Show A London Editor and His Brother While William Stead at the age of forty has risen to tho editorship of the Pall Hall Gazette his brother who pos I sessessed equal ability sleeps in a nameless name-less grave in the little town of Clayton Ala It was in 1872 that Stead made his appearance in Clayton He was a tramp I but gave evidence of having seen better i days Penniless and friendless he gladly accepted odd jobs and soon went to work as a landscape gardner To Professor Pro-fessor Johnson then a teacher in Clayton Clay-ton Stead confided the story of his life j It was the old tale of drink and the train of evils following it Rum had robbed him of family fortune and friends and made him a vagabond upon the face of the earth Again the demon seized him and this time death put an end to his struggles and temptations Professor Johnson wrote to the great London editor informing him of his brothers sad fate I and in due time a reply came acknowledging acknowl-edging the relationship and giving the I history of a brilliant but uncontrollable man Tho prosperous editor begged the Professor to communicate anything of a pleasant nature he might know about the outcast but not to write any unpleasant tidings Atlanta Constitution I |