The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-09-06
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"Little Blue Eyes, 81
And How She Helped Me Ont Of II

Certainly, SIR"
mice weather."
"Splendid, indeed"
Crops growing finely?"
"Yes-could'nt do better"
was sitting in a passenger coach,
Oh Wisconsin railroad, one day,
years ago. when good looking, pleas
ant-spoken man came along. stopped
at my seat, and the above converse
ton took place, the latter part Of Il
after | had given him part of my seat.
Now, am regarded as a sociable
man. | Ikea joke good hit, and |
think sour, morose man, who uses
his tongue only when forced TO, is
bound to die cf some terrible disease
and go to some place of red hot pun
ishment.
On entering a railrord car, always
look about for u tllkatiye man. and
then get as close to him as possible,
and drain him dry If the journey Is
long enough.
And | want to state one thing more:
Lett an orphan before could realize
the sad event which made me one; |
got kicked here and clitied there, and
'grew up between folks, " as they say.
/ ought to have 'had at the time of
which write, a pretty thorough
knowledge OF human nature, and have
been enabled to read evil in a mans
face if he intended me evil. ! did not
pride myself on being overkeen or
sharp. hut the knocking around among
strangers ought to have given any one
good experience.
Well. the stranger and | fell into an
easy strain of conversation as we role
together. and in ten minutes | began
to enjoy his company. He was a well
made fellow, finely dressed, and he
wore fine watch and a simon-pure
diamond ring. never saw man
who could talk so easily and pleasant
ly. 1t seemed that he had but to open
his mouth, and the words fell right
ont.
had travelled In the South. so had
he. had heard the ond roar OF the
Pacific. he knew all about it. had
been up in balloon, down in mine.
been blown up. smashed up, smashed
up and repaired again and again. my
new friend had experienced all these
things and was wishing for something
ofa more startling nature. Weagreed
on politics; neither had any religion.
And had never met such a railroad
companion.
Did YOU ever meet q man. who,
though a stranger to you ten minutes
before, could Wrest from you secrets
which you had sworn to yourself not
to reveal? Vol, he was such 4 man.
1t was not long before he commenced
asking me questions. He did not seem
trying to quiz or draw me out, but he
asked me questions in such sly. round
about way that before knew 1t was
giving him my whole history. y
was Mt that time lust OH the point
Of being admitted to the bar of Wis
e0nsin lis a student of Law Il Law, of
Rriefville. The firm were old law
yers. with a lucrative practice, and it
had been talked over that in about u
month I should he the Co. of the
firm. A year before, farmer named
Preston, down about four miles from
Grafton, had died, and his matters hml
been put into the hands of Law & Law
for settlement. Preston had died rich.
EIe had money In the bank. railroad
stock, mortgages, etc. anil everything
was settled up to the satisfaction ofthe
relict and fi,therless.
About a year before his death. being
pinched for money, and not wishing
to sell anything at Il sacrifice, Preston
had givefa mortgage on his tirn for
three thousand dollars. While the pa
pers read for one year from date
there was verbal agreement that it
should be lifted any day when Pres
ton desired. A month after, when
having the funds to clear Off the paper,
the old money-bags holding it refused
to discharge, wishing TO secure his in-
tercst for . year.
| was now on my way to ascertain
the date of expiration. \ fire among
our office papers lad destroyed the
memoranda, and | must 20 down and
get the date from old Scip, who lived
south of Grafton about five miles. The
stranger pumped all this out of me in
ten minutes, and yet never once sna-
pected that he was receiving any i'll
formation.
II am not positive" II added, "bnt
| am pretty sure that the time II the
thirteenth, which would be Tuesday
next"
"And then your folks will send down
the money and discharge the mortgage
Of course" he queried.
.'Oh, yes. / shall most likely bring
it down." replied, and it never oc-
cured to me how imprVIdent l was.
He turned the conversation into other
channels, and did not once attempt to
pump me further. We got to Grafton
1t 1850, and to my great surprise he
announced that he was to stop in the
town on business for few days. J
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