Activate Javascript or update your browser for the full Digital Library experience.
Next Page
OCR
W‘ ‘lli
h‘
il‘I',u
V, , > ll l v I
i Ill‘ TgJL
-. Iullllllllw &;
[l".I.llr<<l Lu1'urIIlIlg,'lI) Jcllrf Culuzrlu-,ilI me yunr lw'.‘,l>y..l;IwA.s PIlu.w.sI
W ifoi. III.i
I L.;;LLIL:;L;g:L..LI
EIIILIP BERKELEY.
W []I.lheMaslI:I's[iun.
EEY FRANK R. STOCKTON.
GIL‘ l"l'l'lll. l.
()l.lI uni‘ HEN.
I may as well suyzit mu-v that Olul
Brudon was Hie mune ml‘ :1 <lm1l.lvVlv:Ir-
relud shot-gun. It hzul ori-.-‘i mlly lv-'<:
longed to 21 Iu:ui by tho, mm ul Iil'llIl(‘”a l
Ilml by him hull lmarii tr. In-Il l'ur:H1rm'm l
one of his ueig l
I1‘r;)x“L]1ixx)e[‘sI)ll it. hull cmne, by pur-
chase, into t.l1o- pos-
sassioii of old Mr.
Berkeley, of llysuu
llull, nl'wl1mII l slmll
s'lH‘lIl( pri-sniitly.
ThisduIil)le-l);IrrIIl>
ed sliolz-g u n-which
hurl always bmm cull-
ml hy the nmno of
its original mvnur-
was not, at. tho time
uur story begiuis, IL
wary vuluzihlo piece
of property.
The liummer of the
let’!-h:mIl’ barrel hIIIl,
smnowliere, a hitch
in it, so that it C0lllll
not always be Ill,‘-
peudud upon to cnmu
down whim the tri;
gor was pulled. Tlmre
was also :1. tradition
that :1 piece of this
left,-h:m<l bzirrol hzul
been blown out by
Mr. Brudon, who, by
accirlont, had put. a
double load into it,
and that 21 new piece
hml hoon welded in;
hut, as no mark of
s u U h gunsIuit.lIery
could be found on
the barrel, this story
was generally Ili<r<u
Hardad. Gspcni ly lythe ynungnr Dl‘l‘<
sons. who no unnlly II:-'I-Il the wnupuii.
llysou llull, the l‘(‘.N‘lll0ll1‘M4)l' l:uIll‘rvy
Berkeley, the present nwm-r of the gun,
was n lur,-:0, sqlinm lmusi-, ‘4l1Ill4lllIf.',“
almm :1 quarter nl‘IL Inilu l; lrmn till!‘ 1
of tho gronl rivurs of l’o1n 3' .
Tt huzl Inzmi Imill. l>yHnIll'rI-,3 s Ptlivr, ‘
wlmlmrl hum: (,‘llf.:':I‘.('llll, fur tlu vrmllwr
part ul'his life, in Hm (‘liiIIOsn‘ tl-Iklrzllli‘. l
“'lmu he rvtirml frum lmsim-ss llv
l
l
h0II;:lIl.u smull I-stall‘ of lliirtyor furl)‘
2I(5l'(‘N', on whivli ha or:-vtml the ;;ro:nI,
I...u.e.-,, which he Cltllnll llysim nun‘:
nlunin,-,: il. fur Ihu pm-livlllur l<iIiIl ml‘
gr:-I'll hm, (rum lhz-, sulu ml‘ wllivli hn hml ‘
praluulily muilo tho grunt:-r purl of his‘
liyrtuue.
' l:&'tIV, ‘Lil’.
r, Iunlx
lllllll'f“l“
t'tll'YI ‘llVl'l1
. s.
Old Mr. Berkeley was 2!. very lreuulilir
inmi, Iuul his lmusu was 21 (3
The l'Ul)lllS new V("
llI(lUL'(l, null with
it was snuiiviiim-s .IlIIIosL inipos
wn.rIn1lwm in winlv
Tho h:Ill< :Iirw:u's, and outer (‘ll>
trzlin-0 “mu <.;IzIIul .Iml iInpnsiIIg,uIlll,
in smlln I-mllwl-I<, it ln'ul(ml lIlUl‘(l likv :1 l
puhliu (‘lllIll‘l‘Ill.lll2l. prii to r(‘siIlmIcI=. i
The root‘ nus llul. illlll w s‘ ‘1ll‘I)llllll('ll
luv“ mulls: vIu'iI)llS points up ill
“'llll‘ll lwllx‘ hxul Iwvn lillug, in LIII3
(‘lIinI‘sl ' llll)ll,“'llll'll
linklwl whvu Lhu win-l
hlvw hurll I-ImuqlI,:uIIl
which pi-ulmlvlyv ru-
minulcxl the old tea
ll1(3I't‘l):illl nf tlm (lays
uIuliii<,'lltsl1(‘ hull ]u;issmI. whun :1 yvllllli‘
or man, in the luunl n1‘ Lhv yl-llmxv
skiinuul l‘ulvsll-ils.
llul. whuu h an, 4:mll‘rl'y I’-vrlu-Iv ',
l‘:lIll0 inlu pus <ir-n nl' llin lmilw. hv
lvmk Ihmn all llm lwlls. Ill‘. wus rm will
Illllll hiInM‘lI",:Intl I-nulzl vxvlisvll j."'>'“l
Ilvzll ml’ mlrlily: hut lhn-st‘ lmlls .<I'l‘III4'<[
‘ l‘iIil(tlll1)llS llllll Inhsilrul (‘VUH ln him.
