Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-03-24


over her chair, said
81 calklate to stop over here some
time, miss, and you and me bein' sorter
strangers here, may be when there's any
show like this goin' on you'll let me -
Miss X. said somewhat hastily that the
multiplicity of her engagements and the
brief limit of her stay in New York she
feared would, etc., etc. The two other
ladies had their handkerchiefs over their
mouths, and were staring intently ON the
stage, when the Man from Solano con-
tinued
"Then, may be, miss, whenever there
is show goin' ON that you'll attend,
you'll just drop me word to Earle's
Hotel, to this yer address," and he
pulled from his pocket dozen well-worn
letters, and taking the buff envelope
from one, handed it to her with some
thing like bow.
Certainly" broke in the facetious
Dashboard, "Miss X. goes to the
Charity ball tomorrow night. The
tickets are but trife to an opulent
Californian and q man of your evident
means, and the object worthy one.
You will, no doubt, easily secure an in
vitation.
Miss X. raised her handsome eyes for
moment to Dashboard. "By all
MEANS" she said, turning to the Man
from Solano," and as Mr. Dashboard
is one of the managers and you are
stranger, he will, of course, send you
complimentary ticket. [ have known
Mr.. Dashboard long enough to know
that he is invariably courteous to
strangers and a gentleman. She set
tied herself in her chair again and fixed
her eyes upon the stage.
The Man from Solano thanked the
man of New York, and then, after
shaking hands with everybody in the
box, turned to 60 When he reached
the door he looked back to Miss X. and
said
cit was one of the queerest things in
the world, miss, that my findin' them
checks -
But the curtain had just then risen on
the garden scene in Faust, and Miss
X. was absorbed. The Man from Solano
carefully shut the box door and retired.
[ followed him.
He was silent until he reached the
lobby, and then he said, as if renewing
previous conversation "She is a
mighty peart gal-that's so. She's
just nay kind and will make a stavin'
good wife"
thought [ saw danger ahead for the
Man from Solano, so [ fastened to tell
him that she was beset by attentions,
that she could have her pick and choice
of the best of society, and finally, that
she was, most probably, engaged to
Dashboard.
"Thats So, he said, quietly, without
the slightest trace of feeling, "it would
be mighty queer if she wasn't. But I
reckon I'll steer down to the hotel |
don't care much for this yellin'. Gle
was alluding to a cadenza of that famous
cantatrice, Signora Batti Batti.) "What's
the time?"
He pulled out his watch. It was such
glaring sham, so obviously bogus,
that my eyes were fascinated by it.
You're looking at that watch, he said
"it's purity to look at, but she don't &C
worth cent And yet her price was
1925, gold gobbled her VI. il Chat
ham street day before yesterday, where
they were selling 'em very cheap Al
auction.
{ " You have been outrageously swim
died." [ said, Indignantly. "Watch anC
chain are not worth twenty dollars"
care they worth fifteen ?" he asked
gravely.
/ Possibly"
"Then | reckon it's fair trade. Y
4 see, I told em 1 was Californian from
Q Solano and hadn't anything about me o
greenbacks. / had three slugs with me
a Ye remember them slugs?" Ct did; tn
0 "slug" was "token issued in tn
: early days-a hexagonal piece of gold
1 little over twice the size of twenty
g dollar gold, piece-worth and accepte
for fifty dollars.)
a "Wel, I handed them that and the
!! handed me the watch. You see ther
slugs [ had made myself outer brass fiji
|, ings and iron pyrites, and used to sla
'em down on the boys for bluff in
/ game of draw poker. You see, nc
d being regular gov'ment money, WASH
e counterfeiting. [ reckon they cost me
e counting time and anxiety, about $1t
: So, if this yer watch is worth that, it
e about a square game. Amt it?
e | began to understand the Man fror
e Solano, and said it was. He returne
+ his watch to his pocket, toyed playful
d with the chain, and remarked "Kinde
Z. makes man look fash, N BILE and wealthy
1t don't it?"
s. I agreed with him. "But what d
le you intend to do here ?" I asked
% "Well, I've got cash capital of mig
le ON 500. guess until get into regla
Is business I'll skirmish round Wall stree
T. and sorter lay low" L was about
,e give him few words of warming, but
Of remembered his watch, and desiste(
Of We shook hands and parted.
IL A few days after met him on Broat
of way. He was attired in another ne
IL suit, but think I saw slight improv
in ment in his general appearance. ON
five distinct colors were visible in h
40 attire. But this, had reason to belie0
ne afterwards, was accidental.
st. I asked him if he had been to the bal
He said he had. "That gal-and
ld mighty peart gal she was too, was ther
but she sorter fought shy of me- I G
g. this new suit to go in, but those waite
If, sorter run me into a private box, and
to didn't get much chance to continnie
IN our talk about them checks. But tn
young feller, Dashboard, was nigh
ed perlite He brought lots of fellers al
I'M young women round to the box to S
rs me, and he made up party that mig
an to take me round Wall street and
e. them stock boards. And the next d
To he called for me and took me- AND
to invested about $500 IN them stocks--m
sit be more. You see, we sorter swopp
IL stocks. You know I had ten shares
mt the Peacock Copper mine, that you W
ed once secretary of.
th uRut those shares are NOT worth