Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-11-13

whats Lem Roder doing in Chica-
go?" asked Jim.
"Chicago!" we cried.
Eyes; saw him there the day left"
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Doc Sloane,
LENS in Phoenix"
II saw him in Chicago, and spoke to
him. He jumped as if he had been
shot, and ran for his life. That night,
when | took the train for the west,
saw him on the rear platform of the
train for the east, which was just pull.
ing out"
There was silence for minute.
Doubts, hopes, fears-all played hide
nnd-secli.
Tom Gable was the first to find his
voice
"By-by," he said.
whats the matter?" asked Truslow.
Our seating fund.-" replied Gable;
1--WE won't seat this year"
Then in few words Tom told him
all about it..
An angry murmur went around.
There was lynching in the air that
night. 1t didn't help improve the at
mosphere very much, either.
"Iumph!" said Doc Sloane, "what'll
Mrs. Lem say--and Buster?"
Then strange thing happened.
We were standing at the bar. Our
drinks had been poured out, but in the
excitement we had forgotten them.
| We took our glasses in our hands and
looked down into them. and then sud-
denly. right down in the bottoms of
the glasses. in the whisky and water,
the pictures of two golden heads
peepcd out full and fair. with the sun
beams shining down on them so that
the little halos danced all around. A
strange place for two goden-haired, in
nocent little heads to be, wasn't it?
We took our drinks.
We'll" said Jim Truslow. "they
mustn't know, anyhow"
In the east the crowd would have
said amen. We didn't say it, but we
meant it,
We felt better already.
Whats $4,000, anyhow" said Tom
Gable.
We were almost all right again
They know me-" said Truslow. "I'll
go over and promise them the money
and tell 'em how it is. They've been
in hard luck themselves. and will see
us OUT"
Why. we were all happy again
Prosecute Lem? Not much. Break
that little heart? Not bit of it.
1t was decided that Jim should start
the next day. AS to Mrs. Lem. we were
to wait 4 day or so to see what was to
be done.
few days later word came from the
effete east that Lem was in New York.
a kind friend wrote. to Tom Gable and
said that, by-the-way, Lem was at the
Astor house. Tom wrote back at once
to the friend and told him to keep an
eye on Lem.
No word came direct from the man
who had made the strike. however, and
as one or two of the women had heard
all about LENS defalcation we didn't
know at what time some sympathizing
female might go to Mrs. Lem and tell
her all about it. So it was decided TO act
at once.
Tom Gable wrote to his friend in the
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Central and take her to her husband,
and then he and Doc Sloane called on
her.
Have you heard from Lem?" they
asked.
"No," replied she; "have you?"
YES" said Tom; hes gone to New
York. lie has settled our business for
us, and he got into faro-gnme in
Phoenix and made few thousands"
Indeed" remarked Mrs. Lem; Its
funny he didn't write to me about it,"
well" said Tom, you see he writes
that he's too busy. He sent me 5000
for you, and you are to pack up and
go to him at once"
Mrs. Lem took the money.
HE wants you to leave here to-mor-
row. Doc and will see you to the rail-
Central by Jim Carroll. You reme1n-
Der him. of course. Lem is too busy.
He's making loads of money"
Mrs. Lem and Buster left us the next
day. 1t was a sad day for all of us. We
cheered them as they rode off with the
last 5000 left in town.
When they got to the railroad station
Doc Sloane handed Mrs. Lem letter
for her husband.
"Give that to Lem when you see him."
said he. "Good-by, ma'am, and Buster.
fake care of your mamma. and if you're
good you'll be man before she is"
Mrs. Lem hugged Buster, and Buster
cried for the last time in the territory
of Arizona.
The train started. and when Mrs.
Lem handed over the letter to her hus-
band he read:
Dear Lem: Never mind what you did
You take care of Mrs. Lem and Buster and
love them with all your heart for all of your
life for If 1t hadn't been for them your life
wouldn't have been worth fourbits worth
OF rope. Yours, TOM GABLE,
Undertaken for the town OF Boulder
and for you, too, II we ever hear of your
treating Mrs Lem and Buster any worse
| than we have treated them