The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, February 13, 1907, Image 3

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THE DELUGE
DftB GDAHAM VHUJRSL
CHAPTER XXI Continued.
"Do Bot put me to the test,' I
pleaded. Then I added what I knew
to be true: "But you will mot. You
know it would take some one stronger
than your uncle, stronger than your
parents, to swerve me from what I
believe right for you and for me." I
had no fear for "to-morrow." The
hour when she could defy me had
passed.
A long, long silence, the electric
speeding southward under the arch
ing trees of the West Drive. I re
member it was as we skirted the low
er end of the Mall that she said even
ly: "You have made me hate you
o that it terrifies me. I am afraid
of the consequences that must come
to you and to me."
"And well you may be," I answered
gently. "For you've seen enough of
me to get at least a hint of what I
would do, if goaded to it. Hate is
terrible, Anita, but love can be more
terrible."
At the Willoughby she let me help
her descend from the electric, waited
until I sent it away, walked beside me
into the building. My man, Sanders,
had evidently been listening for the
elevator; the door opened without my
ringing, and there he was, bowing
low. She acknowledged his welcome
with that regard for "appearances"
that training had made instinctive.
In. the center of my our drawing
room table was a mass of fresh white
roses. "'Where did you get 'em?"
I asked him. in an aside.
"The elevator boy's brother, sir,"
he replied, "works in the florist's shop
just across the street, next to the
church. He happened to be down
stairs when I got your message, sir.
So I was able to get a few flowers.
I'm sorry, sir. I hadn't a little more
time."
"You've done noble," said I, and
I shook hands with him warmly.
Anita was greeting those flowers
as if they were a friend suddenly ap
pearing in a time of need. She turned
now and beamed on Sanders.
"Thank you, she said; "thank you."
' And Sanders was hers.
"Anything I can do ma'am sir?"
asked Sanders.
"Nothing except send my maid as
soon as she comes," she replied.
"I shan't need you." said I.
"Mr. Monson is still here," he said,
lingering. "Shall I send him away,
sir. or do you wish to see him?"
"I'll speak to him myself in a mo-
meat." I answered.
When Sanders was gone, she seated
herself and absently played with the
buttons of her glove.
"Shall I bring Monson?" I asked.
"You know, he's my factotum."
"I do not wish to see him," she
answered.
"You do not like him?"
After a brief hesitation she an
swered. "No." Not for worlds would
she just then have admitted, even to
herself, that the cause of her dislike
was her knowledge of his habit of
tattling, with suitable embroideries,
his lessons to me.
I restrained a strong impulse to ask
her why, for instinct told me she had.
some especial reason that somehow
concerned me. I said merely:
"Then I shall get rid of him."
"Not on my account." she replied
indifferently. "I care 'nothing about
him one way or the other."
"He goes at the end of his month."
said I.
8he was now taking off her gloves.
"Before your maid comes." I went on.
"let me explain about the apartment.
This room and the two leading oat
of it are yours. My own suite is on
the other side of our private hall
there."
She colored high, paled. I saw that
she did not intend to speak.
I stood awkwardly, waiting for
something further to come into my
own head. "Good night." said I fi
nally, as if I were taking leave of a
formal call.
She did not answer. I left the
room, closing the door behind me. I
paused an instant, heard the key click
In the lock. And I burned In a hot
flush of shame that she should be
thinking thus basely of me and with
good cause. How could she know,
how appreciate even if she had
known? "You've had to cut deep,"
said I to myself. "But the woun Js'H
heal, though it may take long very
long." And I went on my way. not
wholly downcast
I joined Monson in my little smok
ing-room. "Congratulate you." he
began, with his nasty, supercilious
grin, which of late had been getting
on my nerves severely.
"Thanks," I replied curtly, paying
ao attention to his outstretched hand.
"I want you to put a notice of the
marriage in to-morrow morning's Her
ald." "Give me the facts clergyman's
aame plaoe. and so on." said he.
