The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-01

stones and bullets that Newton was
eating. He had only one thOught-to
become immediate possessOr Of that
sideboard As soon as he could gulp
down his dinner he excused himself
for being in such a hurry to get of,
and then beckOned his hostess TO one
side and offered her $50 down. Miss
Cynthia only laughed. One hundred
then-and the feathers renovated for
nothing. 1t was all useless. 1t was a
family heirloom. and in the family it
was going 10 stay till doOmsday, if she
Miss Cynthia-had anything to do
with the disposition of it. Ten thou,
sand wouldn't buy it; and he might
just as well give up his notion first as
last. Thirty-tive dollars he would re-
ceive, however, if he renovated the
feathers in the proper manner.
We'll. you know how it is. gentle
men. Because the sideboard was en-
tirely beyond his clutches. his very
mortal existence seemed to hang on
getting hold of it. He ate with it,
rode with it, slept with it. when he
could get any sleep at all Most of his
nights were spent pacing the floor try
ing to think of some new way of per
suading Miss Cynthia to let loose OF
the treasure. At first he went openly
to her and made all sorts of rash and
wild propositions for the sidebOard.
One day, however, noticing flash of
sunpOwder in that ladys eyes. along
with the smile. Newton gave up going
himself. and sent his Harvard gradu,
ate partner to see what he could do,
while he mounted the high stool and
kept books-sOmethin he took to as
pleasantly as a youngster does its
castor oil.
Then it was that poor Newton found
out that the sideboard had brought
him into still deeper waters than CO
vetousness Instead of a proper row
of figures, pink cheeks and dropping
lashes danced all along the ledger
pages in a most bewildering and fan
tastic manner, as over his benumbed
senses there dawned the conviction
that. come what would. he must let in
the thoughts of a woman, foremost
even to his upholstering and removal
ing
The crisis came one morning when
Newton called Barrick, his partner, to
the Office and had a long business talk
with him. In it he sought to prove to
that Harvard mathematician that one
or the other Of them must marry Miss
Cynthia in order to come into posses
sion OF a sidebOard that it would not
do at all for their business to lose
Newton argued that the immense mum,
Der of acres. which went along with
Cynthia Browning. proved, beyond the
shadow of a doubt that only a born
mathematician should cope with SC
great an honor The proofs were not
conclusive Barrick rebeIled openly
and stubbOrnly, representing himself
to be too we'll pleased with the rosy
present to feel the need of Miss Gym
thla-even with her coveted sideboard
| imagine Newton must have felt con
sideEablv nettled al this point. for he
MI. george r. Richardson, of 80
Petersburg, Fla, who has been in Den
land for several weeks as the guest
relatives, expects to leave here on Tin
day for Chicago where he will ioiPw
party for trip to Seattle, Wash. gclly
via New Orleans and the South
route, returning to Chicago at the ne
of three weeks an
nj
Mr.. }. B. Cheuvront, local supem
tsndent of the Northern Natural cry
Company, has removed his houselke
effects from Homecoming, his for foi
place of residence, to Oakland
family is now on a visit to relatives 1oE
Trends IN Ohio and upon their retura
"N''e ie-a +hav will nrc,1nv tho PM iei
she took him home, and straight into
the dining room, to their honeymoon
supper. Well gentlemen the minute
Newton entered that room he had tC
lean hard against the wall to keeI
from falling in a dead faint. For, il
you'll believe me, that sideboard, fol
which he had paid the heavy penalty
of marrying Miss Cynthia, was gone,
Not one single brass claw or knob of il
left to mark its tracks"
The minister from Michigan leaned
forward with the interest the athlete
displays in the last touchdown of the
football game. 'Where?" he ques
toned.
Rimbey chewed the end OF tooth
pick with an attempt TO suppress this
twinkle in his eye. "Of course, Miss
Cynthia never guessed for an instan
that Newton had any particular feel
ings about that sideboard,' he said
easily. so il went out for a little
wedding present. Barrick gave hi.
partner the slip, and got in his wed
ding just two hours earlier They
were already over the getting engaged
part-Miss Cynthia's pretty niece anC
himself-so 1t didn't take much per
suasion on his part to get her to Dc
her sewing afterwards. Then Mis-!
Cynthia showed her approval of the
union, and her determination to keeI
It on her side OF the family, by bestow
ing the sideboard upon the niece, How
they got 1t out of one house so quick
ly into the new one rented by Barricl
is a puzzle. But I guess Miss Cynthi;
managed it in the same inexplicable