The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
HIS IDEAL SUMMER RESORT.

Washington Star.
The young man boarded the green car
at the corner Of Sixth street and the
avenue. He was out of breath, as if ne
had been running, and there was a queer,
wild light in his eye. He pumped into
one Of the smokers seats ana immediate
ly addressed the man on his left, a
stout, comfortable looking individual
smoking a cigar
We'll, I've got a bird OF a place to
board in the country this summer" he
began. 'Say, die ever read these coun-
Try board ads?"
"Uh-huh!'' replied the stout man with
the cigar. Lots of EN-. Queer read
ing"
Right you are" said the young man
And I've been taken in about a billion
times by reading EN-. But I've struck
the place at last. S'wonderful. that's
what it is-wonderful"
You don't say so.' replied the stou5
man, in an urinterested tone
''les, l do say so. / just read the ad
about the place and took a Sunday to
go down from the city 10 investigate
and it looked SO promising that | stayed
on, and say, its a bird OF d place and
no mistake"
"Uh-huh, said the stout man
They advertised forty acres of groun l.
you know. with golf links and tenn 5
courts and all tnat sort of thinS-and.
say they We got EN- all!' and the young
man painted IN his excitement.
"Uh-hdh.
And they advertised fresh milk and
vegetables raised right on the place. and
ing! what dye tnink-they have fresh
milk on the table-real milky milk, with
cream On the top-three times a day, and
vegetables with the dew stin on EN-
three times day too!'
aia h..
stout man.
And they advertised a fine swimming
lake on the premises, stocked with choice
specimens of the finny tribe, and If
haven't been swimming in that fine,
sandy bottomed lake every day. and
catching boatioad of fish in it every
DAY, too, I'm a goatr
You. don't say So" said the stout
man. looking interestedly in the other
direction.
That's right; and they advertised that
an az OF the rooms We're big and airy, and
that folks had to sleep under blankets
every night on account of the coolness
and found il to be a fact, b'jeeI
Il want to know" breathed the stout
man.
And the ad insisted upon the fact that
mosquitoes were absolutely unknown
about the 'olate, and / found that out to
be true, toor'
We'll. wellr'
BY this time all of the other persons
III the smokers seats were listening in
creculOuSIy to the excited young mans
talk, and those in front were rubber
ing aroundsto get a look at him
And the ad stated that there were
three mail trains a day, and that was
true. also.
why how you talk"
''And the ad set forth the statement
that, unlike most country boarding
places, the mansion had four fine new
porcelain bath tubs with sanitary
plumbing all over the house. and gas
made right on the estate. and I've dis
covered it all to be a fact"
Tush, how you converse!'
And the ad wound up by stating that
it all could be had for the moderate sum
of s. week. and that's all I've been
paying" said the young man, with al
most a wall Of joy.
Just then Il cab. driven at full speed.
flashed up alongside the car Two big
men inside the car shouted to the con
duct~r, who stopped the car. The two
big men jumped out and reached for the
Wild-eyed young man who had discover
eed the wonderful country boarding
place. They tucked him non-resisting
into the cab, saying to the conductor:
"A bug house YOU know We're taking
him to a sanitarium. and he got out Of
our sight for minute at the station
and we thought we'd lost him.