"Unnecessary," I answered. "Just
our names and the date that's alL
You'd better step lively. It's late,
and it'll be too late if yon delay."
With aa irritating show of delib
eration he lit a fresh cigarette before
netting oat I heard her maid come.
After about aa hoar I went iato the
hall ao light through the transoms
ef her suite. I returned to my owa
part of the flat and went to bed la the
to which
That day which began in
ia what a blase of triumph
it
ended! I slept with
I had earned sleep.
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- HE HAS CHOSEN!"
Jee got to the omce rather
than usual the aext morning. They
JaTiaf i' mf-TEECOtSCUr
told hint I was already there, but he
wouldn't believe it until he had come
iato my private den and with his owa
eyes had seen me. "Well I'm jig
gered!" said he. "It seems to have
made less impression on you than it
did on us. My missus and' the little
un wouldn't let me go to bed till after
two. They sat on and on, question
ing and discussing."
I laughed partly because I knew
that Joe, like most men, was as full
of gossip and as eager for it as a
convalescent old maid, and that, who
ever might have been the first at his
house to make the break for bed,
he was the last to leave off talking.
But the chief reason for my laugh was
that, just before he came in on me,
I was almost pinching myself to see
whether I was dreaming it all, and
he had made me feel how vividly
true it was.
"Why don't you ease down. Black
lock?" he went on. "Everything's
smooth. The business at least, my
end of it, and I suppose your end,
too was never better, never growing
so fast. You could go off for a week
or two, just as well as not I don't
know of a thing that can prevent
you."
And he honestly thought it, so little
did I let him know about the larger
enterprises of Blacklock and Com-
"I TOOK MY STAND
pany. I could have spoken a dozen
words, and he would have been
floundering like a caught fish in a
basket There are men a very few
who work more swiftly and more
surely when they know they're on the
brink of ruin; but not Joe. One
glimpse of our real National Coal ac
count and all my power over him
couldn't have kept him from showing
the whole Street that Blacklock and
Company was shaky. And whenever
the Street 'begins to think a man is
shaky, he must be strong indeed to
escape the fate of the wolf that
stumbles as it runs with the pack.
"No holiday at present. Joe," was
my reply to his suggestion. "Per
haps the second week in July; but
our marriage was so sudden that we
haven't had the time to. get ready for
atrip."
"Yes it was sudden, wasn't it?"
said Joe. curiously twitching his nose
like a dog's at scent of a rabbit
"How did it happen?"
"Oh. I'll tell you sometime," replied
I. "I must work now."
And work a-plenty there was. Be
fore me rose a sheaf of clamorous tel
egrams from-our out-of-town custom
ers and our agents; and soon my an
teroom was crowded -with my local
following, sore and shorn. I suppose
a score or more of the habitual heavy
plungers on my tips were ruined and
hundreds of others were thousands
and tens of thousands out of pocket
"Do you want me to talk to these' peo
ple?" inquired Joe. with the kindly
intention of giving me a chance to
shift the unpleasant duty to him.
"Certainly not." said I. "When the
place is jammed, let me know. Ill
jack 'en up."
It made Joe uneasy for bm
to talk of using my "language"
would have crawled from the Battery
to Harlem to keep me from using it
en him. So he silently left me alone.
Toward tea o'clock, jay boy came
la aad said: "Mr. Ball thinks it's
about time for. yon to see some of
.1 west iato the mala room, where
the tickers and .blackboards were.
