The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-21


Her ?"
Eyes; she was lying in bundle in
the middle of the road, and only Bucker
SHE'D or we'd have given her hoofs and
no mistake. ;"
Her? Who? intoxicated lnjun
squaw?"
Here Charley burst into cursory re-
marks which / shall not repeat, and
then went on:
No, the darlingest, dearest little
atom of feminine humanity that ever
claimed the assistance of mortal man.
bravo Encore So you did not
pass by on the other side, like the man
who fell among thieves ?"
"No, | got off and and tied Bucker to
a tree, and then picked her up"
"What did she say? This is becom-
ing dramatic.
"She didn't say nothing. She was in
a faint, and all over mud.
L pardon your grammar But what
did you do ?"
"Well. | took chaw, and then Invent
down to the river and filled my hat with
water, and splashed it right in her face. y
"What did she say to that ?"
"She said Oh ="
"Don't wonder much. What next. "
Well, / thought she might have got
too much water, so poured some whisky
down her throat.
"Spiritual consolation for temporal
misfortune. How did she take it p
"She coughed like fits, and then sat
up straight and looked up.
What next ?"
"She said oh, dear, and tried to
get up, but she couldn't do it, and then
she screamed and fell back.
Pleasant How did you proceed?"
81 talked civil to her. I'd almost for
gotten how, but my Sunday go-to-meet
ing manners came back wonderfully,
and tried to persuade her l was not
Hoodlum lot.
" In which | presume you succeeded.
eyes. After Il while she put up her
back hair, and then told me that she had
tumbled off her horse and sprained her
ankle. but didn't know how to get to
Hutchings' Hotel.
Charming situation. You enacted
the role of ministering angela"
You bet. Whipped cut my bowie,
and had her boot and stockings in tat
ters in two minutes. Took the sleeves
of my shirt, and bound a cold water
bandage on. Then kicked Bucker in
the ribs, and when he was getting his
breath hoisted. her up, and so we pro-
ceeded along the trail until we got to
Hutchings, where we found the house III
a muss, and papa awful skeered.
so there is papp in the business ?"
Yes good old fellow, too ; was ire
mendously obliged to me, and offered
me some com.
1.-The reward of merit.
q got riled at that, showed him my
six-shooter, and asked him If he wanted
to insult me, whereupon he apologized
like gentleman, and we all had a
drink. "
Including her ladyship.
No, confound you, the women folks
had taken her Off
Proceed with papa.
:" We had another drink, and got talk
ing, and l found out that he was Tom
Kembles father"
What Tom that was in oJr year
That delicate little fellow you used to
make Sucn pet OF
That's about it. Poor Tom had
petered out, and the old gentleman and
his daughter had taken trip West.
1.-The family acquaintance facilitated
friendship"
q suppose il. helped. At any rate
| stuck to them, and we went around
together, and Nellie and l chats her
name, Nellie Kemble) got nuts, AMI |
spoke ont to the old man and showed
him my hand. and told him hearts were
trumps, but that l could spot diamonds
if I'd n mind.
What cards did he call to that @
He told me to come up to New York
and he'd see about it.
"Provident paternal. So you came
up, accordingly
&" Got in this morning. Went and got
fued up square, and started right off to
Gramercy Park.
"To be received with outstretched
hands, and open arms ?"
Missed the post that time. Sent up
my card, but they'd gone to matinee
at the opera.
Where you followed without delay?"
Straight off. That fellow at the
office owes me some change, for | gave
him a fifty, and didn't wait for my
stamps"
Prices are high, but not 50 bad as
fifty"
- ran around the house until they
wanted to put me out. Said was mad.
"a conclusion uncharitable in the
extreme, but pardonable under the cir
cumstances.
eve were having talk about that
when the people came out, and they let
me go, and ] waited to see the crowd
pass, and Jack, when she and her father
came along, | felt all of heap, and just
stood still and looked right at them, and
she looked straight in my face and never
stopped, and she's forgot me, and I'm
going back to California" Here poor
Charley covered his face with his hands
and broke down.
Hold on, did you get shaved to-
day 2"
" Pretty much all over.
&" The tonsorial operation may have
altered your identity"
He lifted his face up, and a CLEAN of
hope flashed over his features. / took
down the photograph and led him to
the glass.
+" See there. Look on this picture and