The Grant County herald., November 06, 1880, Image 3

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iila, v.ith mv fit rlcva'.-d ujum
railing aid It-ailing back in un arm
r. lihtb'ssjv \v it'hiii^ tho ^ass.-rs-by
liostroit, »niof th'-ni atfr.u-'i'd
liaine there was a blank whero"
residence of tho cadet should have
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iave the timoat imv ,i] v.w.il,
^1 gratify tho morbid cun. sit hat
may have ujK»n tho fsubjeot.
"wa* at the a^'e of 18 that I i.iei
Uiuveisity, and it \va.s upon the day
•^y arrival that I liivt met L'slie J!ar
I was nUuiding near tho ontranco
|''"Hege, watching tin* groups of
s
°ut upon the parade ground, and,
'Jiiiicqiiaintod with any ono, 1 was
dec-idcdlv homesick and lone
ue.
[had l.eeu shuiding then1 some time,
UlKto
dt-vi.se. suuui plali of getting
i'laiuti with tho boys, when my at-
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me, leaning
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if ,, °-n l'«' Juul, Hcomuigly, nn
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luju I heard him umtitT:
in.• T'Is',0- innhfilli! tor
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lie onno nearer 1 saw tiiiil,
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ivn upon his lir«-at., should
A,1-1 hnuoiic ol'lin1 profi's^ois,
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of. ft h.'itl ttl
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1 turned, from watclnng lain, I
I tlie boy I had first noticod
llP Uiito
asked, in a voice that stm k mo as 1
uncommonly low and noft
Joyou kticv hi y !,11
just passed?"
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No," I rcpii.-.i,
Hid BtittJ
!,• I .•fcWt
crwpinfj
of
rusbtt! sit frrshi'tiihR »u-f "'U.- ••n-ti in
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in they once
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t!'.' |..c!ur«n Mil. s StartthMi, dreR«il in
Ktmin'i* now tmlliuiriitdi,
irtiin^mic i.'i attitiii!»«•, l:.'w wnljit'ircd
oiuim nay,
era c. i. ill rig.t !. un!u tJ:
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•n niorr.iri^f bK-ciu'S mliidn
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-t'y sj wcru lmard to «cho tliro-vjU
'bebkre
sif !hf rn,11 (lerayi'il, and tho inorn
r. s !arkn(m a^ui,
•f-ctral ru^b'-d the nishinj? Btri'ttiu
ten rHis Uiwwu tli« Inlia and i!m i.irk
'.lie".
«.i 1 *.«" a'id Cjpji.
ng IWiihi, thai «(*•«..
'jeauiiilct the gai'-rt,
,:i In i Hjcm «i«n tin- inoriiiJiK
I'ltJnt
Mr,.,
licre thin i.s my first day, .-,.1
aoquainbMl vrithany one.''
1 hen W" two should beconio ac
ijtiaitit*'!! by all meaiiw, tor we are in the
same iix. My name is Iws.lie Darton,"
lie said, holding out his hand, whje! I
tioticod, was white, soft and shapelv'
And mints is Cari i said, I
took tho profferod iiaml,
.lust then the cadet I had be.forn ob
served entering the college came out
and brushed ttgiiiust fjcslas Jiarki*r in
parsing. Such a look of mingh-d hate
and disgust as came over his face I hopi
niiver again to e on a human counte
nanoe. I saw hi.s Htnall white hands
I'linch till the nails wero buriel in tho
H'-sii. Uo stei^x^d back as nuddenly as
though some I oath Homo reptile had
touched him, and heard him mutter
between his clenched teeth
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Curso him, ho does not rooogniz^
me, and it i.h well for him that ho does
not." But, remembering that was
standing near and must havo hoard hi.s
remark, lio turned toward me, and, ace
ing tho look of surprised inquiry upon
my lace, he said
•'That fellow remind* mo very much
a jx^son 1 once knew."
"Tile remeuilraiien is not a viiry
ple want one, I should judgr, from the
look you gave him as he passed," I im
plied, laughing.
To thw lie made no roply, and in a
tew miuub s hade mo good e.vcriing a»id
walked into tin.- building.
