Show w OLD BLIND ALIVE AUTE BUT DUT HB 1119 18 15 NOW IN seclusion ee aerl likO ur 09 t KB of lit laves no Hl kM N lotare ate ar 1 its II 11 log LO ilar the th b joe of awit new york letter 5 tsuiko to learn something definite tilts bout about blind tom ft A bin man mad inquiries concerning him the th other day at t iome some of t this th most t nent flent ogen ten ag yg etc cled in new sew kork lork hut but the a birch 0 A r c h yielded little for antor or matlon motion and at or ere eral place places the inquire inquirer has a 1 that the ahoua famous blind idiot niro negro pi anist bad long loo ben been i ead why said one on nan bli blind tom was drowned in the th johnst Johnt wu wn and they put up a handsome han dome headstone bead atone over his which was wa so 0 o well described in the newspapers that I 1 can easily picture it in my mind although althou ih I 1 hare have never ceen seen it finally ii a man was wa found who said aid that in 1893 blind tom waa was living in a tenement ement boire house at no east twenty first street with mr and mra albert J lerche before ahe she manit marriel man it 1 her present husband mra lerch was the widow ot at john 0 bethune eon son of at general james N bethune 0 of f oe jeorga and virginia who owned tom before the war the moved some time afo ago to Nave navesink sink highland highlands the next inquiries att put to I 1 A ul live Jerit tYman driver vl of a cab ot at toe the Int miocene ocene period kin I 1 take you to see blin tom sure buret I 1 was the tab driver drivers a response lirra out to old shay a ilay ler shay shair a dunno dunne lothin about the ler let we call him shay he ile lilies bout two mile miles from here ef you drive an a about fire ef of you walk I 1 said I 1 could take you to see blin tom I 1 II 11 hare have to take that back take you to ler let shay a but I 1 don 9 guarantee see the other teller feller mighty shy ot at him an they aint many get to him an that I 1 the truth half an sin hour later litter after a drive over unfenced narrow red roads mads winding over steep hil a and through hollows under the shade of w w return trip to the station at its begun arrived the tb inquirer VM was surrounded by a little knot of gentiel lita ot of leisure been out to sea llin tota tom ebl hia questioned one on ADA been ea him hirut well wall than moat most even if 11 you to done better yon yot dido t have much of a talk with him ilia friends don t aks kin 6 ly to strangers at 1 olk round here wont want soon forget when they him here aa As soon aj as the tb negro fot got off the tb train he be bran began to 10 dance up and aud dawa the platform singing tiddo it il 1 dum durn dum duro dum tl it durn damply apty pty tl dum dun dum dun dual all the tb bile out bid hi arm arms and making bid bl fingers to aa as if it be b vai was a playing th the piano everybody ed the negro wai will blind tom right away but mr air and mr mrs larche admit it tor for a long w while bile and it waa was a year or of more be b fore they made friends with any of ua us lately though they bay invited a it few of ua us to go to the bousa house and hear tom pit bif lie don doat t ply aa As much ai 91 be used aed to ard he h knori only the old air airs lie ills ta a to himself a good deal but his talk ie Is almost all of it tion of the talk be h bears from the lercher and their few visitors and be aldaya stops if it he knows a stranger la Is by in hi bis way bo b a religious rell ilou and herout be play any film but blit hymn tune tunes on sundays endter will he permit any one to wear swear la in bid presence ence aben W hen a neighbor stan aay too loni long to cult him tom la is alraya bored and ht be then makes it a point to cut the visit 1 abort short with i 11 lou all ve talked enough now good byll we alway always suppose they keep tom cloe close because somebody tonie body ele else la Is trying to get him anil and lerche talk about the big lawsuits lawi ulta thai that have been fouz t over t abe je rc acs 0 O but sot nat aksa 0 at eliud turn tutu has pirvey pic veil in pub tubilio ki del don dom since 1999 detor before that he be wa was one of at the moet most popular attract attraction loam on the road his hi net earnings leing being es timatea at from popo to 50 2 eno AN OF V ap loll 1011 r W r sl 11 jl kw k w A 4 IVY 4 WHERE BLIND IS 13 CONFINED closely crowded forest tree trees the cabman turned into a gently eloping sloping grass growa grown tree dotted opening at the toot foot of which lay the placid nortie orth shrewsbury river here a the end of the road an there a the house eald said the driver shortly used to belong to 0 rourke who run a bookstore in new york ler let hay shay and bla big wife an rita 11 tom have lived there gain on three year years now at first sight the houe house a large and once boy cottage ot at apparently twelve cr or fourteen rooms teemed seemed de sett derod abut but presently the kitchen with an open door guarded by the screens so 0 o universally used in jer jet sey sty came into view ag as an evidence t that hat the th place was inhabited the visitor therefore pulled the bell knob by the side id ot at the main entrance with court d dence ence tint ting a ling a went the bell in abe be recesses of the house bowwow I 1 bow wow wow bowwow responded a half halt dozen dogs ot of various sizes ages and breeds and end presently a snapping mapping snarling pack of the brutes had formed in a semicircle semi circle about the man at the door while the driver perched safely on tuft the seat ot of his hi cab played the part of an interested spectator after several bialt mannes es there being no further response ree the visitor tramped round to the other side of the house which overlooks a rather neglected but nightly lawn and the reaches of the river there he rang another bell and there the result was via the fame same only the barking of the dogs wac was more prolonged and vociferous tb then ell he re turned to the original point of attack As he turned the corner of the house the driver called out there a win tom ifton cowl I 1 see him in that upper window T the visitor looked toward the win dow indicated ni ea saw the broad shoulders and mafere head of a negro about years yra ot of age what do you want fantt what do you wast cried the negro are you blind yes I 1 m blind tom responded tie the negro apparently much agitated agitate d and I X wish you would go awall isar Is ir lerchl about no he Is not and I 1 say I 1 ah you wo lid ild go away I 1 dont don t want walt to a see yott better kit git out or ot here debbe dug tested the driver ly 1 he to might have a gun you know and be he might shoot by the sound ot of our i vol cles go away from here repeated the net bearo 1 I don dont t want to talk with stranger As on one save ta ha negro appeared to b be la in the anu the driver drivers advice taken and a fer moment moments uter later the |