Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-05
MR. BLESSING OF
JIM ROBBINS.

vas quite 100 ready 10 ADMIT that
:, inst an average sort of fellow.
! VAS really all he cared to be.
1 he could do he did fairly wen,
10 did Just as little as was de-
i possiblc. At college he had
ina little for athletics, and made
,r creditable record, but he
III from anything really brilliant.
i ns a good scholar, too, but was
wiling to rank with the intel
ral SecOnd-"aters.
) kew to his aimless, irresponsible
ms the gold one. His fathers
/ b stretched like Il bar across the
10 better things. There was no
9fyp TO work. And without in
he Spencer Clifford merely vege-
And yet he felt a little con-
ba stricken when Anna Goldie
! ay asked him one day about his
4 p hopes. 1t set him to thinking,
thinking was an occupation that
his disquietcd him. He avoided
j GOldie for Il time, and just as
1 TS thinking he would invite an
talk with her on the subject she
&Ely went away. She went, they
bin, 10 visit an invalid aunt in
lterOr of the State. In what part
be State did Miss Goldie's aunt
Somewhere near Palmyra.
hyra: That was where Jim
5lS lived. Good old Jim Robbins,
% he hadn't seen since his last
n year. Jim was somebody down
amyra. Member of the Legislat-
o. something. 4
Ehe days wore along the desire to
Jim grew upon him, so he decided
? down at once and make Jim q
and he wrote him to that effect.
20 he went 10 the bank and called
&Iather. And while he was there
llcle Tom came in, and the three
doseted for a long time in his
72S private room. When they
out his Uncle Tom shook hands
him and patted him on the back
y usual hearty fashion. And his
2ShOOk hands with him in graver
pom and both the older men
W. Mighty elated. Spencer shook
Aaa little doubtfully as he left
linen he braced up with a swift
Jung Of his figure and clenching of
Aads, and accelerated his pace.
4flyed at Palmyra early in the
~ls and concluded he would look
" III the morning. He went to
pel and had his supper. After
ne StroIlcd up to the clerks
daa inquired about his friend.
"'lM Robbins" cried the clerk.
YES Jim is one of our leading
N He's 4 great hustler, Jim is.
% send him to the State Senate
an, Tell You what you do" con-
:, ue clerk. Jim is the chair
'. u'e big banquet at Raymond
%HisAI. It's Il complimentary
I r IN honor of Col. Jack Speed,
~ 9.Is'eSsman, YOU know. Hon.
!" Perkins, from somewhere out
p, vue OF the big national lights of
~, ,u'F is to be the speaker of the
. "I Better go over"
l will said Spencer. I'D
wee old jim at the head of the
m LOU say l can go?"
,ae Credentials you need is a 81
-usAed the clerk.
81 I Went back to his room and
"'S 0reSS suit. A half hour
4 b n SScended the stairway of Raw
u" lie noticed Il number of
|sia5 lhe crowd that steadily
b. I"o the hall, and he was
Nj 70 mud that the banquet
E1gl, " Oh The usual political for
y,f, ,NaFarIer. At the head of
.S, he noticed a door standing
Ill., ;, looking through into a
t,ion nSA'ed anteroom he saw his
b. The impulse was too
|sssy o ,yS'S'' and he passed in the
i a5,,,' and held out his hand.
bo, 'a' matter with Jim Rob
=, NJ nushingly called.
hi hi Instant his friends hand
eacer. ola ,,,
\, ''a man, so glad to see
ksss pushed Spencer off a little
b. h. "' There. You are looking
Mt :, said And, by George. YOU
ana Ume.' He laughed as he
soics 1 looked at Spencer with such
Oh expression that it instantly
ssoo =" the latter some amusing
IA, NJ, u The dear old school days.
.p p,lSehicf are you I'D tor he
h, mt here, I'm in the way.
! no. NE bother you. III see Won
% cried Jim. with a nlnure
b, YOU " don't get away from me
aepa,hl,.O lou 4. stay right here until l
ss,p r' ~ dispose of you"
Sphd ~ ao''ced that his friend had a
d = ' e in his hand. but he
b. , n. N his pocket as he drew
, eo MO the room and forced him
'''eF' A moment later there