The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-06-21

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q Buy out A. I. Stewart or Astor if like
) Tell you, like the smell or not lie is a gooG
thing to get inter, Cousin Pete. y
"Exeuse me, / said, 'but don't call me
e Pete. It's vulgar; don like it. | write
It myself Pcre-the French form of the
D name.
i ''Lor', du you?" said Silas IVA al won.
v der | should like Pete-it sounds good;
5 sort o short for petroleum. That's why
likeSile Take away the and its lie you
know. So you amt in ile?".
began to wish was.
Come down here to visit hotels?" said
: he, going on. want to contract to furnish
Y 'em with superior quality of table lie for
, salids and sich New well started yesterday
morning; delicious stuff; fetch you up a
bottle
i beg you won't trouble yourself
said, aghast.
mo trouble at all, Cousin Pete--or what s
that you want to be called? Peer? Be-
sides, you can write me up puff. Biggest
lie man goln finest quality lie, ETC., etc
You re in the newspaper line, hear.
Il venture to call myself an author, /
remarked
'Sartinly. Don't pay, dccs it?"
'Tolerably. There are better things than
HlnneN, nIf. IeCk.
"Wa'a al, | dunno what, unless it's ilc-
But say, you know the big bugs. don't
you?'
thought of my landlady's bed rooms du-
ring midsummer, and groaued-
"Yes."
First families Fifth Avney folks and
them, ye know
"a few" said l.
"Wa'al now [ m up in the world, I ought
to know en- oughtn't I? Tell you what
Cousin Pete--beg pardon, Peer, I'll stay
with you spell, and you shall show me
round
The accommodations, | began.
Don make no apologies. Slep' in an
lie puddle many a time; larn to rough it at
the wells, said Cousin Sie; and what more
could | say?
Therefore he staid. We dined, we smo-
ked. Then | began to look at the time
! piece. | had an engagement at Miss Wick
ett s; but to take Sile there in his blue coat,
white hat and brass buttons, with such an
odor of oil, was impossible. adored Miss
! Wicket; tancied | had made some advan-
ces toward her esteem. Po present cousin
like Sias Peek might ruin them at once and
| forever. At last | venturcd:
Not having your baggage with you, |
presume dare not hope for your company
tonight, Cousin Silas?'
'Eh Lor yes. Don you see I've got
onmy Sunday bettcrmost? Paper collar in
my pocket, wrapped with tnetouth comb
in a clean handkerchief. Learn to make
yerself slick easy at the lie wells. -
So in despair | dressed, perfumed my
kcrchef with Night Blooming Ccreus, and
a accepted Silas Peek company with Il groan |
Our way up broadway was marked by the
shifts ofpedestrans against whom we brush
ed, and CALCULATIONS Of Awful ''Hor-
rid! y Kerosene, amt it?' etc.
They had IL party at the Wicketts-an el- |
egant, select affair, graccd bp tiie bellies and
eXquisites OF the creme lie Ia creme. As 81
las took his hat off and ran his fingers
through his hair, il felt my heart sink. He
seemed such greasy wretch. | expected |
to be ordered from the house when | said to
Mr.. Wicket aside:
''My dear Sir, have taken the liberty of
bringing withmea a distant cousin oi'ny own,
Mr.. Peck-a-ahem-a rather unsophiSti-
Gated gcntlemen-a-in fact, just from his |
extensive oil farm, where he has amassed a
Fortune, and, | fear, learned to neglect the
obscrvanccs. I--ahem. !"
To my establishment, Mr.. Wicket shook
me by the hand.
"Noapologies, he said. "Thcse busy
and prosperous persons are privilegcl; We
don expect of them what we do Of others.
Introduce me.
All kinlness'to me, of course [ felt CRATE
full. So introduced Mr. Peck, and went
to find Miss Wickctt, who was divine in
scarlet and white flowers. How ] adored
that girl! How l Toasted on her smiles +
iHIrl tplnr fAI IN hos, l
| dared to say sweet nothings to her-when
she looked at me as only she could look
Every man has been in love once in his life,
they say Ifso, every man can recall his
own experience, AMI know how I regarded
Miss Wilhe!mra Wicket. Words cannot
do justice to my emotions.
In her presence forgot my cousin Silas
Peek for awhile But soon, in the midst Of
the silence in which we listened to Wilhcl-
nina singing, | heard his voice, and, turn
ing, saw him. He stood in the midst of
group Of gentlemen, all with their faces very
red with excitement and their eyes wide omen
with surprise, and held forth on the subject
Of oil
How his tract spoutcd Sir, as eff eleven
thouslng whales were underneath the a,th.
How folks went on their knees to get the
first supplies Of that lie. How he verify
believed that, diggin' down six feet, you 4
come to great vat fill, all ready to be
scooped up; ond how al the lie streems and
lie wells jest had their rise in Peek's farm,
and nowhere else. l5p iingo
And when she had done singing, Wiihel t
mina-l mean Mr.. Wickett-dartcd from
the crowd, and, seizing her hand, drew her
towards Sllas with the words, My love t
must make you acquainted with Mr.. Peek, (
one OF our oil pioneers, who has been civ |
ing us some very valuable information on
the subject of oil lands .,Ga.l.
Poor Wilhelmina--s who shuldored at |
the unpleasant perfume of masigold, and
could not walk in the garden until the gar t
aener had uprooted that obnoxious weed f
how pltled her as the atmosphere of my
horrible oil cousin surrounded her on the \
velvet tcto-a-tcfei .
For my sal &c you have born it, angelic r
girl! thought; and followed her with INV f
yes as Slas took her down to supper, say S
ng on the stairs II wish | d a thought to II
etch along bottle o le you could a seen n
row line it ate on salad. And, | tell We. |
here amt nothin'< like it for hair lie
reckon you've noticed how slick mine looks, a
t would take that kink out O yourn in no O
ime" y
When we departed, | could not help o
reathng in her ear, Il appreciate your \
indness, most aniable Of mortal women c,
ngel Aud she smiled as | and Silas
owed ourselves out together.
The next day there came to me dainty
ote, written as an old friend might write I
'apa was busy, and papa had requested her
write. Could Mr.. Paragraph dine with
lem on Wednesday, and bring his dear, 0,
ia, agreeable cousin, Mr. Peck, who had VI
Interested papa about his wells and ol
11lngs, along with him? And she remain. vi
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