The sun., 1889-12-22

"a is the main business street. b is the
sTse, Hheh crsss T. the bun at which
b street ends :, Now then. did you ever see
think You will Ind something very like II
in almost any city: excepting me SI1H u Il
IT. does not end at blum our search will be
We shall have to go from town to town until
RIactIy, and We start tomorrow, Be q my
hotel at 8 O'Clock In the morning snan y. lay
out our route, and whenever We arrive in city
| you will do the searching That's what have
| hired you for"
belisve that thought him light in the head. .
| as the expression goes. II no worse however.
as he had the money and was h hts eSn pssSer IL Ss
| not my business 70 Ind fault soon discov-
cred that he had his oWn peculiar ideas In the the
possible. take the front end Of the car. while he
ara srTaaeeneat E @ were possible. sleep on the door
above him. Any business between rs must
done as as ssod1ns we 9id piScs se
was TO cover onIy 50 much Of the city
I couldn't record the tenth of his strange do
| inRs and savings. We went directly 70 Port
| planned that We should stay sixteen There
fore; after the first tgo day. nad n3tninG 70
| sent his card TO NY room With request that I
| call upon him on matter OF b1sIness. and
Well what progress in your searchT"
II can ind no such street here. sir"
-vev vel: give you nine more days. In
/ spent the nine days in fishing and sailing.
and we went rom Portland 70 Augusta we
peiier. VT We took each State in rotation. vis-
itine every city above l0.OUo population In each
ts ssts STATE aea Of Ss@ T Yors the ss year Was u1
Every day found Mr.. Terry the same queer
mality Was observed. and once. In a railroad
snash-up, when ventured o ADDRESS Linn to
Re had .5s 5sen no looked al
Dem It. sir. you must have mistaken me for
some one else!
friend from the West and told him what Wild
TSi S hs sad q the
You'll strike this In Cincinnati could
guide you to the exact spot"
an Old man of Cincinnati and in nTe minutes
We had located the spot l sent my gard up 70
discovery. but he sat down on me with:
Dem Il, man. II you are tired OF my ways and
iS1 HIn apf His hSs 1Sd 59s the
And TO prove that he meant 10. he planned
route which did not permit Us TO reach Ctncin-
remain thirty-ons days and; although could
TER Terry TOW teo well to OBJECT 10 his plans. On the
second day l went over the street lG was an
and hs SGs a % oTs 90 'faR ba
respectable clAss OF people. Naturally enough.
had always had Great curiosity TO know why
and SO. day In and day out l pursued my in
yestiRations: I asked every resident for in;
SFHen u hi Z Ths % Isss pD house, 1' e1 On he ie
hH1d side was ehock up aEsi1Ss siHS the
dropped . stone down upon the roof Of this
house which was old and uutenanted / In
dition that It had been unoccupted for years.
II was q frame. and the hoors were about gone.
Of the partitions had been carried away for
fuel Il struck me that thus old house heId the
key 70 the mysiery. but though searched high
Terry sont foE me and inquired If / had found
SPOKEN to me since our arrival Ireplied that
had, and he then said:
and fsmsin T ain nn,ii send @ % for Joa IG '''''A 'n
did nothing OF tho kind. skipped out.
reached ,B" street, posted i myself in IN the hsIl-
house. house vas was inside for half an hour. and then a
skin. He walked on without a glance 10 the
IIgnL or l0II ana tOOk u snort cut anu TC6cuo0
S5 The hotel first After dinner no sent for me and
Our search Is ended. You have been faith
full and sensible. Here Is the balance OF your
salary for the second year. and here Ii $1,000
extra Good by. sir"
But won't you enlighten-"
Dem H. sir. Rood-by." he interrupted. and
picked Up my money anCt TSeat, and 70 this day
have never got at the bottom facts.
Two or three Year, later. after had worked |
up case in a town In Ohio. a woman called at |
the hotel one day and asked 10 see me. |
found Ter 10 To n spinsier. about 81 years old. |
wearing tho traditional TinRlets and eye
glasses. and as sttn a. = cFowbar In her dA- |
meanor. she. too had an original way OF Ar |
riyihg az the point After introducing herself |
am rich. Some folks call me eccentric. |
but ! am simply sensible. l wish to travel: |
aud wish 70 hire you rs my escort. You will !
30 my employee. and l shall exact the most
year. or may not, but Twill hire you for that
length OF time"
Alter a LITTLE talk We arrived at figures salts
factory TO both, She lived in . town twenty |
for duty. and found her ali ready 10 start She |
had two falr-6tzed trunk foT baggage. and she |
directed me to buy tickets IN New York She |
didn't say how much money she had. how long
she was going 70 stay 9r give me any other
lime We arrived IN Gotham aud put uii at n
hTst-class hotel. acted Rs her guide and es-
eoTt but such was our temeanor toward each
DtneT that no one could have made out the re-
dropped formAlity for q moment might pro-
Sible occasion.
ne money % buy tickets TO Boston after q stay
night. and then went IN HRrtfofd and Ih6ro