The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-04-22

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 III till we. It's because they
have a sacra flames fer all the land on
EARTH"
II infer, Battersleigh," said Frank
lin, that you have made a sale
well, yis. A small matter"
"A quarter-section or so?"
"A quarter-township or SO wud be
much nearer" said Battersleigh dryly.
"You don't mean it?"
"Shure I do. It's fool for luck;
allowin' Battys 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
dred acres O. land al, three dollars the
acre, if Batty the Fool'll bring settlers
to II. So I sinds over to me ould
Aunt's country-not, we may suppose
over the signature o. Cubberd Allen
Wiggit-Galt, but as Henry Battersleigh,
agent O. the British American Coioni-
cation Society-an' l says to the prop
err party there. says I. I've fifteen hun
dred 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 ! to him; she's philan'
thropist, an is fer Bettherin' the Pore
('savin' pore nephews,' says ! to me-
silf. The Lady Wight says I, TIL
lie sendin' ship load o pore tinnints
over here says I, AN she'Il buy this
land. Offer it to her, says L So he
did. So she did. She TUX It. FIJI 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 Battersleigh
calmly. But it's chape in England at
fifty dollars"
well. 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
Its robbery" reiterated Franklin.
at 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 10 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 doin' a 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 l am today
at looks a good deal like taking
advantage of anothers ignorance,
said Franklin argumentatively.
Sir" said Battersleigh. tits 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 dhrunkll be Batty the Fool
this night, an likewise the Hon. Cub
herd Allen Wiggit-Galt, Etcetera.
There's two of me now, an it's twice
the amount | must be dhrinkin.
swear, | feel 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 60
ing away and leaving me here alone
awfully alone"
fTo ha continued \