The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08
y ICIlNID HERRlCk was a young
man with gentle disposition
y much money and no sense of
humOr. His object I'm life was


- much money and no sense of
hJmor. His object in life was
.. marry Miss Cathcrwcight For three
t,I'~ >h" had tried To persuade him this
....d not be, and finally, in order to con-
..n., HIM. married some one else.
When the woman he loves marries
.tH'l,r man the rejected one is popu-
u..N supposed To take to drink or to
in, IN travel Statistics show that in
s.,ld he instantly falls In love with the
Pest friend of the girl who refused him
I.f u.s. ll,rrick truly loved Miss Gather
V..-ht he could not Worship any other
IS nan and So he became "A lover of
utt.tr Nature, he assured his men
friends, does not disappont you. The
NOR, thought care. affection you give
:" nature the more she gives you in re-
turn and while, so he admitted. in WOO
Hs nature there are no great moments
''.ru ate no heartaches.
jackson, one of the men friends and of
% FRIVOLOUS disposition, said that he also
.Ild admire a landscape. but he would
rather look ut the beautiful eyes of a
~. be- knew than at the Lakes of Kill
.uryy. with a full moon. a setting sun
rI 90" aurora borcaLs for a back
-rOuud. Ilcrrick suggested that while
'l. beautiful eyes might seek those of
another man the Lakes OF Killarney
would always remain where you could
'.j 'hUm.
lI.irlck pursued his new love in Con.
..o'.rut on an abandoned farm which
b, converted into "A model one on it he
established model dairies and model in
.aaJ'urs. lie laid out old fashioned gar
.'.~ suukcn gardens. Italian gardens
HlS ape gardens and a game preserve
The came preserve was his own especial
are and pleasure.
IL consisted of 200 acres of dense for
81 and hills and ridges OF rock II was
h..rd with mysterious caves, deep chasms.
tiny gurslIug streams. nesting springs
end Wild laurel. 1t vas barricaded with
fa"rn tree trunks and moss covered
cocks that had never felt the foot of
man since that foot had worn a moe
.a>.n. Around the preserve was a high
fence stout enough to keep poachcrs on
TIE outside and to persuade the wild
animals that inhabited it To- llneer on the
inside. These Wild animals were squlr-
i,,s, rabbits and raccoons.
Every day. in sunshine or in rain.
H"rr.ok would explore this holy IF holes.
r"r such Ncrmin as would destroy the
-'n'l"r animals he carried a gun. But
u was turned only on those mat preyed
Ip"n ms iaNorltes. For hours he would
Limb through this wilderness. or, seated
rock, watch a buebird building her
mes, or squirrel laying in rations
against the coming of the snow.
In time he grew to think he knew and
understood the Inhabitants of this wild
pace Of which he was the overload. II"
fa. 4
hut as his guess. And when they fled
from him in terror To caves and hollow
rec trunks he wished he might cal.
hem back and explain he was th,l
friend, that it was due to him they lived
10 peace. He was glad they w,rr
happy. He was glad it was throurr
Inn that, undis,urbed. they could 1--we
The simple life.
His fall came through ambition. Her
TX himself attributed it to his too
-r'at devotion To nature and natures
.h.idr,n. Jackson, he of the fr.volous
und, attributed it TO the fact that any
nan is sure 10 come to grief who turns
rom the worship e Gods nohl st hanl.-
work, 10y which Jackson meant woman.
'" worship chipmuuks and P'ym u'H
Rock hens
one u.ght Jackson lur"d H,rr.ok in.n
Now York To a dinner AMI a music Ll3
li' invited also on" Kelly. mutual
friend OF cynical and Cumhatlv, d.
position. jackson liked To- hear h!n
md Icrr.ck abuse each Other and all
Ways in reduced subjects he knew Won !
cause each 90 lose his temper.
liut on this night HerrCk need y
u1 goadng. lie was in an ungratefr
mood. Accustomed To food fr, sh from
DO" soil and the farmyard. he sneercd
H dollhouse asparagus, dollhouse grapes
ud cold storage quail
Al the music hall he was even more
''icult. In front of him sat "A stout
.jy who when she shook with laughter
he'd pntohouli, and a man who smoked
\morcan cigarettes. At these and the
cam heat the nostriis Of Herrick,
llin"d To he odor Of balsam and the
upke Of open wood fires, took offence,
iic refused to be amused.
The munolOguc artist, in whom Jack
20 found delight, caused Herrlck only
10 groan; the knoCkahout comedians hc
.'pcd would break their collarbones
he lady who danced Saome and who
fascinated Kelly, Hcrrick prayed would
'a'ch pneumonia and die of II. And
when the drop rose upon the Count' -
3. hy's bears his dssa tisfaction reached
climax.
boar, mamma bear and the baby bear.