcd ON Barren island.
+ one Of the bloakrst and stormicst islands
| anywhere in the Chesapeake. lie could
/ not have selected more suitable place
J
| Barren island is not oulg barren 10y
! name, but 10y nature also. What the
/ Great Diamond shoals of the Carolina
coast is 10 oar Coastwise shipping Bar.
rem island is ia the bay traders the
/ graveyard Of the Chesapeake hay,
/ This Is the place where NOult0n spent
| his last days, subsisting chiefly on fish
and wild fowl and southern corn pone-
Il ''mcuu' that would have brought a
smile to his face in his early manhood
Like many other pampered sons hay,
/ died, MOuItou died in strange land
/ away from friends.
Tile Hermit Of the Island" rs he was
often called, held himself nloof and de-
clucd all offers of assistance. 1t is said
Of him that he was the most brilliant
and entertaining COuyerSatiUualist ever
4 known to be on the eastern shore OF
Maryland. \ man Of exceptional lin
/ guistjc ability, Of commanding figure and
strikingly handsome face, he might east
I ~ have been one of the most sought-fol
men in Maryland
Mouton was born in New York state
/ IIe was the son of wealthy parents. Iii,
every wish was gratiiicd when he was
i living with hia parents while poverty
and want in the future never entered his
mind.
Educated at Cornell, aftcrward takiu.
n course in law at one Of the lcadiu.
law schools in New York city, Muultol
( started ont iu life well equipped 10 ngh
it's battle. lie gave promise of bccuWus
Que Of the big mon of the country. MouI
ton was the apple Of his father eye
and the father was nli In all to him. Iii
mother being q society woman. he Toe
came his fathers constant companion.
The death Of the father blasted TIN
homes Of young Mouton who immp
diuteIy abandoned the practice of hi