News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-07-22

acres of land over near your fathers
purchases and it seems that he was
closely watching all your fathers deals
and, in spite of his judgment to the
contrary. Mr.. Bishops confidence in
that sort OF real estate has made him
put a higher valuation on his holdings
over there. So you see. now that your
fathers mistake is common talk. he is
forced to realize big slump. and he
wants to blame some one for It.
don't know but that your father or
some one else made him an offer for
his land, which he refused. So you see
1t is only natural for him to be dis
gruntled"
81 see," said Alan. 81 reckon you
heard that from Miss Dolly?"
Miller smoked slowly.
"Yes"-after a pause-"I dropped in
there night before last, and she told
me about 1t. She's not one of your
surface creatures. She talks sensbly
on all sorts Of subjects OF course
she's not going to show her heart to
me. but she couldn't hide the fact that
your trouble was worrying her a good
deal. think she'd like to see you at
the ball tonight. Frank Hillhouse will
give you dance or two. He's going
to be hard to beat. He's the most at
tentive fellow ever ran across. He's
got a new buggy-a regular hug1e-
highland high stepping Kent1G
mare for the summer campaign j. u
have some money at his fathers d,
and all the old women say he's;
best catch in town because he dog
drink, has Sunday school class
will have money. We are all goin
wear evening suits tonight There
some girls from Rome visiting Hattie
Alexander, and we don't want them to
smell hay in our hair. You know how
the boys are. Unless all of us wear
spiketails no one will; so we took a
vote on 1t, and We'll be on a big dixie.
There'H be a devilish lot of insists.
Those who haven't suits are borrowing
in all directions. Frank Buford will
rig out in Colonel Days antebellum
toggery. Did you bring yours?"
''It happens to be at Parker's shop,
being pressed" said Alan
"I've had three in the last six years."
laughed Miller. "You know how much
larger Todd Selman is than l am. He
burst one of mine from collar to waist
last summer at the Springs. l can't
refuse 'em, God bless em! JEFF Hig-
gins married in my best Prince AL
bert last week and spilled boiled GUS
tard on it, but he's got a good wife
and a fair job on railroad in Ten
nessee now. I'd have given him the
coat, but he'd never have accepted 1t
and been mad the rest of his life at
my offer. Parker said somebody had
tried to scrape the custard of with a
sharp knife and that he had lot of
trouble cleaning it. | wore the coat
yesterday and felt like l was going to
be married. Todd must have left some
of his shivers in 1t. l reckon that's as
near as I'll ever come to the hitching
post"
Just then a tall, thin man entered.
He wore a rather threadbare frock
coat, unevenly bound with braid, and
had a sallow, sunken and rather long
face. 1t was Samuel Craig, one of the
two private bankers Of the town. He
was about sixty years of age and had
a pronounced stoop.
"Hellov' he said pleasantly. "You
young bloods are a-goin' to play smash
with the gals hearts tonight, l reckon.
l say, go it while you are young. Ray
burn, want to get one of them iron