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<v Speaker 1>Section sixty one of The Gilded Age. This LibriVox recording

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<v Speaker 1>is in the public domain. The Gilded Age, A Tale

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<v Speaker 1>of to Day by Mark Twain and C. D. Warner,

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter sixty one. Clay Hawkins, years gone by had yielded,

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<v Speaker 1>after many a struggle to the migratory and speculative instinct

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<v Speaker 1>of our age and our people, and had wandered further

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<v Speaker 1>and further westward upon trading ventures. Settling finally in Melbourne, Australia,

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<v Speaker 1>he ceased to roam, became a steady going, substantial merchant,

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<v Speaker 1>and prospered greatly. His life lay beyond the theater of

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<v Speaker 1>this tale. His remittances had supported the Hawkins family entirely

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<v Speaker 1>from the time of his father's death until latterly, when Laura,

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<v Speaker 1>by her efforts in Washington, had been able to assist

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<v Speaker 1>in this work. Clay was away on a long absence

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<v Speaker 1>in some of the Eastward Islands when Laura's troubles began,

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<v Speaker 1>trying and almost in vain to arrange certain interests which

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<v Speaker 1>had become disordered through a dishonest agent, and consequently he

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<v Speaker 1>knew nothing of the murder till he returned and read

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<v Speaker 1>his letters and papers. His natural impulse was to hurry

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<v Speaker 1>to the States and save his sister if possible, for

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<v Speaker 1>he loved her with a deep and abiding affection. His

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<v Speaker 1>business was so crippled now and so deranged, that to

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<v Speaker 1>leave it would be ruin. Therefore he sold out at

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<v Speaker 1>a sacrifice that left him considerably reduced in worldly possessions,

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<v Speaker 1>and began his voyage to San Francisco. Arrived there, he

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<v Speaker 1>perceived by the newspapers that the trial was near its

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<v Speaker 1>close at Salt Lake. Later telegrams told him of the acquittal,

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<v Speaker 1>and his gratitude was boundless, So boundless indeed, that sleep

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<v Speaker 1>was driven from his eyes by the pleasurable excitement, almost

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<v Speaker 1>as effectually as preceding weeks of anxiety had done it.

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<v Speaker 1>He shaped his course straight for Hawkeye now, and his

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<v Speaker 1>meeting with his mother and the rest of the household

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<v Speaker 1>was joyful, albeit he had been away so long that

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<v Speaker 1>he seemed almost a stranger in his own house. But

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<v Speaker 1>the greetings and congratulations were hardly finished when all the

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<v Speaker 1>journals in the land clamored the news of Laura's miserable death.

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<v Speaker 1>Missus Hawkins was prostrated by this last blow, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was well that Clay was at her side, to stay

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<v Speaker 1>her with comforting words, and take upon himself the ordering

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<v Speaker 1>of the household, with its burden of labors and cares.

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Hawkins had scarcely more than entered upon that decade

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<v Speaker 1>which carries one of the full blossom of manhood, which

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<v Speaker 1>we term the beginning of middle age. And yet a

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<v Speaker 1>brief sojourn at the capital of the nation had made

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<v Speaker 1>him old. His hair was already turning gray when the

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<v Speaker 1>Late Session of Congress began its sittings. It grew grayer

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<v Speaker 1>still and rapidly. After the memorable day that saw Laura

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<v Speaker 1>proclaimed a murderess, it waxed grayer and still grayer during

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<v Speaker 1>the lagging suspense that succeeded it, and after the crash

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<v Speaker 1>which ruined his last hope, the failure of his bill

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<v Speaker 1>in the Senate, and the destruction of its champion, Dilworthy.

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<v Speaker 1>A few days later, when he stood uncovered while the

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<v Speaker 1>last prayer was pronounced over Laura's grave, his hair was whiter,

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<v Speaker 1>and his face hardly less old than the venerable ministers

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<v Speaker 1>whose words were sounding in his ears. A week after this,

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<v Speaker 1>he was sitting in a double bedded room in a

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<v Speaker 1>cheap boarding house, in Washington with Colonel Sellers. The two

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<v Speaker 1>had been living together lately, and this mutual cavern of

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<v Speaker 1>theirs the Colonel sometimes referred to as their premises, and

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes as their apartments, more particularly when conversing with persons outside.

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<v Speaker 1>A canvas covered modern trunk marked g w H stood

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<v Speaker 1>on the end by the door, strapped and ready for

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<v Speaker 1>a journey. On it lay a small Morocco satchel, also

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<v Speaker 1>marked g w H. There was another trunk spy, a

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<v Speaker 1>worn and scarred and ancient hair relic with b s

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<v Speaker 1>wrought in brass nails on its top. On it lay

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<v Speaker 1>a pair of saddle bags that probably knew more about

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<v Speaker 1>the last century than they could tell. Washington got up

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<v Speaker 1>and walked the floor awhile in a restless sort of way,

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<v Speaker 1>and finally was about to sit down on the hair trunk. Stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't sit down on that, exclaimed the colonel. There, now

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<v Speaker 1>that's all right, the chair is better. I couldn't get

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<v Speaker 1>another trunk like that, not another like it in America.

