Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-01-05

come to see me when you come up
our way" the wagon started for sup
country
So slowly up the long hill they
numbered, till, gaining the ridge up
from the town, Molly had view of
rolling hills timbered with the for
est Just taking on its autumual hues,
and interpreted lay smiling cot
tages, and in the distance doomed
the blue bluffs of the mighty Mis-
sissippi. A strange, wild, vast
country TO one accustomed to the
tanner scenes of old England.
"You have a beautiful country
here" she said to the teamster, who
was Ieisurely employed chewing to-
bacco, showing exquisite skill in the
art of expectorating on exactly the
same spot on the fore part Of the
wagon tongue. 81 specs SO. That's
what all newcomers say, anyhow"
"Why, don't you know; can't you
see it's a beautiful country? So wild!
80 extensivew
"That's a fact, said Sam, looking
around him as though he was now
viewing the landscape for the first
time. at Is beautiful country, but
| never thought of i'm before. You
see when a man of my parts co mes
to a new country, what ZEE thinks
most on is maxim money, an zee
'asn { much time To be botherin' 'is
'ead about such things, an | 'specks
if 'ad been wise I'd lad quite bit
of a forth by this time, but what
with gamblin', an drlnkin', an one
tomfooery with another, | bent
much further ahead now than when
| coned 'ere."
"But why don't you stop such
things if it takes all your money!"
"Why don't stop eatin an sleep
i'm? Because it's material to me.
Why don't stop drinkin' an gam
bin? Because it's material to me,
an when | do get among the booys
| be like 'em; an after all the more
we spends the less we leaves behind
us, an | ave no one beholdiL' to me
80 it makes no h'odds one way or
tother," and cracking his whip in
dangerous proximity to Rogers ear
he relapsed to the chewing and ex-
pectorating process in which he had
| been interrupted.
Having gone about four miles fol-
| lowing a ridge which afforded an
extended view over the diversified
landscape, sam pulled up in front of
a large brick building little off
from the road, where several other
teams were tied about the premises.
ERE Miss, do zee 'old the liues a
bit. | want to 90 in ere to see a
man" So saying, he ahghted and
walked in hIs numbering way up to
the said house, where the nature of
his business was quite evident, for
when he emerged he was wiping his
mouth in a suspicious manner, and
there was strong smell of the ''ar-
dent" about him when he took his
seat.
After another pull of two miles a
low frame porched inn seemed also
to contain the mysterious parsonage
with whom Sam had business, for
the same process was gone through
with, only little longer in the per
formauce, and if the smell of liquor
was perceptible before it was now
evident even to nose with a bad
cold. This interview seemed to
have an exhierating effect on Mr..
Sam, for he drove on brlskly, aud
having with tipsy gravity obtained
| his passenger permission, he sang
in great variety of keys and pitch.
es several songs, whose chief ingre-
dents were Gloss" "gloss, "jolly
boys" or ave wont go home till
morning"
It was six or seven miles 20 the
next stopping place, and long before
they reaches it Mr.. Sam had des-
cepded into the laxative state, much
Of course to the editicatlon of his
fair listener.
"Now siss, it be a very wicked
place is this ard Scrabble. Now
! don't zee be afraid"--seeing she
looked frightened-"the likes of a
purity maid zee needn't be afraid.
1t be chaps like me, that 'as the
liquor in 'em an money in their
pockets-iss [ ave money IN my
pocket"-slapping with his large
hand the hiding place of his treas
ure. "Now Miss" he continued
very contidentialIy, "like as not III
be somewhat under the weather TO-
night, an git to gsmblin' an takin'
on. So like as not I'd be losing all
the money | ave; an as some OF II
bent mine, it would put me in a
sorry way to lose it. So ere, do ZEE
take this pocket-book an put in thy
pocket so | can ave it in the morn
lin" So the pocket book, well