The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-06-22

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man was the quicker, and both Were
equal to good four and a half miles
| an hour
It was a lovely summer day which
| followed the events which have been de-
scribed. The sky was Of the deepest
| blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds
drifting lazily across it, and the air
was filed with the low drone of insects
or with sudden sharper note as bee
or bIuehy shot past with it's quivering,
long-drawn hum, like an insect tuning
| fork. AS the friends topped each rise
which leads up to the Crystal Palace.
/ they could see the dun clouds of Lon
| don stretching along the northern sky
| line, with spire or dome breaking
through the low-lying haze. The Adj
miral was / high spirits, for the morn
| ing post had brought good news to his
| son.
1T was wonderful, Walker" he was
saying, positively wonderful, the way
| that boy of mine has gone ahead dur
| ing the last three years. We heard
| from Pearson today. Pearson is the
senior partner you know, and my boy
| the junior-Pearson and Denver the
| firm. Cunning old dog is Pearson, as
! cute and as greedy as a Rio shark. Yet
| he goes off for a fortnights leave, and
/ puts my boy in full charge, with all
! that immense business in his hands,
and a free hand to do what he likes
with it, How's that for confidence, and
! he only three years upon Change?
"Any one would confde in him. His
face is a surety said the Doctor.
eco on, Walker!'' The Admiral dug
his elbow at him. You know my
weak side Still it's truth all the same.
I've been blessed with a good wife and
good son, and maybe 1 relish them the
more for having been cut off from them
so long. I have much to be thankful
! for!'
"And so have T. The best two girls
that ever stepped. There's Clara, who
has learned up as much medicine as
would give her the L. S. A, simply in
order that she may sympathize with me
in my work. But hullo, what is this
coming along?"
"All drawing and the wind astern"
cried the Admiral. Fourteen knots if
it's one. Why, by George, it is that
| woman
A rolling cloud Of yellow dust had
| streamed round the curve of the road,
and from the heart of it had emerged
a high tandem tricycle. flying along at
! a breakneck pace. In front sat Mrs.
| Westmacott, clad in a heather tweed
| pea-jacket a skirt which just passed
her knees and a pair of thick CATERS
| of the same material. She had great
! bundle of red papers under her arm,
while Charles, who sat behind her, clad
| in Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers,
bore similar roll protruding from
fo
the pair eased up, the lady sprang off,
| impaled one of her bills upon the gar
den railing of an empty house, and
| then jumping on to her seat again was
about to hurry onward when her neph-
ew drew her attention to the two gen
tlemen upon the footpath.
ooh, now, really I didn't notice you,"
said she, taking few turns of the
treadle and steering the machine across
to them. us it not beautiful morn
ing?'
Lovely" answered the Doctor. "You
seem to be very busy"
II am very busy She pointed to
the colored paper which was still f1ut-
tering from the railing. eve have
been pushing our propaganda, you see.
| Charles and I have been at it since
| seven o'clock. 1t is about our meet
| ing. [ wish it to be a great success.
Seer She smoothed out one of the
bills, and the Doctor read his own
name in great black letters across the
bottom.
eve don't forget our chairman, you
| see. Everybody is coming. Those two
dear little old maids opposite, the Will
liamses, held out for some time; but
have their promise now. Admiral, L
am sure that you wish us we'll"
"Hum! I wish you no harm, maam
"You will come on the PLATFORM"
"Ill be No, I don't think I can
do that
ITO our meeting, then?"
mo, ma am; don't go out after dim
ner"
ooh yes, you will come. I VIII call
| in if I may, and chat it over with you
when you come home. We have not
breakfasted yet. Goodyear There
was a whir of wheels, and the yellow
cloud rolled away down the road again.
By some legerdemain the Admiral
found that he was clutching in his
right hand one of the obnoxious bills.
He crumpled it up, and threw it into
! the roadway.
"I'Il be hanged if I go, Walker" said
he, as he resumed his walk. 1--WE never
been hustled into doing a thing yet,
whether by woman or man."
TN not betting man, answered
the Doctor, "but I rather think that the
odds are in favor of your going
The Admiral had hardly got home,
and had just seated himself in his din
| ing-room, when the attack upon him
was renewed. He was slowly and low
/ ;r,rr for
| to the long read which led up to lun-
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