Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

way of stemming the tide Of popular
sympathy which seemed likely to set
in, she opened her book ard began to
read III
@ 1t was very provoking said her
inward thoughts. How those girls
will laugh at me. / wish ] could re-
collect how much there was III the
purse" and she entered into mental
calculation, which left her widely as
tray of the real sum: Figures were not
Aunt Sues strong point.
"Ten -twelve-ffteen dollars it must
be, she thought. "I'm glad it's no
more; but, to be sure, good many
nice things can be got for that She
began to think them over, until, what
with subscriptions to magazines, dona-
tions to one thing and another, and the
purchase of carbon photographs, chro-
mos, wood carvings, and what not, the
fifteen dollars had been made to do the
work of fifty, and was grown CORES
pondingly important III its owners
eyes. Exeter reached, the conductor
returned
"No message, ma'am. | leave the
road here, but I've telegraphed to have
the purse sent Oh if it is found: and if
you'll give me your address I'll see
that it reaches you safely"
So the address was written, and
pretty soon the conductor appeared
once more.
Here's a paper, ma'am for you to
show to the other conductors. ! guess
it viii take You along as far as Spring
field, but after that | have noint1uence,
and you'll have to manage tor yourself.
You understand Z"
Eyes, and thank you thousand
times" murmured Aunt Sue, express
sively; and she said to herself, eff that
mans hair had been dark, he would
never have exerted himself in this way.
It's perfect confirmation of my theory,
and shall write to Dora about it the
moment | get home"
Now Aunt Sues theory was that light.
haired men are always attracted and
drawn out by dark haired women, and
uice Ucrso. She had chung to it under
many dIscouragements, and on the
present occasion found certain salts
faction in the opportunity afforded of
testing its correctness. "Not that it
needs proof" she thought. " Haven't
/ tried it hundred times"
The "paper was Il sort of circular
addressed to whom 1T might concern, or
rather to the conductors of the Y. M.
and @. Railroad, and setting forth that
Miss Susan p, of Bunbrook, having
been so unfortunate as to lose her purse
and tickets, those officials would please
help her along as they could, and
oblige G.. W. Lansing, 3D. division. 1t
was little like a free pass, little like a
begging letter; and with some trepida-
ton Aunt Sue prepared to fire it off at
conductor No. 3. who now entered.
BLACK hair" she inwardly gasped.
"Oh DEAR"
"This is all have to offer by way of
ticket she said, in dulcet tones,
feeling, as she afterwards confessed,
like hand organ man or a blind men
dicant passing round hat
Black hair proved propitious. His
eyebrows elevated themselves very
little, to be sure; but that might have
arisen from sympathy; and his ques-
tons were polite and to the point.
Aunt Sue grew more comfortable, and
began to be intensely grateful to G.
w. Lansing, ID Division. THAT dear,
good man. she thought, off he does
find my purse | declare | must send
him something Such kindness ought
to be encouraged. / owe it to other
women to do so. Let me see. 1t shall
I., boob l thinl- a. Ia az
cable, and at the same time entertain
ing" She composed the note which
should go with it, and passed in review
before her mind all the books she had
ever heard of from the Koran tC
Froude's History of England. " g
wish I knew n little more about con,
ductors and their tastes she unused,
$50 rs to be able to tell what he would
like best.
No. 4 was also dark-haired man,
and grutf in manner, which, though
disagreeable in itself, afforded a tri-
umph to the theory. But No. ), a de
cided blonde, Gght-haired rs Amalric
the son of Anal, was so much grutfer
that the theory suffered violent col
lapse. And when No. 6 entered, brown
haired, brown bearded, and deyotedly
polite, Aunt Sue became so confused
among the colorings that she aban-
doned theory, and gave herself up to
the enjoyment of civil treatment. IT
was both interesting and exciting, this
temporary trial of the charities of a
cold world Il shall always know
now," she meditated, chow to sympa.
thize with those poor creatures who 60
about with papers and it is worth the
experience to have found out just how
they feel.
Still the position was an embawass-
ing one. Her well-to-do life had never
encountered such phase before. She
was conscious that her voice instinct