Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-05-12
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The Spin of a Coin.

ing place; 1t consist Oft few struggling
houses, church, TO which everybody
goes on Sunday, and hotel which is
as deserted as Goldsmith's village.
An enterprlsing gentleman, blessed
with sanguine nature. had once en-
deavored to make something of Sand
ford, and had built a pier, and con.
structed parade, in the hope that the
London visitor would, attracted by the
beauty OF the scenery. the big hotel.
and the parade and pier, come down in
shoals, and make Sanford "a second
Brighton" but the sea washed away
the parade and pier, and the Lon.
doners declined to take the six hours
journey which had to be gone through
before Sanford could be reached.
At the present the houses were in.
habited by quite little colony of re
tired and half-pay officers, who con.
sidered Sanford their own special
property and regarded a stranger Just
as people in an omnibus or railway
car regard the passengers who have
the effrontery to get in after them.
They were poor-most of them
but proud; proud of their good birth
and Titled connections. proud of never
having touched that dreadful thing
trade, and prouder than all of being
officers in her maiestys service.
TO belong to the army or navy was
IN their eyes, to be one of the social
eject, above suspicion, the equal OF
anyone, and as much above shop.
Keepers, and artists. authors. "and
that kind Of people, you know" "a
porcelain is above common delft.
wasn't 1t Sydney Smith who remarked
mat there would have to be a special
heaven for naval and military
Christians?
rive O'Clock on an October after.
noon was not the best time to see
sanford, for the men were PLAYING
billiards at the club, and the ladies'
were sitting over the fire at afternoon
Tea; but few minutes after the
church clock had struck. young man
sauntered down the steep hill in from,
OF the hotel, and, stopping short, look.
ed round him with the evident air of
stranger
III was not bad kind of day for
october. and 1t was anything but n
bad view: the bay is a grand and omen
one the cliffs to right and left of IL
are high and picturesque and there
was Just enough sun to light up the
green waves as they rolled in. and tho
greener grass of the meadows. com.
mon-meadows, which lay behind the
beach.
The young man looked at 1t all for
minute of two, then nodded an.
provngly.
Pretty, rather. I've seen worse
places than this. But could afford n
great deal more admiration If L wasn't
so confoundedly hungry"
Then he looked up at the hotel and
mechanically turned over two or three
coins which reposed in the bottom of
. his trousers pocket
Hem! | wonder whether il would
run to a dinner? I'm afraid not.
LOOKS Just the kind of place where
they Feed you on electro-plated salvers
and cruets. and charge you almost
their weight in real silver. And vet
I'm confoundeily hungry. I've a great
mind to try IT,"
He unused for minute or two then
shook his head
No; won't do. | must see if there
isn't something less high and mighty
than this barrack of place" and
plunging his hands into the pockets or
his thick coat he walked on.
A stranger Is so rare an animal in
sanford that one or two people he
met turned OF look after him and
there was something about the younr
feilow which attracted their attention
over and above his being a stranger
In the first place. he was tall and
splendidly made. and although his
clothes were old and worn. he had the
unmistakable look of gentleman.
lie was young-eight and twenty
and handsome into the bargain with
refined-looking face and dark. brown
eyes but there was a look about both
face and eyes which seemed To- in.
dictate that portion of the eight and
twenty years had been lived hard
There were one or two lines which
one does not always see in voutb and
there was an expression OF mingled
sadness and recklessness in the ewes
which suggested that life had not been
altogether beer and skittles 10 THEN
owner He looked rather older than
his years in consequence of a beard
and hair worn longer than is the
fashion.
That he was in splendid health and
OF great strength could be seen by the
swing OF his well-shaped limbs, the
brightness OF his glance. and that
peculiar air of Self-renance and con.
seriousness OF power which the strona
man carried about with him.
He made his way along what ough,
to have been the parade for time.
but getting rather tired of the sea
turned up into the principal road and
began examining the shops. Presently
he came TO bakers. There was n