Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-02-13

boy stood with his kind-hearted, lib
eral old father. -. -
Say, maybe Henry wasn't in cold
storage with the whole family from
that moment. I see those fellows in
the laboratories are puttering around
just now trying to get the absolute
zero of temperature-say, Henry got it,
and he knows nothing about chemistry.
''Then jounced Hank. I proceeded
to let him know he was up against it
right close up against it, so you
couldn't see daylight between 'em.
You're 25,' I says, and you play the
best game of pool, I'm told, of any
of the chappies in that Father-Made-
the Money club you got into I says;
but I've looked it up / says, and
there amt really what you could call
any great future for pool champion,
1 says, and If you're ever going to
learn anything else, it's time you was
at it, says. Now you 60 back home
and tell the manager to set you to
work. 1 says, and your wages won't
be big enough to make you interesting
to any skirt-dancer, either I says.
And you make study Of the hog from
the ground up. Exhaust his possibili-
ties just like your father done, and
make a man of yourself, and then
some time,' I says, you'll be able to
give good medicine to a cub of Your
own when he needs it.
And how did poor Henry take all
that?"
well, Hank sQuealed at first Ike
he was getting the knife; but finally
when he see he was up against 1t, End
especially when he see how this girl
and her family throwed him down the
elevator shaft from the tenth story,
why, he come around beautifully. He's
really got sense, though he doesn't
look it-Henry has-though Lord
knows I didn't pull him up bit too
quick. But he come out and went to
work like told him. It's the greatest
thing ever happened to him. He amt
so fat-headed as he was, already. Hen
ry'll be a man before his dads through
with him.
But weren't the young people dis
appointed?" asked Percival; weren't
they in love with each other?'
I'm love?" In an effort to express
scorn Adequately Mr.. Higbee came per-
ilously near to snorting. what do
you suppose a girl like that cares for
love? She was dead in love with the
nice long yellow-backs that I've piled
up because the public knows good ham
when they taste it. AS for being in
love with Henry or with any man
say, young fellow, you've got some
thing to learn about those New York
girls And this one, especially. Why.
it's been known for the three years
we've been there that she's simply
hunting night and day for a rich hus-
band. She tries for EN- all as fast as
they get in line"
Henry was unlucky in finding that
kind. They're not all like that-those
New York girls are not" and he had
the air of being able if he chose to
name one or two luminous exceptions.
"Silas," called Mrs. Higbee, "are
you telling Mr.. Bines about our Henry
and that Milbrey girl?"
"Yep," answered Higbee, II told him. "
about what girl?-what was her
name?" asked Percival, in lower tone.
"Milbrey's that family's name-Hor-
ace Milbrey-"
Why" Percival interrupted, some
what awkwardly, II know the family
the young lady-we met the family
out in Montana a few weeks ago."
"Sure enough-they were in Chicago
and had dinner with us on their way
out"
II remember Mr.. Milbrey spoke of
what fine claret you gave him.
Eyes, and I wasn't stingy with ice,
either, the way those New York people
always are. Why, at that fellows
house he gives you that claret wine as
warm as soup.
But as for that girl" he added.
say, she'd marry me in minute if
I wasn't tied up with the little lady
over there. Of course she'd rather
marry sub-treasury; she's got about
that much heart in her-cold- blooded
as German carp. She'd marry me-
she'd marry you, if you 1was the best
thing in sight. But say, If you was
broke, she'd have about as much use
for you as Chicago's got for St. Louis"
CHAPTER VIII.