The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-07


his feet all the time, and took 1t in TO dinner
with him, and wouldn't let the conductor
nor no one handle it. One time he went ilto
| the baggage car to find the, boy WIN tne
cigars he left the box with me and told n sl ~ -
| be all fred particular that ne one else DIDN'T
/ touehlit, for it was filed with money az ~
was using, buying up wheat for shlpIuS ZEN.
| to Chicago. No woman with her fust Dsuy
| worn't SO particular as he were abouL thas
| box. When we get to the hotel and silcke4
ourselves down some, he says, My frlene,
wantyou to come along with me- to the pank,
| while | take this box and deposit 1t there. 1
| don't know but what, out West here, soiio
evil disposed person might not attack me ~
the street, if they saw me carrying 1t, Il
| YOU are With me it win be safe.' walteu
outside, while he took the box in; and siter
awhile he come out and said that was aiI
right, and his mind was easy. Then ne Went
back to the hotel to eat, and he said ne was
t asGn {rei$ SSt. agent E Of he he rsirOad
he, says Il the dying - sealawag; ne
didn't want no freight-agent. Pm a-going
to see him to make arrangements Tor tne
shipment of some carloads ofwheat nave
down here to the depot, to go through Sy
the freight-train to- night. When I've liked
that PHI come back, and we'll go togetner
to the show up here, to the theater.' 5000
for you,' says |, for / thought he was ilttie
on, the minister side of the trail, and dldn't
go to no shows, leastwise not to that klnu'
as me pictures was ABOUT AZ oyer . sne drink
wan, wa,1eu apous an 40. tI,sv had
fust-rate elegant. bar down to that hotei,
when back come my friend all of lather, as
il he'd been running afore a war party.
{. tft,s resi ' hedp be SayS ro,,st find
that bank cashier Somehow: the freisFbt
agent won't let the wheat 90 on to-nirht to
| be paid on delivery. He wants the freight
charges paid in advance or the wheat can't
go; and it's got to 90, for it's sold for deliy-
| ery.' 'l'
1 1bAnd then he stood thinking. a-gathering
4 his brows, and then figuring on a slim Of
paper, and muttering about dollars and
| cents and car loads. and every once in a
while saving as it was too provoking he
| hadn't left his money with the hotel clerk in
stead of taking it TO the bank. ~ tflIT'
"sWhy in thunder don't Won take it ont
"'I can't, he saws. sthe banks closed and
! I can't get it till the morning, And then he
began walking up and down the room again
| and muttering all about figures and bushels
and such like. and once and again looking
over at me. At last he saws, IF you'll wait
here for me Ill'po mn to that bank cashiers
private residence and explain the case
Mebbe he'll come down to the office and LET
| me have that box ont AGAIN this EVENING. for
! get II must. or I'm clean busted on that
wheat, >'' '--''
1s0Tho+,s all r;o.h+
r;oht 10 ~ 80, P lay = says S St,lp
r;aht - ~ w 'A9 III, NE ,,1;tE a.u %
ne,;t o,,te uolhe Mtvm yHI, anu II ne
W." %on iot to ~ VMouiu ue nluch
Sel~6 Is -0i 'oo anu W n'"0i' hill oOn
I'M a. ,,,. ~
IT, no ~ to, snaS o Nv, says.
aa,' nc ,s any me ~ Cnllh we
hon IN ~ ~ anu ~ H.; " open se
IN no ' nio vne oeIn u,n ,ai ~ rne
"Waal. I was sgreeable and so T stenned
down and set lem IN AGAIN with the hoys at
tbe ba,.. and thor, II 10 mo ot,o, no ~ j.;
thunder didn't lend him the money iii the
morning instead of foolinp away fbe time
| arter that cashier. when we might have been
having a high old time at the show. So when
he came back in half an hour Iooixine as II
he'd seen ali his relations scalned before his
| ewes and said that the. hank cashier had
| COVE into the country for the nioht and tbat
Il he cor,ldn,t cot fI.t what on he wo o,,"o
r,,ine5 man COS wheat had risen ten cants
bnsheI. owing to some scalawaos cornering
~ Isovs ri5sbt Of '0''-'' U.s. i'i '''s
.rioTv' ,,,neh 49, n 81 1,o,,+g
| u.T of me see saws he ionling as hright
"a new doliari tSiy cor lads sol freigbt
to Cb;caoo, And then he cot TO f;ouT;ng
again. and saws at last. with what bavs' in
nv pocketbook. Tyuess can tiv il with sa1Si
It's q new PROPRIETOR al this hotel or otless
Il could have borrowed 1t at the Otiice till the
morning I've the best part of 1000 left in
box up at the bank Hl& ~3.t,..
"'Four hundred and eighty SAYS I; well.
I'll let you have it till the morning;' for /
know'd he'd got the money, for I'd handled
that IRON bound box myself: land then
we'll git right away and see that show,
81 took out bear-skin pouch had. and
counted out what money 1 had left There
was $3.50 rolled up there, and asked him if
$3.50 would nix it up.
+" Let me see,' he saws, 'S4S0:' and then
he began to figure again. yes, that is more
than enough with what have. Four hum
bred and seventy-five viii do. / need only
keep enough to paw the theater. because in
the morning 1 shall go to the bank to once,
ssWaal, gentlemen,1 he continued. adj.
dressing us all collectively, including the
conductor and the boy that sold the cigars.
apples, books, etc., on the train. .sI counted
out S415 to that everlasting thief: and when
he had iaw'd his thanks for nv timely aid
and told me to wait a Quarter of an hour
while he paid the freight bill at the denot
he went off. Waitl waited, guess Idid''
| waited until | felt a kind of cold sweat over
me when he didn't come back; and I went
down, pale and trembling, as weak as calf
Just born, to the office, for thought if any,
thing goes wrong with this here business my
gals chance is busted. VI kinder staggered
up to the office and told the clerk was
afeard something had happened to my friend.
Then he asked me the particulars, and got
to looking mighty cross as told him.
80 guess you'll not see him again. said