The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28
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The young man boarded the green car at
the corner of Sixth street and the avenue.
lie was out of breath. as If he had been
running. and there was a queer. wild light
IN his eye. He pumped into one of the
smokers seats and Immediately addressed
the man on his left, stout. comfortable
looking Individual, smoking a cigar.
well, I've got bird of place to board
in the country this summer" he began.
Say, die ever read these country board
ads?"
''uh-huh." replied the stout man with the
cigar. Lots of EN- Queer reading
Right you are, said the young man.
"And I've been taken in about a million
times by reading 'em. But I've struck the
place at last. 'S'wonderful. that's what it
is-wonderfuli"
You don't say So" replied the stout man,
in an pninterestinS tone.
Yes, l DO say so. ] just read the ad.
about the place, and took Sunday to go
down from the city to investigate, and it
looked so promising that i stayed on. and.
say, it's a bird of a place and no mistake"
-'rh-huh," said the stout man.
They advertised forty acres of ground.
YOU know with golf links and tennis courts
and all that sort of thing-and, say. they've
got 'en air. and the young man painted in
his excitement.
"Uh-huh."
..And they advertised fresh milk and vege-
tables raised TlSll Oh Tue pldct, aiu, ~ Jhe
what dye think-they have fresh milk on
the table-real milky milk. with cream on
the top-three times day, and vegetables
with the dew still on 'em three times a day,
tco!''
We'll, wellr' mildly calculated the stout
man.
And they advertised fine swimming
lake on the premises, stocked with choice
specimens of the finny tribe. and If / haven't
been swimming in that fine, sandy bot
toned lake every day, and catching boat
load of fish in it every day, too. In a
goat"
.'You don't say so,'' said the stout man.
looking interestedly in the other direction.
That's right: and they advertised that
all of the rooms were big and airy, and that
folks had TO sleep under blankets every
night on account of the ccolness. and
found it TO be fact, b'iee."
Il want to known breathed the stout
man.
And the ad. insisted upon the fact that
mosquitoes were absolutely unknown about
the place, and found that out to be true,
ieor'
We'll. well!''
Nv This time all of the other persons in
the smokers seats were listening incredu-
lo,,slv 10 the excited young mans talk
and those in front were "rubbering'' around
TO get look at him.
And the ad. stated that there were three
mail trains day, and that was true, also.
why. how you tax.
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 discovered il all to be fact
.'Tush, low you converse'
And the ad. wound UP by stating that
IT all could be had for the moderate sun
of s. a week. and that's all I've been pay.
ing said the young man. with almost {
wall of joy.
Just then cab, driven at fun speed
flashed up alongside the car. Two big mer
inside the cab shouted to the conductor
who stopped the car; The two big mel
yoi,ng man who had discovered the won
.ierfui country boarding place. They tucked
him, nonressting, into the cab, saying t
"a bug house, you know. We're takinl
him To a sanatoriun, and he got out of GU
sieht for minute at the station. and "
thours, we'd lost him. w ashington Star