Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-01-01

/ but not with great cheerfuIness.
Even survive, George You viii, es.
pecialIy. For my part I'm a little too
old and too accustomed to fail back
on somebody else for supplies to start
a big fight with life; III be content
with just surviving, ana can do it on
an eighteen-hundred-d ollar-a-year con-
sulship. An eX-c0ngressman can al
ways be pretty sure Of getting some
such Job. and hear from Washing
ton the matters about settled. So
much for mel But you-0f course
you've had a poor training for making
your own way, but you're only q boy
after all, and the stuff Of the old stock
is IN you. TIN come out and do some
thing. III never forgive myself about
that deeds It would have given you
something substantial to start with.
StilI, you have a little tiny bit, and
you'll have a little tiny salary, too !;
and of course your Aunt Fanny's here.
and she's got. something you can fall
back on If You get too plnched. until /
can begin to send you . dribble now
and them
Georges ''lfttls tiny bita was SIX
hundred dollars which had come to
him from the sale Of his mothers fur
niture; and the 'litGle tiny salary"
was eight dollars a week which old
Frank Bronson was to pay him for
services as clerk and student-at-
law. George had accepted haughtily.
and thereby removed a burden from
his Uncle's mind
ANDERSON himself, however, had not
even a atiny bit;" though he got his
consular appointment, and 10 take him
to hts post he found it necessary to
borrow two hundred Of his nephew's
six hundred dollars It makes me
sick, George he said. 1But I'd bet
ter get there and get that salary start-
ed. OF course Eugene would do any
thing IN the world, and the fact is he
wanted to, but felt that-ah-u under
the circumstances
Never II George exclaimed, growing
red. Il can't imagine one OF the FAM
Ivy" he paused. not finding It
necessary to explain that ''the fam-
ny" shouldn't turn a imam from the
door and then accept favOrs from him.
Il wish you'd take more"
ANDERSON declined Zone thing I'll
say for you. young George; you have
MT a stingy bone IN your body. That's
the ANDERSON stock In ouand I like
itF
BE added something to this praise
Of his nephew, on tne day he left for
Washington. he was not to return,
but to set forth from the capital on
the long journey to his post. George
went with him to the station, and
their farewell was heightened By the
trains being several minutes late.
Il may not see you again, George"
ANDERSON said. and his voice was q
little husky as he set a kind hand on
the young mans shoulder. "It's quite
probable that from this time on wen
only know each other by letter-unti
you're notified as my next of kin that
there's an old valise to be forwarded
to you, and perhaps some dusty eurios
from the consulate mantelpiece. Well,
It's an odd way for US to be saying
good bye; one wouldn't have thought
it, even a few years ago, but here We
are, two gentlemen Of elegant appear
anee In a state Of bustitude. We can't
ever tell what viii happen at al, can
wei Life and money both behave Ike
loose quicksilver in a nest Of cracks.
And when they're gone we can't tell
WHEREOF what the devil we did with
'em But I believe III sly now-while
there isn't much time left for either
Of Us to get embarrassed about it'll
believe I'll say that I've always been
fond Of you. We all spoiled you ter
ribly when you were q little boy AID
let you grow up en- prince and ]
must say you took to Ii But you've
received a pretty heavy jolt, and Il
had enough Of your disposition, myself,
OF your age, to understand a little Of
what coeksure youth has to 60 through
inside when It finds that It can make
terrible mistakes. Wen, with my train
coming into the shed, you'H forgive
me for saying that there have been
times when thought you ought to be
hanged-hut I've always been fond
Of you, and now / Ike you'll And just
for a last word there may be some
body else III this town who's always
felt about you IKE that-fOnd Of you.
mean, no matter how much It seem-
ed you ought to be hanged You mi.tht
try Hello. I must run. III sand
back the money as fast IS they gay
meso. good bye and God bless you.
GeorgieF
He passed through the gates waved
his hat cheerily from the other side
Of the iron screen, and was lost from
sight Ii the hurryins crowd. And as
he disappeared, an unexpected p0igls-
ant loneliness fell upon his nephew 50
heavily and so suddenly that he had
no energy to recoll from the shock. L
seemed to him that the last fragment
Of his familiar world had disappeared