Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
CHAPTER Y

The two young men remained seated
in the parlor for perhaps a half hour after
Mr.. kellogg had taken his departure, and
Earl, who, by the way, was indeed a
young man Of fine appearance, strove to
make favora BILE impression on his new
found cousins.
The young mans conversational powers
were of a superior order He had the hap
py faculty Of adapting himself to any and
all surroundings; nor was it long before he
found himself chatting with the presump-
tive heirs Of the bankers wealth with all
the equanimity Of an old acquaintance.
The contrast between these two young
men was marked. Robert Kellogg had
passed his twentysecond year. He was
fully six feet in height, Of light complex
ion, with eyes that very closely resembled
his father's-being q deep blue. His hair
and mustache were auburn, and his fea-
lures were somewhat prominent; while his
hands and feet were Of goodly proportions,
else he would not have been a Kellogg.
The young man had been out Of school
for over two years. His father had
thought to give him a year Of leisure be-
fore requesting him to take position in
his bank.
Leisure. at least too much of it, is not
always the best thing in the world for a
young man on the threshold Of life 1t
certainly was not for Robert kellogg.
A number of his old schoolmates resid-
ed in Chicago. They had worked hard
for years-or thought they had-to ac-
uuire an education, and now that a re-
spite had come, they determined to have
a good time.
/, Ictc tod in md
o'clock dinner at a famous Clark street
restaurant of that day, and that night
Robert failed to make his appearance at
his fathers residence.
Strangely, when he awoke next morn
ing, he found himself with two Of his COM
panons in room of a down town hotel,
and suffering from an intense headache.
His companions were in a similar condi-
ton, and one Of them stated that he had
always understood that the hair of the
dog was good for the bite; consequently
another bottle of wine was ordered, and
it was three days before the young man
slept again beneath the paternal roof.
OF course he was repentant and would
never do the like again. He was devoted
~ attached to the other members Of the
family, particularly so to his mother; but
nevertheless he soon fell, second time,
from grace-that, at least, is what the
young men of that day termed it-imbib-
ing too much Of the ardent, after having
seemingly abandoned it.
Robert soon became a tippler-not a
drunkard in the common acceptance of the
terni, though occasionally he would I'M
doubtedly have found it difficult to fol
low very closely a chalk mark drawn on
a hoor-particularly if the mark was
straight and extended the full length of
the room.
He had never been known to appear at
his home under the influence Of liquor,
but nevertheless the banker had watched
him closely He realized that his boy
was n little wild, but relied on his good,
sound sense to bring him to halt ere
the habit was confirmed.
The wildness Of the young man, as the
father termed it, had precluded his being
called to position in the bank. Mr.. kel-
logg had, indeed. talked with him on the
subject. but Robert had decided that he
must see more of the outside world before
continuing himself to the unceasing duties