The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12


a. svz1GS9 citing at all to
jNzy|]jHTtES read il and not
,"'N>#NgN$gS' be just littl @
'U0U W. - country village
ten years of age and of twenty
+, 70.
IS a Snturday afternoon half
that Ed came over to my
!, ong before / had finished my
(, piling up wood, and an
/, beiween gasps, ooh, come
10 down to the Central Rail
They're goin' to sell n hull rail
wn there at auction. Just think
. null railroad."
Hked in dismay at the implied
A Id wished that I'd worked iu
d ming and finished up, but Ed
\. to, like a good fellow, aud by
ne we were through and had
d I'D with the unequaled speed
ooted small boys down street,
otidors and porches of the little
village hotel were alive with
y aely dressed and prosperous
W strangers, who were gathered
is, talking earnestly together,
in couples up and down the
''s in quiet consultation.
light of way and assets of the
W raded but still trackless, ILL
,nnsylvania & Sodus Bay Rail
y, re to be sold, at three o'clock,
highest bidder, to wind up the
" OF the unfortunate original
d Y, and the reason that the inn
OF transaction was to take place
little country village was be-
% place chanced to be about
OF the proposed line, or, per-
R,ecause two or three of the
promoters of the company re-
rlere.
y er have understood exactly
talinterest Ed and L could have
hat occasion, but crowds and
laoys can usually be found in the
7 ,ighborhood, and. as 1 remem-
eve felt as excited over the affair
3 most deeply involved stock
OF or the shrewdest railroad mag
ID ssent.
odged here and there among
and listened, open-mouthed,
technical talk of the railroad
'Ns While the sale was still some
'a, of, Ed told me, with abso-
Utainty, how much the short,
~ u, nan yith the white side whisk-
rs instructed the tall, slim young
vi bid; the limit of what the wor-
ns king man with the high hat on
.o : Of his head would pay, and
tie Southern Central man had
Northern Central man he
gree to in case they could come
Poiderstanding and bid together.
lever pays any attention to boys
i'V. they may hear, but Of
hey don't understand.
Bssemblage was to be called to
ten minutes, and Ed and 1
", "a,inding on the edge of the hotel
H.ghen a very modest turnout
/ owly up in front of the hotel
oped.
orse was one Of those round,
=, old family animals who can't
+ nv go over about so fast under
nm lmstances, and he was hitched
he fashioned, two-seated demo
arigon, in which were crowded
Orof three gentlemen and two
on We did not pay much atten-
nafhe new arrival, not in any way
nuing the party with the auction
'lllilroad.
alighted from the wagon and
a]ittle group while the gen
had some conversation with
o. lord.
" y you find somebody to drive
!, kY" i heard the Oldest of the
,hsi'
ire andlord turned and glanced
s e crowded piazzas. "My own
ail busy" he said, "and / can t
ybody." Suddenly he CHANGED
arne, and he called me to him.
Il py, he said, "these people
Of ID This horse of the station
cdown to Taughannock Falls,
ly y want somebody to drive him
eh Don't you want to take little
byes," 1 answered, "I'd just
rr Ed'll so too"
,bI where's Edo"
snged and beckoned for my part
Is, came bashfully forward. The
ard arty, particularly the ladies',
coming mildly interested in
,tiations.
croonngest man explained the en-
IS ter TO Ed, and I have since
os'l that he elaborated the details
''OI Importance Of Eds decision
iore than seemed absolutely
~, for Irecall that he used a
L any terms which were unfa.
'r'p ns and his talk seemed to
"a he ladies immensely.
yes, / guess L can CO." Ed
M the young man had finished,
law want me to, though we'd really
"a stay TO the sale" And il
'od many years after that be.
whcould at all understand what
at sa that was so very humorous
ck 'At reply, and why the ladies
it lave laughed until the tears
own their faces and the mer
20 consider us such n very
uair of youngsters; for why
l"a two barefooted ten -year-olc
hO' Village boys with tattered
=. ~ desire to be present at sucl
ntops proceeding, 1 would like
MEN,