New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

establishment. They seemed 10 indicate that people
mistrus,ed his good fortune and the size OF his
bank account. SO he depleted his shelves and tat
tened his ledger
Even The Wsss Island folks, who hadn't been on
the mainland for years. heard of the Hberaty OF
this new Crcesus and came up 20 have theif peek
at his bundle Lobster smack put in az Wass
Island bait and told such stories that at last.
among the rest Uncle ''Wack" Spearlng spread his
dory sp'rits1 and swashed up the reach to look
into this matter. Uncle Wack hadn't been TO
the mainland for fifteen years
His last trip had been buy coffin for his
brother He has never railroad train or Il
circus an electric a telephone. or much OF
anything else except big steamship sIamming past
the horizon and the ocean and the sun and the
When Uncle wack tied up at the wharf in
Packet Harbor he announced 10 the hrst man he
met tha. ''hc had come up from Wass by smelt
try to dicker srthin with that air chap who
had got money all the way from over In Trip. Be
fore Uncle Wack left he had sold Miller two old
fishing smacks for years supply CT provisions
Uncle Wack considered that trade the same as
finding food
Miller attempted TO have some fun with the old
man BY u, showing up graPhoPhG%H,G fy the the
musical line that salesman offered to nm
phone phone TisS He decided f twas as nothing except oke
fool me he snorted through !he ha 5anses s;,n
posed trick seemed io him such silly one that he
BUT in Se casc Of the organ That so twoud
seem. would contain a surprise for man. things
the parior and entertained him with selection,
The old man hitched forward on the edge Of the
stared at the organ during the performances with
R he op Of h aw aa M
on his, face one might believe that he was en-
When the young woman finished and turned about
hands N' and % Knee" beside herr m h @ face laid close
the carpet, He was peering along the floor and
20 1GS shs u" sreay She gaSsred he
skirts up around her feet with much trepidaton and
Wh@t ysnI,S looking ys VsSs yc% old 0Gl'
DO You have to scooch down and let your brains
into your head before you can do any think
ing?" asked the young woman with much sar-
.'Currs crtter." said Uncle Wack enigma tieslly
Then he gave one more look at the organ and "a at
utterance was personal in an uncompmentary
While he was slowing cargo IN his dory at The the
wharf little later he was talking over Win Ms Ms
trip. The bystanders heard portion OF the con-
I'VE hadn, ought g come away from the house 9Ss
warnt nothin' hut what ye could see through easy,
dee de hngs doe k Hs ss n wh rEr scpn R9t
that's curtis cItter that's In the ,t sfttin room, ON
said it was-had queer name but no matter It's
1T sets up pretty middin' high and is as chunky
as as, sunsh II has teeth alopg omit on 1t Ike sWysI dys
house
What's II fury" queried the son listlessly.
"D'know.' said Uncle Wack. splitting vigorously
and gra bling another sack of flour "She set down
in front of IL and rubbed them teeth and jammed
down and trod the critters tail that was
sti kin from underneat and then he gra-owleJ
an grawsd % sn whGsS rsS an, am I'll
The dee of spendin' Ere't COB Of money a
thing like that. commented the son.
Sure enough said Uncle Wack- But We hahn
got nothin To complain Of this trip. he added. sur
veying with pride the stock of provisions
Only few days ago young Mr. Miller drew a
check for his last dollar In the Machias bank. He
owns store a grst mill, fleet OF boats that
at anchor in the little bay. lots OF horses and
all kinds OF property that shrewd Yankees OF the
neghborhood have been able to dump on him. The
opinion down around Packeti Harbor iS that he
will be able to get cent on the dollar for
his truck. But Mr.. Miller says that now he has
got tho furry OF buying he is going TO bend
all his energies toward selling and he expects to
make that bank account look healthy once more