The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-21

| ION, ana Hef TWO daughters, WHO Hdt
been regular visitors at the house for
years. Her name was Campbell, and
the two girls-Maggie and Susie-had
been the chosen companions of Savage
and Wetherell until quite an intimacy
had sprung up between them, which
was not in the least objected to by the
mother, who had learned all about the
young men and their connections
through some of those sources which
elderly ladies with manageable daugh-
ters always have at their command, and
are by no means disinclined to employ,
when occasion offers. The little hotel
with its pretty Indian name, was a
second home to them and its landlord
old Bob Rogers-almost second father
to the girls.
1t was an unpretending little hostel.
ry, the Assimiquid buried in a thick
grove of horse-chestnuts, and these only
cut away in front to give a clear and
unrestricted view Of the placid lake,
which stretched away for miles toward
the setting sun. An unpretending
place but, to those who knew it, none
could be more homelike or better
! loved
In front, the long and broad piazza
offered delightful resting place in the
! cool mornings and evenings a brilliant
! hower-garden extended down to the
gateway, whence drive passed in front
and completely around the house. The
young people had sailed on the lakes;
ridden and driven about the country
! fshed and flirted to their hearts con-
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longer remained Of their pleasant So
! journ, they each began to discover that
the parting-like many such-would
not be without its pangs.
So the two friends sat rather modify
! listening to the tree-toads the young
ladies having gone with Mrs. Campbell
! to pass the evening with some friends in
the village.
But they were not alone moody on
account Of the near approach Of the
! time for their departure they each had
another cause for moral disquietude, in
! the melancholy fact that they were both
in that condition Of impecuniosity COM
monty known as dead broke" The
fact was that, before reaching Racket.
vile, the two friends had passed week
at one of the watering places, which
had so diminished their resources that
on their arrival at the Assimiquid they
had little or nothing between them.
At first, they treated the matter as a
! Joke. for Tom Wetherell said he had
only to write to the bank to get all the
mOney that was necessary; so, after u
week, he did write, but up to the date
! had received no answer, which had ra-
ther nonplussed him, though he was in
formed by Jolly Mr.. Rogers, the land
lord, that the mails were frequently de-
layed, through the slowness Of the
country means for transportation ; and
! sometimes, even never reached their
! destination at all, which was not in the
| highest degree reassuring. Tom had
written a second letter, which met with
no better success. and now matters be-
! gan 10 look serious, as poor Jack Say
age had no one to whom he could
very we'll apply for money, though he
was. nevertheless, in the receipt of a
handsome income from his practice.
" say, Tom," said Jack, at length,
removing his pipe from his mouth,
"why don't you draw on the bank, and
get old Rogers to cash it, for enough to
pay our bill and take us home ?"
" 1t would be as much as my situa-
ton is worth, replied his friend the
cashier don't like me overmuch, any
how, and that would finish me COM
! pletely."
" Can't you draw on the governor 2"
was the next suggestion.
-" No. | tried it once, and he rowed
me so I'll never attemps it again. as
sure you. No, we'll have to leave our
luggage as security, and foot it home, as
far as can see
"I'll be hanged if we do! = rejoined
Savage, rising and pacing the platform.
Z" BY Jove, it does seem as if two sharp
! young fellows like Us ought to be able
TO hit ON some dodge better than that
! Confound it, | never was in such posi-.
ton in my life; and what makes it
worse is, that we needn't be in it now if
we hadn't been couple of un-
limited asses. We might have brought
more money along if we had known
enough.
" If we had only kept away from that
internal watering place we should have
been all right" rejoined Wetherell, and
then the two sat silently listening to the
tree.toads again.
eli, Jack I've got an idea''
shouted Wetherell, presently, rising
and kicking over his chair in an ecstasy
of excitement.
" Bother = replied Savage; "you
needn't scare the life GU, of a fellow
with your first idea, as if it were your
first baby sit down, and don't be rush
ing up and down there like a maniac"
For, in his excitement born of his
" idea" Tom was walking the piazza as
if for wager.
Hold your tongue!" he replied,
land let me work it out, will you? |
think | see my way, not only to paying
off our bill and our expenses home,
but to making money into the bar,
gain.
Jack held ms tongue as desired, and
Wetherel continued the walk the
piazza in brown study, evidently
bordering over some complicated con-
ception.
Jack was not over-sanguine as to the
merits of his friends . idea :" and his
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