The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-10
TWOYISIONS.

Of n Spanish brigand II would be difficult
II explain, Since her - I5e-IeHrc4 ia LIE
hid been circurascribed - tic narrow
llaits Of the fifth rate bearing house
where kLe had washed oIsArs fora LIVING
ever since her earliest reestioe.lnas.
Beng 81 tender -f4srs. - lies. Ma
tilda bud been III love almost a. many
times as Mrs. Bsrucs l.faa t4sen He~
boardcr. beng freekIad aud ID haifea
no ore had reciprocatad Ier affaehment.
Or i 50. Lad allowed eouees.lt5eut - pfey
ul5n hia feelings reciie-siy.
.1llyr' called out Mr. T5rues, look
what you're at. child. CT 5aa D smash
them aigs. And ais il a.e.. n)sada$-,
] can tell yon"
i wa n lookin' at SIR. jazz. slid
Tilly. sui, n.
wei. sald Lcr fat. god Ha' red Liz
trcss. don't SGT too u f4eh store BY the
young ucu. lilly. Nhea the r,ht one
cones alons you Il kEyw i'm quick
enough
sYes.. replied THY. "ba, will he
kuaw me--lAat's WHIT ] s.uat 70 know
.lr- Byrne- shook VII. laughter me
was naturally good ten pcred and she
had prospered in the boarding house and
could afford 10 laugh even 1t poor Tilly's
poiAtlcss jokes. As shc al jgstcd her dia-
mond ear rings and fastened her seAlskin
sack 10 step across the street 70 the gro
Gers ~ purchase fnackerel and onions for
dinner she gave THY some parting ad-
munitions To grind the coffee and take
oui the last boilcrful Of clothes before she
got back.
Not for worlds would Mrs Byrnes have
set her foot upon the street without the
diamonds an scal-kin
Villages as we'll as courts, may haye
their social code that diyidw patrician
and plebeian. and silver GUh drew tle
line at sealskin cloak and diamonds
Meanwhile Jack Mohr, Tilly's ideal
Spanish hrigand, Unconscious Of the
frecked face pressed longngly against
the speekled panel Of Mrs. Byrnes' pantry
window, went up the hill at "A swinging
pace, conscious Of but two well-defined
ideas that formed a bac aground for all his
minor mental processes-Felicia Dewey
and the Euchre mine.
In point of Importance to Jack they &C
cupicd relatively the position here given,
but in point Of sequence this order should
be reversed. since IL was only on the sue
cess Of his mine that Jack could predicate
any hope Of winning Felicia
From the day Of Jack Mohr's first ap-
pearance at silver Gulch the miners, who
took their meals with Mrs. Byrnes. and
lounged around the bar Of the ueighbor-
ing saloon at evening. Were disposed 70
treat him with due respect.
! 1t was felt iustinctiVely that he would
be the sort of "A man that was Troublesome
i in fight. and so he went and came un-
i questioned.
/ Hes fit company for any camp" Old
i Sims declared contdentially one evening
/ to circle OF choice spirits in Mike 5
i place, us they stood up 10 the bar for a
drink all round. Hes dropped his man,
/ and anybody with that record is good
enough for any crowd, aud don you for
i get it.
Where did that happen" asked
Shorty, the sandy haired bartender flick
ing off a hop blossom from his spotlessly
white shirt sleeves.
He did not say, "How do you know
although that would have been the proper
form Of interrogatory for what he desired
! to learn.
Such question might have been con
strued into doubt of Old sims truth
! fitness. and thus have led to unpleasant
consequences
We always guard our weakest point,
and Old Sims was tenacious on this point
of truthfulness.
"Where did ii happen repeated the
! old man. Lord! how do know There
are some things man can tell withou,
knowing how he does it, and one of them
is to tell man who has taken human
life when you see him. It's sort Of free
! masonry, | suppose. Old Sims had once
killed man in n fight, and was disposed
to take on airs in consequence a superb
GRITTY none of them felt inclined to ques-
ton, for obvious reasons, least of all
Shorty.
As for Jack Mohr. the fact that his
language and manners were such rs be.
longed To gentleman might have made
him unpopular with Mrs. Byrnes' board
ers but for one accidental circumstance.
This was n lucky game of euchre that
he had played with Col. Dewey. proprie
tor of the Euchre mine, a mild man
nered, white haired old man, whose style
of playing elected Old Sims warmest ad
m ration.
A prettier game | never see, nor any
other man." he explained in rapture OF
delight to his eronies at the bar
Thar was the oil man, earn an cool
playin' his cards like-like parsou
blamed if he didn' /. It's your deal, Mr.
Mohr, says he. bowin' like chestnut
field, . and Old Sims made a grotesqut
bend in his effort X initiate Col. Dewey
snose nan ere hoy doncs Sconnad tiS
NIL a,.a,.,. ,,.ir
"tnd n,6ot u..re tho st.less., sst.d
short his rnnnd shav.n baad r;-ino
NH, a,a h,ra nI,n,5.. b5s fnl, v17ita sLirt
slanves tbat s,,,,,este1 whimsical cnrn.
nnri.on IN n cbrr,1l,s WINS ~ ,,ortrayed
r. ~, r,adiaysl art
..Tbn "A, ,,,.,,, M ,,,bolf ~. Er,brs
,,i,,a md In, 1,rIad al,in. ON win
tb,t al mnlc 'his.D and Hand If IorE
di1n,t ha11 ,he iol.er "a ,ha ri+bt md
laft ha,rnr thrae Eand's rnnni1,
,,Xo,.' exrlaimed shorty in transnort,
at nj ,.r,rl,ic 1aec,.intion. I'm, ,,-Iiat' Il
the oil, man say..'
Old Sir,s rose in his seat and bowed. in
imitation Of Cd. Dewey-his contorsons
ms he aid 81 n speetacle for rods and men.
Mr. Niolgr saws he. Won are n lucky
man. sir am clad 10 welcome YOU
saws he 10 a half ownership in the
Eucbre mine; as "A lucky man youll
bring success Ia the ENTERPRISE. -
.XcrN handsome of the old colonel. =
murnuired Shorty admiringly
"uanasomc," repeated Old Sims,
at WAS ii pietcr \ picter. gentlemen,
hi-h art and religion combined. that 5
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