Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-25
THE YOUNG MAN FROM
WYOMING
AT EAGLES MERE.
A SULLIVAN COUNTY NOVELETTE,.
BY THOMAS J. INGHAM.

that his thousand dollars knew
about the value of real estate to be he offering bar
gain which would pick up in short time United
States certificates marketable ten discount
and four hundred dollars interest due mine so knew
could raise the thousand dollars in cash Before left
him. therefore, closed the bargain and within day or two
the made and the money paid The English
left with his family for the lake country, well
pleased with the sale as l
Gas possible | procured tenant for my farm;
but found it would for than four hundred dol
lars year and above the The actual income
less than the interest should have received certi
nevertheless satisfied with investment, for
did not believe would taake hundred moor for the
city reach it. The of that showed population
of a trihe less than thirty thousand.
81 had left from the sale of my certificates including the
interest, hundred dollars and had hundred
dale Road.
81 had that time been in New York nearly four years
After my year Mr.. Goding increased my salary the
of ordinary salesman and placed at the counter
where the most popular vaes OF dress goods sold
kept in that department as long remained in his
establishment After my salary raised added
comforts my room but only increased my expenses the
extent that the laws OF health required always took
dinner good restaurant but my breakfast and supper
got myself in my found this not only
economical but really better for because selected my
food in the market and had choice of the freshest and
best fruits and vegetables the market afforded My early
hours made marketing pasme rather than task and had
pleasant acquaintance with market people from
the country. always enough of such liked
to repeton.
NIy life far from being sedentary | my feet
continually in the store. When out of the store taking
my long walks in the market, until time go my
had excellent appetite and perfect digestion, and
when the hour for sleep slept soundly until morning
My always well aired and kept scrupulousy clean
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE.
81 think have already mentioned that did frequent
places of amusement into society," although had abu
dant opportunities to do should have grown reserved
and misanthopc think my position
h1Sip
number OF ladies. 1t purely business intercourse for
nonsense allowable in that place. but it seemed make
feel at home in ladies' society On the Sabbath
regular attendant at church, and connected with
any particular church, visited all of them and heard all
shades fdoctrine preached by the able minister's If
lost something of the intense faith in particular doc
trne, which comes from adherence to single church,
thought gained something in enlarged views of the Holy
Scriptures and wide liberation fro the many sincere Chris
ans who adhere to conflicting creeds.
81 had written letters Cretia occasionally and she had
replied AS she had her household always upon her.
and did not always have and ink handy she
usually datory writing to letters
quent learned however, from her that there had been al
most continual excitement about the land titles and enough
talk about fighting make it distressing her. They
not molested, however, in their possession were
making money from the farm. They had children
There was no material change in my course of life
pursuits during the four years following My brought
four hundred dollars year. and saved three hundred
from salary At the end >o each year. therefore, put
seven hundred dollars in choice suburban de-
clned to sell any of my property.
During the had lived in the city the resolution
had formed before left the valley long life gain
wealth. and have my final triumph with my feet upon
graves OF enemies had From the fon
daton had laid and still laying, had reason to
doubt that time would bring wealth but how about v-
ing? My life passing like other peoples lives True my
naturally strong constitution had been
but every year producing the change called age
and what could found hopes of ordinary long
life? felt that must do than follow the ordinary
rules for preserving health said If tread the old
beaten path, it will lead to the old open grave
II had picked at sale of old books of Roger
Bacon, from which learned that achemsts centuries
sought the elixir of le and Bacon himself believed
possibetelling truth the story of old in Sicily