Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-12-19

ieIl only 100 hdppy Al INC Thought lit
would have been even better pleased, had
it already been paid for, for then he might
have gone to the tailor's at once, instead
of setting up, under the bed-clothes, and
worrying himself about trifes.
"She has appointed tomorrow? l want
to 60 so badly. And here 1 must loose
the opportunity. What shall 1 do, Gam
boge?"
with the pantaloOns?-darn the pam
taloonsl"
Il have. six or seven times"
You'll be foolish if you let anything
stand in the way of your going now, tell
yOu sir. There's not oily her patronage
perhaps her friendship-but the cOnsid-
Grafton it will give you; and the circle
you'll step into, and the choice things you
will see in her hOuse-nOt only pictures
and marbles, but articles of Uertu. every
thing to crafty taste like yours. And
then there's herself she is worth breaking
your neck but to speak to-"
''0h, l would willingly break my neck
for the honor of bowling before Miss Fol
lett But to go there with patches on my
knees. that would require more courage, you
see Not but that L could bear a sneer
from her; sneer on the lips of bcauti-
full woman sometimes fires man to proud
achievements; but to see all those rows of
supercilious mustaches curling at me
humphl L should get angry"
Perhaps you can wear mine; you're
only four inches taller than l, and trife
heavier of course. The fact is. would
lend you money to buy you a pair, but l
haven't got it My landlady was after
me this morning, paid visit to my rooms,
caught me when 1 hadn't chance to re-
treat, and gave her all 1 had. 1 didn't
count it; she'll make it all right.
What a simpleton you are, Gambogel
l don't wonder you are always in trouble,
with fifteen hundred dollars worth of
commissions in a year. Do you know
how much l have spent in the last twelve
months? Just hundred and twenty dol
lars"
"0h. lived upon seventy-fve. one year,
so yeu needn't boast. That was the year
| wrote my letters to my mother lying up
on my stomach on the floor, for want of
table or chair. You raid the postage on
those letters You were better off than l,
then
"And now-but don't envy you Gam
boge. You deserve more than you have
received"
And 1 am aware of it, old boy. Your
luck will begin to come soon. You'll get
the start of me in the race yet. You're so
lucky. you knowp'
had finished mending nay pantaloOns,
and had put them on, when my companion
made this remark. The idea of nag being
lucky was so outrageously impudent that
it threw me into a fit of laughter. There
never before existed a young man Sc strong,
healthy and handsome as myself, with rath-
er unusual genius. too, who had such a
facility for getting into all kinds of prcdic-
aments.
Don't laugh so; don't, for goodness
sake!" exclaimed Gambcge, as l rolled
upon the led in unrefectivc merriment.
His tone of distress quieted me:
Don't you see what you've done?' he
asked, reproachfully. Look at your coatr'
more sternly-"look at it behind!''
1 tried to obey him, but the situation
of my eyes in my face prevented my seeing
my back, and had no mirror But l felt
the mischief. My coat was tender from
long wear, and fitted me closely, from the
fact that l had grown in weight and stature
upon bread and cheese since first put
it on. and in my fit of ultimely mirth
had split it from collar to tail.
"NOw, then. you're ready for Miss Fol-
let's reunion, l suppose
This cutting irony was very hard to
bear at that moment; but l resisted the in
clinatiOn,tO strike my only friend. and an
swared desperately: 81 couldn't help laugh
ing, could L? If 1 didn't retain my pro-
clivities for laughing, I'd like to know
what would become Of me-"
THAT is true" responded Gamboge,
looking at me refectively. 1t is not every
one who could be so merry as you upon
such low diet, nor look 50 high-colorcd
and bright, either. By the way wonder
that fellow doesn't come up. I knew
you'd be just getting out of bed, and l
ordered the saloon keeper down below to
send up cur breakfast; l haven't had mine,
yet Coffee and beefsteak. etc"
This news revived my courage, which
had weakened at the sight of two
halves of my coat which had pulled off
and thrown upon the bed.
Where will we have it, Gamboge?"
''Put that box upon the bed. we can sit
upon either side ffere it comes. at last"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
DR.. Franklin says, every little frag-
ment of the day should be saved. Oh.
yes the rsnment that II hreaks snt rn,,r