Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-08-25

he was writing a letter on Basherville's
back, At last it was finished, and his
human writing desk rolled aside with a
deep sigh of relief.
Lets hear what you've written.
Cash" said Worth-a Dingus with a
hand stretched out behind him in an ap-
peal without words for the bottle of pain
killer.
First OF all lemme expostulate," be-
gan Cash, with the air and intonation of
college professor, "the theory o the
scheme as here redooced to writin' by me.
Orran G. Kelly. Whereas your poppa.
Rev Basketfeld IS not milyunaire,
an has a inyalidated wife an several
GALS as he must keep an should be an
oldish man-an' as whereas he gives his
liable bodied son here present an lyin' by
a fire on section %, township west Of
the third meridian an outfit an fifty
pounds an his blessin' to rustic a foI.
tune in the great nor west-an' where
as the SAID son, lynn her an reachia' for
a bottle o pain-kiler, which amt even
rot d smell left in it, has had other sums
IDf money from the ole preacher, his
poppa since he started TO rustic that for
tune, an whereas the said old poppa
sent him nothin for the last four years
lam has been so keerless o. his lawful
male progenity as not to answer any of
his letters for a twelyemonth, an where
as he. the said son o. the said poppa, an
mis- best friend, Orran G. Kelly is on the
spikes, sure, fur want o cash, credit
hein' chary-be it enacted on, by am with
the advice o the said best friend, that
Basketiield, Jr., spark out an die an
hand in his checks an be buried like a
gentleman by his friend, good ole Cash
Kelly--a white man all through, sir'
its a fine notion" said Not Worth-a-
Dingus, as the other paused to kick the
fire into a blaze "and / guess the { Id
boy " nd be half relieved to think / was
Off his hands for good. He's terribly
careful about appearances, and | know
he'd hate to see me turn up in Shropshire
again with a western lingo an queer
habits, and all my niceness gone. | was
one OF the nice boys before they expelled
me from school Not much in him, but
a nice boyn If the letters correct he'll
stump up the money for doctors bill and
funeral, and the rest Mother'll fret a
bit was she sent me the last money
led from England-two pounds in a
postal order. All, well!"
WAS it yer momma sent us the money
for our treat at Little Chicago cross the
river among the lnjuns? Waal, chem
silly little postal orders amt no use to
us now-they don't pay fer the trouble
o reading the long letter as comes with
'em to sour Il man while daylight lasts.
My letter asks for thirty-seven pounds
ten shillin'-thnk of wholesome like
that, Bashie, an you bet it catches the
cash. Now fer the durn letter"
Reverend Sir: Your boy, Johnny
B-o-g-h-o-r-vi.l-le CThankce BashicD died
up here in Ilalcro, Alberta after a long
sickness, ana was buried here today at 3
o'clock. 1t was a kind of low fever took
aim off, but he did not suffer much, l .'n
pleased to say. Last two years has been
bad crops, and Johnny was making no
money to pay for a doctor or comforts,
not even when he was sickening for his
first attack. He fell down in the bayfield,
when pitching hay. That was the second
attack. and ! took him to my shack and
put him to bed, from which he never rose
up again to 20 out to his work. ! took the
liberty of paying for the doctor and for
comforts. He would never allow he was
dying or give me the name or address OF
his family At the last he did So sir, and
said he was a failure, but sent his love to
mother
And that night Continued the reader.
whose voice quivered very slightly almost
impcrccpubly) he handed in his checks. as
we say here. He sent no message to you.
sir ala sorry to say. But he never would
talk about his relations and friends In the
old country He was often chaffed for II.
have spent thirty seven pounds ten shil-
lings on his case and funeral, and will have
10 sell cattle to pay, for which | must ask
YOU, as he was not a particular friend Of
mine. Yours truly,
ORRAN q. KELLY.
T. S,-Wiil ] order stone for his grave?
Five or six weeks later the driver of
the mail cart ON the Halcro route pulled
up his team suddenly at the sight of a
dirty ragged person standing at the
crossroads halfway between the little
settlement and the market-town known
still as The Mission"
"Two letters for you. CASH" he said,
and threw them at the tramp's feet.
Hastily they We're torn open. At the
sight of the Enclosures the face of Cash
flashed, and he uttered a strange sound,
half sob, half chuckle. Hastily thrust
ing the papers into the bosom of his
shirt he began to bargain with the mail
driver for passage to town.
Next day the check was cashed, and
late in the evening, when the twice-a-
week train pulled out for the south, ut
tering its weird war-whoop Cash Kelly,
in brand new $40 suit. was among its
passengers \ number of newly regained
old friends who had tipPled rye at his
cost that day saw him off. Before begin
ming his long journey to Minnesota he
posted the two letters and also the G5
note. the result of tritiing economies to
, his Whilom partner And, to do him ius-
;ice he was uneasy in his mind at any
rate until Winnipeg was reachcd-at the
| absence of Not Worth-a -Dingus, with
/ whom he had lived through so many bad
{ DAYS. so few good ones
But what of Wortb-a- Dingus? One
: sees him with the minds eve turning over
p the Enclosures in the envelope addressed
5 in his friends ctansv script. The sight
e Of the crisp note would breed Il pang of
joy. Then by slow and laborious pro.
e cesses Of thought he would arrive Mt a
70 due sense of the treachery Of Cash Kelly.
h With the minds ear one catches u few
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