My curi--sity wns excited, i i-'l'
r.ui" that Ij'-slie JJarton kiii-w th .- man.
find that he hail some iv.i-son for hating
him with all the str n*_rtli of his li.-rv iei
tui'f. wondered why it was that he
had endi-avored to lead me to «'licvc
that h' liad only rer ogni/i*d a resem
blance to some one lie had once known,
The more I thought about it, the nn-ro
deeply iutore-fi'd i lu-cani". What puz
zled mo mo.4 \va that the stvanger had
looked diroctly into Leslie Barton's face
as he parsed hiln, and 1 could detect no
sign of recognition on his part. There
was ii mystery about these tw 1 was
satisfied, and 1 determined, i-- i-,-\
to discover what it was.
1 hiring the following day th" ditleient
tdaasts were organized for th" term, and
the cadets assigned to their rooms. Two
boys occupied each room, and, as every
boy had tho privilege of se.lec.ting his
room-mate, I sought out Leslie J'arton,
and, on the strength of our slight ac
quaintance, asked him if .ho would oc
cupy the same room with me. II"
Rcemod surprised at my proposition, and
informed mo, rather haughtily, that he
had made arrangements with Col. W—,
the commandant, to have a rom entire
ly to himself.
"Very well," replied, turning away,
but h" laid his hand upon my shoulder,
detaining mo for a moment, a.s ho said
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my
ntkm ami i-imspd mv thoughts to
".hack down the lon^ oorriiiors of
and hrin^' up vividly to ir.ind
'I'fsand i'aci s loujj bnriod in the pa.it..
Iff V!is only ii boy, tliis ijidividnnl
lial thus Kuddcnly ntirn*il up old
aorii'S, and a casual ob i'rvcr would
iintict (1 nothing jx-culiar about him
'|»t that h»' \va»s drosod in a .suit of
't frriiy, hi aviiy bosp:ui^lol with^Iit
tig buttins, and won- uoon his in-iul
•l'"f the ssuut? color tlir uniform of
military 'ollcpc. Hut a.s ho turn'd
lii'uil fur a lnoinisiit toward nu» 1 saw
-tb rs C.1. un his cap, sur
'•Qilcd hy a ur]i11«tiij•.r wreath. In art
«wt knew that ho \v:w a cadet of tho
-Versify of
Nmo ut my rciwicrH may riMiiember
tin the catalogue of that university
the year iit 1H— the name of Ijesho
"tn upjH'ars as a student., and oppo-r
1 am sorry I cannot room with yon,
but always
Wc'il. be good I-, t!: w•
we
Certainly," 1 replied, for I had tak n
a strange interest in this pale-faciv11 v.
I was iissigned to a room with Edward
Walton, an overgrown, good-natured
sort of a fellow from Mi.-sis.-ippi, v.ho
lnul attcndetl the. two pr.-vioi:^ s, s.-.'ons
at the University. He k:u-w c,veiy Ui
comiectc.l with the college, from tho
head Professor down tho old eg,-..
who attended to the building.
One .lay, about a week after my .n n
val, 1 was standing the hall, n c.om
patiy with Ed, when tJie cadet who^ had
so exeiU'd my curiosity on the day I
lirst met L«'siie ]arton pivsricd.
*"I'Voukuow that fellow, Ed?* 1
inquirei I.
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Oh, yow that's Oscar Phelp
How long has ho been at-u-iiduig
school here?"
He camo in at tho beginning of the
last hes.-ion. Why?"
Nothing, only he s
:n»
t4) be attending school. Do you know
much about him?"
"Very little, lie's from Now Or
leans, I believe, and from tho way he
sjHint money when ho was hero hist year
he must bo pretty wealthy. 1 hat s
about all I can tell you of him. J' aot
is, he is a queer kind of a cuss, who has
very lit Uo to do with tho rest of us fel
lows."
And that was ail could learn :bout
Oscar Phelps made inquiry ot sev
eral other boys, but none ixf them
seemed to know more about him than I
had already learned from Ed.
The more 1. saw
oi
Leslie JJiirbjll oie
better 1 liked him. He was of amode-t,
retiring disposition, and while ho hau
no intimate friends among the boys, yet
they were all ready to declare him "a
real good follow-—a littlo quov'r in his
notions,
but a good one, nevertheless."
