The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-09-03

/ a some notion of writing a book
entitled "The Adventures of Smith,"
and probably would have done so had
not a clever fellow named Hayden
Carruth put forth upon the world a
humorous work entitled THE Adven-
lures of Jones'" But Jones and Smith
are two different individuals altogeth-
er. Jones, as pictured by Mr.. Car
| ruth, is a liar, whereas Smith would
no more depart from the truth than
| would the late George Washington.
Smith is a most remarkable product
| and l don't in the least understand
how he came to be upon this earth.
His father made a few millions in
| timber ard Smith is his only son.I had
the old man on my hands for three days
| once in London, and a more awful
| three days l never spent. 1 wanted
| to be kind to him, but we had no COM
mon ground on which we could meet.
l didn't care a hang about pine lumber,
as l wasn't building a house that year,
and old Smith didn't care a hang about
anything that l was interested in. l
| took him to some Dickens localities,
and showed him GoldSmith's grave in
| the Temple, but the old man had never
hear of either of them, and didn't want
| to. 1t was not until l carried him off
| to a great lumber yard, where Americ-
an and Norway pine is piled in amaz-
ing quantities. that the old man would
admit that London had anything in it
worth seeing.
| am sometimes amazed to see how
little brains it requires to become rich.
Smith had come over on the Teutonic,
which was the fastest steamer at1oat,
and it actually took me a whole day
to explain to him that there could not
possibly be awaiting him in London
any letters from America. He had
lest a whole week out of his busy life;
had taken the quickest steamer across
the Atlantic, and the quickest express
train to London. The week was gone,
why therefore, should there be no let
tiers awaiting him? They had prom
Used to write to him, he said, every
day. | think the old man never quite
understood why the letters were not
here. and he had a strong suspicion
was hoodwinking him in some manne
or other. He had come over, he said
to look after his only son, who, he in
formed me, had gone entirely wrong ,anC
refused to return to America to take
charge of certain mills, the overseeing
of which his father had designed as
the lads future career. He had cableC
to the young man to meet him in Lon
don, but the young fellow had beer
travelling in some remote part of thu
continent, and the word did not reacl
him in time. However, when the saw
mill king, thoroughly sick of London
had been in the big city for three days
his son appeared, and greatly to m.
relief, took old man Smith off m.
hands.
The second day, when the old ma
seemed to come to a realization tina
l didn't want to make anything out o
him, he became confidential and spok
feelingly of the shortcomings of hi
son. He strongly urged me to NEE
the young man, acquire an int1uenc
over him if possible and use that il
fuence for good; in other words. II
to induce young Smith to return t
his sawmill. | had no intention of il
terfering in a matter that did not col
Germ me. and furthermore, | had
h1oSt dlbthl uCSil " W bl'NN ~
son, who, if he were anything like h
father, would undoubtedly prove
; most unmitigated bore. The meeting
however. was not to be avoided, an
l was only a few minutes in his con
pany when | understood that the say
mill in the West would have to il
, along as well as it could without h
supervision.
Smith, Jr., proved to be a dream,
. gentlemanly, well-educated young ma
who was quite evidently born 81
years after his time. He was file
with German legendary lore and L
: nance, and often with German wine
well, for both of which he had Il grei
( liking. There was nothing of IL
J., money-maker about him, but when
: came to spending the coin he was ;
lavish as his father was ~parsimoniou
This was several years ago. | ha
a letter from him last week sayin
that his father had passed to his fat
ers; that the mills had been made in
a limited company, and young Smii
found himself possessed of sever
millions, us a consequence of whiC
he had just purchased the castle
L ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ,nstein, the celia.
: of which he was busily engaged
e filling with the celebrated wines
that name. l believe some sort of tit
goes with the castle, so | suppose Il
name of Smith will sink into oblivio
l said to Smith once that it was a l
Y markable thing that a man who was
fond of ancient castles and monaSte
4 les should have been born in a lumb