The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-11-30

journ in the suburbs of this great city.
And must beg that you keepthc house
very still during the hours which | de-
vote to study
Here my wife looked a. me aghast,
thinking Of little Johnny and the baby.
Never mind, my DEAR" L remarked
soto roce, 1--WE can easily get EN- board
ed out somewhere"
Sand" went pn the Reverend Mr..
Speakwell, Il should esteem it a favor
if a horse and buggy could be procured
for my daily use when going to DIR.
Dosen, in the city, as the motion of the
train disagrees with my nervous sys-
tenn"
II don't happen to W a carriage,
but l might buy one," said L.
"Thank you, thank you, Cousin
Poyntz," said Mr.. Speakwell blandly.
"And if there's any other little thing
you should happen to want, pray don't
be backward in mentioning it'll add
ed. a
mo, 1 won't, Cousin Poyntz,'' said
the reverend gentleman, with the ut
mostgravity. a
And 1 am bound to say that he kept
his word.
For three days L endured the swarm
of visitors which literally infested my
home, and then L made up my mind
that patience had ceased to be a virtue.
"I1l put a stop to this thing" said
/.
Came home one night with a trag-
ical expression on my face.
katherine, y 1 said to my wife, 81
am ruined.''
"What!" cried all the company at
once.
'Those shares in the Western Union,
you know" said L, shifting my fore
head.
"Yes, DEAR" gasped poor Kitty.
"They have gone down." said L.
''Not worth a penny"
"Oh, john"
II wish | had taken your advice, and
let 'em Alone" said L. "But, after all,
it doesn't SO much matter, as if | had
no friends"
| looked beamingly around at my
wife's relations. They returned the
glance by the blankest of stares.
"If 1 borrow 5000 apiece from all
these dear kindred, said l, with obtru-
sive cheerfulness, land request Uncle
Silas to indorse my business notes"
81 couldn't think of such a thing"
hurriedly interrupted that gentleman.
Il should be most happy to oblige,
but l am quite out of funds at present.
said Cousin Joab.
"And l." said the Reverend Mr..
Speakwell, pushing back his chair,
''must save what little share L possess
of the worlds filthy lucre to pay my
passage and that of my family back to
Minnesota"
aSurely,'' cried 1, ''you would not go
away and leave me in such pecuniary
straits as these.n
The Reverend Mr.. Speakwell signif.
cantly buttoned up his pockets.
ut is every mans business to look
after himself, Cousin Poyntz,, said he;
sand ! don't scruple to say that it is
downright dishonesty for a business
man like yourself to get into such finan-
cial difficulties"
And in fifteen minutes every cousin
in the lot had, upon one excuse or an
other, vanished from the room, to pack
and prepare for immediate departure.
L looked at my wife; my wife looked
at me. l burst out laughing; Kitty be-
gan to cry.
"My dear" said |, .'it's an easier
job than | thought it would be. / did
not know but that it would be neces-
sary for me to catch the smallpox be-
fore could get rid of your relations
But are we very poor, John? And
must we give up this dear little cot
tage? Oh, how cruel it is of Cousin
Joab, and Mr.. Speakwell and Uncle
Silas, and all of them, not to help you.
l know Mariana Wilmerding has SIS, 900
that she wants to put out ut interest,
for she told me only yesterday, and"
"Yes, exactly" said I. but proba-
bly, she doesn't regard me as a good in
vestment.''
after all l have done for them!''
sobbed my wife.
"Relationsare only human, my dear,n
said L.
The company took their leave with
out much ceremony OF adieux, and that
afternoon my wife came to me, with
tears in her eyes.
"John,n said she, twill you tell me
how much money you have lost in that
horrid Western Union stock? Because
L would rather know the worst at
once.n
"Lost?' repeated | looking up from
the newspaper, which L was reading in
Uncle's Silas' savorite easy chair, now
vacated for the first time in many days.
"Why who said l had lost anything?o
"You did,"
Excuse me, my dear; l said nothing
of the kind. L merely stated that the
Western Union shares were not worth
a penny. Neither were they, to me, as
l had sold out all l possessed a week
ago."
"Johnl"
Eyes, my dear"
''How could you?"
Every easily,' said l, with a latent
smile. my dear, L think if your rel
atives had stayed another week / should
have committed suicide"
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