As I appnmchedtarough my outer
I could hear the some the crowd
aakiag as they cursed me. If
you want to rile the true inmost soul
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of the average human being, doat
take fete reputation or fete wife; jest
cause him to lose money. There
were among my speculating custom
ers many with the evea-teaorcd sport
ing instinct These were bearing
their losses wh philosophy none of
them had swooped oa me. Of the
perhaps three hundred who had come
to ease their anguish by tongue-lashing
me, every one was a bad. loser
and was mad through and through
those who had, lost a Jew. hundred dol
lars were as infuriated as those
whom my misleading tip had cost
thousands aad tens of thousands;
those whom I had helped to win all
they had in the world were more
savage than those new to my follow
ing. I., took my stand la the doorway, a
step up, from. the floor of the main
room. I looked ail round until. I had
met each pair of angry eyes. They
say I can give my face an expression
that Is anything but agreeable; such
talent as I have in that direction I
exerted then. The instant I appeared
a silence fell; but I waited until the
last pair of claws drew in.- Then I
said, in the quiet tone .the army ofllcer
uses when he tells the mob that the
machine guns will open up in two min
utes by the watch: "Gentlemen, in
the effort to counteract my warning'
to the public, the Textile crowd rock
eted the stock yesterday. Those who
heeded my warning and sold got ex
cellent prices. Those who did not
should sel. to-day. Not even the
powerful interests behind Textile
can long maintain yesterday's prices."
A wave of restlessness passed over
the crowd. Many shifted their eyes
from me and began to murmur.
I raised my voice slightly as I went
on: "The speculators, the gamblers,
are the only people who were hurt
Those who sold what they didn't have
are paying for their folly. I have no
sympathy for them.' Blacklock and
Company wishes none such in its
following, and seizes every oppor
tunity to weed them out We are
in business only for the bona fide in
vesting public, and we are stronger
IN THE DOOR- WAY."
with that public to-day than we have
ever been."
Again I looked from coward to cow
ard of that mob, changed from three
hundred strong to three hundred
weak. Then I bowed and withdrew,
leaving them to mutter and disperse.
I felt well content with the trend of
events1 I who wished to impress the,
public and the financiers that I had
broken with speculation and specula
tors, could I have had a better than
this unexpected opportunity sharply
to define my new course? And as
Textiles, unsupported, fell toward the
close of the day.my content rose to
ward my normal high spirits. There
was no whisper in the Street that 1 1
was in trouble; on the contrary, the
idea was' gaining ground that I had
really long ceased to be a stock
gambler and deserved a much better
reputation than I had.
I searched with a good deal of anx
iety, as you may imagine, the early
editions of the afternoon papers. The
ENGLISH TO BE
All Other Tonfucs Give Way to Mod
ern Demand for Homely Language,
From the Columbia State. By
"homely" we here mesa partaking of
the nature of -home, aad act plain or
ugly. Wordsworth thus speaks of
"the homely beauty of the good old
cause." So often ia life we And that
it is the. homely, the thing soiled sad
perhaps stained with dally use, rather
than the fine thing, the great and the
high thing, that endures. Why? Be
cause it is humanised; its very stains
revealing to all that it is fit for dally
ase. Affection has touched it love has
handled it. and it Is immortal.
This principle has often been illus
trated history, aad it is being Illustrate-
every day by one of the most
remarkable phenomena in all history
the endurance of a language apparent
ly the toast fitted to survive of all the
widely spoken tongues of the human
race. We see that in Japan, in China,
la India, hi France, in Germany
throughout the world people are
learning English, the language that
has no grammar, only a mass of ex
ceptions to every rule aad principle of I
-"
-first , article my eye
was a mere wordy elaboratioa of the
brief aad vague aaaouaccmcat Moa
ns had pt la the Herald. Later
came an iatenrtew with obi EUersly.
"Not at all mysterious," he had said
to the reporters. "Mr. Blacklock
found he would have to go
oa business soon he didn't
just when. Oa the spur of the
meat they decided to marry." A
good enough stery, aad I coaflrmed
it when I admitted, the reporters; I
read their estimates of my fortune
and of Anita's with rather bitter
amusement she whose - father was
living from hand to meuth; I who
could not have emerged from a forced
settlement with enough to enable me
to keep a trap. Still, when one to
rich, the reputation of being rich is
heavily expensive; but when one is
poor the reputation of being rich caa
be made a wealth-giving asset
Even as I was reading these fables
of my millions, there lay oa the desk
before me a statement of the exact
posture of amy affairs a memoraa
dum made by myself for my owa eyes,
and to be burned as soon as I mas
tered, it" Oa the. face of the figures
the balaace against me was appalling.
