The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-10-24

Matt Grissby for George Adams" There
was 81 ,Oo0in each deposit.
Then old Mait went out about town
with the serenity OF man who has a
large balance in hank. lie hou,h, a foe
3 goI4 watch and chain, aud the latter con-
'r"sied quantity enough in its new glitter
with the rusty hue Of his old cor,lu-oyS.
lie lowed to stay around day or Two
and sort o get used 70 things, ana then be
would 90 back to Kentucky aud make hi,
old, blind, dying mother com Portable Hr
WAS going back to her after iorty wear.
lie wondered how he would find her.
whether she would know him? it la,
mothers ear could detect ia the voice
that had been hushel to her ear tor forty
Years, the accents Of her boy who went
away while yet his checks were smooth
and red, aud his hair untouched by the
iron-gray OF time and tempest And
then he would stop on his way IN Illinois.
where Mrs. Adams lived, and tell her a.
gently as he could how he had buried her
boy with his boots on besides the cattle
trail, and render unto her the mean. of
comfort Tor her old age tnat lie had died
IN winning George Adams had made no
will. None was needed The firm OF
Grisby X Adams had no terms %: agree
ment beyond a verbal proposition to do
and verbal response am do en- with "A
mutual shake and n "ler- liquor" TO
bind the bargain. Still, oh Matt never
dreamed OF taking out letters OF admins
trston nor OF proba,e proceeding, He
could divide $4,000 10y two, and he knew
where his dead partners mother lived.
To his rude, unctviIized mind that wa-
all the ADMINISTRATION that WAS needed upon
the estate of George Adams. So he said
nothing to anybody about the matter
But Matt was not a SAINT Aud paint
Ell siren who waited to ensnare near the
Kansas City Levee found this out. The
fact was that Matt got on a tcrrrble ben.
der Texans frequently do lie drank
champagne He rode abouttown in a hacl;
lie leased tor himself and hi. friends"
whole hou-e-iucluding its fixtures and it's
iran ttnaniry IA well-ani the rental wa.
eXorbltant This was very uuseemly be-
havior in man OF his age Then he
toyed with the tiger, and that playful an
lmal bereavcd him OF many a 4, Lar. one
",s"' yo""G7''r sam something which
't"'' construct INTO n'SreSPec' TO girl
"'' was "' '"'''"'e o' ce'"'" popular
e'o'' one wac d 'hoSe whom society
""''''' ''7 i"'u7 o. ""' ""o'e vocation
81. 'e'! maze " necessary item IN ITS econ
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NAT mao oct ms last white chip and got
"P anu "''N'' away from the liable. lie
went over and eat down on the window Fill
ioldei his arms and bent ut- Ia.J t,,