The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-24

her. / disappointed my parents. l
disappointed them so much that they
cut me off-canned me-without a
cent.
l came west, to Topeka Here 1
started to work for the Santa Fe rail
way, and worked for more than TWEEN
ty years. l amassed a little fortune.
l bought a home and furnished it. 1
made it a nice home, just it is now
You can see.
Has Interesting Home.
You can see these musical instru-
ments- 1 gave my children a good
teducation. l furnished my home
well. You can see these oil paintings.
Come 1 will show you some more
The old man led the way to an
other room
You see these statuettes," he said.
The reporter glanced at them. Dark
and old, they stood like sentinels on
each side of a high fireplace They
are old. DID, said Hyatt. This one is
hundreds of years old It's worth
$4,000 because it hasn't a flaw in it.
Only one, other like it. That one
| is in the vatican in Rome. This one
was given my family, the Bourbons
of France. by Pope Plus for services
not religious services. political
services. My people were not Catho-
lies, they were Protestants and were
driven from France by the ST. Bar
tholomew massacre.
Then. came my trouble with my
wife. You know 1 am a Frenchman
and a Frenchman never forgives. l
do not want to do her bodily harm.
! Only 1 want to punish her mentally.
1 Thru all eternity 1 will hate her. She
{ will know it,
Then Hyatt switched back to finan-
cial affairs.
Years after I came. west, my half
J sister, who inherited the money I
! should have gotten, came west and
met my children.
| She liked them. And OIL her death
bed she repented for the wrong she
| had done and left the es at to me.
But it was left in such a way that 1
was made the victim of l. gal claims.
have had claim after claim, and
have just been notified of another for
$4,000.
Almost an Anarchist
'T have come to know tee feeling of
a Russian anarchist in my own mind.
1 have been driven to b. lieve that
that was not written by & thief for
thief
Now I am a poor ma: -
The doctor switched back to his
1 wife and domestic troubles She got
| me to do things and then used them
against me-" he said. He referred to
| the sensational divorce SUI in Shaw
I nee county courts seVera- years ago.
/ Then l was hurt IN an auto acct
| dent They thought 1 wzi going to
/ die. 1 gave them my deaf statement
II ''Give my love to my children, said
4 and my curse to my wife.
i you see what that acciden. did to
me-, The doctor unbuttonc'i his shirt
at the throat and shovel scars and
the effects of broken bones. His
shoulders were bent aid twisted.
| mo, can't say what is my mind
about my sons action. ne hasn't
written me for a long TIM. He is a
I bright boy, well educated and tenn
peramental. He has written several
books of verse that have been printed.
| When he was in high school he wrote
a piece of imagery that was fine. 1t
| was crude of course, bu- it was. the
best thing ever turned out of that
i school.
Boy Wanted Commission.
4 when the war broke on he talked
Ito me several times about foining the
i ariifyi 1 told him, 1 q Int know
whether or not they wou,d accept him
Pbecause of tubercular trouble. but l
advised him to get a commission so
he wouldn't be so exposed He said
that was what he was going to try to
Il do. He has. tried to join the army
several times and at last, according
/ to my knowledge was &C ;spted-
mo, 1 cannot speak wn1t is in my
mind. Whatever l, would say would
/. be picked up and used ag INST me.
'.All the romance is gone out of my
life. You see just a bftte" old man.
All the romance is gone"
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