The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24

he was born in England and is the son
OF an admiral, but / agreed to put the
story on another man, and cannot think
of anybody who really deserves the
prominence more than this bogus en-
bassador, whose true character l shall
be forced to explain to her most gra-
cious majesty or do my drawing some
where else.
In my mail from America today /
find the following letter which has been
following me about through the British
possessions. 1t breathes such gentle,
kindly spirit in the midst of trouble and
sorrow that give it place and reply
here for which l know that the reader
with the alabaster brow, the chlseled
nose, the penciled nostril, the rich mass
of shimmering hair and the bewitcbing
eye will forgive me. Plain people with
pearly fangs and ripe, geranium noses
may not like it, but it is intended for
the intelligent reader:
COLONY Fork. Tex, Aug q
Mr.. William Nye. Buck Shoal. y. c.:
DEAR SIR-As l cannot help but feel that /
have been outdone little on buying a five acre
tract of orange land in Florida, / have come to
you to see what you think about it.
The land was described in an advertisement
rs follows: Five acres Of very rich dry land.
Cleared and ready to be plowed, and planted
in oranges. VIII not require any irrigation, as
there is generally abundant moisture in the
land. Price. $1,000. cash. A great bargain"
Well l bought the land, and / then took q
trip down there TO see it. but never did get to
see it, although l found il by wadng on my
,r,x ,t,, 10, l.
there. no doubt, for l could feel it But the
trouble is, il is out in the middle and at the
bottom of big lake. The company says they
did not misrepresent the land in their ad.
They say the land was perfectly dry at the
time they sold it, although the lake had not
been known to be dry before in 20 years.
Now please let me know what you think
about this. Can you see anything wrong about
1t? How can l utilize this land SO as to get my
81 900 back out of it? Yours truly.
WILLIE AVN.
p S.-Please answer in your letter. enjoy
reading your letters in the paper very much.
Yours truly. w. A.
Dear Willie, do not be cast down.
Other people have been treated just the
same and recovered A friend of mine |
In the mountainous districts of the ar
gentiferous west, once while in search |
of a grub stake, which means grocer |
who feels like furnishing prospector |
with -four and bacon for the winter with |
a reward of one-half the golcondas found |
by the honest prospector while the grub |
holds out, saw a large, juicy eastern !
capitalist perched on the incoming |
stage.
Judging that he would make pretty |
good picking, my friend soon got a con-
tract from him for putting tunnel into
the Realization, new mine with no
work done on it, the tunnel to be 200 |
feet in length, at $50 per foot, for it was
pretty stiff digging. or $40, 900 for the
job, on completion Dec 25, 1877.
My friend did not begin work till aft
er winter began and tremendous fall |
of snow which totally changed the as
pect of the mountains. However, he
worked patiently at the tunnel and tim
bered it as he went, and on the Gath Of
December work was completed and the
vein struck.
The large, juicy eastern capitalist had
the govt and SO sent his prospective SON.
in-law, aged 90, who was the one-half
back of college football team, to
come out and accept or reject the tunnel.
My friend, the contractor, whose name
was Honore Doolan Of Salt Lake, took