The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-10-12
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CAPTURING A WIDOW. .gc
/" Away for a ride through the forest green,
Away ior a breath q the Oceans breeze
For splash G2Ss in the 6riny 61n Wv wave. s.s4
For the sash 9, = sel to sea-
In Atlantic ses sea cit city AfesPn foP @eiS sP'en
In some such fashion my partner Jack
was trol-de-rol- trolling in very unbusi-
nesslike manner in the office, while pol
ishing up the brasses on a diiapidated
fishing-rod, which seemed nevertheless
to have some character about it from the
service 1t had seen.
Now, Jack, !" said, solemnly paus-
ing from drawing my quill through q
long list of bad accounts, eI know you're
going to keep as sober as an Alderman,
and know you're not going tp be draw
ing money recklessly to spend like a
goose IN q mess of bad, headachy cham
pagne; indeed, I know you're going to
keep shy of all that set styled 'joIly fell
lows that it takes such q jolly lot of
money 70 run with
"Jest so. old man. 2 assented Jack,
For you Know. as as wen q as I do,n 1
continued, ssthat if we want to pull
through this year we've got to work it
out on line that win take all summer,
or, to use less elegant language, my
dear fellow, you know that your time
and your attention, your industry and
energy, viii be required almost every
day, and almost all day during this whole
sweltering summer.n
And when had thus finished I again
went to scratching at the bad accounts,
adding few additional, perhaps forci-
BILE, remarks about some of Jacks Gus
tomersNwho had failed to come to time
by way of emphasis to what I had al
ready said. u, "a .s4. r-,g
ss0ld man, look here,n said he, COM
mencing In that sanguine voice and
manner so peculiarly bis own, 'slet up
on that kind of talk for q minute and
listen. In the first place, I've made ar
rangements to travel up and down for
less money than it would cost me to run
out to the Park, and IN less time, too, an
things Considered; 7 can 60 TO and from
the hotel where I've arranged to stop in
but little more time than is required
to 90 to the Wissahickon or the Falls
and back; and as, for the intervening
time, which is mostly nighttime, the
difference is between sleeping under a
blanket, enjoying refreshing and rest
ful slumber, aud kicking all night on top
of a sheet and fighting the buzzing flies
in the morning. Then, in going down
and back, / can put in the time running
over my memorandum books and the
prices current. There are also several
good fellows who viii be going down
-. nEf
needn't raise your eyebrows in thai
she's down"
ssThe widowe''
eyes; she'll be stopping down ther,
all the summersn EResf slSges 5l
"I'm very glad indeed, Jack, that yol
are so prudent In the matter, and intenC
to be regularly on hand and on time
Likely IN take the run down with yol
occasionally. By the way, where diS
you say the widow was stoppingf"
ssOhi She's stopping with friend
but let me tell you how I've fixed things
said to myself: sNow, Jack, all othe
things being equal, in the first plac'
choose the cheapest road to travel on.
I found that, of course, in the Marrow
gauge; so when had made arrange
ments st about one-half the rates @
other roads, / said to myself again
sNow, Jack, you've narrow-gauged
down in one thing, remember to kee
on the same track and gauge it dow
narrow In all other things, for nothin
viii please the old man better -
/ hardly liked the habit my youthfr
partner had gotten into of calling m
the sold man." A man of 80 Is bu
little beyond his youth, and lis a gres
deal more sensible for q young girl or
young widow to pick out a steady, SCI
tied man of that age for husband tbl
one of your young, fyaway, dreamin
boys who has not yet been b,roucbt dow
TO his level. And the IDEA of JACK fir
ing with the Widow A., who Is o]
enough TO be his motherl Umphi
Jack kept running up and down reg1
larly, and it had q wonderfully invigo
ating effect upon his health during ii
trying hot weather.
On one Saturday morning conclude
would take trip myself on the sam
train, though not with him, thatI migi
observe the better what kind of compan
be associated with. It was eight o'cloc
on bright and beautiful morning tbs
took the boat at Pier s, Delaware A,
enue, for Cooper's Point. The boat wa
crowded with gay excursionists, primo
pally merry Sunday school scholars, ,wb
were in glowing terms questioning an
answering each other concerning th
bathing, the fishing, the boating, an
the glorious prospects Of the day befor
them.
We were soon aboard the train on th
other side, whirling along through gree
meadows, lnxuriant with growing grair
past numerous small lakelets, over tide
water creeks, and through the region Z
Oakland, with its pretty country-seat
dotted about here and there, while th
fresh breeze, redolent with the perfum
of blooming elover-fields, laved the heal
ed brow through the open windows.
had almost forgotten to take loo
into the smoking-car 20 see what us
Jack was making Of his time. Slyl
peering through the window from th
platform outside, i coui d discern, ,throug
. cloud of smoke, either back or front
every man it contained; but Jack wa
not among the number. What could b
the matterP Where had he gomez Blu
it was no mztter where he had gone,
concluded, and felt inwardly relieved
as 1 might now enjoy my trip to tn
full, with the coast clear from obtrusiy,
observation of my partner or anythin,
else. 1850,
In less than ninety minutes we hal