New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

gent. l,oi,tn' a., hard .- a,ii~. and vycsrin' 4
wide brimmed felt. flannel shirt and pair
of corduroy pant,
Great Scott" sty> / Humphrey the
prod!"
You betl" say, he. g'yin' me the steam
filters grip
And al the way from e,rold Wallytunl,' "
says l.
TO be more exact. &c say, he. all the way
"Ehf" saysI What the answer?"
We've named the place after you. that's
all " says he. Goes on the c. p. K time
tables this summer. Stops on signal only. of
That's one of the things I've come on TO New
York for, to arrange the details about giving
them the Land.
Steady. there. Humphrey. steady" says |
Is this some dream you're havin', or has it got
to be chronic2"
By the hearty way he laughs. though. YOU
could tel he want no subject for an Emman-
uel clinic After he's let out a few more links
OF news and begins to get glimmer as to
what he's drivin' at. grabs him by the arm and
leads the way t. the SWEETEST French cafe |
could find and tell him to order everything on
the card.
Il could almost get away with It. says he:
for I've been hashing up timed grub for my
sell and two men until the sight OF a irving pan
takes away my appetite
"ELL, its great yarn Humphrey deals
w out between the courses First of. it
seems my ideas about the geography and Cli
mate Ot this Alberta section are some on the
blink. Instead of Ownin a trapped Slice of
the Arctic Circle. he says I've got some of the
finest grain and wheat Land you can find any
where. and that while the winters most
bad they have III Milwaukee. the summer
and fall seasons up there are the finest over
invented
The rest OF the good news comes in chunks
He finds fairly good shack on my LtnI. with
cellar, well handy to the back door, and a
nice stream of water meanderin' through the
front yard Then there's the railroad Cuttin
through corner of the estate, with through
trains each way.
Humphrey hadn't been there more a week
when he has Il chance to buy about three hum
dred sheep at little more'n it would cost to
winter EN- He invests, hires a SiwaSh In
dian and a French Canuck to help him out,
and starts to get acquainted with the country.
Somehow or other. this is just the sort of thing
that suits him down to the ground He buys
Il horse and a gun and goes scoutin' around
over that hundred and siXty-acre lot. plannin'
things out for every foot of it.
OF course, says he, " haven't more than
half capital enough: but | thought if I could
make you see things as do, you might be will
ing TO go shares with me and
There's no tellin'." says / Lets have
the details 80
Well, there's chance to quarry buildin'
there's a deposit OF brick clay. too, that might
Toe worked. Them two propositions, and
putin IN about fifty acres to wheat besides
addin' to the flock of sheep he thinks. ought to
give us some returns while were lawn out a
town about the railroad station that IS goin'
70 be
Honest Humphrey" SAYS l., could any
body be bunLloed into buyin' buildin lots up
there?"
He says the boomers are pourin' III every
month hV the trainlOad and that WaIiVtiinl-
has been plotted clear to line All We
need to do IS to jump IN and name our avenues.
Well have to sink some cash at first. but we're
bound to pull out barrel III the end.
What do YOU think Of it, says he
HUMPHREY" =" says ,wa,vin' away the waiter
H with the hngerbows YOU re either pipe
artist or a wonder I-don know which Less II