Daily Republican., 1879-01-24
THE CITY SQUIRT"

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$50 that's your game, is IT." quietly
mnrmured Jim Bush to himself. jim
wa, when he made that observation,
lying in the hay-mow of his fathers
well-tilled Swiss barn. He was leaning
over the entrance to the NOV and be.
low, on the barn floor, were Charles
Augustus Swellington and Gnstavus
Adolphus SkillingtOn, two swell young
men from New York, who, while in
that city, were only clerks in third
rate netiOn store, but in the country
they wore the sons of nillionaires,
"disgusted with cityl life, you know
who wanted to recruit their health for
the coming round of gaieties peculiar
to the great metropolis in the winter
season of the year. They boarded in a
house directly across the road from
farmer Bush's.
The cause Of inns remark was this:
He was lying on the hay, reading
there's no use in concealing the truth
-Byron's "Don Juan" He was arous.
ed from his perusal Of that most tasci-
mating book by hearing voices below,
and he crept over to the entrance to the
NOV in time to hear Charles Augustus
say to Gustavus Adolphus
Now, Skilly, (Skilly and Swelly
were what they ahectionately called
each other) as you are going back TO-
morrow, Tell tue Doasl am very SICK
and 40 not expect 10 De BACK 1or
couple OF weeks. In that time | THINK
can per' nade the lovely Sallle to be
my bride II | can, there VIII be no
need to go back al all. ihe OLD man IS
worth inIly hundred thousand, and
there are only ,he Two children.
nate that 10Y, 'housh, ana III TX nm
ever ger 10 DC ms brother ih'law.
III amt behind the counter III two
Weeks you can conclude II an engage
ment. am gong to carry the thing
ny storm"
Mr.. Sklllingtoh agreed to do as his
friend requested, ana they then lett the
barn.
There was ~ more reading Tor Jun
Bush that day. He was too deeply
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Jim was a nischevous youth OF SIX
teen, who had Just graduated from the
high school oil near by village, ana
his father intended to prepare him for
college. Sallie was a pretty glrl OF
nineteen, with trim figure, red cheeks
and carniine lips, which Swellngton
had once tried to kiss and got slapped
on the mouth Tor his pains. Although
Sallie's father did not compel her to
work, she was thorough housekeeper
already, running the house to suit her
Sell, htr lholHer having uled some years
before.
Jim found sallie and told her ofSwel-
lington's Intention. lie told her to &C
cept his advances slightly, in order to
keep him there over his time and make
him lose his situation in the notion
store Cor having tho presumption to
think he could carry her heart by
storm.
Charles Augustus managed to see the
pretty Saliie nearly every day after
Skillinrtop lef, and pressed his suit with
much ardor. Sallie accepted his ad.
vancps rather coyly at first and then. to
keen M the game. gradually becam.
NOR. cordial,
Shortly before his two weeks time
yer. nm he asked her the all important
nn4stion. and Sallie asked for one
weeks time for consideration. Swell
iupton augured well from this and
granted her tie time, fully expecting
that sll. could not resist his fascinating
person and address, and only asked
the week 5 time on account OF baShiul-
ness.
During this ti.le that Swellington
was doing his counting, Jim Rush was
not idle. He enlisted in mis- behalf
about dozen boys of the neighborhUod
" no disliked Swellington on account OF
his affected superiority, and every time
that gentleman would 90 ont, no mat
ter what the time of day or night might
be-, these boys would follow him in sin
gle file, all looking as solemn as If they
we've III a funeral procession. When
Swellington would go into any house or
any other place, they would wait until
he came ont, and then again take up
the line OF march. At first Charles Au-
gustus took no notice of them, but it
became 50 frequent that at last he very
seldom went out Of his boarding house,
but remained there and cursed jim
Bush, whom he blamed for the parade