The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-03

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them stocks-may be more. You see,
we sorter swooped stocks. You know
had ten shares in the Peacock Copper
mine. that you was once secretary OF.
sBut those shares are not worth
cent. The whole thing exploded ten
years ago.
That's So may be-you say so. But
then l didn't know anything more about
Communipaw Central, or the Naphtha
Gaslight Co., and SO | thought it was
square game. Only | realized on the
stocks bought, and / KEN up outer Wall
street about $4OO better. You see it was
sorter risk, after all, for them Peacock
stocks might come up"'
looked into his face; it was immeas-
urably serene and commonplace. be-
gan to be a little afraid of the man; or
rather of my want of judgment of the
man. and. after few words, we shook
hands and parted.
It was some months before l again saw
the Man from Solano. When / did
found that he had actually become
member of the Stock Board, and had
little office on Broad street, where he
transacted fair business. My remem-
brance going back to the first night met
him. INQUIRED if he had renewed his ac-
ouaintance with Miss x Il heered that
she was in Newport this summer, ana l
ran down there fur week >
"And YOU talked with her about the
b ggage checks!"
mo" he said, seriously; she gave me
a commission to buy some stocks Tor her.
You see, l guess them fash'nble feliers
; sorter got to runnin' her about me, and SO
she put our acquaintance on square busl-
ness footing. l tell you she is a right
{ smart girl. Did you hear OF the accident
that happened to her."
/ had not.
, We'll, you see, she was out yachting,
| and managed through one OF those tellers
r to oct an invite, too The whole thing was
got up by a man that they say is going tc
1 marry her. Well, one afternoon the boom
Z swings round in little squall and knocks
| her overheard. There was an awful eX-
r citement-vou've heard about it, may be!
No, But saw it all with a roman
S GERS instinct in flass of poetry Tins
a poor fellow. debarred through uncouth
ness from expressing his affection tor her
y had at last found his fitting opportunity
:. He had
o THAR was an awful row, he went on
| II ran out on the taft rail, and there doz
en- Yards distant was that purity creature
c that peart gal, and-l-
q "You Jumped for' her." | exclaimed
a hastily.
It No" he said gravely, II let TIL
d other man do the jumping. | sorter looked
on"
e stared at him in establishment.
II No" he went On seriously. HE wa
d the man who iumped-that was his put
Y, his line of business. You see II | hal
20 waltzed over the side OF that ship, am
cayoorted in. and fiummuxed round AM
1t finally Topped to the bottom. that MAJ
,e would have jumped nateral-like and save
N her. and ez he was going to marry her an
It way. don't exactly see where | hav
i been represented in the transaction Bu
n don't you see, eff, after he'd jumped an
le hadn't GOT her he went down himself, L
hev the best chance, and the advantage
III heving him outer the way. You see yo
at don't understand mel don't think yo
re did in Californy.'
ty Then he did save herr.
..Of course Don't you see she was a
q, right If he missed her I'd have ch1ppe
Az in Thar warn't no sense in my dom
1g his duty onless he failed
Somehow the story got out. The Ma
l." from Soano as "a butt became more pop'
in lar than ever. and of course received II
vitations to burlesque receptions an
ii. naturally met great many people who
otherwise he would not have seen.
was observed also that his 800 was stea'
Ye ily growing. and that he seemed to
IN getting on in his business. Certain Callfo
of MIA stocks which had seen quietly i
= TERED in the old days in the tombs
he their fathers. were magically revived; al
rlv remember as one who has seen ght
tie to have been shocked as | looked over t
BID quotations one morning to have seen t
RS. ehostly face of the Dead Beat Bea
lev Mining Co." rouged and plastered, loo
lgs ing out from the columns of the morni
nd paper At last few people began to
on spect, or suspect, the Man from Solar
aw At last suspicion illuminated with Il
ent incident
ION He had long expressed a wish to belo
.ty. To a certain fash 'nble club. and with
nth view of burlesque he was invited to VI
It." the club where a series of ridiculous I
So tertainments were given him, winding
his with card party As passed the ST
18th of the club house early next morning
kss overheard two or three members talk
ont excitedly.
He cleaned everybody out w
you he must have raked in nigh on $4,000
Who" | asked.
on THE Man from Solano."
liar As turned away, one of the gentlem
rect a victim. noted for his sporting proper
give ties. followed me, and laying his hand
en- my shoulder, asked:
ook Tell me fairly now. What busir
did your friend follow in California;
way. He was shepherd
Ut | A what"
his A shepherd Tended his flocks on
met honey scented hills of Solano.
this, Well, all can say Is. d-n your {
was fornia pastorals."
ball. An Irishman recently stopped at h
d in Des Moines. Iowa. where pretty
here. bills were charged. In the morning
got landlord made out the amount of d