My chief asset, indeed my only asset
that measured up toward my debts.
was my Coal stocks, those brought
and those contracted for; and, while
their par value far exceeded my lia
bilities, they had to appear ia my
memorandum at their actual market
value on that day. I looked at the
calendar seventeen days until the
reorganization scheme would be aa
nounced, only seventeen days!
Less than three business weeks,
and I should be out of the storm and
sailing safer and smoother seas than
I had ever known. "To indulge la
vague -hopes is bad," thought I, "but
not to indulge In a hope, especially
when one has only it between him
and the pit" And I proceeded to
plan on the not unwarranted assump
tion that my Coal hope was a present
reality. Indeed, what alternative had
I? To put it among the future's un
certainties was to put myself among
the utterly ruined. Using as collat
eral the 'Coal stocks I had bought
outright, I borrowed more money,
and with it went still deeper into the
Coal venture. Everything or nothing!
'since the chances in my favor were,
a thousand, to practically none against
me. Everything or nothing! since
only by taking -everything could I
possibly save anything at all.
Home! For the flrist time since I
was a squat little slip of a shaver the,
world had a personal meaning for
me. Perhaps, if the only other home
of mine had been less uninviting, I
should not have looked forward with
such high beating of the heart to that
cold home Anita was maMng for me.
No, I withdraw -that It is fellows
like me, to whom kindly, looks aad un
taught attentions are as unfamiliar
as flowers to the Arctic it Is men
like me that appreciate and treas
ure and warm up -under the faintest
show or shadowy suggestion of- the
sunshine of sentiment I'd be a lit
tle ashamed to say how much money
I handed out to beggars and street
gamins that day. I had a home to
goto!
As my electric drew up at the Wil
Ioughby's, sl carriage backed to make
room for it I recognized the horses
and the coachman and the crest
"'How long has Mrs. Ellersly been
with my wife?" I asked the elevator
boy, as he was taking me up.
"About half an hour, sir." he an
swered. "But Mr. Ellersley I took
up his card before lunch, and he's
still there."
Instead of using my key. I mas
the bell, and when Sanders opened, I
said: "Is Mrs. Blacklock in?" Ia a
voice loud enough to penetrate to the
drawing-room.
As I had hoped. Anita appeared.
Her dress told me that her trunks
had come she had sent for her
trunks! "Mother and father are
here." said she. without looking at me.
I followed her into the drawing
room and, for the benefit of the ser
vants, Mr. and Mrs. Ellersly aad I
greeted each other courteously,
though Mrs. Ellersly's eyes and mine
met in a glance like the flash of steel
oa steeL "We were just going." said
she, and then I felt that I had ar
rived in the midst of a tempest of u
common fury.
"You must stop aad make me
visit," protested I. with elaborate po
liteness. To myself I was assuming
that they had come to "make up aad
be friends" and resume their places
at the trough.
She was moving toward the door.
the old man in her wake. Neither of
them offered to shake hands with me;
neither made pretense of saying good
by to Anita, standing by the window
like a pillar of Ice. I had closed the
drawing-room door behind me, as I
entered. I was about to open it for
them when I was restrained by what
I saw working in the old woman's
face. She had set her will oa es
caping from my loathed presence with
out a "scene;" but her rage at hav
ing been outgeneraled was too frac
tious for her will.
(To be Continued.)
WORLD SPEECH
human speech; a language that has
no' system of spelling, that Is uaspell
able, that is harsh, is supplaatiag the
languages of people- that outnumber
the English speakers as four to oae.
is driving German from the chancel
leries. -It seems vain to devise new
tongues to reader Intercom at more
facile; they. can make ao Inroads, up
on our homely English speech. It Is
homely, aad it survives.
