Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-08-31
Il PUZZLED LANDLORD.

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greatest in the memory of the oft-quo
ted oldest ihhabitant.
Of course the railroads were all block
ed up, but none quite so badly as the
one upon which our hero, Mr.. Richard
Toodleman. had started for his home
in Millikinville.
He had taken the express train fol
W at four o'clock that afternoon
and at ten o'clock that evening the
train had come to dead stop opposite
the village of Umbagog, just at the Ell
trance to lone, deep cut that was
packed full of snow, and had got to be
shoveled out, as no engine could force
its way through it.
AS this would necessitate delay o.
several hours, the majority of the pas
sengers left the train and went to the
hotel in the village. where they tool
supper, and those who were not in toe
great hurry to reach their various
destinations engaged rooms for the
night.
Among the latter was our hero, who
shortly after supper, bade the agreea.
BILE young widow, whose acquaintance
he had made on the cars-having occu-
pied the same seat with her-good
night, and retired to the apartment as
signed him.
Now if the reader supposes that our
mutual friend, Dick Toodleman, was in
love with the charming widow, why,
all / can say is, that the reader don't
know anything about Mr.. Toodleman
or his affairs; for the fact is, our hero
was terribly in love with another wo-
man.
Her name was Adelaide Tirrel, and
she lived in Millikinville. She was
the only daughter of her father, who,
by the way, was widower and rich,
oh 80 rich.
Miss Tirrel was extravagantly fond
of our Dick She lavished her young
affections upon him as freely as those
old Greeks and Trojans used to pour
their wine around in their ibations to
the gods.
This vas as it should be. I like to
see a young woman affectionate but
Mr.. Tirrel wasn't of my way of think
ing. He didn't love Dick Toodleman
any to speak of, and he objected very
strongly to his daughter entwining her
affections around the image of any
young man who didn't suit him. That
was the way with old Mr.. Tirrel; and
a very bad way it was, l think; don't
your
Perhaps you didn't know that Dick
was lawyer? Well, he was, and a
first rate lawyer too, although he had
MT great many clients. He was too
young to have made very great for
tune; and it was principally upon ac-
count of his lack of fortune that Mr..
Tirrel SO strongly objected to him for
a son-in-law.
Dick had been living in Millikinville
about five years at this time, and for
the past three years he had been entire
ly devoted to the pretty Adelaide.
Her father didn't pay much atten-
tion to Dicks frequent visits to his
house at first, and when he did begin
to suspect what the young fellow was
up to it was too late She loved
him and you know that wien young
woman does get to loving fellow one
might as well try to quench fire with
kerosene as to smother love by any
contrivance yet invented.
But Mr.. Tirrel had very different
opinion in regard to these matters. He
tried the old wav. He went to Mr..
Toodleman and told him that his daugh-
ter was not for him.
No, Richard Toodleman,' said be,
you can't take any stock in this fami
ly, not if / know myself; and conse-
quently you will oblige me by discon-
tiDuing your visits to my house. When
l do want you I'll send for you.' And
with that, the old gentleman hustled
out of the Office, and went home to
give his daughter lecture on the same
subject.
The lovers met clandestinely after
that, as lovers generally do under such
circumstances, and, although they saw
no possibility of the paternal Tirrel re-
lenting, they continued to love each
other as fondly as ever, and lived in
the hope of something turning up to
their advantage.
AS to the charming widow (she had
introduced herself as Mrs. Gildad, from
New York city, whom Dick had en-
countered on his way from W,
where he had been attending court, the
only part ste plays in this story she
played that night at the Umbagog
House while our hero was reposing ir
the arms Of Morpheus, and dreaming
of the fair Adelaide.
Mrs. Gildad had told Dick that she
was very anxious to reach her journeys
end, and so, instead of taking O room
at the hotel, she remained in the parlor
with number of other passengers, un-
til the train was once more ready to go
on, when she departed, and our hero
never saw her again.
/ said that Mrs Gildad remained in
the hotel parlor but she must have
absented herself from that apartment
for short time during the night, for
when Mr.. Toodleman arose the next
morning perhaps you can imagine his
surprise, when, instead of finding his
clothes upon the chair where he had
left them, he found full suit of female
attire, which he recognized at once as
the property of the charming Mrs. Gil
dad
Our Lero took it all in at glance.
He knew now why that lady had been
80 anxious to 60 on She was evident
ly running away from the officers of
the law, and fearing that the telegraph
might warn the police at the other end
of the route, she had taken this means
of Disgusting herself
Mr. Toodleman locked at the gar
ments. and asked himself what he
should do. His first thought was to