There was one thing that struck mo ius
peculiar, and that was tha tho never re
ceived or wroto any letters, or ever
spoke of his homo or relative*. One
(lay iwked him which State ho was
fre'rtu. He replied that he had lived
so mativ liifl'oreut States that ho elainvd
anv and all of them as hi* home. A?id.
as 1 saw that ho wan very reluctant
about conversing upon tho subject, I
never referred to it again.
remember distinctly tho first time I
saw Leslie Barton and Oscar Phelps
speak. was just after our chuss
1'rench had recited, ono day about two
months after the beginning of the term.
We wero leaving tho recitation-room,
and were just without tho doer, when
Oa-ar Phelps walked up beside Leslie
barton and addressed him in sneering
tones.
I
rlo^o to mo,
Hay,
and,
tliat 1 Mas observing
ais(il
i JJ'H
bbr.1
ai
^Vom the cluster of crisp,
curls that covered bin head, and.
t, uski
I ipted
'hd you sjn-ak t.,
you
,.aII
whieJi lu
•liid nafli­
!n.\
-)r?"
O i .ir smiled in a mo.-.i .ti,. .j
fantali/.iiig nianner, us lie repli, ,i
les, did it hurt you?
"You will pleasf? remember then
mi- that my name is Leslie barton, arid
unless
e.dl IU,, hy that )!.LIU(.
and be mom respectful in v..nr manner
when addressing me, I vvolild nuinitelv
prefer that, you would not -peak tome
at all.
And. as ho finished n. aking, he
walked away to hi.s room. Oscar looked
utter him for a moment, then, turning
to me, he asked
Who tho devil is that fellow, any
way? One would think from the way
ho acts that it was necessary to remove
one's cap when speaking to liim."
4'His
has just informed you," I replic
that is all I know of him."
Know whero ho'd from
"No."
It strikes me I have nit liim
Months passed, and it was drawing
near tho close of the term. 1 had never
heard Leslie Barton and Oscar Phelps
exchange a word since the oce-sion pre
viously mentioned. Tliev seemed to
avoid each other by mutual c•lusent, and,
though I had been unable to fathom the
mysti-ry that I was satisfied connected
these two, yet hoped that they would
separate at tho nd of the term without
having had any trouble with each other.
Bid. was disappointed, as the sequel
will show.
One Saturday, just before tho com
menement, Leslie Barton met me as I
was on my way to my room, and asked
me if we could havo a few minutes' pri
vate conversation together. I replied
in tiie atliriuative, and invited him tn
accompany me to my room, secretly
wondering what h* could want of me.
After locking the door to preclude the
possibility of an intrusion, we seated
ourselves, and I waited impatiently to
hear what his business wa.-.
After a few moments, during which
time he appeared lost in thought, ho
Fuddenly looked up and asked
•Carl are you a friend to me?
Certainly, Barton," I replied
why do you ask
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I have thought of everything," ho
replied.
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prottv old
single
young what s-your-name, you
alwavH seem to know your French pretty
well I think I'll givo you a dollar a
week to post mo up ail tho uiihcult
translations."
Leslie barton turned toward bun with
an angrv light in hi* bright, black eyes,
and, regarding him v.th i haught v s
You will bo surprised, Carl,
when I tell you 1 came hero to hunt this
man. Oscar Phelps ho calls himself,
but that is not his: real name what hi.s
name is, no matter. For two years I
have been seeking him, and only acci
dentally found that ho was here under
an assumed name. He has wronged me
so deeply that only his life can atone
for the injurv. My name is not Leslie
Barton, and I am not what I seem. 1
might, tell you the story of my life, but
it would do no good, and it better rest
untold. Piiolps has no idea that I am
the one whom he so foully wronged in the
vears gone by, and havo no wish that
he should know it. One of us, perhaps
both, may fall for. as you say, Phelps
i.-, a goed shot, but he has none the ad
vantage of me in that respect."
"Now, Carl, knowing what yoii^ do,
will you act as my second in this affair?
ll vmi refuse, I must light without one."
