Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-15


making the knick- knacks on the bracket
over his head dance madly to the vi
brations of his big, rough voice. But
there he was. and how he got in and
established himself on that sofa as
though he owned the entire little estab
lsHment and was considering whether
he should carry it off, | cannot for the
life of me say. There he was and pro-
tested that he chad just as soon wait
for Hank as It. 1t was monstrous
lie, of course; he never knew my pre-
cious Harry, whom ne dared to call
" Hank, y and he had come here to rob
the house, TO carry off all my best
dresses and Harry's silver goblet, given
him by grateful patient who never
paid his bill. Was he IA burglar; or an
escaped lunatic or a wicked murderer,
going about to kill people and burn
down their houses, just to make SEN
sation in the newspapers | could not
tell but as I gave up all hopes of coax
ing him out of the house, | wildly
thought of batting him with cake and
wine while | stole up stairs, rolled up
my silk dresses, and escaped by the back
door, to intercept the children and
Norah, and alarm the neighbors up on
Decatur street. But there was my
husbands precious goblet, on which
my agonized gaze rested whenever |
turned away from the horrible tas-
cination of the gentleman from Reno.
He was plainly cunning man, and
was playing with me as cat plays
Al l. At II
loud of the wonders of Reno, of it's
growth, its glories, its brilliant future
and its present greatness. why,
marm,' said he, "four months ago
there wasn't stick nor a stake to show
where even the railroad was going to
run; not,a plank was set up, nor lot
run out--but to-day there's big town
doing nigh on to five thousand dollars
worth of trade, and lots are going off
like hot cakes; You can't get round
for the teams there is in the streets 4;
goods sell for eighty-five per cent.
profit, and last week we had a right
peart race, ball at the FL Dorado,
four runaways, tolerable lively shoot
lug scrape, new paper started, and
four funerals" To tins catalogue o.
attractions | listened mechanically,
knowing full we'll that the dreadful man
was making up everything he said,
amusing me with the fabrications and
playing on my ignorance. | had heard
Of such place as Reno, but | had not
been able to keep track of the new
towns that spring mp along the line of
the Pacific railroad, and really could
not say if Reno was i'll California or
Utah. But here was a red faced man,
sunburnt and with sticking plaster on
his lips, who sad he was citizen of
Reno! Where was Reno Was there
any such place. Was he not base
impostor, pretending to know my nus
band in order to gratiate himself into
my esteem before he set fire to the
house and carried oft my Bismarck silk
dress ana our best Chinal Oh, would
NOrah never Gomez And when would
Harry be at home2
No sister Ann, of Blue Beard story,
ever gaZed more anXiously from top OF
"A tower for the coming of the avenglng
brothers, than ] watched for the return
of that Norah. She came at length,
and seemed an angel of light rs she
toiled through the sand, dragging one
child by either hand, while third
clung fast to her skirts in the rear. At
last | had companlonship in my ter
rors but | found Norah of no assist
ance, for as soon rs | communicated to
her the dreadful intelligence, and she
had gained through the crack of the