The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-23

yearu Tor years & tr velvet carr cts,
But he did finally ,eii his relative he
might have wha money he needed
under certain e -ditioas. In the end
Elizur Sage q ID only $50. which
was sent him ID II return he gave
Russell Sag a mortgage CT his place
to guarantee It's enc~v'oNs sum.
The new pers hod of the
story at the time. and as result a
New York mr~eum proprietor offered
Elizur Sage 500 a week to appear
with his son in TIE museum as the
man who had succeeded in borrowing
$50 of Russell Sage. The nephew
never appeared and the experience
has made him bit chary of news
papers and museums. That they told
only what was true of his rich rela-
tive hes not softened the sting.
But in the end Elizur Sage got his
$50,000-all his own, to do with as he
pleased-and there was no Russell
Sage alive TO ask q mortgage. There
is more ii, gedy In this than may
crop out of white paper snd black
ink. There Is here the ruin of youth
the wrecking of hopes and enjoy.
ments In the end there IL prosperity
when tho age for such things is past,
when Tie ability to enjoy is dead
Elizur ia~a was So years old when
TIE LEGACY came.
aight have acted different II I
md been younger" he said. "but
wasn't. no young man any more, and
guess havin' little money didn't do
I~rc'' like maxim me crazy"
u ~ m = ~~~'-a tf-1 tnony In
ali The things kAzar Sage says of L.s
gift gold there is no trace of any gen.
uine enjoyment. He is more secure
than he was, but that Is all He isn't
sure that his money has made him en-
Joy life more.
Sage did not squander his money.
A bit Of native shrewdness Is re-
sponsIble for the fact that the sharp
ers haven't II all.
Sage invested at least large part
of his legacy in land.
He still has the land, incumbered or
otherwise. and 1t has appreciated.
Wealth Falls to Bring Happiness.
He is neither happy nor satisfied
Il went into the war at 49," he said,
in beginning his story, "and was in
the service until was 16. in the first
Chicago Board of Trade regiment.
Captain Sexton. my commander. was
afterwards postmaster in Chicago. On
! leaving the service went back to my
father. who was in Will county. iii.
nois, in little town He was a car
/ penter and | learned this trade from
/ him. He also owned farm At 20,
I in 1869, went to farming on his place
and stayed there till 1872 or 1873.
when my father died and the estate
~-as divided. Then | ran little
esgfocery and meat market for about
five years and then came to Indiana
and rented farm. Then for year
/ was back on farm in Illinois again,
and in 1890 came back here to In.
diana. I've been here ever since"
1 Sage was more than willing to say
that previous to the coming Of the
$4,000 he had been absolutely poor.
mo. | had nothing in those days
but living. was happy and care,
less then" he said. Nothing worried
me. When | got done with hard
days work slept. That was all there
was to It. II was good In a wayne
cares and nothing | guess was just
about as we'll off AS long as any
body has his health guess he's about
ss happy as he can be made"
What happened when you got the
money!" was asked.
"Well, the first thing, 1t put me
into peck o. trouble. Friends
never had before came In. They
sprung up thick and fast. Them that
didn't know me before the money
came were anxious TO be my friends
then. Letters and requests Tor money
began to come In by packs. Borrow
ers came to me without any security
and thought ought 10 lend 'em just
because my money had been given
me. Every kind Of scheme was Of
Tered me where could double my
money In a month or year. &
4 i didn't feel quite as comented as
! l had before, but | guess that's Just
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