Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-04-03
Contra POnazO.
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"And the widow Is with him You,
stepmanima that Is to be-"
Don't you dare to say 1t. lf /
thought so. ! would marry the frst
man that asked me-,
81 will bf the, Hrst'siS
.Oh. Mrs. Fuller. we have had such
a lovely day. Mr.. Grandip and. ! stop
ped TO see II we could arrange to have
all the fish we caught sent to the poor
.Ispeople." II .,.,
Next morning a letter and a newspa
per lay beside the colonel's plate when
be came down to breakfast a little In
advance OF his 'daughtar and sister. He
recognized the same address on both.
that of his attorney In the eastern city
where he resided. and be broke the seal
OF the letter with some eagerness:
Ny Dear colonei-I got she STUFF printed In The
nmes. just 80 you asked, though they would not
use your name. It points to you plainly enough,
however. l don't understand the game, but you
probably know what you are doing. IL there .
hen on in the Blue ElephantY Should | buy or
sellY Sounds funny to read that the failure OF
Che mine will affect your fortunes. remembering,
as l do, how cleyerly you sneaked out Of 1t un-
scathed . year ago.
As you requested. l have started an inquiry
about the young man Grandin and will be ready
to report on him in a few days. What is the
matterP Another moth at Josephine's AameY nv
dear fellow. | have told you q thousand times. that
you are too suspicious. Yours. A. G. ".
Then the colonel unfolded the news
paper and. finding the marked passage,
read as follows:
Politics Is Money.-It is rumored that the true
reason for the sudden withdrawal Of a well known
citizen from the senatorial race and his departure
for California WAS not at all his friendship for the
governor, as was alleged at the time, but the dis
astrous failure OF an, enterprise in which he was
financially involved to a very considerable extent
When the Blue Elephant went to pieces. the event
was not supposed TO have any political sigpiH-
canoe, but its largest owner was known to be q
certain colonel who is now suddenly out of poll
tics. 1t costs money TO be made a senator in this
state. and the psstiHie is well enough, for million
aires, but a fortune that is reduced to bare bones
and which psrhaps scarcely exists at all will not
stand such a strain.
The colonel smiled grimly as he read
the article, and several times during
the course of the breakfast, which he
ate by himself without waiting for the
ladies'. he chuckled, as though some
thing on his mind was affording him
great amusement.
When Miss Josephine and her aunt
came into the room. he drew a long
face, and. handing his daughter the
paper with the marked portion expos
ed, he said: 1T is out at last. Excuse
me, but | must go over II the city to
he gone all day. Don't worry, my
daughter; there is enough for us to live
on in a way" Then he hurried out Of
the room.
The W women eagerly read the arti-
Gle and then reread it to find out what
1t meant.
"Oh," said Josephine, sit was only
yesterday that l said to father that l
almost wished he would lose all his
money!"
"How could you wish such a wicked
thing!' cried her aunt rep~roachfuliy.
"Now you see what has happened"
They were just beginning to read the
article through for the third time when
Josephine looked up and said, Here
comes Mr.. Grandin."
Hide it." said her aunt.
Indeed | shall not. l intend that he
shall see 1t first of all"
"Good morning. Mrs. Blake. Good
morning. Miss Talbot. May | sit here?
l did not see you ladies' anywhere last
evening"
"We played -porrazo' in our rooms
with the colonel and Mr.. Edmunds. Do
you play 'porrazo.' Mr.. Grandin?"
81 tried it once, Mrs. Blake. but l do
not approve of a game where you lay
down a card and say 'porrazo' with
great triumph. only to have the pext
person to you lay down another card
and say contra porrazo' and take it all
away from you. Where is the colonel.
by the way?"
"He has gone to the city for the day."
'"There is something here that wish
you to read. Mr.. Grandin." said Joseph
inc, handing him the paper.
The young man read the article and
brought his lips together In a bunch.
This refers to Colonel Talbot, l take
it" said he.
Josephine nodded.
"And it means that he has lost his
money"
Josephine nodded again, and her aunt
looked sadly into her coffee cup.
"Does this involve you In any way,
| Mrs. Blake?"
mot at ALL"
Mr.. Grandin smiled cheerfully.
II suppose l ought to be decently
sympathetic" said he, but 1t Is des-
perately hard work. This affects no
one. it appears. but Colonel Talbot. and
my regard for him is entirely by proxy.
| am ready to take his loving daugh-