The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-08-02
THE ADVANTAGES
Secured by Uncle Josh i'm this City
of Unrivalled Business
Opportunities.
Copyrighted by w, S. Guthrie.

Copyrighted by w. S. Guthrie.
Miss -Polly-I-I-er-
dare IL But the speaker took a
header oyer bashfulness, only to hear
a sweet
"Yes, Charley"
Scan ] aspire to-er-to-that-
Again lapse into silence, followed
an encouraging
Eyes, Charley"
"Oh. if 1 might only hope to er-
to-
Another failure of language. 1t
was seemingly hopeless case, and
might have been, only for demure
"Charley, 1 have said yes twice,
and if you mean it, too, and"
And to this day that young man
will insist he popped the question.
All this happened away down east, ;
and it wasn't long before there was
wedding. Not much longer before
there was letter from Polly's Uncle
Josh. Hon. Joshua Turner, an old
pioneer of the Range) rich, generous
and level headed, who wrote effusiyely
of his delight at her exhibition OF
what he called grit and he proposed
that if the young people would locate
at Ely he would start them up in life,
as wedding gift, having fully ex-
planned that this is the best spot in
the world for young married people to
: get good start. or course they &C.
cepted. and were soon bidding their
friends adieu.
A few weeks subsequent to the
above conversation travel-stained
party arrived in Ely. Our friend,
Uncle Josh, was in charge and he led
the party straightway to the Vail
hotel. s'We'll go to the Vail" said
he. " cause that's the popular place
and strictly first-class. have known
T. w. Bartlett, the proprietor, for
wears and he is mine host after mine
own heart; being endowed with that
delightful intuition that makes
guest feel at home, comfortable, con-
tented. and in mighty good luck. The
house is one of convenience; the
apartments are well furnished and
the cuisine-well, that hotel is noted
for it's excellent table, so I have en-
gagged rooms here until your own
house is in readiness" With these
remarks Uncle Josh graciously pre-
sented to Charles the deed Of a coy
cottage.
after breakfast is over" continu-
ed the old man, Il must take you for
a little drive and then We'll proceed
to buy your outfit. TO expedite mat
tiers I'll Just have Billy Scott. our
enterprising livery man, send US
around a rig When the handsome
carriage, with elaborate trappings
and prancing horses drew up in front
of the hotel Polly declared it to be a
turnout Fl for queen. eyes Stree, =
replied Uncle Josh, shat is a purity
neat rig-the three SIS, Speed, Safety
and Style is Billy Scott's coat Of
arms. and best of all. the rates are
mighty reasonable. His wedding,
party and funeral equipments are I'M
surpassed. 1t was in stylish turn
out indeed that the rounds of the city
were made.
"Having already provided cage
for the bird" said Uncle Josh, now
the first thing we'll look after will be
the furnishings for it," Hereupon
Polly energetically declared that she
had heard so much about M. r. Glea-
son that she had decided to go there.
The result was that they were usher
ed into such a bewilderiDg display
that the girl was at first at a loss how
to select. But she soon yielded to
the seductiyeness of a magnificent
parlor suite, bed room set in oak,
golden finish, that would do credit to
old Mr.. Klondyke himself. To this
she added an easy rocker for Uncle
Josh, and didn't forget most con-
venient and ornamental writing desk
for Hubby" Charles, having come to
the conclusion that Gleason's prices
were below the very whisper Of com
petition.
"A pretty good start, " said the old