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<v Speaker 1>I reckon, I am afraid, not, said Washington, with a

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<v Speaker 1>faint attempt at a smile. No, indeed, the man is

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<v Speaker 1>dead that made that trunk, and that saddle bags. Are

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<v Speaker 1>his great grandchildren still living? Said Washington, with levity only

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<v Speaker 1>in the words, not in the tone. Well, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I hadn't thought of that. But anyway, they can't make

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<v Speaker 1>trunks and saddle bags like that if they are no

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<v Speaker 1>man can, said the colonel, with honest simplicity. Wife didn't

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<v Speaker 1>like to see me going off with that trunk, she said,

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<v Speaker 1>it was nearly certain to be stolen. Why why why

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<v Speaker 1>aren't trunks always being stolen? Well, yes, some kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>trunks are very well. Then this is some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>a trunk, and an almighty rare kind too, Yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>believe it is. Well, then why shouldn't a man want

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<v Speaker 1>to steal it if he got a chance. Indeed, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know why should he? Washington, I never heard anybody

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<v Speaker 1>talk like you. Suppose you were a thief and that

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<v Speaker 1>trunk was lying around and nobody watching, wouldn't you steal it?

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<v Speaker 1>Come now, answer fair? Wouldn't you steal it? Well, now,

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<v Speaker 1>since you corner me, I would take it, but I

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't consider it stealing it, wouldn't. Well, that beats me.

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<v Speaker 1>Now what would you call stealing? Why? Taking property is

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<v Speaker 1>stealing property? Now? What a way to talk, that is,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you suppose that trunk is worth? It? In

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<v Speaker 1>good repair, perfect hair rubbed off a little, but the

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<v Speaker 1>main structure is perfectly sound. Does it leak anywhere? Leak?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to carry water in it? What do

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<v Speaker 1>you mean by does it leak? Why do the clothes

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<v Speaker 1>fall out of it? When it is? When it is stationary? Confounded? Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>you are trying to make fun of me. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what has got into you to day? You act

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<v Speaker 1>mighty curious. What is the matter with you? Well, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell you, old friend, I am almost happy. I am indeed.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't Clay's telegram that hurried me up so and

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<v Speaker 1>got me ready to start with you. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>letter from Louise Good. What is it? What does she say?

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<v Speaker 1>She says, come home? Her father has consented at last,

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<v Speaker 1>My boy. I want to congratulate you. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>shake you by the hand. It's a long turn that

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<v Speaker 1>has no lane at the end of it, as the

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<v Speaker 1>proverb says, or somehow that way you'll be happy yet,

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<v Speaker 1>and Biah sellers will be there to see, Thank God,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe it. General Boswell is pretty nearly a poor

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<v Speaker 1>man now. The railroad that was going to build up

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<v Speaker 1>Hawkeye made short work of him, along with the rest.

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<v Speaker 1>He isn't so opposed to a son in law without

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<v Speaker 1>a fortune now without a fortune. Indeed, why that Tennessee Land.

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<v Speaker 1>Never mind the Tennessee Land, Colonel, I am done with

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<v Speaker 1>that forever and forever. Why no, you can't mean to say,

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<v Speaker 1>my father away back yonder years ago, bought it for

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<v Speaker 1>a blessing for his children, and indeed he did. Sy

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<v Speaker 1>Hawkins said to me it proved a curse to him

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<v Speaker 1>as long as he lived, and never a curse like

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<v Speaker 1>it was inflicted upon any man's ears. I'm bound to say,

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<v Speaker 1>there's more or less truth. It began to curse me

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<v Speaker 1>when I was a baby, and it has cursed every

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<v Speaker 1>hour of my life to this day. Lord Lord, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's so time and again, my wife, I depended on

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<v Speaker 1>it all through my boyhood and never tried to do

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<v Speaker 1>an honor stroke of work for my living. Right again,

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<v Speaker 1>But then you, I have chased it years and years

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<v Speaker 1>as children chase butterflies. We might all have been prosperous now,

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<v Speaker 1>We might all have been happy all these heart breaking

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<v Speaker 1>years if we had accepted our poverty at first, and

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<v Speaker 1>gone contentedly to work and built up our own wealth

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<v Speaker 1>by our own toil and sweat. It's so, it's so

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<v Speaker 1>bless my soul. How often I've told cy Hawkins instead

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<v Speaker 1>of that, we have suffered more than the damned themselves suffer.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved my father, and I honor his memory and

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<v Speaker 1>recognize his good intentions. But I grieve for his mistaken

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<v Speaker 1>ideas of conferring happiness upon his children. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>begin my life over again, and begin it and end

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<v Speaker 1>it with good, solid work. I'll leave my children no

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<v Speaker 1>tennessee Land. Spoken like a man, sir, spoken like a man.