What could 1
do? Leave this friend
less bov to light that man, without a
friend near to see fair play? It
was against my nature, and I did what I
think most boys of my age would have
done under similar eireum: tanee j—I
agreed to act for him.
"Thank you, Carl," ho said, taking
mv hand. If you are ever placed in a
position like this, 1 hope you may iind a
lriend as true. I have only ono request
to make should I tall, havo urn buried
in the cedar grove w here the fight will
take place, anu iu tins same clothes I am
then wearing. You will find snfiicient
inonev in the hands of the President ot
the college to defray all expense*. I
deposited it with him when paid my
tuition,"
And with that lie again piv-
hand, and left the room
:ir'
black broadcloth, and won
head a narrow-brimmed whit.'
a smile, he said:
"You are th"
"Phelps has
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as lie
-'and
tiamo is Leslie Barton
some­
where before, but curse mo if I can re
collect where it was. Well, no matter.
111 learn him before he leaves this
school that it is better to havo Oscar
Phelps' friendship than his enmity."
but
have a favor—a very great favor
to ask of you. You are the only one I
have bvu on anything like iutimat*1
terms with since I have lnvn here, and
yet I hardly think our acquaintance has
iwvu of sutlicient length to justify mo in
expecting the favor I am about to so
licit.''
"Anything i can possibly do for you
will lie done cheerfully, Barton," I re
plied, anxious to know what it was he
wished me to do.
Again he was silent for a brief time.
At. length he spoke
Carl, I am to light a duel this even
ing."
Tho devil you are!" 1 xchiimed,
springing up from my chair.
Yes," ho replied, this evening at 5
o'clock."
With whom I asked, having some
what recovered from the astonishment
hi:* words had caused.
"With Oscar Phelps The arrange
ments are all made between us. We
are to fight in tho cedar grovo just 1h
yond tho college grounds, with pistols
at ten paces distance. What I want is
for you to act as my second. Will you
do it V
"But, Barton," I asked, "havo you
thought of what the o.nisoquenoefl may
b^ I havo heard that Phelps is a dead
shot with a pistol."
upon his
hat.
mi a narrow-orimnied wnite hut. He
aw not observe me until I was quite
lose to him, and then, glancing tip with
W hat kind of pistols will you u.
Iaski-d.
He stepped to the foot of a large tree,
and picked up a black ebony case, which
I found, U]K»n opening, to contain a pair
of gold-mounted pistols, the
I looked in the direction indicated by
him, and saw Phelps, accompanied bv
a cadet named Murnfee, with whom I
had but a very slight acquaintance.
They
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raised their caps politely as they
cam" up Barton acknowledged the
presence of Mumfee with a haughty sa
lute. but did not deign to notice Phelps.
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We are on time, 1 presume said
Mumfee, looking at his watch.
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Yes," I replied, "and have several
minutes to spare before tho time ap
pointed."
"Then lot me see you a moment," he
said. And we walked apart from the
others.
Do you know how this trouble orig
inated ho asked, when we wero out
of hearing.
No," I replied
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A moment's silence, and then Mum
fee,
who was to give the word, cried out:
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Gentlemen, are you ready?"
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Readv," came from both.
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One'"
They both raised their pistols, and the
sharp, metallic "click, click," of the
locks re-sounded upon the evening air.
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Two!"
I l.*ked at Leslie Barton. Not a
muscle moved. Hi.s face was hard and
stern, and there was that same light in
his liandsome black eyes that I had no
ticed on tho day that Phelps addressed
him in the hall of tho college.
"Three!"
Simultaneously tho reports of both
pistols rang out—so near together were
they that it seemed that but one pistol
had tired. My eyes were fixed upon
Leslie,
and at the crack of the pistols I
saw him stagger for a moment, drop his
pistol and clasp both his hands over his
left breast, and, before I could reach
him, he had fallen backward to tho
ground.
As 1 raised his head upon my km-" he
gave one or
two
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of punctuality
arrived yet?" I
V
asked, looking around.
"No but he will be on tin le- i"
plied. I never heard of his U ui, i.o.
on an occasion like the ireeut."
"Then this Lh not his tirst? 1. a^ked.
in surprise.
