The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-05

/ means, she sand. turning O. the Mau
I from Solano and as MIR Dashboard
/ IS one ut thc managers ana yuu ara "A
Z stranger, he vail, ot course. send YOU q
\ complimentary ticket | have known
Mr., Dashboard long enough to know
that he Is invariably courteous a.
strangers and gentleman. Shr set
ucd herself ln her char again and fixed
her ewes upou the stage,
The Man from So,ano thanked the
man ~ New York, ana thuu. after
shaking hands with everybody in the
box, turned 10 80. NAtn he reached
the do0r D.. looked back 60 Miss y. and
sald
"ltwas one Of the queerest things in
the world, miss, that my dndn' them
checks g.
But the curtain had Just then risen on
the gAr,lou scene In Faust, and Miss
y was absorbed. The Man from Solauo
carefully shut the box door and retired.
followed him.
lie WAS silent until he reached the
lobby, ana then he sand, rs II renewing
a previous conversation "She is
mighty pe9rt ga,-that's So. Shes
lu>t my Kind and Will make 'stAyln'
go1l wife.
thought | saw danger ahead for the
Man from Sll0uo, so | fastened % tell
him that she WAS bCsCt hy attentions,
that she could have her pick and choice
Of the best of society. and finally. that
she was, most probably, engaged 70
nashbuarl
That's 50, he said. quietly, without
the slightest trace Of feeling. "it would
be mighty queer IL she wasn't. But
rCcbon I'll steer down 20 the hotel /
don't care much for this yellin'. JHe
Was alluding % u calCuza oi that famous
c0ntatrice. S:gnora Bait. Batti. What's
the t.mc?'
lie pallei ont his watch. 1t was such
Clar,ug sham, SO obviously bogus.
that my ewes were fascinated bv IL.
lou're looking 1t that watch, " he said:
"it's purity 20 look at, but she don't 20
worth a cent. Aud vet her price was
Sl2j, gold gobbled her u in Chat
ham street day before yesterday, where
they were selling EN- very cheap at
auction.
IoI have been outraceously SWIM
iltl. | said, Indignantly. Watch and
chain are not worth twenty dollars.
Are they worth fifteen ?' ne asked,
grayely
Possibly"
Then / reckon its a fair trade. Ye
see, / told EN- | WAS Californian from
So-auo AMI hadn't anything about me %
gretubacks l had three slugs with me
Yc remember them Slugs?" II did: the
slug WAS token issued IN the
early dlys-a LexaConal piece of gold a
little over twice the SIZE of a twenty
dollar gold piece-wog,h and accepted
for fifty doliarsl
"Wen, handed them tha; and they
handed me the watch Iou see them
slugs | had made myself outer brass nj
ings and iron pyrtes, and used 10 slap
EN- down on the boys for a bluff in
game of draw poker You see, not
being rrElar gov 'ment money, wasn't
couuterteitluC. l reckon they cost me.
counting time and anxiety, about Sl5.
50, II TINS yer watch Is worth that, it's
l.ott q square game. Amt 1t
began 70 understand the Man from
Solano. and said II was. He returned
his watch 10 his rocket. toyed plavfully
with the chain. and remarked kinder
makes man look fash n bic and wealthy.
don't it,
l agreed with him. But what do
you intend 20 DO here ?" | asked
Well, I've got a cash capital Of nigh
On 500. | guess until / get into reg'lar
business I'll skirmish round Wall street,
aud sovter lay low l was about 10
give him n few words Of w.nning, but
remembered his watch, AMI desisted.
We shook hands and parted.
4 few DAYS after | met him uu Broad
WAY. tIe was u;tlrel in another new
suit, but | think | saw slight improve
ment in his general appearance. Only
five distinct coioTs were visible in his
attire. But this, hal reason to believe
afterwards. was accidental.
! asked him il he had been to the ball
He said he hal THAT gal-aud e
mighty peart gal she was too. was there.
but she sorter fought shy Of me. / gai
this new sTit 20 60 in. but those walters
sorter run me into a private box, and |
didn't get much chance 10 cont.nniew
our talk about them checks But that
young fellcr, Dashboard, was mighty
perlite. He brought lots Of fellers and
young women round t. the box to see
me, and he made mp a party that night
20 take me round Wall street and In
them stock boards. And the next dav
he called for me and took me. And |
invested about 500 IN them stocks-mav
be more. You see, We s1rter swupped
stocks. You know I had ten shares in
the Peacock Copper mine, that you was
once secretary Of. "
" But those shares are not worth n
cent. The whole thing exploded ten
years ago"
" That's SO. may be-you say so. But
then ! didn't know anything more about
CDmmunipaw Central, or the Naphtha
Gaslight company, and so l thought it
was square game. Only realized on
the stocks | bought, and KEN up outer
Wall street about 300 better. You see
Il was sorter risk, after all. for them
Peacock stocks might come mp :"
| looked into his face II wns i'm
measurably serene and commonplace. I
began 10 be a little afraid Of the man
or, rather Of my want Of judgment Of the
man, and, after a few words, We shook
hands and parted.
1t was some months before again saw
the man from Solano When / did /
found that he Ind actually become n
member Of tlc stock board. and had
little ofiice on Broad street. where he
transacted a fair business. NV remem-
berance going bacl, TO tho first night
met him, ! inquired If he had renewed
his acquaintance with Miss X u
heered that she was in Newport this sum-
mer, and ran down there fur a week. "
" And you talked with her about the
baggage checks7'
No." he said, seriously, "she gave
me commission to buy some stocks for
her You see, l guess them fash 'nble fell
lers sorter got to runnin' her about me.
and so she put our acquaintance on
square business footing. 1 tell you,
she's a right peart girl. Did ye hear Of
the accident that happened TO her ?"
/ had not.
Well, you see, she was out Yachting,
and | managed through one of those fell
lers to get an invite, too. The wEole
thing was got up by man that they say
is going to marry her. Well, one after
noon the boom swings round in n little
squall and knocks her overheard. There
was an awful eHcitement-you've heard
about it, may be ?"
No But saw IL all with n ron1ancpr's