Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-02-13

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homeWuyd bouud I'm his porkatb,,t
was plan of his auriferous estate. I'm IN
bag hanging around his ueuS was
small collection of yellow nuggets; in
his boxes was " chosen assortmrn. of
quartz
ACT III.
well, sir said the tnaucier. "vou
have broug this thing To me. You
want my advice, Well INV advice Is
don't fool away the only good thing
that will ever happen to you. Luck
such as this doesn't come more than
once in lifetime
Il have been offered 10000 for nv
estate.
"Oh, have YOU? Ten thousaudl
That WAS very lberal-verv liberal
Indeed. Ten thousand for gold reef. "
But | thought rs an old friend of
my father. you would, perhaps
Young man, don't fool il away.
He's waiting for YOU, | suppose. round
the corner. with a bottle o! liz ready
to close
He is"
Well. 90 and drink his champagne.
Always yet whatever YOU can. And
then tell MIN that you'li see him
Il certainly will. sir ii you advise
it. And lhenP"
Aud then leave ID 10 me And
young mW-l think | heard "a year or
two ago. something about YOU and my
gir Rosie
"Ihere was something sir, Not
enough TO tronb.e YOU about H."
she TOLD me. Rosie tells me nli her
love affairs
is sine rs She unlrrie8?
oh ycs and for TIE moment / be-
iieve she IS free She has hatl one or
two engagements but somehow they
came To- nothing. There was the
French count but that was knocked in
the head very early in consequence OF
things discovered Aud there was the
bloomn' Guuuo, but he fortunately
smashed much to Rosie's iov, because
she never liked him. The last was
Lord Evergreen. He was nice old
chap when You could understand what
he said, and Rosie would have liked
that title very much, though his grand
children opposed the thing. Wei, sir,
suppose you couldn't understand the
trouble we took to keep that old man
alive for his wedding. Science did all
il could, but twas of no use. The
fiuancier sighed. The WAYS of provi-
dence nre iuscrutable He died, sir.
the day before
That was very sad
A dashin9 of the cup from the lip
81 Nv Iutfrbfat, ,,rIYrII ian ,,,yt,t
ess. Well, young gentleman, about
this estate of yours, | think | see
way--I think, am not yet sure-that
do see way. Go now See this
liberal gentleman and drink his cham
payne and come here in week Then
if / still see my way, you shall under
stand what it means to hoid the position
in the city which is mine.
"Aud-and--may | call upon ROsieP'
Not till this day week; not till !
have made my way plain.
ACT w.
And so it meaas this Oh, Rosie.
YOU look loyelier than ever. and I'm as
happy as king. 1t means this. Your
father is the greatest genius in the
world He buys my property for eco
900 eco 600. That's over E2,00O a
year for me and he makes a company
out of it with G150OOO capital. He
saws that taking 8lOO00 out of it for
expenses there will be profit of $50
0O0-that's Is 900 year for you, aud
600 900, that II 600 more, my dear
est Rosie, You remember what you
said, that wien you married you
should step out of one room like this
INFO another just as good?'
"Oh. Reggie" she sank upon his
bosom Won know never could love
anybody but Won It's true | was en-
gagged to old Lord Evergreen, but that
was only because he had oua foot-you
know-aud when the other foot went
ia. too. Just day too soon, | actually
laughed. So the pater is going to
make a company of it, is he? Well !
hope he won't put any of his money
into it, I'm sure, because OF late all of
the companies have turned out so
badly
But my child the place is full Of
gold.
Then why did he turn it into
company. my dear boy? And why
didn't he make YOU stick to it? But
you know nothing of the city. Now
let us sit down and talk about what
we shall do. Don't, you ridiculous
boy"
ACT v
Another house just like the first.
The bride tepre1 ont of one palace
into another With their five or
six thousand a year the young couple
could just mana4e to make both ends
meet. The husband was devoted; the
wife had everything that she could
wish. Who could be happier than this
pair in nest SO luxurious their life
so padded their days so fun Of sun
shine?
II was a year after marriage. The
wife. contrary to her usual custom.
was the first at breakfast. A few let
tiers were waiting for her-chiehv to-
vitations. She opened and read them,
Among them law one addressed 10 her
husband. Not looking at the address
she opened aud read that as we'll:
DEAR REGINALD ] venture TO address
You ne an ola friend II your own aud school.
fellow ui your mothers ] am d widow. with
four children Ny husband was the vicar of
y0ur Cd parsh-you rcmgmler him and mei
] was ieft with little income of about two