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

Miss y. said somewbot hastily
that the multiplicity of her engage
men.s, that the brief limit Of her stay
10 New York she feared would, etc.,
cte The two other ladies' had their
handkerchiefs over their mouths, and
were staring intenily on the stage,
when the Man from Solano continu-
ed:
there is show goin' or that you'll
attend, you'll just drop meia word TO
Esrle's Hotel to this yer address, I"
and be pulled from his pocket doz-
en- worn letters, and taking the buff
envelop from one. handed it to her
with something like a boz.
| Certainly" broke in the facetions
Dashboard Miss n. goes to the
Charity Ball tomorrow uis BIT The
tickets are but tritle TO an opulent
Californian, and man of your evil
dent means, and the objecs worthy
one. You will, no doubt, easily Sc.
cure an invitat;on."
Miss Y. raised her handsome eyes
for moment to Dashboard. s'By
all means, she said, turning to the
Man from Solano; and as Mr. Dash
! board is one of the managers and you
are stranger, he will, of course,
send you a complimentary ticket.
] have known Mr.. Dashboard long
enough to know that ne is inyaria-
bly, courteous to strangers, and
gentleman. Sic settled herself in
her chair again and fixed her eyes
upon the stage.
The Man from Solauo thanked the
Man of New York, and then, after
shaking hands with everybody in the
box, turned to go. When be bad
reached the door be looked back to
Miss y and said:
1T tcos one of the queerest things
In the world, Miss, that my fndin'
them checks
But TIE curtain had Just then ris-
en- on the garden scene in "Fauss,r
and Miss y. vas absorbed. The
Man from Solano carefully shut the
box-door and retired. / followed
him.
He was silent until be reached the
lobby, and then be said, as if renew
ing previous conversation: "Sbeis
a mighty peart girl-that's SO. She's
just my kind and will make stavin'
good wife"
thought saw danger ahead COR
the Man from Solano, so | fastened 10
tell him, be was beset by attentions,
that she could have her pick aud
choice of the best of society, and f.
nally, that she was, most probably,
engaged to Dashboard.
That's so," be said. quietly,
without the slightest trace of feeling;
cit would be very queer if she
wasn't But | reckon I'll steer
down to the hotel. | don't care much
for this yellin'n Gle was aIluding
to cadenzs ofthe famous cantatrice
Signora BATH Batti whats the
timer
He pulled out his watch. 1t was
such 6 glaring sham, so obviously
bogus, that my eyes were fascinated
by it. You're looking at that
watch" be said; ''itis purity to look
at, but she don't go worth a cent
And yet the price was sl25, gold
| gobbisl ber up at Chatham street,
day before yesterday, where they
were se..ing en- very cheap at auc-
tion."
you have been most outrageous
ly swindled," / said, Indignantly
"Watch and chain are not worth
twenty dollars
"Are they worth ffteen?r be ask
ed gravely.
Possibly"
"Tben | reckon it's fair trade
Ye see, told 'em | was Californi-
an from Solano and hadn't anything
about me of greeDbacks. / bad three
slugs with me- Ye remember them
slugs ? Il did; the slug was a
token" issued in early days-a hex
agonal piece of gold a little over
twice the size of a twenty dollar
gold piece worth and accepted for
City dollars
"Well, ! handed them that and
they banded me the watch You
see then slugs / bad made myself
outer brass filings and iron pyrites,
and used to slap 'em down on the
boys for bluff in game of draw po-
ker. You see, not being regular
Gov'ment money, that wasn't conn.,
terfeiting. | reckon they cost me,
counting time and anxiety, about
fifteen dollars. So ifthis yer watch
is worth that, it's about q square
game. Amt it?D
| began TO understand the Man
from Solano, aud said it was He
returned his watch to bis pocket,
toyed playfully with the chain, and
remarked: kinder makes a man look
fashionable aud wealthy, don't i,2n
l agreed with him. But what
do you intend to do here Pr / ask
ed.
well, I've sot cash capital of
nigh on 500. / guess until | get in
to reg'lar business I'll skirmish round
Wall street, and sorter lay low |
was about to give him few words
of warning, but l remembered bis
watch aud desisted. We shook
hands and parted.
A few days after | met him on
Broadway. He was attired in anoth-
er new suit, but l think I saw
slight improvement in his general
appearance Only Eve distinct col
ors we're visible in h's attire. But
this, | had reason to believe after
ward, was accidental
/ asked him if be had been to the
ball. He said be bad That GAL
and mighty peart gal she was, to-
she was there, but she sorter fought