Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-24

the Young men and their connections,
through some of those sources which
ladies with manageable daughters al
ways have at their command, and are
by no means disinclined to employ
when occasion offers The little hotel,
with its pretty Indian name, was Sec
ond home to them, and its landlord
old Bob Rogers almost second f2th-
er to the girls.
It was an unpretending little hostel
ry, the Assimiquid buried in thick
grove of elms and horse-chestnuts, and
these only cut away III front to give
clear aud unobstructed view for miles to-
ward the setting sun. An unpretend-
ing 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
/ flower garden extended down to the
/ gateway, whence a drive passed III
front completely around the house.
/ The young people had sailed on the
! lake ridden and driven about the
country fished and hirted to their
hearts content and now when only a
week longer remained of their pleasant
soiourn, they each began to discover
that the parting-ltke many such
would not he without it's pangs
SO the two friends sat rather mood
", lisening 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 unwelcome cause for mental
/ disquietude, in the melancholy fact
! that they were both in that condition
of impecUniosity commonly known as
! dead broke The fact was that, be-
/ fore reaching Racketville, the two
/ friends had passed II week at one of the
watering-places, which had so dimin-
ished their resources that on their ar
rival at Assimiquid they had little or
nothing between them
At first they treated the matter as
1 Joke, for Tom Wetherell said he had
only to write TO the bank to get all the
money that was necessary; so, after II
a week, he did write, but up to date
/ had received no answer, which had rath-
er nonplused him, though he was in
formed by jolly Mr.. Rogers, the land
/ lord, that mails were frequently delay
/ ed, through the slowness OF the conn
try means for transportation and some
times, even never reached their dcsti
nation. Tom had written n second let
/ ter, which met with no better success,
and now matters began to look serious,
as poor Jack Savage had no one to
whom he could very well apply for
money though he was, nevertheless, III
receipt of n 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 N d
! get old Rodgers to cash it, for enough
/ to pay our bill and take as home2
1t would be IA much ms my situa-
ton is worth, replied hls friend; "the
cashier don't finish me completely"
Cant you draw ON the governor "
was the next suggestion.
| No. | tried it once, and he rowed
me SO I'll never try it again, | assure
! Spu. NJ, we IL nave VI ltdNt our Jug
gage as security, and foot it home, as
| can see.
"I'll be hanged if we do rejoined
Savage, rising and pacing the platform.
BY Jove, 1t does seem as if two sharp
| young fellows like us ought to be able
to hit on some dodge better than that.
Confound 1t, | never was in such POI
sition in my life and what makes it
worse is, that we needn't he in it now
If We hadn't been a couple of unlimited
asses. We might have brought more
money along if we had known enough. "
"lf w had only kept away from
that internal watering. place we should
be all right, reioined Wetherel, and
then the two sat silently listening to
the tree -toads again.
Hi, Jack I've got an idea, shout,
ed Wethereil presently, rising and
kicking over his char in an ecstasy of
excitement.
Bother replied Savage you needn't
scare the life ont of fellow with your
first idea, as If II were your first baby
sit down, and don't be rushing 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 ont Will Won I
think / see my way, not only OF paying
of our bin and our expenses home, but
of making some money into the bar
goin
Jack held his tongue as desired, and
Wetherell continued to walk the piazza
in brown study, evidently bordering
over some complicated conception.
Jack was not over sanguine rs To the
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