Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-03-01
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When Joe had been down month
sam had been tutrapptd into seeing
Elizabeth JHue home half i dozen
times, for growing enbuls.pned bv
success even Sus Soue WAS no
longer q refuge (or the unfortunate
victim, apd ii bpame mauep Of
course, three or four times week,
tor Nis, Iolxer u come ani SEQ
Joe, and almost q matter of course
tot i'neHatd ~ see hef home, sam
was In dlsPalE ln The gloomy future
he even ~" 2 Sh 'ao"} prospect OF
marriage "llh nus eaNntref. O'a-
't'fl 'o most cases where it y Gus
toh'ttY loF a uan jo s0. tor hls
mates sam fought say iram any
u'oFrltaI''n t'.tt AAi tht tvt~t ien-
dehey !" tAat dtreetion9 aud when
9'os 9"0ei was invaded ay tI'e eae-
iot OnNle Aoe.e Saloon became ms
''N"i''e P'' ''''e 81 resort; leaNl he
was sA'e t@'Fe,' ana AZ g SAD tonse-
4"'"ee 81 'och VISITS, aud a'so ot
l,Hdehe3 lo 1Ahten his prospects,
sun : hoheWard journeys eouli not
oe eoF,rs" ey . straight ilo" "a any
&'N'o atfetiion q @H often me
1'Nt tht. iha, "h' knew 81 SANS
tl"uo't aud the consequent tendency
Ai"i i9'alu, would schi utl Jtek To
o''o& him nome, aud when sac met
tue SOMEWHAT s9ameiaepd l'tiahard
ueAt morning, was aa tunuceut as
FIety Elti eau lo"N lt anl time.
Nhru we relax into evil, we re-
bcaua to an eAlent that keep as re-
/ marhahIy good i0r spell Ga such
occasions san ppopualed his 'httle
mMd Ina" by q present Of some
sort, presented N the most bupgle.
some possible way, and for several
evening afterwards he was very
studluus under her dlrectinn; for
Ina hat undertaken 10 initiate him
into the mysteries Of mathematics
aud penmauship 10 the sAuctum
| sauetorlum of Saus Spucl, and uuder
the vlgllent eye of the oyclops afore-
sald, which on such occasions seemed
a. beam beulguly on the fair, frail
glti, aud her perplexed companion.
Ills time would thus be- occupied
between Joe aud The mine aud his
lesson" with Ina until the "tlrtgon'
bore down again aud carried him of.
Ihen there would be a night or Two
AT Uncle Aces aud the eompanipn-
ship ot JOB, who was fixture there,
aud sam lauber, who WAS d genial,
boon companion, aud the ale which
was The queerest chap Of all But
| All the tlue Elizabeth Jane WAS gain
ing ground, Hhlch ho wonId not
acknowledge bat which hr knew in
MS heart To be so. The willy Eliza
oeth had 80 wrapped her tois around
Tue B"od natnred fellow that he
"as led, as II were against hia will,
10 J'lh ~ her every desire. If she
wished Sans company on certain
occasion, An adroit turn TO the con
FefsAtiou, aud ere he was aware Sam
was engaged for An unweIeome per-
iofmance which his manhood in
duced him to perform, Sam was
neYer reproached by her for any of
ms ercapades. She sighed and
laughed Them over, and said it was
Just like the reckless men.
But, whereas, Elizabeth James
prevalence over Sam was through a
sort Of cunning Wltchery Of which
be could by no means free himself,
the sweet Influence OF Ina wa- Of a
far different eort, and if the "llttls
maid" had been elder EIlzlbeth's
predomlnance would never have
made itself felt. A word or a look
from the glrl was to turbulent Sam
like OIL on the troubled waters.
Once, ~hout this tlme, when the
miners were on one Of those period
Ieal bowling, fighting aprees, which