All the smooth aa beautiful aad per
fect languages pass away. The ex
quisite idiom of Iran, or ancient Per
sia, has lost Its tongue; AraMc, the
most elastic aad. la many respects,
the most wonderful of all Isavnass,
Is passing swiftly from desert aad teat
aad mosque; and Greek, flaeet of all
Isagaages, richest ia mossier, hi
fruits, hi spoken la a decadent dialect
by a decadent people. The fears),
rough languages that grate the tongue
like a tie. that would have made Quia
tilian stare aad ansa, these have some
chance ef survival, aad of these the
English is the most uncouth aad cha
otic it will, therefore, eadum amd n
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whole civilised world.
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New York. What that congeries of
flaancial interest which Is usually
spoken of as "Wall street" has been
looking forward to anxiously and with
much speculation for several years
has actually come to pass In the
"Hesse of Morgan." The "Old Man."
as J. Pierpont Morgan Is generally
called ia "the street," has to all In
tents and purposes gone into retire
ment, and in his place in the most
famous hanking house in America
there reigns In his stead J. P. Morgan,
Jr., or "Jack," as he is more frequent
ly called and spoken of in the same
district No one can cry. "The king
Is dead! Long Uve the king!" for the
head of the house is very much alive.
Only he has handed over the practical
administration of his banking con
cerns to his son, while in his magnifi
cent .new library on East Thirty-sixth
street he Is spending the evening of
his days in the pleasures of the collec
tor amid his collections.
Like an of the things the elder Mor
gan does, this change In his banking
house was accomplished with little
nourishing of trumpets. So' quiet
aad gradual has been the process that
until the last few weeks but little at
tention has been paid to the impor
tant change which has for several
years been going on in the house of
Morgan. John Pierpont Morgan, the
first financier of the country, and per
haps of the world, has practically
turned the reins of power over to his
son "Jack." Of late Morgan, Sr.. has
aot been ia any too good health, and
for more than a month has not been
ia the flaancial district at all. Every
time the stock market tumbles dis
quieting reports are circulated from
oae ead of Wall street to the other
that the "old man" is seriously ill,
aad ia spite of frequent denials from
other members of the firm, including
"Jack," the reports persist aad come
to the surface at every favorable op
portunity. Seeks Leisure In Old Age.
But there seems to be nothing im
mediately alarming la Mr. Morgan's
condition. He Is merely an old man,
aad is retiring from the multifarious
duties of his position as America's
greatest financier. As he has with
drawa from financial worries he has
devoted more aad more attention to
art aad charity.
The more time J. P. Morgan spends
among his art treasures aad the fewer
his business cares, the more these
cares and responsibilities fall upon
Jack Morgan.' Ia fact, the affairs of
the great house of Morgan are now in
the hands of three men, J. P. Morgan,
Jr.," George W. Perkins and Charles
Steele. Mr. Steele hi the legal man.
ao that the heavy financial work,
formerly the joy of The Old Man's"
life, Is ia the hands of Jack Morgan
aad Perkins. Not that these are the
oaly members of the firm, but they
are the active oaes. The stock ex
change firm of which John W. Gates
is a member has frequently been
called The House of the Twelve
Partaers," The Morgan firm has 11
partaers, bat the members other than
neatmaed are little more than
J. P. Morgan. Jr.. is by ao mesas
DEAD MAN IN SPIRIT
APPEARED TO FRIEND
Lawyer ef Repute Telle Psychical So
ciety ef Vision FeUowimj Pact ef
Lang Ago Has Made Affidavit to
Story That Apasars to the Ordin
ary Mind a Wildly Imprcbabls Tale
Never Been a Spiritualist.
PieL Jeatek Royce aad Prof. WU-
James of Harvard university are
for the American Society
of Psychical Research, aa laveetlga
tioa of the story of the reappearance
after death ef a Boston business maa
to a proaameat lawyer ef New York,
which is looked upon as extremely un
usual, umeaaay aad Importaat
The lawyer withholds the names of
the men concerned. .He has made aa
amaavtt forfeit story. Ia ISM, when
he aad the dead maa with whom he
were Harvard freshmea, they
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tan Inexperienced boy. He Is exactly
40 years old and his training in the
intricacies of banking has been long
and thorough. Whether he will prove
the genius ia the world of basmess
that his father aas been remains to be
seen. But if genius consists ia an ex
cessive devotion to hard work he may
compare favorably with his illustrious
father.
