The Irish standard., 1890-09-13

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land the beg gse
ddgety.
| They relax their asp
others, hands and sat down togethersI
while che others gave every a5tentt
s. y1 father is, dead, y began the young
/ man. s,3
at!'' said the sire at his side.
''Y s.#my father, and the ompan1ons
Of your younger days is no more. 81 y AZ
| passed away four years ago. and en- M q
| diving bed he gave me the instruction IS
| am now carrying out. Twas the one
| wish Of my fathers latter life to be able
| 70 take the Eastern trip to Rochester 10
meet the other two members Of that
party you have told OF 1t was On his ,L.
| mind asgreat deal ss ss &
when my@father died hetwas one Of
the most prominent men on the Pacific
slope He had figured in all thesgreat
! political events since 1850, and occu-
pied many positions Of public worth
| HE became early interested in the
fisheries of the northern coast. and
during visit to those grounds was
taken captive by a rowing band OF Ia.
dams and held for overs year. He
finally succeeded in making his escape,
| but was in the noun tains for month
at last, and by the merest chance. get
| ting to the coast again. and so on back
to San Francisco He became cashier
| in bank, and while in this position
married the daughter of the bank pres
! ident 1t was not long after this before
| my father found himself president OF
! the bank. which was the largest insti-
tuition of it's kind on the Pacific coast
! It.was then that my father began his
/ public career, and he continued to rise
| in worldly station until his death came.
1 ! am now one Of the officers of the
| bank OF. which my father was for years
president, and have large and pressing
| interests to oversee, yet have left all,
i for a time, for the sole purpose Of fol-
! lowing out the wishes-l may almost
| say the last wishes-of my father, rela.
! tive to this trip to Rochester and che
! hunting up of the other two OF that
| original little party OF forty years ago
| I have some mementoess with me that
! father put aside for those he expected
! to meet this year at Rochester, and now
! I am afraid that we will have to unite
our powers in an effort to find No. OF
| the original party
! just then a violent stamping. was
| heard in one of the little state-rooms
! one side of where the narrators and
their small body of listeners were
seated. Then Two or three sharp kicks
| came against the door. followed by:
| 'Consarn It'll eff | hadn't got sech in
fernal tight boots, jest t. go down TO
! Rochester in, wouldn't hev t. kick TIL
| Internal legs otf'n me when | wanted t
! put them on"
Then there came great bang, with
| THAR, by gol!'
immediately thereafter tall, thin,
| straight-haired old fellow opened .the
| door OF the room from which the noise
! had come, and. minus collar and with
| one trouser leg caught on the top Of bis
bootss he stood there in the dim glare OF
| the oscillasing light, and looked with
bewilderment towards the wondering
ones about the table. f5@
''Ken any Of you fellers tell me ct
/ I've ben dreamin'?" he inquired, after
a moment or two had passed. al, a
Il don't believe we can, UNCLE" said
| one Of the number.
''Hev you fellers ben tellin' yarns?"
| he again asked, without much attention
! to the answer he had just received.
The little old gentleman ventured to
say that they had been considering
some old-time events
Then amt ben dreamin'; knowed
was awake. Say, which one of you
was tellin' thet last story he asked.
,u1o n Il
that he was the one, the old fellow said:
Put ear right thar, then, for 1
lnowed your dad" then turning towards
the group he inquired:
'sNow, who was it that told tn first
yarn bout those three chaps%
The little old gentleman bobbed up,
prepared, by his former surprise, to
have almost any thing happen.
s'Then,'' CALCULATED the old fellow.
his disheveled hair and sparkling eyes
Indicating much excitement, ''Ill be
dubbed and skinned fer sneakin',
wild-eyed rattlesnake. of ain't Their
missin' link. I'm one Of Their sama
crowd tibet separated at Detroit away
back thar in ~. an I'm jest on my
way-M' Under n down t. Rochester,
T. shake hans all Ground ag'in. BY
Their great whale that eat up tibet felles
Job, but this is er coincerdence.
After further expressions OF SURPRISE
on the part of each, the tall old man
was Gained down sufficiently to tell his
story, which was follows:
"Wall, boys, jest went back a few
mile, an set right down on one hundred
and sixty acres of as fine land as lays
,, out doors; an thar I've ben settin
ever since, except when I was gettin'
bout clearin' of all tn tim Der,
pu1lin' out tn stumps, an fencin', an
buildin' house an barns, an dom TIL
hundred things thet come in feller'a
way on farm OF course, got me q
wife, an she's right in thar now.
listenin' to every word I say. She'sa
smart woman, too, want to tell you.s
said he, slyly winking at his hearers.
WALL as to Happenings Of any sort o.
consequences, ] guess we amt he'd none.
am thorough mossbaek, ye see. Hes
been one for forty year, an know bu.
little of any thing else. s Il
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