The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-05-10

and we haven't. There are seven other
Fellows securing the country on horse
back with duplicates Of that dispatch,
and some more have gone along the
lake shore on the American side. Say,
no other messenger has been here be-
fore me, has hep asked the boy, with
touch OF anxiety in his voice.
No; you are the first h,
m glad OF that. I've been most all
over Canada. got on your trail about
two hours ago, and the folks at the
farm house down below said you were
up here. Is there any answer?''
Yates tore open the envelope. The
dispatch was long and he read it with
deepening frown. 1t was to this eff
feet: @~
"Fenians crossing into Canada at
Buffalo. You are near the spot; get
there quick as possible. Five of our
men leave for Buffalo tonight. Gen.
ONeill is in command of Fenian army.
he will give you every facility when
you tell him who you are. When five
arrive they will report to you. Place
one or two with Canadian troops. Get
one to hold the telegraph wire, and
send over all the stuff the wire will
carry. Draw on us for cash you need;
and don't spare expense" .-...
When Yates finished the reading OF
| this he broke forth into line of Ian
guage that astonished Remark and
drew forth the envious admiration OF
the Buffalo ta1aora nh ho1,
Heavens and earth and the lower
regions! I'm here on my vacation.
I'm not going to. jump into work fo1
all the papers in New. York. Why
couldn't those fools of Fenians stay al
home? The idiots don't know, when
they're well off. The Fenians be
hanged!'
.Guess that's what they will be-
said the telegraph boy. ANY answer,
sir?"
'No. Tell 'em you couldn't find me. y
Don't expect the boy to tell lie,'
said the professor, speaking for the
| first time.
| ''Oh, don't mind q lie,". exclaimed
the boy, ''but not that one. No, sir.
| I've had too much trouble finding you.
I'm not going to pretend I'm no good.
started out for to find you, and have.
But I'll tell any other lie you like, Mr..
Yates, if it will oblige you
>, Yates recognized in the boy the same
emulous desire to outstrip his fellows
that had influenced himself when he
| was young reporter, and he at once
admitted the injustice of attempting to
deprive him of the fruits of his enter
prise.
NO" he said, shat won't do. No;
you have found me, and you're a young
! fellow who will be president of the
Telegraph company some day, or per-
haps hold the less important office OF
the United States presidency. Who
knows? Have you telegraph blank%'
'sOf course" said the boy, fishing out
bundle from the leathern wallet by
his side. Yates took the paper and
flung himself down under the tree.
''Here's pencil" said the messenger.
"A newspaper man is never without
a pencil, thank you," replied Yates
taking one out of his inside pocket.
| ''Now, Remark, I'm not going tc
tell a lie on this OCCASION" continued
Yates.
a think the truth is better on all oc
casions."
Fright you are. So here goes for the
solid truth"
Yates, as he lay on the ground, wrote
rapidly on the telegraph blank Sud
denly he looked up and said to the pro,
fessor: ''Say, Remark, are you doc
tor?"
'sOf laws" replied his friend
s':Oh, that will do just as we'll" And
he finished his writing.
':How is this?" he cried, holding thu
paper at arms length: -
| JOHN A. BURLINGTON, Managing Edito,
Argus, New York: I'm fat ON my back. Haven
| done hands turn for week. Am under thu
| constant care. night and day, Of one Of the mos
| eminent doctors in Canada. who even prepares
| my food for me. Since left New York trouble
| Of the heart has complicated matters and a.
| present battles the doctor. Consultations daily
| It IS impossible for me to move from here un
| til present complications have yielded to treat
| ment..
''Binmore would be good man to take charg,
in my absence. YATES"
There" said Yates, with tone O:
satisfaction, when he had finished the
reading. what do you think of that?'
The professor frowned, but did not
answer. The boy, who partly saw