Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
SHAKE RAG UNDER THE HILL.
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pleasant sunshine to the clouds that
now hung over her saddened heart.
Mrs. Jedder, voluble and kindly
busting as of old, rushed out to
welcome them. She had heard
something of Molly's trouble, and
taking the poor girl into her moth
erly arms she kissed her tenderly,
looked at her more so for a moment,
and then they both broke into tears.
Having thus relieved herself, she
was the same CHEEKY person as of
old, and the red wine and frosted
cake performance was enacted anew,
and she kissed Ina for being pretty
sensible little girl-not so little
after all, for she was a half head
taller than Mrs. Jedder herself and
scolded Aunt Betty for not coming
to see her before, and ordered Sam
Pilchsrd about in a manner that
completely humbled him.
Before Mr.. Pilchard could tear
himself away to look after the pros
poets at the "Burg," an unexpected
letter from Joe, dated at St. Louis,
upset all his plans for time. 1t
confessed to him in detail all his
nefarious proceedings, and further
stated that all his interest in his
"leads" at Shake-rag were to be sold
and the proceeds delivered to Molly
Gloan, and if she would not accept
of the donation that he was to hold
them in trust for her until such time,
when the first gust of her resent
ment having subsidized, that she
should see fit to do SO; and in any
case he should see that she never
wanted for anything as long as said
trust existed. AS to himself, he was
off to Africa, or Australia, or any
where, it did not matter much now,
and that Pilchard need never expect
to hear from him again, even if he
so desired, which was much doubted
by the unhappy writer, etc.
And foolish Sans first movement
was to take passage for st. Louis
OF a steamer that happened to be
ready to start, vowing that if every
body else was down on Joe Tonkyns,
he (Sam Pilchard) was still his fast
friend at any rate. Which criminal
attachment for so great malefactor
we must discountenance as matter
of course.
But Joe Tonkyns was not to be
found at St. Louis. On the contrary
Sam learned that a person answer
ing his description had started for
the West Indies a fortnight before;
so he was forced TO return from his
wild goose chase very much dis
couraged, which however was light
ed by the thought of meeting with
Ina, who was after all the loadstone
that attracted bis iron heart, as he
was proud to call it; but, of course,
we know that to be all bosh, as
there was no more iron in his heart,
where a tender sentiment was CON
cerned, than there is in a new born
lamb.
There was not much said about
the object of SANS journey, on his
return; indeed, it was a subject that
was tacitly understood between them
to be painful subject not to be en-
croached on.
And now appeared on the scene
one of those individuals who turn
up like fate to change the course of
our lives, and this time it was a
fourth or fifth cousin of Aunt Betty,
from the mines of Mexico. There
was one popularity about him in the
fact that though he was possibly
the homliest and most unprepossess-
ing person in the world, he fancled
himself handsome, and in conse-
quence imagined that all the women
whom he favored with a smile at
once became m4dly in love with his
eminent self Having bestowed one
of his rare SMILES on Ina, followed
by the most assiduous attentions,
sam at once Tell into a rage OF
jealousy until he was assured over
and over again by his "little maid"
that she really detested the gallant
possessor of the homely visage, and
furthermore to satisfy her jealous
admirer gave Aunt Betty's Mexican
relative to understand that he was
not to trouble her any more. So he
was forced to turn his bruised heart
to seek consolation from Molly, I'M
til learning of her recent bereay-
ment he collapsed, and set about
breaking every susceptible heart in
Galena which commeudible pursuit
he persisted in until his departure.
But if his falling was for pretty
women, his hobby was "the mines of
Mexico" upon which he dilated SO
constant and eloquentiy that in the
course Of a few weeks be had won
over sam PiIchard and Aunt Betty,
and had made fair progress 10 per-
suading Mrs. Jedder to return to