Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
DODGEyIILE WISCONSIN FRIDAY. AUGUST "A, 1868.

was intended to- be used. If Charley,
having obtained his days leave, had not
gone to EPSON Down, he would have be-
haved unlike a gentleman. That's clear, I
hope"
"The government ought to be ashamed
of themselves =. observed Uncle Bunce.
"Very likely but your nephew is not
the government, and although hear from
the chief of his department a most excel
lent account of the young fellow, it is not
likely he ever will be- Thus, you see, to
begin with, so. far from shirking his duties
to the Derby, Charley only obeyed
orders-and I have no doubt with great
cheerfulness. This is certainly excellent
wine" oss AZ
"Did the government make him bet
fifty to ten pounds against Palmyra ?"
inquired the old gentleman grimly, after
long silence.
"The government didn't, but the Office
did," said I, ain this way. There was
Derby sweep got up among the Sword and
Gun clerks, as is always the case at every
government office; and Charley put in his
sovereign like the rest. Perhaps that was
wrong or him: but if you never did worse,
friend Nicholas, when you were young
man, all can say is, you were too good
to live, and / shouldn't fancy you
were ever likely to die of that complaint. y
rose, and going to the window that looked
out into the quiet street, threw it up, to let
in the summer air. "Come, come; you'll
forgive his putting into the sweep" said l.
II don't ask you to be generous, bat to be
just" 3+-A - t+5---- NJ
"I forgive him that, of course, but for
the bet will not forgive him. How is it
possible that the Office could have had any
thing to do with his makinga bet which, if
he had lost, he could never pay?"
"He won it," said /, quietly; "and it
would have been most unbusiness-like
transaction if he had not laid the money.
Yes, Mr. Bunce; you have been wrong
throughout this matter hitherto, and you
are wrong now say that Charley would
have shown himself unworthy of being
your relative if he had not laid the odds
against Palmyra and I'll prove it. The
case was simply this: Charley drew Pal
nayra in this sovereign sweep, so that, if
the mare had won, he would have received
(since almost all the clerks subscribed to
| it) at least one hundred pounds. His OBJ
vious duty, then, as a man OF business
and not a merely gambling spectator
was to make some portion of the money
safe, He therefore betted fifty pounds to
ten pounds against the mare; if she had
won, he would have cleared fifty pounds
by the transaction and as it was, although
she lost, the astute young fellow managed
to secure ten pounds, minus the sovereign
originally invested"
"Ah, that was twas it?" said Uncle
Runce, looking, must say, most uncom-
monty foolish. However, you must con-
fess that appearances were much against
the lad" 3c 81,
"Not bit" said 1. Con the contrary,
they are very much in his favor. Come
to the window here, and judge for your
self; there he is, at the corner yonder,
waiting for me to whistle for him. Does
he look like one of your cunning, hang
| dog Turftes-such as you have pictured
him, or likely to grow into any such hor-
| rid shape? Unless he happens to draw a
| favorite in sweep a second time-which
is not very likely-I will answer for him
that he will never make bet in his life
again. Come, sir, you whistle for him y;
and Uncle Bunce did whistle, as cheerfully
as any blackbird and as the young fellow
ran up, he held his hand out through the
open window, to let him know at once
that all was explained and forgiven. And
then he came indoors, and something
which I had caused to be privately kept
hot for him down stairS-for Uncle Bunce's
cook loved the lad-was brought up by
way of dinner, and Uncle Bunce and I
and Charley had merry evening together
after l.-Ca0naber's Journal. a9 G