"No Oscar I'h• dps has made more
than one vacant chair in what, but for
him, would now lie happy homes."
finest
over seen. They were
I had
Colt's
latest-
improved patent, 38 caliber. Such
a weapon in the hands of one skilled in
its use would easily kill a man at forty
yards, and they wero to fight at ten
paces. I shuddered.
"They are coming," said Barton, in
terrupting me in my examination of the
pistols.
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don't you? My
principal did not consider it necessary
to tell me."
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Just tho case with mine. I. say, this
is going to be a bad business tor us, I'm
afraid. They say Phelps is a sure shot."
"Yes, and, from what I can learn,
Barton is no indifferent hand with a pis
tol."
I presume those are the weajxms to
be used," lie said, pointing to the
ease
I
held in my hand. "Let me see them,
please."
1 handed liim the pistols, and saw by
the way he handled them that he was
familiar with such things. Hu examined
them closely for several moments, and
then said
"One or tho other if those boys is
di med."
Before I had time to reply Phelps
called to us
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Gentlemen, time's up."
We walked back to where he and Bar
ton were standing, a little apart from
each other, and, having selected suitable
ground, Mumfee measured otV ten paces.
We then carefully loaded the pistols,
after which I walked to where Barton
was standing.
Is everything ready?" lc- ask"d, as I
came up to him.
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Yes. Is there anything y u want to
say
Nothing, except to thank you for
your kindness to me, and to ask of you
to see that my instructions of this morn
ing are carried out. Don't try to dis
cover what my real name is, for it would
bo useless."
And without another word ho took his
p.sition. Phelps was already in his
place with his pistol in his hand. I
handed Leslie tho pistol selected for him,
and walked off a few steps to his right.
gasp.-., a convulsive shud­
der passed over him, and he was still.
Unclasping his hand.-, livin his breast,
saw where the ball had ent
over his heart, and 1
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'it mv
At'twenty minutes to five, I nrrrived
at the grove and found slio Barton
aircadv there, walking back anu loi't i
beneath the tall cedars, whoso thick
boughs wero so closely interwoven aMo
almost entirely exclude the rays oi the
setting sun.
Ah I approached, I noticed that lie
hud discarded tho college uniform, and
was dressed in a neatly-tittmg suit oi
red,
just
knew
that the spirit
of Leslie Bart.m had taken its flight
from this world.
Laving his head gently back upon the
ground, 1 turned and saw Mumfee, bend
ing over the prostrate term of Phelps.
Approaching, I asked
is he badly hurt?"
"Badly hurt! the devil. Why, ho
was dead "before he touched the ground.
Look at that," and he pointed to a btll
lot-holo just ixitweon the eye^. How
about Barton
He
is
dead,
too.
Shot directly
through the heart."
For a time we were both .- ijent. Mum
fee was first to speak.
Well," ho said, nsnig. ''something
must
be. done—ono of us mn.it report
this at the
college. "Will
Yes,"
you go
I replied, and, without a mo­
ment's delav, hurried to the college. I
fotimrCol.
W in his room, and re
ported the affair to hint. At lirst he
seemed
to think I was drank or crazy,
but when I told him that Cadets Barton
and Phelps were lying dead iu the ce
dar grove he sprang from hi,- chair, ex
claiming
t!i tw..
And you assisted
dering each other?"
as Barton's
I
re] died.
Then go to your room and i
yoursell under close arn -t. You will
answer to a higher court, than si
college
court martial," and. seizing his hat, he
hurried from tho room.
I went up to my room, and threw my
self into a chair. My state of mind can
more easily be imagined than described.
In a few minutes 1 heard footsteps as
Cending the stairs, and then the key wa..
turned iu my door, from the outside, and
the steady tram}) of some ono back and
forth before my door told mo that a sen
tinel was on guiud there.
The hours dragged wearily on, and.
just a.s the clock in tho hall told the hour
of 10, the door was opened and a cadet
came in with orders for mo to
rep,
.rt to
Col. W immediately. He .followed
me down the long hallway, down the
stairs to the door of the Commandant's
room, I entered, but tho guard re
mained on the outside. I found Coi.
W excitedly walking the floor.
