The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-19


ter, and this is what happened, Us
told by himself.
While 1 was waiting round unler
5iie sIlea at Weldon, for the Coast
Line tram, great crowd being there
at the Fair nice looking Young
man stumbled up against me- but
ne apoioslzed so nicely that was Ia
ken win h1m-he reminded me so
illucn OF our nice young preachers,
just from college, that / couldn't help
1eeling an interest in him. Telling
MN Wnefe was going, he informed
me tIiat ne mad an aunt living at Ere
mont, Wholn ne had recently visited,
ana that his aunt had taken him to
see nv sister / was really glad then,
that had met him. AS it was some
tlme before my train, he asked me
10 go up ana sit awhile in his room
at the hotel. Going up stairs we hap
pened to get into the wrong room.
Inc nice young man, with apologies,
would nave withdrawn, but the nan
IN there insisted we should sec a lit
Tie game ne was playing with cup
ana sons balls; said he would give
either of us SO if we could tell which
cup the ball was under. The nice
young man told him, and he made
him take the $40. The nice young
man said he would bet $40 he could
tell again; but, | tried to get him to
come away. He insisted however lie
could tell-and from that he kept on
playing, first gaining, then losing, un
I'll he lost all he had, and about all /
had; mine to be returned, howevet
when we got to his room. The me
young man tried to borrow still more
of me, but | was tired of seeing him
taken IN that way and would not
let MN have any more; and being q
little excited l forgot myself anC he
gan talking out like / do ut home
The rascal begged me not 20 talk 50
lound. Seeing he was afraid, / not
only talked louder, but told him he
had to give back all my money and
also what he had gotten from that
nice young man; talking in the tone
use at home when l wish to say
something to the boys down a. the
stables. The rascal went down on
his knees begging me to hush, and
the nice young man insisted { should
not so disturb myself, as he would
return my money at his room AMI
he deserved to lose it for his folly.
But 1 was mad. I told the rascal if
he did not give back all the money
quick / would go to the window and
alarm the town. / tell you he hus-
tied out the money to both of us in
a hurry. AS we came to the door
the people in the halls were asking
what was all that noise about. That
rascal told them it was the Snowman
asking, out on the streets Have you
seen George Practicing?" 1t made
no difference what the rascal said;
our money was in our pockets. The
nice young man was not the same
afterward. He appeared sad and de-
pressed. / think he feared / would
tell his aunt, when l reached FIRE.
mont, that he had been gambling"
No; Uncle Ed. could not be made
to believe the nice young man" was
a partner in the attempt to get his
money. but thought he was really a
nice young man."
To people, who are expecting TO
find a rascal under every silk hat ana
an impOster under every clerical robe,
it may seem strange that Uncle Ed.
didn't suspect that nice young man.
But, to Uncle Ed, who walked up
rightly, worked righteousness and
spake the truth in his heart. a man
was what he seemed to be.
What a glorious thing it would be.
if men We're all thus supplemented
free from suspicion.
r. II. WHITAKER.