Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-03-27
On his way home eh he was hailed by the

On his way home he was hailed by the
Postmaster A. -,--z--~,,, =.ss
sgfaI I say, AppIebee, there's letter
come for you with black rim round it !;
guess somebody 'nuther is dead or some
thing, in the States. I can't make out
the mark. "a - - ~ -
Applebee read the letter.
I /" What's the news ?'' inquired the
Postmaster, hungry for something sem
sational. = - tii'-'A ot-i 20,
ssMoses is dead, and he's gone and
| left his gal to my care, and all his prop
erty to be divided a'tween us, and there
Fmust all been nigh on to hundred thou.
sand /; may be more, may be double
Wonder if I'm to have half. So Moses
is dead 3, Well, what will the old wo-
man say to the gal and the. money
She'll think twas her dreams; 'spose
that must have been Moses she see laid
out well, it better be him than me, for
he was one of them kind q o'men who
went as straight as a string. Glad
gave the boy notice that we should quit
working Sundays unless we get in a
hurry" u88E& " iiGl
l. Mrs. Applebee had not been surprised
at the earthquake, and the letter with
the news of Moses death was natural
sequence to her dream. The money! was
Iu0lr uue. hOSeS Itu IuoIo uelP oi!fhn
Sam |; 80 but the gal, If she took a notion
to come out here, what in the world
would they do with her p s,ay,ft- -.
"The ugly business, as Mr.. Applebee
styled it, involved a trip to the East.
"Couldn't have happened in better
time, y he said ;Ett business is Stacker than
I've known it for o long speHpsa siA5
Mrs. Applebee sent him off with many
admonitions about being careful of him
self and not eat fruit at the Isthmus
and her parting injunction was Sam,
working on Sunday, and-wen, You know,
some other things ;cthey wouldn't un-
derstand, and 'twould seem queer. Go
to meetin' while you're there, and put
silver in the contribution box every time
It's passed, especially if tits for the
heathen.z Ialways felt great interest
in them and, look here, don you bring
that gal back with you on no account,
for I snever had any faculty with chill
dren. Get her boarded somewhere rea-
sonable, and where they'll keep her
straight twill be doing our duty in
the easiest way, and that's what / be-
lieye in 80 &iYZ/#
Moses daughter proved to beya young
lady with mind of her own, and her
uncle found her fully set upon going to
Mrs. Applebee imagined Aeverything,
worked herself thinner and more dyspep-
tic than ever Her dreams grew ominous
and the signs numberless, all indicative
of stern trials and perpleMties, so that it
really was a relief when Mr.. Applebee
arrived with his charger - -
| There seemed to be weighty reasons
why the Applebees should desire their
niece to marry before she became of age,
but, anxious us they felt, they dared not
move in that direction, for she, with the
most charming naivete, was sure to do
the opposite from what was expected of
her. : $50 ~ IS 4iss5s --z &
= When she had been there a week or
two. she announced that she had only
met two persons who interested her in
the. least, except the Indians she
thought them vastly superior to the
white people. ~ ,aF
z" Tell me something" said she, of
Mr.. Brayton, who seems to be the nabob
kof the place. Is he rich as 4Cresus and
| wise as solomon, and are you all unani-
nous in conferring every honor in your
gift upon him - ss
ss Ben Brayton is the richest man this
side of the Sierra Nevada mountains,
| owns more stock in our mines than any
other six men, is graduate of some of
the crack schools in the East, is big at
law, and free-hearted as q prince be-
sides - IL 81
"Oh, don't tell me anything else [
shall never want to gset eyes on him
again Now what can you say for that
man with the long hair and buckskin
suit, who looks like q hermit ?"
#seOh, that is Pluck Armstrong, the
queerest man living some say he 1s
little bit cracked, ,sbutI don't believe it.
! He's been through everything but death,
and come so near that that the grave had
been dug three times, but he come to,
and. objected to the arrangement. The
Iniuns say he has q charmed life. There
| isn't an Injun that would hurt him. His
long red curls are their greatest admira-
ton, and his word is like an oracle to
them s'1 = A1s Il sLsaaz = > = = ~ IS
h1 The su1nmea following was unusually
dry and dusty; and Sybl declared she
must be taken to Lake Tahoe.
Mr. Brayton urged visit to the 'tBig
Trees" and mentioned Yosemite, which
| was then Just becoming accessible to
| ladies with courage enough, but Sybn
preferred the lake, and she carried her
point, as she always did. &c was merry
| party which set of, and Sybil was the
/ life of it. She laughed and sang, gave
glowing word pictures of the scenery,
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1 destinations. Even her aunt forgot to
sneer, and Ben Brayton, who had been
l,desperately smitten before, became hope
1essly entang1ed then. .,-,
= The first walk by the crystal lake
brought to Sybil App1ebee~ the story of
| a love. ~ .'e
/ SybiI listened like one in dream.
"Do you mean all you've said ?" she
asked. s,f
! Then came the ardent protestations
which lovers make, only this mans WOO
ing was something beyond the common,
and his words flowed like the rythm of
some improyised melody, rich, full and
unique.
/ For moment he seemed tempted to
press his suit, then begged her pardon,
and said her word was law to him.
Grant me one favor, however" said he,
and he took from his pocket tiny case
of rare workmanship, and touching q
spring revealed his own face, confident
and youthful in its expression. "Wea1
this while you are here. It shall plead
for me while am compelled to be alb
Z sent p and he fastened it to her watch
chain. .-'----..----