The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
THE ACCOMMODATING BOYS.
why n Certain Country Resort CoE:S
Give Many Conveniences
at Low Price.

Idon't see how they can afford to charge
SO little
Possibly we will find out" he re-
piled, for he was wise in his day and
generation and he rather expected to
discover some drawbacks.
Still, it must be admitted that every
thing looked very promising. There
were six or eight hammocks swung be-
tween various trees about the lawn,
there were three croquet sets and two
tennis courts, and there were cows and
horses without number.
$50 ideally rural" she commented.
1.-THE browsing cows and horses give the
place the true country air, but, as there
are no fences, except fer the grain fields,
1 should think they would get on the
lawn occasionally"
An old man who was sitting near
them on the porch took his pipe from
his mouth long enough to say: THE
boys keep them off the lawn"
''And that nearest tennis court, she
went on, seems to be newly laid out
and rolled. | do not recall ever having
seen better one"
"The boys did it," explained the old
man. Thought the old one wasn't good
enough, so they put in two days takin'
up the sod an maxim q new dirt court"
1.-THE boys must be very accommo-
dating" she said.
They're pretty good boys" admitted
the old man. Don't know as we could
ask for any better"
II should think not" she asserted,
and then, turning to her husband: did
you ever hear of more industrious
boys?"
Never" he answered, "but 1 suppose
they're paid for doing it,
''Nary a cent" broke in the old man.
"They seem to like it. They laid out
the croquet grounds, too"
did they?"
Yep; laid out one two years ago, one
last year and one this summer. Most
likely they'll buy another croquet set
and put it out next year"
Did they buy the croquet sets, too?"
she asked in some surprise.
yep"
WIN tHelI own money
Don't suppose they'd buy them with
anybody else's money, do YEP"
NO; certainly not" she answered,
hastily. at was a foolish question, of
course. l suppose they put out the
hammocks, also"
yep; an bought 'em."
Dear me! / never heard the like of
that before. l suppose they didn't get
them all at once, though. Some of them
seem pretty Old"
yep. The old ones are the hammocks
the boys left here other years, an it
sort of hurt 'em hanging out in the
snow all winter"
Then the boys don't stay here the
year round she suggested. She was
beginning to get interested in the boys.
81 suppose it's too dull and lonely for
them here in the winter"
yep"
you have good many horses here"
she said, after pause. Il suppose if /
want to take drive some day there'll
be no difficulty about it,
Mop; the boys'li hitch up horse for
you most any time"
"Where are the boys?" she asked.
Reckon they're about the place
somewhere" he answered. 'Mebbe
they've gone out to the pasture to drive
in the cows. | heard one of the ladies
say she wanted a glass of milk for her
baby"
well, never knew anything SO
obliging as that! Going out to the pas
ture after the cows because baby
wants a glass of milk! This surely is
an ideal country place. And so cheap,
too. Do you suppose l can have pitch
err of drinking water brought to my
room every night?'
THE boys go down to the spring bout
q quarter of mile from here and fill
all the pitchers every night, replied the
old man.
''Really, those boys of yours must be
treasures she said, looking at the old
man admiringly. you have reason to
congratulate yourself"
"Oh, they amt my boys" he inter
rupted.
Not your boys!" she exclaimed.
'Why, you're the proprietor of the
place, aren't you?"
''Yep; | own it, an Marthy, my wife,
sorter runs it,"
Then who are the boys?"
The old man looked at her in aston
ishment, and then took few whiffs IN
steady his nerves after such a display
of ignorance.
why" he explained at last, at
comes sorter natural for an old man
like me to speak of the men that's been
bringin' their families here pretty
regular every summer as the boys"
The young woman looked at her hus-
band, and her husband looked at her.
but they didn't say anything. They
were out for little country life, and
they realized that they were going to
get all they wanted of the real thing,
like many others who go away for rest.
Words would have been superhuous
under the circumstances-N.Y Y. Sun.
n.G