The Somerset reporter., 1901-10-24

know you never cared for money. and
you have no family. but if you'll stop
this Cincinnati jag o Dicks I'll give
you house and lot or-or-anything
you want
Newt started for Cincinnati that
night Nobody ever knew just what he
said or did to Dlck Harbne, but in
week they came back. Newt silent and
satisfied and the senator's son pale,
repentant and following old Newt
around like whipped dog. old Har.
bire actually grew younger and gayel
as the days grew into weeks and the
weeks into months and his boy showed
no signs OF Il relapse.
"By Jehosaphat Newt" he swore at
/ his friend one night. I'm bowed If
/ don't believe you've cured the whelp.
You got to take something just to give
me chance to show how l appreciate
i what you've done. Why, mother was
breaking her heart over Dick. l never
showed how his doings hurt me, but
they were just killing me. You're
] poor, Newt, aud you're getting old
don't deny it-you'n have TO quit this
! blessed newspaper business pretty
/ soon, and I'll bet you haven't saved a
i hundred dollars. Come, Newt, be fair
with me. Let me loan you at least a
few thousand? Eth? Or say, better
yet, take that house and lot up in N
street. l don't want it, and it'll net
you two thousand per. What d'you
say"
But Newt would only abuse old Har
/ bine for his pains and turn the talk
! into string of 'joshing." The senator
| however, was so serious in his deter
! mination to do something for Newt
that the dispute between them grew
acute and almost bitter. Newt was
getting old. Nobody knew whether he
had saved anything, but everybody
knew that the time for his retirement
was at hand. As months went by and
old Harbine's solicitude about reward
ing him waXed more earnest and per-
sistent poor Nevis powers of resist
ance began to wane. The senator saw
it and was glad. The two old friends
became inseparable. Terrapin suppers
and bouts with innumerable mint
iuleps became continuous. Spring was
merging into summer when the old
correspondent yielded finally to the
tempter.
Senator" began Newt one night as
they sat on the hotel balcony, 'I've
made up nay mind to take that reward
you insist on giving me"
"God bless you, old man." chuckled
Harbine, tinkling the ice in his big
glass.
I'm not going half way about it ell
Their" resumed Stuart, looking up with
an evident effort to muster his courage
I'm going to hit you hard. Pm
"Fire away, you old fraud.' laughed
the senator. you know well I'd give
you the shirt off my back"
"I'm going to retire at the end o the
year." continued Newt, land I'm moi
going to work any more. r.
Bully boy! Go ahead" laughed Har.
bine.
"In fact, expect to pass the rest OF
my life in establishing, in fact"
That's the stuff How much'l il
cost Il year TO keep du oiu neiullt Inv
you in terrapin, mint and bourbon
Let 'er go, Newt"
"Never mind what it'll cost" Here
Newt swallowed the lump in his throat
coughed few times and let go the
thunderbolt:
Il want that Meek reel O. yourn!'
Newt" bawled the SENATOR getting
pale-"Newt, you don't mean itE'
But do mean it. Are you going tc
make it goodY
"Oh, Newt" groaned old Harbine
don't get so grasping! Take the house
in n street. It's worth nearly ten thou.
sand"
Nope" drawled the lneXorable Stu
art mo real estate for me. I'd rather
have that reel than half o Capitol hill
Do get itY
The senator strobe up and down the
balcony a dozen. times in moody ST
lence. Once he paused before Newt as
if to utter further protestations. lie
finished his julep, made another, tin
Killed. n faiut knell with the ice in his
glass and fairly groancd:
Its yours. "-Chicago Record-Herald