The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12

voice
"By-by," he said.
whats the matter?" asked Truslow.
Our seating fund.-" replied Gable;
1--WE won't seat this year"
Then in a 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.
"Humph!" said Doc Sloane, "what'n
Mrs. Lem say-and Buster?"
Then a 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
peeped 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 golden-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 day or so to see what was to
be done.
a 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 aboutit. So it was decided to act
Mt once.
Tom Gable wrote to his fri end in the
east to meet Mrs. Lem at~ehe Grand
Central and axe 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; "he's gone to New
York. He has settled our business for
us, and he got into a faro-game in
Phoenix and made few thousands"
Indeed" remarked Mrs. Lem; cts
funny he didn't write to me about it,"
We'll" 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-
road, and you'll be met at the Grand
Central by Jim Carroll You remem-
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 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 a letter
for her husband.
Give that to Lem when you see him."
said he, "Good-by, ma'am, and Buster,
take care of your mamma, and ifyou're
good you'll be man before she is"
Mrs. Lem Rugged 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 II 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. If we ever hear of your
treating Mrs. Lem and Buster any worse
than we have treated them"
We'll" said Tom that night, as we
stood penniless and sorrowfully treat
ing each other on credit at the Free-for-
All, that's over and I'm not weeping
tears of sorrow"
The sound of hoofs could be heard,
and moment later Jim Truslow
dashed in.
ITS all right, boys" he cried. I've
promised Heaven, the earth. and the
sea l. er the earth, and Boulder is the
count seat of Boulder county. Ariz."
Nhereupon the town of Boulder, the
county seat of Boulder county. Arlz..
proceeded to so conduct itself that soon
IT was beyond the dreams of avarce--
Leslie's Weekly.
Footpads at Long Branch.
LONG BRANCH Nov. 1.-Two men
attempted to hold up DR.. H H. Penn
berton at Long Branch while he was
returning from visiting a patient The
physician managed to beat them off and