The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-03-28

Only l realized on the stocks
bought, and l KEN up outer Wal
street about $400 better. You see
was sorter risk, after all. for the Pea
cock stocks might come up"
looked into his face; il was i'm
measurably serene and common
place. began to be little afraid o
the man; or rather, of nv want o
Judgment Of the man, and, after {
few words, VIC shook hands and par
ted.
IL was some months before l agaiI
saw the Man from Solano. Whei
| did | found that be bad actually
become 6 member ofthe Stock Board
and had little Office on Broad street
where be transacted q fair business
My remembrance going back to the hrs
Light | met him. inquired if be bat
renewed bis acquaintance with Miss
Y. II beard that she was in New
port this summer, and l ran down
there for u week.
"And you talked with her abou
the baggage-checks ~
NO. he said seriously; "sbe gave
me commission 10 buy some stock:
for her. You see, | guess them
fash'nable fellers sorter got to run
MIA her about me, and so she pul
our acquaintance on square bust
ness footing. / tell you she's a right
peart girl. Did We hear of the aeci
dent that happened to her 2"
| had not.
"Well, you see, she was out yacht
ing, and managed through one Of
those fellers TO get an invite, too.
The whole thing was got up by a
man that .bey say is going to marry
her. Well, one afternoon the boom
swings round in q little squall and
knocks her overheard. There was
an awful excitement-you've heard
about it, maybe 2"
Nol But saw it all with ro-
marcer's instincts in flash of poet
ry, This poor fellow, debarred
through uncouthness from expressing
his affection for her, had at last
found his hitting opportunity. He
had
''Thar was an awful row." be went
90, "and l ran out on the taffrail, and
there dozen yards away was that
purity creature, that peart gal, and
You jumped for her," l said
hastily.
"No ~ be said gravely. II let
the other man do the jumping. /
sorter looked on"
| started at him in astonishment.
"No,n be went on seriously"
"He was the man who jumped-that
was just then his 'put'-his line Of
business You see, / bad wal ze d
over the side of that ship, and ca
voorted in, and finally Topped to the
bottom, that other man would have
Jumped nateral-like ard saved her,
and ez be was going to marry her
anyway don't exactly see where I'd
hev been represented in the transac-
tion But don't You see, eff, after
he'd jumped and, hadn't got her,
he'd gone down himself, I'd hev had
the next chance, and advantage of
heving him outer the way. You
see, you don't understand mel
don't think you did in Ca'iforny."
''Then he did save herr"
rOf course. Don't you see she
was all right? If he'd missed her
I'd have Clipped in. Thar warn't
no sense in my doing bis duty onless
he failed"
Somehow the story got out. The
Man from Solano as a butt became
more popular than ever, and of course
received invitations to burlesque re-
and naturally met a great
many people whom otherwise be
would not have seen. 1t was OBJ
served also that his s70o was steadi-
ly growing. and that be seemed to be
getting on in his business. Certain
Californian stocks which / had seen
quietly inferred in the old days in the
tombs of their fathers we're magically
revived; and / remember, as one
who has seen ghost, to have been
shocked as | looked over the quota
tions one morning to have seen the
ghostly face Of the Dead Beat Beach
Mining Co, roughed and plastered,
look out from the columns of the
morning paper At last few people
began to respect, or suspect, the Man
from Solano. At last suspicion cul-
minated with this accident:
He had long expressed wish to
belong to a certain "fash'n'ble" club,
and with view of burlesque be was
invited to visit the club, where q
series of ridiculous entertainments
were given him. winding up with q
card party. As passed the steps of
the club house early next morning,
overheard two or three members
excitedly.
He cleaned everybody out.n
why, be must have raked in nigh
on $4,000
Who ?" I asked.
"The Man from Solano."
As | turned away, one of the gen.
victim, noted for bis sport
ing propensities, followed me, laying
his hand on my shoulder, asked:
Tell me fairly now: What bust
ness did your friend follow 10 Cali
foruia ?r
He was shepherd
"A what?r
"A shepherd. Tended bis focks
on the 1oney-scented bills of Solsuo. -
"Well. all I can say is, / don't like
your California psstorals ,"-Bret
Harts.