The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-20

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rangers. I've grown a heard 81. u
altered 4 good deal no doubt.
professor, I'll tell you what I'll d.
pay for the hall and the 'piannpr.
the ads tomorrow. You do your tast8
tainment. Ill take the money, and als.
or e1O we'll share the receipts. /.
should never have known yor, sir,
with that beard. Tho old Forest ram
Sersl DO you remember Captain Ross
being shot alongside me and you, sir,
NJ Waiapug How he did bleedl Ishould
never have known you, sir. Well, sir,
Ill tell You what 1t ID, IL amt no risk
70 me, and Ill do II. I cant be no
worse of than | am. How I'm to leave
the town and pay the hotel and doctor
and passage money on to Tauranga,
blessed liz ! know I'll do it, sir. Shake
hands on 1t. It's q bargain. Me and
you divides after 10 pound
We cemented that arrangement with
another whisky, and away i posted to
the Office of The Post. The venture
looked unpromising enough. The rain
was still sluicing down with p~urposeful
pertinacity. / half repeated of my bar.
gain. But the bond was as binding ID
though ii had been signed, sealed and
delivered and witnessed by all the at
torneys on the rolls. So / sloshed my
way 10 the Office OF The Post knee deep
In mud and water. The old brute
had not turned up and was, i'm fact. on
a Of his bursts, as certain fits OF
temporary aberrstion are called in the
colony. / propounded the matter to
Clifford. He was more cautious than to
me appeared good. But I wooed him
with my golden tongue, not only, ont of
the harmless necessary fiyer, but ont OF
q letter to the other papers, guarantee
ing the money for the next days ads.
How about the shown said Clifford.
Magnificent Won wait and see what
/ write about 1t when / return" And
away / went to The Independent and
The Herald. polished mp the professors
ads. and rs no report had been done at
either place ! wrote as putting a para
graph as | thought they would stand for
each paper and then hurried back to
The Post TO concoct as flaming an ac-
count as / could contrive. and / think |
may say that 1t was strong. / may
even venture to go further and to ssy
that 1t was about. IS glowing as such
notices can be made. Repeated april
cations to Roget's Thesanrus were neces-
sary. Clifford, who was reading my
slips as / finished them. objected once
or twice. Come. I say, this is too hot.
The old manm have a TT The old
man was the '.old brute.
Well, from what you tell me, " / re-
piled, hes likely to have one anyhow,
50 il won't matter" Had the professor
been Houdin, Heller, the Wizard or the
North and Herr Frikell combined I
couldn't have been more lavish OF my
admiration.
nc 10 usual 10 conclude this kind OF
article with some notice OF the audience
present, and here for q minute or two !
was fairly nonplused. But the old
story occurred TO me Of the audience OF
one at the Portsmouth theater. The
performance was proceeding merriiy
when the manager missed the audience.
Hurrying to the front, he asked anxious
ly, Where, where in the audience?''
.'Sir, said the boxkeeper, she has
gone to get some beer, but he isdelight-
ed with the performance and says he'll
be back In q minute" Let business
proceed, said the manager. And 1t
did proceed. Why / do not know. but
this story suggested 10 me o. way out Of
the difficulty ] was III. I concluded
with the following peroration: ALTO
gether Professor Beda's entertainment
is o of the most admirable and enter
tanning that have ever visited Alexander
or the colonies. At its conclusion the
entire audience arose as one man and
the professor to the echo"
1t must indeed have been ito the echo
Clifford was nervous about the article;
but, as / pointed ont TO him, no one
could possibly contradict a word that /
had written, and ultimately my notice, !
which extended over a column and a
quarter, was allowed to pass hoius bolus. |
The rain had ceased when / returned
at 3 in the morning to the hotel. Half
a dozen times before daybreak / was
out OF bed inspecting the weather. No
rain, the clouds had cleared of, and at
8 o'clock the stars were shining. A
cold, bright morning succeeded. AT
breakfast / heard people asking, Were
you at thehall last night?'' mo. Were
you?' mo-" At luncheon the mayor
Of the city said, tits an odd thing; I've
asked every n I've seen today about
the performance at the Odd Fellows
ball, and not a soul seems to have been
there" And / inwardIy thanked Mr..
Mayor for an excellent advertisement.
The professor and the other persons
concerned held their tongues. / had to
make Ii worth their while to do so.
Ten bob for D money taker'' devel-
oped into q promise OF o sovereign IL
the show paid.
And pay it did. The seat plan at
/, the bookseller, was well spotted
with names by 8 o'clock. It vas an of
day at the house Of Representatives, IL
vas the height OF the Alexander sea
son, and the evening turned ont vi OF
those brilliant, cold, starlight nights
New Zealand alone can pro-
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