The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-03

venture that . developed one. OF
course, he was known as Billy" for
who ever heard OF popular fellow
whose christian name was william,
who was not dubbed Billy"
Two miles and one-hnlf southwest
Of the village of Wnyoph, was the
farm OF which William Hawthorne,
Dr., was the nominal owner and pro.
prietor, but Of which Billy was the
sole and absolute boss. The farm
comprised $40 acres of the best land
in Grundy county, and was stocked
by n herd OF cattle Of very superior
grade. In fact, Hawthorne was
known as one of the rich farmers of
Grundy county, and he took gront
pride in popularizing this prevailing
notion, by driving some very excel
lent horse-tiesh, smoking cigars of
superior brand, entertaining stock
men at his farm house in the most
hospitable way, and conducting him
self generally in way to excite the
comment of his neighbors and friends
regarding resources Which enabled
him to live so we'll.
Billy pnrtook OF his fathers nature.
He, too, was fond of display, hut
when among his associates he seem
ed to be so richly entitled to all he
assumed, that no one seemed to take
offense.
Billy was one OF these country boys
with town tendencies. He might
have been called amphidious. if that
were not the least appropriate word
that could have been applied to him.
That is, he lived at home and bossed
the farm, but ut the same time was
the lender in society in Wnyoph, and
his bay team and buoy with red run
ming gears were the severest condi-
tons with which the hall dozen clerks
who sold dry goods and groceries
over the counters OF the little stores
in the village had to contend. To be
sure, they had frequent evening par.
ties, informal affairs, Mt which they
did not encounter their country ri
val, but ut all the more important
gatherings, at picnics, moonlight
rides and such like. Billy was always
at hand and was always prince of the
occasion.
1t was he who first forded the
stream VI questionable depth that
crossed the roadway leading to some
picnic ground; it was he who always
knew the road when Others were ut
a loss; it was Billy who ar
ranged the swing, assisted in
spreading tho luncheon in the most
favorable place, rolled the lemons for
lemonade, in fact, and this is the long
and short Of it. Billy was ever doing
what the girls admired. and they adj
mired it because he did it in strong,
free, good natured way, always con-
fident and usually successful in what
he undertook.
In his control Of the affairs of the
farm there were times when the son
and the father disagreed, and it was
at such times that the high spirit of
ench asserted itself in O way that was
inimical to peace and happiness. OF
late, however, the misunderstand-
ings had usually been settled by the
Observation-Disclosures OF William
Hawthorne, ST., and the consequent
triumph of the spirited scion.
IL might be said right here that
Hawthorne's fortune had string
tied to it. Truc, it seemed as if he
had always owned the land on which
he lived. for he had come in posses
sion OF it long before Grundy
county was organized and prior
to the time of the location of q
great majority of the farmers in that
neighborhood. But the factwas that
the title to the land had been some
what obscured in its frequent trans
fers from seller to buyer, and even
now, after Squire Hawthorne had
been sowing and reaping on itfor up
wards Of eighteen years, an absolute
~ authentic abstract OF little had not
been secured by him. The case of
John Stiles vs.. William Hawthorne
ct al. had appeared and reappeared
on the court dockets, but the attor-
news for the defense had always
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