Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-09-14
UPPER sANDUsKY OHIO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER

what dishevelled appearance; but like
true Nan ucket woman, she was perfectly
selfpossessed and polite, and accepted my
confused statement with entire comp sure,
put Handy Andy on its shelf, and handed
me my twenty in tie envelop in which
she had placed 1t, expressing a kind wish |
to meet me again another summer. L
1t is a religious belief with the island
era, that whosoever sits Nantucket once |
will surely return sgain, aud must say it |
is well founded belief. There Is spell |
in that ba'my air, like that of the sweet |
waters of the fountain of Trevi at Rome, |
TO lure back the traveller, and whosoever |
eats of the chowder CT Siasconset will |
long to eat it again.
When l got back to the hotel the clerk |
met me. "The crier's been after you,"
said he; "come to say that the Athenaum
won't charge any thing for room and lights,
as there was no exhibition; and told him
that he mu' int charge but a dollar Tor his
work; so if you'll leave it with me, he'll
be satisfied"
think I enjoyed my last breakfast at
the Ocean House even more than any pre-
vi US one, and that is saying a good deal.
had time, too, to stop and redeem my
watch, with thanks to the good watch
maker, on my way to the boat. The bill
/ got back from Fred was unquestioned;
il Was one of our Boston bank notes, and
certainly came out of my pocket book.
however it got there. The counterfeit
was safe in the envelope, just as received
it.
As / stepped aboard the steamer / saw
Mis- Minnie and at her side Molock, that
is, Mr.. c., who lost no time Ia making
the dmende al leave Miss P" he
said, "in your care. did think of going
across with her. but stern sense of jus
tice, which is the prevailing trait of my
character, compels me to leave the field
wholly to you. / owe you tete-a-tete in
place of that which stole yesterday"
Don't believe one word he says" was
Minnie's, mean Miss P-'s retort, che
is dying to be off to Sancoty Head sketch
ing, and only came down to see me off,
because / made him come and apologize
to you for his trick"
dShe put me up to it." the victim be-
gan, when the last bell sounded, and he
was obliged to hurry ashore in the midst
of his auiacious fib, and | was left to en-
joy one of the pleasantest journeys l ever
made.
Of course Miss P asked me what put
it into my head to give a reading, and I
told her the whole story, and got SYM
pathy enough and fun enough out of it to
pay me twice over. When it was all
finished she said, "One thing I don't un-
derstand, how you had t,oo twenties, when
you only thought you had one"
81 am sure don't either. 1t is clear
that the one gave Fred last night was
the same l laid away for reserve fund;
where the other came from / cannot
imagine"
"L-t me look at it." said she, and l took
it out of the envelope and gave it to her.
| She turned it over once or twice, and
| presently showed me mark on one
corner. "This is lesson to me not to be
so careless again. Imight have injured
you very seriously for life" she said. "Do
you remember the day it rained, and you
went over to the shell-shop to get me the
basket I bought there; you paid two dol
lars for it, and handed you the money
when you returned. / remember think
ing how polite it was ofyou that you took
the bill without even looking at it, and
put it in your porte nonndie at once. This
| is the bill I Just noticed the two and
not the cipher. got it at Benton's in
Washington Street the day before l left;
was told it was bad at Hovey's, and then
marked it, so as not to pass it away,
meaning to ask father to return it for
got all about it, and having only flves in
my purse, except this, gave it for two"
The reader can skip the sequel if desir-
/ GUS 10 90 SO. IL WOTlH L
was kindly asked by Miss P to call
upon her while she remained Miss P,
and on her retura from her summer trav-
els was reminded of my promise by note
specifying the evening. Somebody was
there with a velvet coat and a mustache
that was finer than ever; but really, as
Miss Ellen P, younger sister to Miss
Minnie, was so good as to entertain me,
did not find the artist in the way. As
we walked down Park Street together at
the close of the evening he asked me to
come to his studio the next day at twelve.
managed ID get off from the store; it
was dull time, and did so. l met some
ladies at the studio, Mrs. P, Miss
P, and Miss Ellen. They had come
to see picture which was upon the easel,
| Just finished. 1t was q view of the South
Shore at Nantucket. There was one fig
ure in it, a young man in graceful atti-
tude gazing upon the surf. l think the
figure was little flattered, though Miss
P said not; but she saw things
through very rosy atmosphere that day.
What struck me most was, that a note ad-
dressed to me lay on top of the frame, and
this was desired by the ladies to read
aloud. 1t was as follows:
"Mr. Woodbridge will confer a real favor upon
the artist by accepting this little memento OF enc
| of the happiest days in the life of the donors,
which Is offered as slght reparatlon Iur lne IN
| conveniences brought upon Mr.. Woodbridge by
sitting for his portrait. With the best wishes of
his friends, -. c.,
"I never had the pleasure of hearing
Mr.. Woodbridge read aloud before" said
Miss P, very demurely. a. have un-
derstood that he is quite an amateur"
1 have heard the picture highly praised
by competent judges. 1 hope TO see it
hanging on my parlor wall some day, and
1 may add that my chances of having a
parlor and of calling Mrs. c., nee
p, sister-in-law, have considerably in
creased since became junior partner in
the house of P Brothers d Co., Bos-
ton, Mass-Atldntic Monthly.