Evening star., 1909-04-18
A Report on Wal1ytunk
Continued from page 8

gent. lookin' as hard as nails. and wearin' a
wide brimmed felt. flannel shirt and pair
of corduroy pants.
prod!''
you bet" says he. givin' me the steam
"And all the way from dear old Wallytunk?" t"
ITO be more exact. says he, "all the way
"Eh1" says L. whats the answer?"
We've named the place after you, that S
ALL" says he. "Goes on the C. P. R 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 1t got
to be chronic!"
BY the hearty way he laughs. though, you
could tell he want no subject for an Emman-
uel clinic. After he's let out 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 to 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
self and two men until the sight of frying pan
takes away my appetite.
WELL it's great yarn Humphrey deals
W out between the courses First9Off. it
seems my ideas about the geography and eli
mate of this Alberta section are some on the
blink Instead of ownin 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 are most as
| bad as they have in Milwaukee. the summer
and fall seasons up there are the finest ever
invented
The rest of the good news comes in chunks.
He finds fairly good shack on my land, with a
cellar, well handy to the back door, and a
| nice stream of water meanderin' through the
front yard. Then there's the railroad cuttln'
through corner of the estate, with through
| trains each way
Humphrey hadn't been there more'n a week
when he has a chance to buy about three hun
dred sheep at little more'n it would cost to
| winter 'em He invests, hires a Siwash In
dian and French Canuck to help him out,
and starts to get acquainted with the country.
Somehow other, this is just the sort of thing
| that suits him down to the ground. He buys
horse and gun. and goes scoutin' around
over that hundred and sixty-acre lot, plannin'
things out for every foot of it.
"Of course, " says he, 81 haven't more than
half capital enough but l thought if could
make you see things as do. you might be will
ing to go shares with me and"
"Theres no tellin'." says / Lets have
the details"
Well, there's a chance to quarry buildin'
stone. with the railroad as ready customer:
there's deposit of brick clay, too. that might
be 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 we're layin' out a
town about the railroad station that is goin
to be-
Honest, Humphrey" says I, could any
body be bunkoed into buyin buildin' lots up
there?"
He says the boomers are pourin' in every
month by the trainload. and that Wallytunk
has been plotted clear to our 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 in the end
What do you think of it?" says he.
HUMPHREY" says I.wavin' away the waiter
with the fingerbowls YOU re either a pipe
artist or a wonder don't know which Less n