Characteristics ef "Jack.-
He Is a big man physically, six feet
in height aad weighing 208 pounds.
From his college days he has been aa
athlete, and, although football, golf
and riding have at various times ea
gaged his attention, his chief delight
is in yachting. In 1903, when he was
working in the London branch of his
father's firm he returned to this coun
try for a few months chiefly to see the
international yacht races.
.."Jack" Morgan has none of the bad
habits or frivolities that so oftea char
acterize the sons of the very wealthy.
He Is exceedingly methodical, and
during the years when he worked as a
clerk in his father's office and lived In
New Rochelle, he caught the 8:24
train to New York as regularly as
clockwork. Though he goes about in
society a good deal to please his wife.
he cares but little for the pleasures
of the "smart set." Even if he does
not prove as able as his father' he is
certain to make as many friends, for
he lacks the brusque manner for
which the elder Morgan is so noted,
and which has grown upon him with
years. Young Morgan is an affable
man and is far more democratic in his
manner than the organizer of the
Steel trust Although he lived in
England for quite a time and is said
to have introduced the custom, so 'un
usual in this country but common
enough among English bankers, of
taking afternoon tea ia business
hours, he is nevertheless considered
thoroughly American.
His devotion to the British bever
age is shown ia oae of the best pic
tures of him extant, a "snapshot'
showing aim getting Into a. motor car
and carrying a heavy afternoon tea
basket
Has Father's Desk.
Within the last few weeks the
younger Morgan has occupied the desk
where for many years his father
worked, and besides which nearly
every important banker and railroad
president hi the country has at some
time stood and often trembled. The
training which the son has had ia
order to fill this all Important place
has been practical and thorough. He
was graduated from Harvard ia 1889,
and soon entered his father's office,
where he began at the bottom, both
as to pay aad nature of employment
He worked successively as loan
clerk, bond clerk, corresponding clerk
sad through other grades. He be
came a junior partner In 1895. Daring
the period of his early training he
lived during the summers nt New Ro
chelle ia a house close to the water's
edge. Although foad of yachting. It I
Is related that he would seldom take
a day off to eater a yacht race, aad
oa oae occasion asked the managers
of a yacht club to postpone the race
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living. Ten years later the Boston
man, who is designated as "W.." died.
The lawyer, who comes of an old
New England family and who was
born la New Hampshire, did not re
ceive his word from beyond the tomb
until recently. Bat It came in due
time. He says he was sleeping' in a
Pullman car when suddenly a man
called "C" a friend of the lawyer
aad of the dead Boston maa. appeared
before him. He says he wss wide
awake aad ia good health. They were
lastaatly present In a seemingly for-
elga city, where gray old
loomed aa around them. The sun
wonderfully bright
Then 'appeared the dead
clothed, looking the picture of health.
The dead maa exteaded his head, bat
the lawyer aad his dream compaaloa
were too astounded to shake It As
suddenly as came the vision came
also the dlsappesraace of tt. aad the
lawyer says he found himself with his
eyes hurting from the fierce light he
had just left The aext night in his
study the lawyer again met the dead
friend in the same way, aad once more
awakened with the brUUaat light's
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it to
sected for four years wMlj the
of J. Sisaesr Mirgns Jc CsV
the latter part of his stay
dally after the death of oae of
older partners, fee took satire .
of the T-oadsa house. About
years ago he returned to tfem '
try aad has since devoted fete'
the business ef the firm here,
he has heceme a director la I
of the imperaat companies la
Morgan. Sr, is interested, bat this la
oaly a formality, aad la time he hi
expected to fill these
Nevertheless he has beea a
for several years. Ia two ef the
Importaat corporations witfe w
the Morgan Arm Is assoemtsd. the ta-
toraatfeaal Mercantile Marine com
pany aad the Northern PacMe ra
way. Youag Morgan's New York
at 229 Madlsoa avenue, which
tically adjoins the resMiacs of am
father at 219 Madlsoa avenue. His
clubs here are the Ualoa, MetropoaV
taa, Ualversttw, Racquet. Century.
