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Show THE HADIT OF DHUDQERY. mit AilTMltitSM un.l OtlierwIMi of IIf l?ii; n IlUllnull7a llrnther. Since my brother Mundanus has be-como'ricb be-como'ricb nnd famous ns the author iuid autocrat of tho bootjaclt trust, I have been very strongly tempted to atop vorUlnif for mysolf and arntngo with him for my support, says n writer writ-er in Scribner's. It may bo that I shall conclude that tho habit of drudgery Is too firmly fixed on mo to bo thrown oil with Impunity, so that perhaps I shall elect to ro on worklnjr; but If I do it will Imj in the tuturo of tclMndulgcnce, maintained for more personal cute, against my conviction of what is Just and right. For my argument U. and It Is conceived con-ceived on general nnd Impersonal grounds, and foundod without preju' dlco on dispassionate observation, that a comfortable maintenance without work Is a very moderate sot oft to any ordinary man for tho uiconvenience and detriment of having an immoderately immoder-ately suecohsful brother. Tho reason lies in the incorrigible tendency of society so-ciety to mea-turo brothers by tho wimo standard. When they ore little society piits them hick to back and observes whleh 1 tno tailor. When they are frown It piles their achievements or renown or lncomos up fcido by side, .mil remarks which pllo is bigger. Mr Hookof oiler's or Mr. Aster's income in-come may run up Into the rutllons, without inalilnif nnyono think the worse of my capacity! but ever since It becamo known that Mundanun was eUln.T Hf'y thousand dollar rt yoon (largely paynb'o In Itooljuc'c stock, aa I hrtppan to know, but tlio publlo doesn't), It has been imputed to raj as a fault, and wimowhat of a dligniee, that my In-tnHnira wero not so Urjfe-However Urjfe-However coii-ielontiourjy a man may have used tho tulonU u'lven him, mid whatever propreRS ho moy have modu in life. If It be his misfortune to have a meteoric brother who has balled con-splsuoiiH con-splsuoiiH whera he haa had to plod, and arilved jrlorloiiH Uliere he has sweat I In putimit aspiration, the slow-traltel man Is bound to miffer as I do. by dls; paraglng com;i irUon with his ooupod fellow of tho r.aroobrood. |