Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-10

BY "oRis."

othef iake ports, several Years ago ).
a steamboat runner He II was who
on being stopped by rohl,er -oH,.
dark night, With y demaiel ivv tis
money or his life coolly tespcn lei
that he hadn't any money, lut Il til,
! would step under lamppost bc
would write him his note for five or
ten dollors. Poor Fred: It was i'm
material to him whether it was Il, s or
ten dollors, tor he never paid anvtkine
Charley Coe, OF Cleveland, now PR,
pretor OF the Cleveland Touring ma.
(and tn man, by the way, to whom
"Artemns Ward dedicated Ills fr<t
book, styling him in his characteris,sr
wa,1n-hearted way, "a friend all ia,
year round J, once lost a valuable dos
| Thinking that he might have ~, N
board the Buffalo boat an been carr,e.,
off. as he was about the dock . arSa,
deal. Coe wrote. to Fred Enn,a,,,
then in Buffalo, tn institute scar,
for the dog. Weeks PASSED withoat
a word from Fred. Being in Bu;fs,u
ono day, Mr.. Coo met Fred, who sail
he mad been searching Tor the dog eycs
since the receipt OF his letter, bat
without any SUCCESS thus far.
II have, however said Fred, "A
little bill that | would Ike to settle.
if convenient f <H
Ifethcrcupon produced bill, which
ran lald it is rnnnlng yet, we reckon,)
abont ss. follows:
fFFAL0.------
Charles Coe, Esq. To
Fred Emnlons, DR..
One weeks board at American $500
One week'sboard at Mansion hoase 500
One weeks board at United States 500
Three meals at Red Jacket 90
Three meals at ''Terrapin' 30
Three meals at Boomers 500
Sundrv meals ut various s
restaurants l0,ah
Total, t3l,0e
What does this mean said Coe.
"Ton wanted me to 7 ok up your
dog, dldn' you:,'
Certainly"
You expected to pay any expense
[ went to-"
"Of course, auy reasonable expense"
"Wel', that's just what I've been
rfeirg. / have be II boarding around
at the various hotels and restaurants,
tasting sausage, to see If | could find
any traces OF your dog, but I haven't
yet @
He was cScrssel from any further
search in that way.
Once in Cleveland, Fred was Solic;-
ting passengers at the dock for the
Buffalo boat AZ TIE boat was ahou.
to leave, carriage drove turiously to
the dock and out got ponderous
puffy man, with an immense expanse
OF white shirt bosom, followed by an
equally fat wife, with nnrse and sew
eral children.
This way for sFa7 Buffalo boat
shouted Fred.
The man with the broad shirt bosom
wanted to know what the passage for
himself and tasrgifv wouli amount TO
before going aboard.
Tell you in minute" said En-
mons, whipping out q big red pencil
used III filing out posters
Then. before he knew what he vas
about. Fred had it all figured out on
the old fellow 5 broad white shirt-trout'
There was moment OF speech!ess
rago on the part OF the man, rs he cast
his eyes from ,thc BIG rcd figures on
his shirt boson, to Fred, who looked
the image OF guiieess innocence st
that moment. and then he pitched In
ana gave Fred such whaling that he
was lail up in bed for six weeks after.
70 most OF people i would seem u
have been rather an expensive lone,
| but Fred always declared that il WIS
worth it lie sa;a the aston:s!.
ment op the old mans face when he
saw the figuring was better than to
be licked to death We would say
| So
Fred WAS 4 great boastcr lie
! day lie had been absent from Cievs-
land for a long time and eons;no back
one day. he said he had bee7. to- Cali
forria and the god diggings. and
brought back lots of gold. Some tel-
lows who believed the story followed
hrm ont Of a saloon one night, into u
lonely ST. eet, and murdered him for
his money. They didn't find a cent
about him to reward them for the
bloody decd Poor Fred! If he could
say anything about it he would say it
was ''agool joke on hem.-1nr'ssfts
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