Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-10-19

a,,.,, n"u peeh going to make blms" ga't
civil engineer and had studied himself
ana here he was, stopped NJ -. /" nard,
ming. ~ Tue begin
80 there they were-tbo -
SIDE OF the town and old Simoa vi one
on the other-a whole world ureer
could have said, with no possIh, pal' one
10 bring them together. The ola d"ahcs
had money and would not uso :. man
Lees could have used monev ue
ana did not have it. Separated vel
only by the width of the town h.. uO'
the width of the world, 'u' oy
But one day Simon GreerS o.,
was thrown open, and men won. tu
with explanations OF pity and bnr,. N
old Simon Greer lay still in tho cow O'
ana ala not rail- at them as ba ~,
nave done once. In spite of the bor..,
door and boarded window, dea+b Nv
gone in and claimed him. Tbora u
an inquest and pauper funeral n "a
potter's field and that WAS tho ,oa. e
him. D''
Gross as the crater was. wor,s
ave been frindly wild i'm If ba wou,,
a let me-" said Mrs. McGuira 70 Nv :
nelghbors; but he was that ousr. ~
erybody was afraid of I'm but NV ,,tt'.
Mike and Dinnis Rafferty,. an, naD
amt afraid O the Old Bow bissols
Many's the time they've hing ohon.
there, shoutln' at i'm an calm, ",
names, as boys will, We know. Nrs
Murphy, an ye can't expect to find ola
heads on young shoulders, an its Glad
l am that We can't. An there thev arr
this blessed minute, playln' about tbo
cheepy ould house like they'd been horn
there; an ye couldn't pull me inside of
it wild logchain.'
There was no need Of long-chain ~
pull Mike and Dennis inside of II and
they were even then having lots of finn
A vagrant dog, passing along the street
could not resist the temptation TO look
in and see what Il was all about
There's dog! Let's ketch i'm an,
tie somethin' to his tall" cried Mike
Here, doGgie. doggie.'
Flattered by these gentle attentions
the dog came in, Wagging his tail, With.
in two minutes. Dennis was holding
him, while Mike rushed out in search
Of tin can. IN old. rusty and battered
can was picked up from under the edge
of the house, a string was produced
from Mikes pockets, and two minutes
more saw the dog and the can career
ing wildly down the street, the former
having been given kick "to start i'm
OH"
What memories were afterward con.
nected with that poor dogs flight
through the town, who shall say? Bows
shouted and threw stones at him to
urge him to still greater speed; men,
who did not think themselves cruel,
stopped to look after him and to laugh
with great enjoyment; teamsters leaned
down as he came past and snapped him
with their whips, ana everybody that
saw him smiled and was much amused.
Nearly everybody, that is. Away at
the other side of the town was pref
ty young girl who called out pityingly
to the wreaahed dog, which staggered
as it tried to run
"Come here, poor fellow oh, poor,
poor doggie, have they treated you 50
badly
And in a little while Minnie Lee, to
whose tender sympathies no suffering
creature ever appealed In vain, had
coaXed the yagabond to believe in her
ana had him on the porch, where he
lay painting.
GIVE him n little water, Minnie"
said Mrs. Lee, coming out from her
work to look Mt him.
Lie still, old fellow, and I'll cut the
cord on your tail" said sympathetic
Ray. "There-its all right now. May
be this can will do to plant a flower H.
mamma"
He took up the can and bent back
the I'D, which had been almost cut OH
at first and then pressed back, to close
the opening. An exclamation Of sur
prise startled his mother and sister,
and they looked around to see Ray
pulling from the can package wrap
ped in oiled silk.
And what do you suppose that pack
age contained?
Money, lots of 1t, all in big bills
And there was also queer-loOking pa
per, which the boy soon made out To-
be the will OF the old miser. What
strange will it was, just such one as
you would suppose a strange man ike
Simon Greer would make! Having
named the various mOney-deposts that
he had in the banks and the bonds ana
stocks that he owned--a goodly sum III
all-and setting forth the fact that ne
had no relatives in the world, he LETT
his entire possessions TO the finder Oh
his will.
And that is how good fortune came
from the old house on one side OF 'n'