Harvard aad New York Yacht. whSe
ia London fee belongs to White's. St.
James. Devonshire and Bath. Ia ltft
fee was married to Jaae Norton Grew,
of Boston.
Merffaaw Fine Art Gallery.
Meaawhlle Morgaa, Sr, is spending
his days la his beautiful library aad
art gallery oa East Thirty-sixth street
that is connected with his brownstoue
residence at the corner of Madieea
avenue. As has been said, his con
cerns nowadays are more with bis
esthetic treasures than with the ma
terial talags of Wall street Here his.
partaers come from time to time to.
consult with him. but in the main ha
Is left to spend his days 'as he pleases.,
possibly laying plans for the future
presentation to the city of to new li
brary aad the turning of it Into such
a gallery as the Tate la Loudon.
There are years of this work ahead,
of him. for his varied collections are
so large that It is oaly with these,
leisurely days that he caa. really be
said to have aa opportunity to become
thoroughly acquainted witfe them.
Morgaa has beea called a close mam
aad anecdotes have beea told of his
having given a gold piece to a aei
boy la mistake for a quarter aad
tag a pollcemaa back to recover the
yellow cola. But there is ao doubt
that Morgaa has given great sums to
charity and that all his gifts have aot
beea heralded abroad as have those of
other millionaires. As for art. hie
hobby for picking up masterpieces ia
every quarter of the world Is too weal
known to aeed repeating. The library
building Itself Is a proof of his prodi
gality. Two years were required to
build the library. Its cost was placed
Entrance .to J.- P. Mereana MaaaiaV
ccnt Private Mi
at 309.oa9. Ia it are gathered many
of the choicest art objects and books
oa which the flaacier has spsat at
least S10.tW.fJM duriag the last 20
years.
rflffawl lllenlwMve
It is estimated that the peasants
of the south of France spend oa food
for a family of five aa average of
four cents a day. For breakfast there
Is 'bread, with a 'preparatioa of salt
fish to spread oa It; for dinner, stock
fish, or a vegetable soup or salad;
aad for supper, lentils, beans, or other
vegetables. Water is. the chief drink,
with a very thin wine once In a while.
Rabbit Is occasionally used as a flavor
in a vegetable stew, bat that is a lux
ury. Beef or mutton Is seldom tasted.
Most of them dress poorly. But this
economy Is not for nothing. Many of
them have banking accounts, aad la
the matter of hard cash are well
enough off.
More Than He Ceuld Stand.
Favored waiter I'm going to leave
here when my week Is up.
Regular guest Eh! You get good
pay. don't you?
"Yes, 'boat the same's anywhere."
"And tips besides?"
"A good many."
Then, what's the matter?"
They don't allow no time for goia
out to meals. I have to eat here."
Stray "Stories.
effect paiaing his eyes as before.
Investigation proved that the friend
"C." was ill at the time the lawyer
saw these things. The lawyer de
clares he was not asleep In either
case, that he was In his senses, sad
knows the appearance of the dead
maa was not a dream.
. Henry C.'Qulmby, an aceualataaee
of the attorney, drew the affidavit
which was submitted to the Psychical
society. Mr. Qelmby did aot take
much stock la the vision, bettevme;
that aa overwrought imagJaatioa was
the cause.
The lawyer says he Is aot a spirit
ualist aad has little use for such be
liefs. He says fee used to ait up later
at alght thaa was good for him. aad at
late dinners which would have mode
him dream.. If anything would, yet ho
iaslsts that he aever was a dreamer,
always slept well aad has a mind that
aever stayed aim fame.
At the time he aad the other Har
vard maa made the pact to
after death. Mrs. Paper, the fi
medium, was la the limelight aad
talked of much by "W " "C" aad th
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