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<v Speaker 1>Your hand again, my boy, and always remember that when

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<v Speaker 1>a word of advice from Bariah Sellers can help, it

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<v Speaker 1>is at your service. I'm going to begin again too. Indeed, yes, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen enough to show me where my mistake was.

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<v Speaker 1>The law is what I was born for. I shall

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<v Speaker 1>begin the study of the law heavens and earth. But

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<v Speaker 1>that Brahm's a wonderful man, a wonderful man, sir, such

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<v Speaker 1>a head and such a way with him. But I

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<v Speaker 1>could see that he was jealous of me. The little

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<v Speaker 1>licks I got in in the course of my argument

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<v Speaker 1>before the jury, your argument, why you were a witness?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, sir, to the popular eye, to the popular eye.

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<v Speaker 1>But I knew when I was dropping information and when

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<v Speaker 1>I was letting drive at the court with an insidious argument.

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<v Speaker 1>But the court knew it. Bless you and weakened every time.

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<v Speaker 1>And Braham knew it. I just reminded him of it

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<v Speaker 1>in a quiet way. And it's final result. And he

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<v Speaker 1>said in a whisper, you did it, colonel. You did it, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>But keep it mum for my sake. And I'll tell

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<v Speaker 1>you what you do, says he. You go into law,

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<v Speaker 1>Colonel Sellers, go into the law, sir. That's your native element.

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<v Speaker 1>And into the law, the subscriber is going. There's worlds

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<v Speaker 1>of money in it, whole worlds of money. Practice first

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<v Speaker 1>in Hawkeye, then in Jefferson, then in Saint Louis, then

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<v Speaker 1>in New York, in the metropolis of the Western world.

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<v Speaker 1>Climb and climb and climb, and wind up on the

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Bench, Pariah Seller's, chief Justice of the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States, Sir, A made man for all

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<v Speaker 1>time and eternity. That's the way I block it out, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's as clear as day, clear as the rosy morn.

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<v Speaker 1>Washington had heard little of this. The first reference to

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<v Speaker 1>Laura's trial had brought the old dejection to his face again,

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<v Speaker 1>and he stood gazing out of the window at nothing

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<v Speaker 1>lost in reverie. There was a knock. The postman handed

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<v Speaker 1>in a letter. It was from Obdstown, East Tennessee, and

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<v Speaker 1>was for Washington. He opened it. There was a note

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<v Speaker 1>saying that enclosed he would please find a bill for

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<v Speaker 1>the current year's taxes on the seventy five thousand acres

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<v Speaker 1>of Tennessee land belonging to the estate of Silas Hawkins deceased,

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<v Speaker 1>and added that the money must be paid within sixty days,

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<v Speaker 1>or the land would be sold at public auction for

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<v Speaker 1>the taxes as provided by law. The bill was for

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred eighty dollars, something more than twice the market

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<v Speaker 1>value of the land. Perhaps Washington hesitated, doubts flitted through

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<v Speaker 1>his mind. The old instinct came upon him to cling

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<v Speaker 1>to the land just a little longer and give it

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<v Speaker 1>one more chance. He walked the floor feverishly, his mind

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<v Speaker 1>tortured by indecision. Presently he stopped, took out his pocket book,

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<v Speaker 1>and counted his money two hundred and thirty dollars. It

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<v Speaker 1>was all he had in the world, one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>eighty From two hundred thirty, he said to himself, fifty left.

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<v Speaker 1>It is enough to get me home. Shall I do it?

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<v Speaker 1>Or shall I not? I wish I had somebody to

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<v Speaker 1>decide for me. The pocket book lay open in his hand,

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<v Speaker 1>with Louise's small letter in view. His eye fell upon that,

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<v Speaker 1>and it decided him. It shall go for taxes, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>and never tempt me or mine any more. He opened

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<v Speaker 1>the window and stood there, tearing the tax bill to bits,

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<v Speaker 1>and watching the breeze waft them away till all were gone.

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<v Speaker 1>The spell is broken, the life long curse is ended,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, Let us go. The baggage wagon had arrived

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes later. The two friends were mounted upon their

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<v Speaker 1>luggage in it, and rattling off toward the station, the

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<v Speaker 1>colonel endeavoring to sing homeward Bound, a song whose words

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<v Speaker 1>he knew, but whose tune, as he rendered, it was

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<v Speaker 1>a trial to auditors. End of Chapter sixty one