The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
DIDN'T SEE THE sIxrH MS SMITH.
Sorry for 1t, Although Five Mt Once Proved
Too Many for Him.

sorry TOT IL, Although Five at Once Proved
Too Many for Him.
The train stopped at the mall prairie sta
tion only long enough to let ole read the name,
and. at one end of the sign. the distance in
miles and tenths from Denver. the same
reckoning at the other end dealing similarly
with Chicago. To residents OF these small
prairie towns these stops may be indeed an
important as they seem to think them. though
travellers scarcely look on them as anything
put a means OF determining Just how much be-
hind time the Overland is and what is the
PROBABILITY OF missing the connections. The
chance acquaintance who had been aiding to
make the trip less dreary by droll chapters Of
unpublished memoirs looked out of the win
dow too late and asked the name OF the sta
ton. When it was told him he scanned the
mall cluster OF houses with great interest.
Great Scott!' he exclaimed, Il wish I knew
what house the Smiths live ill.,"
That seems an idiotic sort Of thing to say Of
any town. the probabilities being SO great that
many houses are occupied by bearers Of that
ancient name. This seemed not to dawn on
him. for he made matters worse by continuingt
II there were only time I should like to take
a stop-over and 90 to see them; I shall always
feel that l have lost something out of life so
long as I have not met the.sixth Miss Smith,
After such challenges rs this there was only
one thing to do; he must be asked to tell the
story which was behind his show OF interest in
this wayside town.
Some time ago I had bonded the most beau-
tiful proposition UP at Cripple Greek you ever
saw; prospect in good mineral. gold almost at
the grass roots and In a good country over at
the back, OF Bull Hill. 1t was a ninety-day
S9nd and z .dn ! vas osf ip ~ 1 poug rIn, out cash to make
the money to take up the bond with. You
we've Just got to let other folks In to help us.
very town he had, some money to invest and {
was walking on tiptoe SOS not to scare him
n MAILING s'G ap his ms n 9iFS 4 made w up his Be nina Tni
against my proposition-I couldn't take up the
RSnd to IN tdnd c sf IS t aff e d let $500 4 81; Rps m che next
We'll. was, waiting to hear from him and
Just praying that nothing would happen ! o
ters to ask this question or that In the most
cautious sort OF way. and ] was spending lots
oeane% d2 ss 1 a eot "notser h IL t aESsstliG eeser ey WHICH, T1ei;
SHt down e the bottom fe said that lis niece:
her at the Brown Palace. because she was q
i've known some splendid bits Of financing
mines to depend on Just some simple thing
30 that afternoon / went around to the Brown
and asked If Miss Smith was there. OF course
t Il %as s9 only R q iIt RFst tt gs jot there SS &c I t tSso S ]
sent septiH up. and ! waited iG IN the small G reeept lion
narior: In a short While In came a young lady
oh: I'm 50 glad that you called she said;
town. o%G.0 but Sa'f It. Is pleasant %iSHt to feel SSI that iSsy YOU Sl Almost Ins st
t taGT ms sq IN ssS that II shea E 'sdff Be- riSh PlddS S%n. Sister
young lady came in and extended her hand to
s saaHe in m fpem ye q iitt dier %aiE when Il 9 Roar S saId i %ss
%aitIns Ehills ! too dE'S 81 ny n.y. js sRsias and TAG Rss
she's beeniyine down. but she'll be rightdown.r
had not even Wes a aDi Ses eScCeodsd Il IN T ssts aihs!s ssas:
ed again when a third young lady came sailing
IT. S AZ I Psrl Esa 81 j h sgs , ySS WIN IN, PfSS dS Rs me
lying down. and | Just had to smooth. out my
hair .b BH5' "a sn aye AIN I'm not the last; sister
wreck; It was my very first experience st :
had | paid a friendly cali on such a consecutive
young lady. This time ! neither attempted to
s s2s z toward THrS P tRe &c Soe Sit s dSFp p;romnIp SSt t on SShs %,
her predecessors: she. too. was glad 70 sees
looking at the cabinet OF minerals downstairs.
Then thS GsSG9iossiss Ard @insrsl$Ssist haF.
all With. a strong family TSsenSIsncs wSSttcHHi
they had malicionsly heightened BY dressing
exactly, alike. The aggregation proved toe
the pleasure OF making such a voluminous ac.
quaintance; probably l looked as STUPID as I
two Misses Smith or two Miss Smiths I might
have shown them attention. But You canno
take fye out fer 4 ride Or 70 the theatre Or anEE
was no use: decentralization. was overpower-
ing. so I got up TO leave. AIehve chprused.
little longer. Sister win be so disappointedj
/ know she was counting on seeing. you. but
she has gone out to look at the city. Call again
and see sister
Now you know why I am curious as to the
residence Of the Smiths. The mining deal
see the other sister. And. too. I go about
with a sense of incompleteness because I have
not yet seen the sixth Miss Smith"
Public somnoience.
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