The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-11-19
CHARTER xvI-continued.

huA AhiS ENNNlut VI HlG Iuu lHtS III
II that brought disaster to his SONS
q laxness Of. any discipline related TO
their spiritual and mental develop
ment. WheE we were corrected or
punished Il was for conduct which af-
fected his comfort or dignity, never
for a thing which affected the develop.
ment Of our character.
"We had abundant money to spend
It was a part Of II fathers egotlsm
that we should be young swells, and
we weres early In dlsOrdefly ways.
Richard had a genius for cruelty. A
normal hoy Is likely to be ~thoughtless,
bat Richard was inventive In his cru
elites. II was brutal. He liked to
tear things to pieces slowly, n fly II II
was all he could catch-a g%rasshopper.
a field mouse. ! had a faithful little
dog which Richard staked out In the
ground and killed by vlvisection. !
saw the little animal when 1t vas
breathing Its last with its bowels ex-
posed and It's lungs laid bare.
"Richard destroyed birds nests for
p~leasurs. He liked TO cut a leg off a
hen and see II stagger about valnly
trying to walk. He MANNED dogs. He
tortured cattle and h rses. He killed
a fine carriage horse by driving II to
death purposely to see how long II
would live under the treatment he
gave II.
II doubt that ! was a more lovahle
child, bat Mt least | did not have the
attribute OF cruelty. was not only
younger hut ] was weaker physically
was sensitive TO a degree which made
me an extraordinary victim to Richard
when h. cared to express his tiendlsh-
ness TO or upon me.
1--WE were getting into late child
hoad-l should say that ! was about
fourteen-when Richard began To use
his. lHventlvenesS In cruelty upon me
directly. AS soon as he had a taste
of the delight which came from tor.
menting me \ had no further peace.
II remembe with a still ngoniZed
vfvidness my experience In finding a
snake in my bed. He had put II there.
He used his superior strength to tor
ture me physically. He dominated me
spiritually. He made life a hell, such
a hell MS life can he made only for a
child by mistreatment, when reality
has not starkly asserted itself, when
proportions are not established and
when Illusions can be kindly or hide
Gus.
"Richard and I grew up In this fash
ION. I In terror OF him and his malevo-
lence. When | was fifteen mother died
She had been an unassertive mother.
Circumstances and conditions were be
yond her strength of mind or body. but
she lad been a friend, and I missed
her cruelty. II was really a terrible
loss Vt q time when I much needed q
friend.
'sAs we grew older Richards dia-
bolicnl habits became only shrewder.
not less assertive. He contrived the
NEST Ingenious schemes for my tor
rcnt. He Inundated me whenever
possible before other boys and, better
for his purpose. before girls.
any father put us out to school to-
gether. and this suited Richards pur-
pose admirably. How I hated this
thing that bore my name and my blood
II became an indomitable hate. II
exists TO this day. No human being
ever vas 10 hated by another as my
brother Richard was 10y me-and Is
IL to this moment and will he hated
while q breath remains In my body.
"wlen I was eighteen my father
died, and Richard and I Inherited the
estnte under q trusteeshIp to continue
until I was twenty-one. Richard swas
then twenty. In another year he at
tafbed his majority. He was profigate
ana wild. a heavy drinker. "A coarse.
cruel boor. 4 licentious young rufian
who had suffered twice In actions
brought BY weak and unfortunate
girls
1T irrftated him beyond expression
that he had to walt the slow process
Of my coming Of age before he conld
come into his share Of the property.
His constant deneanor toward me vas
violent. Several times I tried to estnh-
lish the reasonable relations which
ought, In convention. to exist between
brothers. II was quite hopeless. and
my hate for this boor came to be an
insane passion II remains as q pas
sion now
Il may not be able TO satisfy anyone
thar this was the inevitable conse
ducnce Of the treatment given me. hut
I could n ] were to elaborate the de-
tails-or merely state them. However
my purpose Il not SO much to indlct
my brother as to record my own trf-
umph-to assist the commission Of q
crtane which has been Of intense salts
fsrtion to Inc. a crime in which I have
me .ntnined my ~culnability with JOY
and from which Richard has suffered
and Is suffering.
ale Is a broken old mar. He is In
a pcnitentiary."
Here followed a section OF the man
uscrlpt from which. as I recognized
che page Dravada hal taken was miss
Ing. Then Il continued:
II became a little more asSertive If
mr. rights and dignity, with the result