Al lhv limv uur slur)‘ l-I‘-.riII<. HI!‘ l"""'
mil tmlwruf lhu prl-In-rly ililil nnl lix ml
VI-I'yluII<.: Ill ll -ml . ll hm! lH‘<‘lI
hul lhl'l‘ll V “lrh .sIIIm- his l':I(lII‘r <liml,:uIIl ,
‘ lime HuIIII'I-,y l'u‘rkl'lI'y, II..-nl
y . . ulul, :uI<l : II-hi-lnr, ll:-vnlml ‘
lIllIIN'1‘ll,.’N ul-ll :I< hn knvw lww. ll! lh:-‘
- IINIII ;Iu<l iIi)[vI':n'<‘IxwIIl nu’ lllvl
llo hml l;U(‘l) wry llIlIl‘ll ml‘ Ill
Ir:n'clvr ever inc-0 he w 1 hwy, llllll he
did nut llllll0 Hill :1 grout (lvul zilmul
l'urIniu;.; ur ;::Ir:h-IIiiIg.;-, or the (‘:lI'4' ol
CI)“'5.‘llIll ill‘l‘-lllVl .
A “'l(l(? ]I2l&llll'l‘rll('l!l Nlulu-<1 ll]: l'ruIII
l‘ to Llm lmllnin ml" llw l:m'II. null
1lIlUlllVi.:l.N'llll)lIl‘,(l gzmlvii InI<l
<IIIll(E:II"2I1!l(‘ lunll lN'illIl-llllIl' lmusa . :unl
Mr. l‘.I'rl<I-ll-y tool; :I jglunl (lclll III‘ lIIl('l'>I
mil in llN)lx'lll‘.[ nlivr llw upvrntinns or his
Hlllllll l:Il'lIl.
NI>lIIl' of his iwiulilmru, luuwzvw-r. .VX.'l.l1I
lhnl lm was sqmiulinp; u ;.:ro:iL Ii:-:il llmru
“‘:g$l,Ml l'I,I: x x
PHILADELPHIA, (APRIL I, I885.‘ '1‘
In Ilm (lfllcc ul (ht l.ilvnu'I:ui ul ('nIlgrLsK.l1l“'Msll)llKl4>Il,]l.r.)
.
nu‘
Ix AIM LM I-..
N0. 17. W
lmouey than hu “nlllll vvur pvt lllliflx
:1-,:uiII,:IInl l2lllj.flll‘tl:l2II4I<l ll(‘:ll :Ii hi.<Im-
tiux "lmui slurli-I.ii.siIII,v illlll lllI1!l‘4)V(‘4l
1' <-
Nulliinz of this lxiull, llU“‘(‘Y(‘7‘. dis-
turln-il lhw IUD) miII;:I;mll‘rI-y. Surina-
Iinws he lInI;;lu-ll ll his IIIi:<tuk<-s,uIul
snnieliliu-x‘ III‘ fJl‘IHV1l'Il III Ilwm, hnl llu
:I.xl;s-<l fur nu lIIhlI'l', A-"I‘l l-ml‘ V:-ry Iilllv
llllll wus Irlll'l'L'll
‘H him.
II is lltnl lik(--
ly,limu-vi-I-.llIzlt
Mr. “('Fhl‘ll"V
uuulxl llllVl‘ Iwvn
<:lli.<li<'(l Ill Hy-
rx.
uvs-I.x IIALL,
sun ll:Ill, hzul it not Iwvn lur tho mm-
luluy ul‘ Philip lirrlu-luy, his u1Il3'lum-
lhn'r‘s urlrlnui sun.
l’hIlipw:I. :1 lmy nlmul Iifloon yours
llilll. lle lllltl his I'm-ll‘ (hull ' l)Hll1Il-
“':l)'>lH‘l'll ‘-grvzu fl-ivml>.:Iml
Ilwru Plllllll be my Kllllllvt
ulmlll l'hilip's ciijuyiiwill of
lhv llh-Ill llymll llull. 1lur>
in‘-4 lho L'l'I‘.I(I‘T]1:ll'(!Ir lho your hv wont
l [41 mluml in llnuuluwn, In .NlII:Ill (own
‘ nlmlll lhru-u miles (list.-nIil., riding Lhnro
I Iuul hm-k nu u liursu his uncle guvo hIIn:
. .‘.‘”,.-5‘: :'-V