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

cent. The whole tnlng explOucu ten
years ago."
That's SO, may be-you say so. But
then didn't know anything more about
Communipaw Central, OF the Naphtha
Gaslight Co., and SO l thought it was a
square game Only realized on the
stocks I bought, and KEN up outer Wall
street about $4OO better. You see it was
sorter risk, after all, for them Peacock !
stocks might come upw
I looked into his face; it was immeas- |
urably serene and commonplace. be-
gan to be 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 again saw
the Man from Solano. When l did |
found that he had actually become a
member of the Stock Board, and had
little Office on Broad street, where ne
transacted fair business. My remem-
brance going back to the first night | met
him, l inquired if he had renewed his &C
ouaintance with Miss x. II heered that
she was in Newport this summer, and |
ran down there fur week.
"And you talked with her about the
b ggage checks!"
SNo." he said, seriously; =" she gave me
commission to buy some stocks tor her.
You see, / guess them fash'nble tellers
sorter got to runnin' her about me, and so
she put our acquaintance on square bust
ness footing. I tell you she IS rlght
smart girl. Did you hear of the accident
that happened to herr"
| | had not.
well, YOU see, she was out yachting
and managed through one of those fellers
to oct an invite, too. The whole thing was
got up by man that they say is going to
marry her. Well, one afternoon the boom
swings round in little squall and knocks
her overheard There was an awful ex.
citement-you've heard about it, may bes .
No! But | saw it all with roman
GERS instinct in a f1ass of poetry This
poor fellow, debarred through uncouth-
ness from expressing his affection tor her,
had at last found his fitting opportunity
He had
"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
, that peart gal, and-I-
"You jumped for her. l exclaimed
| hastily
/ MOI" he said gravely, II let the
| other man do the jumping, sorter looked
on"
: stared at him in establishment.
mo" he went on seriously. "He wa:
the man who iumped-that was his put
his line of business You see if hat
> waltzed over the side of that ship, ant
Qn(
finally Topped to the bottom, that mar
c would have jumped nateral-like and savet
n her, and ez he was going to marry her an.
t way, don't exactly see where l hav
: been represented in the transaction. Blu
i don't YOU see, eff, after he'd jumped ant
G hadn't got her he went down himself, IL
hev the best chance, and the advantage
h heving him outer the way. You see yo
It don't understand mel don't think yo
e did in Californy."
v "Then he did save herr
a .Of course. Don't you see she was al
|, right. If he missed her I'd have chippe
v in. Thar warn't no sense in my dom
g his duty onless he failed"
Somehow the story got out The Ma
;" from Solano as butt became more popt
IN lar than ever. and of course received II
vitations to burlesque receptions an
d, naturally met great many people whol
otherwise he would not have seen.
was observed also that his 500 was stead
e lily growing, and that he seemed to
IN getting on in his business. Certain Callfo
of MIA stocks which had seen quietly Il
- tered in the old days in the tombs
ne their fathers, were magically revived; an
ly | remember, as one who has seen gho
lie to have been shocked as looked over Il
Id quotations one morning to have seen Il
rs. ghostly face of the dead Beat Bea'
ey Mining Co.. rouged and plastered, loo
gs ing out from the columns of the mornil
nd paper At last few people began to
on spect, or suspect. the Man from Solan
NV At last suspicion illuminated with Il
mt incident.
on He had long expressed wish to beio
ty, to certain FASH club, and with
TIL view of burlesque he was invited to VI
r." the club. where series of ridiculous Z
10 tertainments were given him, winding
his with card party. As passed the ste
it'll of the club house early next morning
xss overheard two or three members TALK
mt excitedly.
Tie ClcaucU cNcI UOiS out.
-ou he must have raked in nigh on 100000
~Whol- asked.
on THE Man from Solano."
lar As l turned away, one of the gentiem
eet a victim, noted for his sporting proper
i've ties, followed me, and laying his hand
m my shoulder, asked:
,ok Tell me fairly now. What busin
did your friend follow in California;
-ay. He was shepherd"
It | "A WHAT"
his "A shepherd. Tended his f1ocks on
met honey scented hills of Solano.n
his, We'll, all can say is. d-n your {
was fornia pastorals!n
,all. An Irishman recently stopped at q h
in Des Moines, Iowa, where pretty }
ere. bills were charged. In the morning
got landlord made out the amount of d
TORS osroc 0nd r,vnoou<od II n Dot After he