St. Landry democrat., 1883-07-07

| seHse enough TO keep on letting
alone.) almost felt like giving it u
| when I knew she'd feel badly about ii
but I'd left her note telling her wa
! just going to New YORK to make M
| fortune, and I'd write to her. And
| thought of all the splendid things L,
| do for her when [ got to be a great mer
chant, and so stole into the parlor an.
got a card picture of my two little sis
ters and wrapped it up (there WASH
any OF mother) and went on. We hat
three miles to walk to the railroad sta
tion.
's'No more milking cows or pilins
wood or dropping corn or plowing-
Hurrah! says Bill. as we ratified alone
| in the cars.
"Each of us had money enough tt
take us to New York, and little over
We found it sight better to be flying
along that way in the fine morning
than to be turning out Tor a DAYS work
| We were going to look for Tom Bly,
| he had told us all to be sure to come
right to him if ever we came to town,
and we thought it likely he could find
places for us at once either in his owl
business or among his friends AS we
walked along the handsome streets, we
couldn't help wondering how soon some
such splendid stores might belong to us.
s. Bill had Tom Bly's address was
a grocer--and we soon began to look
for him. The street they told us to 90
to didn't look SO nice as we thought it
would. But at last we found Tom Bly, S
store, and that didn't look nice at all.
We went in and looked for him. | was
looking for the plaid clothes; for I'd a
known EN- anywhere, but / couldn't
see 'em and nobody seemed to know
about Mr.. Bly,. But soon Bill sung out,
Hello Tom and Isaw wagon drive
up and Tom was driving it. He hadn't
on the plaid clothes, and he hadn't any
coat or collar on, and he didn't seem so
very glad to see us.
2 Well Tom Bill said, here we
are, you see. We're in for it. Ready
to have you get us into something right
of-'jes as you said, you know
- The--old scratch you are!' said
Tom. You haven't been such fools as
to come way down here for work, have
you?'
- Isn't that what you told usp'
=. Well--may be / did. just to be po-
lite, but I'm blessed if l thought boys
as well kept as you'd a. come pokin'
down here where there's more folks
Already than's wanted Where there's
one situation there's ten fellows after it.
This was a wonderful take down.
We thought he'd ask us to go to his
hotel, but he didn't We said We d
stroll round q little, and we strolled
round; and we asked in some places if
they wanted 3 boy, but nobody seemed
to want any boys. We went into park
to eat all we had left of the lunch wee
brought from home.
BE off there-you rascals., some
one shouted, and the first thing we knew
a big policeman was hustling us out.
and telling us if we ever set a foot there
again we'd be locked up.
= All for going on the grass!
g. There's lots o. grass to home,' |
whimpered Ned. Ned was smaller n I
me and Bill. Let's go home, say!'
2. We laughed at him, but not very
hard. Bill said he was going to start
[or the plains tomorrow, going to work
his way out somehow We went back
% Tom Bly, and asked him if he knew
where we could sleep, and he s'posed
5hey'd take us in where he slept, if we
lad any money.
s'We all thought it would be very
grand to put up at a city hotel, but it
wasn't. There wasn't half enough
supper, and the beds were awfu1ly
'roWded up in one room. In the morn
ng man came along and said we were
o pay thirty cents each for our supper
nd our beds
Me and Ned had given Bill our
money to take care of, all but a few
ents, because he was the biggest. And
low he felt in his pockets and it was
one! He felt and felt, and then he
lollered out:
. I've been robbed! Thieves!'
The man sWore at him. and asked
i'm if he meant he d been robbed there.
ie took all the money me and Ned had,
nd then he gave Bill kick and told
i'm to be off.
Tom Bly, gave us lot of crackers
his store, and said we'd better 90
ONE. But / was too much ashamed,
md thought II try yet to get work. l
'alked till was footsore, and all the
'ork I found was carrying a parcel, and
got ten cents for it and bought a loaf
bread. Bill said he was going to the
epot to go West Ned Wentwith him,
nd when night came waited tiA IL was
ark, and then I sneaked into pretty
ard where there was trees, and crawIed
to a hammock there and fell asleep.
- / woke very early, and saw gen.
eman in the yard looking at me-
as afraid he was going to have me i
ken up for going on his grass, and I )
mped up. The hammock stuck to one 6
my buttons, and I didn't wait, but 6
re away from it and ran away without
7 hat. The gentleman called me to /
op. but jumped over the fence and S