The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1904-05-14

Wrong agin. It's thin same ID
domineerin' idjits. the yally-headed
subjecks o. the Wildly. An pfwhy are
they wise?"
You'll have to tell" said Frank
lin.
Then I'll till ye. It's because they
have a sacra flames fer all the land on
EARTH
II infer. Battersleigh,' said Frank
lin, that you have made sale"
We'll, yis. A small matter"
"A quarter-section or SOP"
"A quarter-township or so wud be
much nearer" said Battersleigh dryly.
You don't mean it,"
"Shure | do It's a fool for luck;
allowin' Batty's fool as we've always
thought, though I've denied it. Now
we know the railroads crazy for pop
pylation, an it can't wait. The rail
road offers Batty the Fool fifteen hun
bred acres o. land at three dollars the
acre, if Batty the Fool'll bring settlers
to it. So | sinds over to me ould
Aunts country-not we may suppose.
over the signature o. Cubberd Allen
Wiggit-Galt, but as Henry Battersleigh,
agent o. the British American Coloni-
cation Society-an ! says to the prop
er party there, says l. I've fifteen hun
bred acres O. the loveliest land that
liver lay out of dures, an ye may
have it for the trifle o. fifty dollars
the acre. Offer it to the Leddy Wig
git says l to him. she's a philan-
thropist, an is fer Bettherin' the Pore
to-
silD. The Lady Wight says l. ri
be sendin' a ship load O. pore tinnints
over here says l, an she'll buy this
land. Offer it to her. says l. So he
did. So she did. She TUX it. III be
away before thin pisints O. hers comes
over to settle here, glory be! Now,
wasn't it aisy? There's no fools like
the English over land, me boy. An
twas a simple judgment on me rev.
cred Aunt, the Leddy Wight"
But, Battersleigh, look here" said
Franklin. you talk Of fifty dollars an
acre. That's all nonsense-why,
that's robbery. Land is dear here at
five dollars an acre"
"Shure it is Ned said Batterslegh
calmly. But it's chape in England at
fifty dollars"
We'll, but
"An' that's not all. I wrote to thin
to send me a mere matter of tin dol
lars an acre, as evidence O. good faith
They did so an it was most conway.
nient for settlin' the little bill o. three
dollars an acre which the railroad had
against me, Batty the Fool
It's robbery" reiterated Franklin.
ct wud ave been robbery" said
Battersleigh, had they stint no more
than that, for I'd av' been defrauded
of me just jues. But whut co you
think? The murdherin' ould fool, me
revered Aunt the Leddy Wight, she
grows feared there is some intint to
rob her of her bargain. so what does
she do but sind the entire amount at
wance-not KNOWN. bless me heart
an soul, that she's thus dom distin
guished kindness to the missin' rela
tive she's long ago forgot! Man
would ye call that robbery? It's Di
vine Providence, no less! It's justice
Man, man. it's happy I am to-day"
ut looks a good deal like taking
advantage of another's ignorance,
said Franklin argumentatively.
Sir" said Battersleigh, cts takin
advantage o. their Wisdom. The lands
worth it, as you'll see yourself in time
Anyhow, the moneys in the bank, an
it's proper dhrunk'll be Batty the Foo
this night, an likewise the Hon. Cub
berd Allen Wiggit-Galt. Etcetera
There's two of me now, an it's twice
the amount | must be dhrinkin.
swear, l feel a thirst risin' that
minds me O. Ingy in the hills, an the
mess o. the Rifle Irish vance again."
You'll be going away" said Frank
lin. sadly, as he rose and took Batter
sleigh by the hand. you'll be go
ing away and leaving me here alone
awfully alone"
| ITO he continued