The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31
II.
A FORTUNE FoR THE PARE

A o4l4 oh IHt fAlh.
Mr.. Theodore Shells carriage and
pair drew up at his house in Park
lane. and Mr.. Theodore Shelf went up
he steps and entered the door which.
a nan servant opened for him. He
was a stout, middle aged man, with a.
clean shaver face end a short frock
coat OF black ~broadcloth. He allowed
umbrella and then passed through the
gorgeous hall to the rosewood billiard
room at the back There he found his
guest, Mr.. Patrick Cambel, in shirt
sleeves. practicfng push n by
himself.
What. alone, Mr.. cambel?"
why, yes. I did nave a hundred up
with your niece earlier on, but some
one came for her"
Niece? Oh, Amy, you mean-Mfss
Rivers. All. my dear sir, from the love
we nave for her in his household and
the way we treat her, you naturally
fancy she is a blood relation. II ia a
Mr.. Cambel, but it is my duty to cor
rect you. Miss Rivers is legally only
my ward"
Ward, oh! See that? Red hard
against the cushion and white being
over the bottom pocket. Neat cannon.
wasn't it, considering the long time
since Nv handle a cue?"
The only child OF my late partner.
You know the firm still stands as Mar
maduke Rivers & Shelf. We call our
selves on the billheads. Agents to the
Oceanic Steam Transport mpany
though of course we own the whole
sea-" every
II know. Nagasaki to Buenos Ayres;
gin and gospel on the west coast Goals
and cotton at New Orleans"
And re do not send our steamers
for t7> business of trade alone, Mr..
Camel. We pick our captains and
officers with an eye to a holier
We trust that they spread a Chris
ton influence in all their ports of cali"
Yes, I saw them at work once at
kim on a tramp you sent down there.
They were taking Krooboys on board.
The skipper received them on one of
the bridge deck ladders with a knuckle
buster and kicked 'em along. The chief
stood by with a monkey wrench and
baptized 'em with that as they passed
down the lower deck aft. They men
toned at the time that this process
had q rarely christianizing influence.
Prevented the boys from being uppish.
Showed 'em what the white man could,
do when he spread himself, taught EN-
humility, in fact-I say. there's a pull
toward this bottom pocket. People have
been sitting IN the table"
Mr.. Cambel; Mr.. Cambel, you are
making a very serious accusation
against n of my ships companies"
Accusation? 1? Never a bit Of it.
The fellows only acted according to
their lights. That's the only way sailor
men know of getting Krooboys to work,
n it was a case of getting them to
work or having the natural sack from
you. So as they didn't know another
method they fell back on knuckle
duster and monkey wrench. I'll play
you fifty up"
Mr.. Shelf put up a large white hand.
mo, no, I don't play billiards myself.
So many young men have been uined
by the pursuit that I refrain from it
my friends who visit here are not so
scrupulous. and I have the table for
them"
Beautiful" said Cambel. He might
have been referring to his own billiard
shot or to Mr.. Shells improving senti-
ment.
You see. Mr.. Cambel, from my po-
sition, so many people look up TO me
that it is nothing short Of my bounden
duty to deprive myself of certain
things and be, SO far as possible, a
humble model for them to form them
selves by. Long before a constituency
sent me to parliament l Gevoled my
best energies to christianizing the low
er classes, n I hope not without sue
cess. If appreciation is n criterion, 1
may say hat l a elected president OF
no less than twelve Improvement so
cieties. 1t took me much time and
thought to attend to them. Yet l wish
l could have given more"
! THAT pocket does pull. There's a