New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

Brown, telling Jonadab and about IT, said
he hated to part with it because his grandmother
died in it. 1 told him I couldn't any good
reason why I should pay for bed just be
cause it had killed his grandmother. so We split
up and called II s.. Twas too much money but
had to have It."
And the advertisements! They was sent every
where's Lots of 'em what Peter called read
ing notices" and them he mostly got for nothing.
for he could talk editor foolish he could
anybody else BY the middle April most of our
money gone, but every room In the house was
let and we had applications coming by the pallful.
And the folks that come had money. too-they
lEad to have to pay Browns rates. l always felt
like a robber or a Standard OIL director every time
l looked at the books. The most of EN- was rich
folks-sef-nade men, just like Peter prophesed-
and they brought their wives and daughters and
slep on cOrnhusks and eat chowder and said twas
great and just like old times And they got the
rest advertised We didn't cheat EN- on rest
BY 10 o'clock pretty nigh all hands was abed, and
twas still all you could hear was the breakers
or the wind. or p'haps groan coming from a
window where some bOarder had turned over in
his sleep and Il corncob in the mattress had raked
him crossWays.
There was one old chap that well call Dllaway-
Ebenezer Dilaway- That warnt his name; his real
ones too well known tell He runs the 'DhIa-
way combination stores that all over the
country. In them stores you can buy anything
and buy 1t cheap-cheapness is Ebcnezcr's strong
hold and job lots is his sheet anchor Hen sell
you q moving machine and the grass seed to grow
the hay to cut with ii. Hen sell you a suit Of
clothes for two dollars and quarter. for ten
cents more hell sell you glue enough to stick 1t
togethe" again after you've in the rain.
He'll sell you anything, and he's got cash enough
to sink ship.
He to the 'OId Home House with his
daughter, and he took to the place right away
Said twas for ali the world like where he used TO
live when he boy. he liked the grub and he
liked the corn husks and ne liked Brown. Brown
had n way Of stealing q thing and yet paying
enough for ii 10 square the aw-that lit EbeneZer
where he lived.
His daughter liked Brown. too and twas easy
enough TO see that Brown liked her. She was II
mighty pretty girl the kind Peter called Queen
and the active manager took her like a cat 10 =
fish. They was together more'n half the time, git
ting up sailing parties or playing croquet, set
ting up the Lovers Nest" which was a kind
OF slab summer house Brown had rigged up on the
the old days.
Me and -Ionsda5 see how things was going, and
wed look at another ana wink and shake our
heads when the pair'd 90 by together But all that
afole the count come ab0atd.
We got our first letter from the count about the
third of June The writing all over the plate
like billed dinner. and the English looked like 1t
had been shook up in a bag. bat it was signed
with 4 nine fathom, tosgie Tinted that would
give poll parrot the lockjaw and had the word
count on the bow OF it.
You never see Il fellcr happier than Peter e.
Brown.
Can he have E0onsT' says Peter. Can hs1