Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-21
CHAPTER v.
Mr.. Sawyer Meets Uncle Ike.

chapter v.
Mr.. Sawyer Meets Uncle Ike.
Quincy Adams Sawyer had not come
down to Masou's Corner with any idea
of becoming a hermit. Ills father was
a great lawyer and very wealthy
man. He had made Quincy a large al
lowance during his college days, and
had doubted it when his only son en-
tered his law Office to complete his
studies.
Quincy had worked hard in two
ways; first, to read law, so as to real
ize the great anticipations that his
father had concerning him; second, he
worked still harder between 8 in the
evening and J., 2, and even in the
morning to get rid of the too large al
lowance that his father made him.
Like all great men, his father was
unsuspicious and easily hoodwinked
about family matters; so when Quincy
grew llstless and on certain occasions
fell asleep at his desk his renowned
and indulgent father decided it was
due to overwork and sent him down
to marlborough for a months rest
and change of scene.
ais father had known Isaac Petten-
gill, sn,sso fact had conducted many
successful sui, far him; besides this
he had drawn UP the papers when I'm
Gle Ike divided his fortune. Quincy's
father had written to Uncle Ike, asking
him to find his son a boarding place,
and Uncle Ike had selected Deacon Ma
sons as the best place for him.
Quincy's father had told him to be
sure and get acquainted with Mr.. Isaac
Pettengill, saying he was a man of fine
education, and added, 81 sometimes
feel, Quincy, as though | would like to
go into the country and take care of a
chicken farm myself for a while
His mother came of the best New
England stock, and although she had
been named Sarah and her husbands
name was Nathaniel, we have seen
that the son had been endowed with
the rather high-sounding name of
Quincy Adams, which his schoolmates
had shortened to Ounce, and his col
1l.age friends to Quinn. Quincy had
two sisters and they had been equally
honored with high-sounding appella-
tions, the elder being called Florence
Estelle and the younger Maude Ger
trude, but to pa. ma. brother, and
friends they were known as Flossie
and Gertie.
The next day after theaffair at Hills
grocery, Quincy put several OF the best
cigars in town in his pocket and start
ed towards marlborough Centre for a
walk, intending to call upon Uncle Ike
Pettengill.
The young man knew that late hours
and their usual Accomplishments We're
what had undermined his health, SO
he determined to make his vacation of
good service to him and recover his
accustomed health and strength, and
when he returned home cut his old
acuuaintances and settle down earn
estly and honestly to the battle OF life.
He had been a favorite in city soci-
ETY.; he5was we'll educated, well read,
had travelled considerably and was I'M
iformly polite and affable to all class
es, from young children to old men
and women; he was very careful about
his dress, and always had that we'll
groomed appearance, which in the city
ELECTS commentator, but which leads
the average countryYnan to say dude"
to himself and near friends when talk
ing about him.
Quincy was no dude: he had been
games; he had been member of the
varsity eight in one of its contests
with Yale, and won game for Harvard
with Yale at baseball by making a
home run in the tenth inning on tied
score. He was good musician and
fine singer In addition he was a
graceful dancer. and had taken lessons
in boxing, until his feather-weieht
teacher suggested that he had better
ind a heavyweight instructor to prac-
tise on.
Quincy vast in his twenty-thfrd year.
He had been in love a dozen time, but.
rs he EXPRESSED it. had been saved
from matrimony by getting acquainted
with prettier eirl Just as he was on
the point of popping the question.
-s.t we left MIN walking along on
his way to Eastborough Centre. Dea-
con Mason had told him Uncle likes
house was away back from the road,
some hundred feet back, and that he
could not mistake 1t, as he could see
the chicken coop from the road. He
finally reached it after traversing
about nile and half it being anoth-
er mile and half to Eastborough Cen.
tre
He found the Dath that led to the
horse. AS he nsared the stems huge
dog arose from a reclining posture and
faced him. nof IN an ugly mood. hit
with onseynrassion t',et seemed to say,
San introduction viii he necessary be.
fore you come any farther.', The dog
seemed to understand that it was his
duty to bring about the necessary in
PRODUCTION, SO he gave a series OF LOUD
barks. The door was quickly opened
and Uncle. Ike stood in the doorway.