The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-12
ONLY AN AMATEUR.

The first was suicide, and he put
that on one side Immediately as be-
ing too painful to contemplate; the
second was borrowing from his
friends to enable him to pay the
debt which he owed of $50, 600,
which looked so much like the broad
and easy way leading to the work
house that he fought shy of ventur-
ing along it, and the third was mar
rying his daughter to the firm of
Calvert 81 Son, his creditors.
Whether the father or son had her
was matter which, after all, was
of very secondary Importance.
There is some advantage attach
ing to a pretty daughter, after all, {"
unused this unfortunate Spectator
one morning as he set out to the
city on the delicala mission of en-
deavoring to sell his only child. He
was glad that the young lady was
staying away from home at the time,
and on the whole he was relieved to
find, when he reached the magnifi-
cent offices of Messrs. Calvert &
Son, stock and share brokers, that
the junior member of the firm was
also away on his holidays.
The subject which he had in hand
was one of such extreme delicacy
that he spent half an hour in beat
ing round the bush in the most elab-
crate manner before he dared come
to the point, and it was only when
he had at last blurted out that i'll
the place of the $50, 900 which was
due his daughter would be at the
disposal of Mr.. Calvert, ST., that he
discovered the very unpleasant fact
that Mrs. Calvert was still alive.
After the most unfortunate mis-
take which had occurred he could
not very we'll mention the subject
which he had in mind to the junior
partner.
He must go to bed and think it
over.
The organ grinder at the gate had
been grinding away for fully 20
minutes at the popular tunes which
filled his barrel.
Some. won't encourage EN-, y
said Mrs. Grit, the energetic propri-
etress, as she stood at the kitchen
door, duster in hand, but I say
that they just help boardGrs to keep
lively, and if your summer boarder
gets low spirited, yer apt to lose her.
Now, then, Maria, don't stand gap,
ing there, but take them scraps and
warm them in the oven. If it's good
enough for mince tomorrow, it's
good enough for him today, amt
it?"
While the organ grinder was feed,
ing in the kitchen with a relish
which did great credit to the scraps,
although it made them look rather
small, young man came tearing
down the road with a fishing rod in
one hand and an empty basket in
the other. "a g. a1. #.ta
He put down the empty fish bas.
kef inside the boarding house gate
and then went back and examined
the barrel organ.
ut looks easy" he thought tc
himself. II never could see why
girls should waste the best years Of
their lives learning the piano, which
probably they will never play with
out giving Offense to anybody with
an ear for music, when the whole
thing can be done so much better by
Just turning a handle. If had tC
earn my own living, l think thai
this sort of thing would suit me. E"
Then he took hold of the handle
and began turning it. The result
was very bad.
"Not so easy as it looks" ht
thought to himself as he pounded
the handle around with a series o.
Disconnected jerks, and he began tC
got hot.
1t was disappointing that there
was nobody, not even baby, to ap
preciate his efforts.
"Wonder where the owner of this
muscle developing machine has ia
ken himself TOP" unused the young
man as he mopped his forehead witt
q handkerchief. Then an inspiration
came to him.
"By Jovel" he said, laughing
softly to himself at the brilliancy O
his own thoughts. "I'll trundle thu
thing down to the village and SCI
how much ] can make It's dowI
hill all the way there and the OLE
man can fetch it back himself if h
wants 1t. Good idea.
he found the barrel organ o con
siderable weight at first, but after
time it seemed to run easier, and fin
lily the only question was whethe
1so would ever DO able to stop Thu
Cling at the other end.
However half way down the bill