| Show I r NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY I II I THE T YOKE yoK OF r BONDAGE THAT GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS WORE Ur nl J 1 K U Edwards Edward Till This dally 1 series of and nd J that Illet throw tw new Interesting and md frequently dramatIc light on famous fam oa event and d personalIties pe of ot the III p past at IntI during durl nearly forty fort m yeses n of nor moro or less lea have hav been It collected by Eda mat mt acquaintance lU with lIb many malty of et the th country leaders since 11 the Civil CI war r Each Karri anecdote or Incident la is R frh b from Mr Ir Ed notebook end and 4 either In whole or In part It tat Mew Hew New of ot Yesterday garnered rae roan Ih the mn men w who Im Important Aa As equally qually authoritative rc athe from md made the Ih these Ih Interest soft ort rt of history contributIons of tOt t the Ib Human artIcles article have a distinctive value vale all aU their own One day da In the spring of 0 WM I wise was hailed boIled by hp b the late Ate I lodwin win who In ID his hi time Ume w was famous as an editor and author and of oe William Cullen Bryant Yesterday I met Oe Oeo rge William Curtis be he said 11 it Ue was waa walking up Broadway Broadw Ill Ills top step ete wa was vigorous elastIc 11 Ill IU whole manner wa was waa ug BUlin of buoyant health and perfect inward IDward satisfactIon II 11 piqued my curiosity and I 1 topped stopped him You Vou seem m to be ba In such uch superfine spirit thIs thU morning that I 1 am m deeply Interested I Isaid Isaid said laughingly 0 Why I be In good spirits replied Mr lr Ir The yoke Uke of bond bund bondI bundage age l I is off my neck at st last t After Aft more mol than ban thirty years year I 1 am an absolutely use free and nd Independent man once more mor morI I am m happy haW Mr IF Godwin And as se he h stood there th hi his taos face shining with hi his hill inward Inard joy I recalled the whole story 1101 of ot that yoke of ot bondage bond It U was wua in 1167 1161 that bat th tb the old Putnam lot of f which I warn waa an editor unable un bit to weather the financial dl of 0 that period went under Mr Mr Curtis Curti had hd shared hal the publishing responsibility of 0 the magazIne with x t man of ot the name of 0 Miller under the theAnn firm Arm name of 0 Miller A CurUa and this tb firm was so eo heavily Involved that after afler It I had bad been discharged from till bank bankruptcy bankruptcY sixty there It till still remained about thousand housand dollar of or it debts debe C cued If It I 1 live II said d Mr Curtis whet when b lie e heard hard of 0 that tbt and md a nl have ha v my strength and nd my earning power wr I 1 will wilt pay p every n dollar of 0 those thu obligation myself mU lila His III friend remonstrated telling absolved hInt him him Im that the courts court had from rom COY any ny uch uh obligation lit fib reply was waa perfectly h But tut there th remain the highest possible obligation It I an oblIge obliga upon me he h said d tion of oC personal perlOW honor Iton r and I hall abal never feel eel easy e for a moment until I know that very ivory person shon to whom I am uri morally morall Indebted hM his received payment p nt In full ull with wILlI interest to date d te ot of pa pity pIment bent ment 80 flu II on hi his own Initiative Mr CurtIs Cur gave gava 8 notes note for the amount owing by hi his old firm and nd then began lecturing Up and nd down and anal through the tb country he went year ear after year delivering his hi lectures lecture and anal every V cent of or money that he ho h made In that way wy went to t tk take kv up II one on attic after another the note notes that h he had given Every cent I say R w went nt for tor this purpose for tor he h lived on what ho he homade homade made aa as an editor Finally them came the day dy when he b wanted to pay a certain note not but could not locate it its Ita holder and greatly worried he b hunted up his hla old partner and nd told him the circumstances Why hy said Mr lr Miller I bother about bout that let It go goNo goNo No I will w III not let It Iff go declared Mr Curtis Curti I 1 am going In to find tind that note and pay It And he b did after a diligent search HlUCh Thu Thus vear year after alter year Mr Curtis Curti slowly lowly but gradually n it th the I Mi amount of 0 the thousand hound he h had rn to himself to pay py on oft oft In their entirety y with Ami And then one on dIY day ho found the last note nole It was wan that noto that he ha had Jut just canceled can when I met mft him M year ye after the fail tall failure failure ure of or hi his hll publishing firm anil do you yoto wonder that he felt a lilt as though he load had Jut just been teton released from rom prison A little tittle over two year after Mr Godwin told me m this tory etory the news new was w flashed throughout the country that tbt George Orle William Curtis nationally famous a as an n editor and end pub nub heist wa waS Wall dead How peaceful thoss closing years year y or of hi his life must have liars been ben to him an absolutely free tree and an Independent man once more |