Turning to me, lie asked, liorceiy
What did you know of Leslie Bat
ton
Nothing, Colonel, until to-day, when
ho told me his. name was not Leslie Bui
ton," I replied.
"Did he tell you what his name
was?"
He did not, but ho told mo some
thing else." And I told him of the con
versation I had with Barton, and wliat
he said in reference to injuries received
at tho hands of Phelps, and that las only
object in attending tho college was to.
seek out Phelps, and be revenged.
Then I can tell you something that
you did not know," ho said. Leslie
Barton
teas a uuonan.
No one over
dreamed of it until since her dotdh. I
have not the slightest idea who she was,
or where she came from, for she declined
to give :uiy place of rosidenc-e when she
entered. But why I have sent for you
is this You will be arrested to-morrow
if you are here, and my advice to you is
to leave to-niglit, and the further you are
from this town to-morrow morning the
saler you will be. There is a train
leaves in twenty minutes w heu it goes
out, bo sure that you are among its pas
sengers. Don't bother about your bag
gage you can write back aud havo it
shipped to you."
Tlie advice was too good not to be fol
!i ed. I went to my room and changed
my uniform for a plain citizen's clothes,
hurried to the dfpot, boarded tho train
.t as it was pulling out, and before
daylight tho next morning I was in an
other State.
A week afterward I read an account of
the affair in a newspaper, but so differ
ent was it from what really occurred
that, had it not been for tho names, I
•should have failed to recognize it as the
same.
The mystery was never cleared up,
and in the. cedar grove where sin tell and
was buried there stands a marble shaft,
erected by the cadets of the college,
with the name of Leslie Barton upon it,
and underneath the Latin injunction,
Nil mortuus nisi bonum.
I'll A V VILLE, AUt.
Eminent Shoemakers.
Perhaps it, was Coleridge who first re
marked upon the great number of shoe
makers that have become eminent in
various walks of life and certain it i.s
that magazines and newspapers have
found in men who sprang from this em
ployment to higher things many sub
jects for interesting sketches, obituary
notices and special articles.
Tin-re w as a man some years ago in
Portland—probably a shoemaker, but,
at all events, too modest to give his
name—who published a book which he
called
44
Eminent Shoemakers," and tho
recent news that John Mackintosh, a
shoemaker of Aberdeen, has written
two
volumes of a
44
History of Civiliza­
tion in Scotland" will give interest to
some of the celebrated names which the
Portland shoemaker succeeded in bring
ing together.
William Gifford, the founder, and
long tho editor, of tho London
li* rif u\
Quarts rly
and than whom probably no
shoemaker over lnul
44
one sutor thrown
at him more often or with better effect,
toiled, wo are informed, six long years
at the trade wliich ho said himself lie
"hated with a perfect hatred."
George Fox, whom, by the way,
Carlyle has celebrated as one
of the noblest men in England,
44
mak­
ing himself a suit of leather," divided
his time between making shoes and
caring for sheep until ho began to preach
those sermons of his, and to do thai
Christian work which final
1)' rave tint/)
the world the first organization of the
S K'iety of Quakers. Robert Biootnfidd,
the poet, made shoes, and of him it was
once said that he was "the most, spirit
ual shoemaker that ever handled an
awl." Hans Sachs, the friend of Luther,
who wrote live,
folio
Trihutit.
volumes in veise
that are printed, and live others that so-'
not, was a most diligent maker ot sh
in quaint old Nuremberg, and, tor all ho
wrote, never made a shoe the less, lie
said, and virtually reared a lar^e family
by the labor of his hands, iudepoinient
of his poetrv.
Among others, this author mentions
r,o less a name than Noah Worcester.
Roger Sherman, too. is on his list, and
Thomas Hoi croft. Others might be—
Henry Wilson ono of them. Indeed, it
should not be forgotten that the father
of .John Adams, our second President
aud the father of our sixth, made many
a shot1 in his day during the leisure which
hi.s farm life gave him.—Kir
York
A man 05 years old hurt been found
Hai rington/Me., wii has "been out of
th,- State only once, has been on a
rtfeamboat only once, and never was in a
city until lie visited Portland, which lie
"lvckoned wasn't much of a place for
farms."