Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-09

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"DO the tram IN hs part d. tie country
carry letters T introdUctioB tke hcsef'
Frau Krc If quivered with excite
meht, joy al the triumph Of a great
speculative coup. for which she took all
credit to herself. Her mind did not
really entf tam a realizing senseof a sum
of money beyond about atty dollars-an
amount for which she had a standard OF
approximation in the ordinary value OF
a COW. She. talked If thousands as h
heard others talked, bnt comprehended
them no more than metGphyslclans
grasp the conceptions Of unbounded
space and limitless time. about which
they pirate 50 glibly Even the tangible
pile Of forty i've dollar notes dazed her
with a sense Of va-Jness shat seemed TO
include ample provision for Jacobs
happy future. Farmer KropR listened
to her in grim silence until about dusk,
when. feeling that she made him tired,
UE HILOAAFNA NAAN N0 ANE saw eA4 tNte1
there meditating.
Reuben Chase. a bright eyed. quick
witted fteen-year-oldl lad, son Of a neigh
Dor. came trudging along the lane
whistling merrily and swinging a small
string Of trout.
You vas not having good luck NIT
the feeshes today, Reuben" remarked
the farmer, good naturally accosting the
boy.
aNo! Wen, maybe not; but it wa
the best days fishing I ever did in my
life, Mr.. Kropff," replied Reuben laugh
ingly.
How vas THAR
''Why, 1 got five dollars from a couple
of city swells for the first string Icaught
about twice as many as I've got heref'
s'Zog"
"They were the chaps that stopped
here. l saw them come in for dinner
and drive away afterward."
s'Chimini graciOusl They give you
five dollars for them feeshes unit then
give them feeshes to me! That vas most
eggstraordinaryi 1 s'pose they think |
laugh at them ven they don't got some
feeshes."
They didn't seem to care much about
fishing when l saw them"
'No! The tail n was tired, | guess.
He is sickly."
what! the lean one? Why, he was
doing more work than the other"
Doing more work. Vat do you meanY'
why, they were both down in the
bed Of the creek, shoveling up sand into
iron pan and then filling them with
water and shaking them around and
flirting the water out again in a funny
way. Iwatched them a good while"
.Dounerwetterl"
In vain the worthy old man puzzled
himself to find an explanation of the
strange things told him by the boy. No
hypothesis could he discover compatible
with a belief in the sanity of the New
Workers, and if they were crazy would
he have any moral right to retain those
two hundred dollars? Certainly not. In
his perplexity he had the weakness to
Sake his wife into consultation, a step
that he bitterly regretted before the
night was over.
About midnight she bored among his
ribs with one Of her sharp elbows until,
to his thorough disgust, he was fully
awakened, and then, in a tone OF tn
umphant confidence, addressed him:
seHeinrichi l see it all now!
Then. my dear, wish you would gon'
template it in admiring silence, vateveI
It is, unit let me shleep," he protested.
81 have been thinking, Heinrich"
81 am very sorry TO hear it. Away
mischief comes ven you do that"
'sVm you be sdn unit listen 10 me-.
Il would not if l gould hellup it."
"Heinrich, l am sorry for you that yoV
been so DUNN"
ssSurely you are not half so sorry TO
me that / am DUNN as l am sorry tina
you are not dumb"
"Achl va. You vant to shleep Their
like a fat pig vile We all go BY the boor
house, bat you shall not. You must lis
ten to me.
Il am accustomed TO that. Ven, g
ahead. Get it of your mind, unit the
maybe yon viii 90 to shleep again
4 know vat for them fellers vas dig
gin the greek"
s.Zor'
They vas lookin' for mineral water
Ike the springs in Germany.
ssZors
sThsy know a kind Of sand vat the
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