Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-25

why UOn . you Sell IL 10 Ola STACY Z,
1 said. 6 He's got some ready money"
But he's going out shortly and wants
to sell his own mines.
"Going out-Stacy % 1 demanded,
wondering why Nellie had never alluded
to it. =. q ,.,.e.r,..r e.rt qo s.t.s..so-.
r. eyes, going to take that gal of his
back to the states This amt no fit
lace for pretty little thing Ike sac is,
you know 30 sJ9t jS aaf ,lsle slE j
Nellie going to leave camp! By Jove,
that wouldn't do. No, if she left, +
would, too. / shouldn't lose her, now
that 1 had all but won her, so I said: q
''I tell you, Bob, L don't know that I
shall stay much longer myself. Per-
haps you would like to make me an offer
for an interest in the Ajax, and let me at
tend to your business in the east, if I
can; / would be very glad to- .aa
"No; much obliged, partner, but no
one can do what / am going out for ex-
cept myself. Same time [ - might be
able to handle my own property better
if had the Ajax too, seeing as how the
two claims join each other on the same
vein. wonder if old Stacy would sell
out cheap enough ?" "r-oa @aa
SO, l guess SO, / said; especially
if he is at all anxious to get away. I'll
speak to him for you" a. b ta1 e..5 Is.
| ''He said the other day." continued
Bob, as though he were carefully weigh
ing the proposition, "that he'd sell to
me on time if could get a good man to
! go my security" 10 E..s 9faa :
Would he take me, do you think %
"Take you? A great sight sooner
than any other man in camp"
"Well, then, Bob, you give me a
mortgage on the mine, and if his figures
are not too high indorse your note and
turn you over my interest beside. The
mine is solid yet, L guess, though 1
haven't been to it for a week. a.a
"That's the gals fault grinned Bob;
''but if she wasn't good wouldn't want
to buy. / believe I'll go down and see
the old man--it won't take long," and
Bob buttoned up his coat and started out.
Half an hour later Bob returned with
the necessary papers by which Stacy
conveyed his third interest in the Ajax
mine to him for eight thousand dollars,
payable within thirty days. I endorsed
Bob's note for the amount, he assuring
me that If the mine continued to pay, as
! it had in the past, he could easily take
/ it up when due, besides which, Ireasoned
! to myself, that / would soon be Stacy IS
! son-in-law, and, in case of Bob's failure
! to meet the note, the old man would not
| be hard on me. [ also transferred my
third interest to. Bob for like amount,
and secured myself for both sums by q
mortgage on the property, and SO went
! to bed that night and dreamed Of the
4 1f4f1n x,y,Fo + -
| saw Nellie the next day, and though
she smiled sweetly and blushed most
prettily L wasn't satisfied, as owing to
her getting thugs in readiness for the
trip next morning there was no oppor-
tunity for quiet little conversation. [
told Stacy / was going out, and he
laughed and said Nellie had spoken of it
and he "didn't know but what it was q
good scheme for his gal, cause it could
hardly be expected that me and Bob
would be good company and so the
matter was settled and / collected my
traps together, and those l didn't care to
take with me, [ distributed among the
boys. They all knew what was going
out for, and good-natured witticisms were
freely INDUCED in at my expense. But
/ liked it, and rather enjoyed my
triumphs over the colonel and the Judge
and the others who had tried to win the
little treasure that L had carried off but
had miserably failed. af i2olIf Z"
| sat in my cabin that evening-the
last / should ever spend In Mineral City
and somehow [ got terribly blue and
out of spirits. 1t felt like parting with
old friends. Every tree and every rock
| seemed to have hold ON my affections,
and the rough logs of my little home
had a warm place in my heart /
couldn't shake off my low spirits, and so
[ went down to see my little one and
from her sweet face and pretty eyes
draw the consolation I felt / needed. I
found her looking tired from her arrang-
ing and packing efforts, but she seemed
most glad to see me, and we sat ON the
warm, confidential way. AS was about
to go [ took her little hand in nv big
/ palm and said: s
care you really glad that l am going
out with you?" a..v
s. You know [ am, she said earnest
~, her eyes dropping and her soft little
fingers involuntarily pressing mine, and
somehow before fully realized what ]
was doing [ had leaned forward and
pressed a hot, passionate. kiss on her
pretty lips, and with little exclamation
expressive of surprise and not of anger
] she turned and vanished I was happy
| fellow that night.
Our trip was begun the next morning
and in due course of time we all of us
came to halt in New York. What q
| delicious time [ had had of it, and how
considerate Stacy and Bob we're to me.
They never intruded their presence, but
let me have Nellie to myself. as though
they had no connection whatever with
us. I felt grateful to them and medi-
tated often upon what [ could do to show
my appreciation of their thoughtfulness
and good feeling. Nellie was a little
paradox, however-an enigma I couldn' t
solve. [ had proposed to her half q
dozen times on our way east, but though
she showed that her heart was mine and
permitted me to squeeze her hand, whis-
per soft nothings and kiss her good night