The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-31

but superhuity Of health. youth and
, spirits. and when look back upon my,
| self &C that Period spc simply d poy
passing into manhood
AS Soon as was graduated | songht
the freedom Of the wild west Ranch.
Ing was nay yo...t ton and cowboys
were my associate The only thing
that can remember creditabe 70 my.
self while Il rancher was falling IN
\ love with Eleanor Warneld a visitor
at neighborlng ranch This occur.
red during my trst year IN the west
and some time before had been
transformed from the grub, youth, IN.
To the superior being. man Miss War.
Held returned my proifered affection
and consented TO be my wife. but on
one condition | must be approved by
| her uncle. lie was rich, and. being ii
bachelor, she was to be his heir. New.
ertheess size was sure that If SHE mar.
Tied q man displeasing to him he
would leave his property elsewhere.
My tiancees having finished her visit
left for the east She was TO announce
her engagement to her uncle and ere
ate as favorable an impression with
regard TO Inc as possible Then. the
way having been made smooth | was
T, to 90 east myself and present myself
for inspection.
| Miss Wartield wrote me some time
| after her arrival that she had inform.
ed her uncle Of her engagement She
was not overhopeful in the matter. for
he had asked Il number Of questions IN
! to my antecedents which she knew very
well would not please Il critical old
gentleman who had never soNn his
wild oats and whose ideas of huS,
band for his niece inclined to the clpr
ical profession. What troubled Eleanor
was That he asked ut what college |
had studied and from my career atthp
university as | had frankly given il to
her she was quite sure he would hear
no good of me. She was agreenhly
disappointed In this, however. for the
faculty spoke very well Of me. Il cir.
cumstance which surprised me and. lei
me to believe that these gentlemen
consider unmertorious students more
needful of ene0niums than those who
are merltorious. At any rate. | have
found them far more ienient 10 ms
faults as a graduate than they were 10
me as a student
When the time came for my insprc
ton | wrote my lancee, giving Der tie
day and train on which | would ar
rive. On the way | fell in with an OLD
gentleman who was the only prrs,u
on the train / cared to talk to ana
whom | engaged In conversation He
was one of those men who have more
sympathy with young people than
those Of their own age lie talked |
horse, and | was delighted TO talk |
horse with him. He smoked to excess |
and drank whenever it pleased him In |
do so. We hadn't been together half |
an hour befofeFhe brought out flask.
cigars and cards. | was not personally |
averse to any ole Of the three and IRE
ferred them together Having I'M |
bibed and lighted weeds, we proceed
ed to play. | found the gentleman tie
best eucher player | had ever met
Possibly my reason for so copsderins
him was because before we reached
our destination be had taken out of me
all the money l had brought with me
for expenses.
WELL said. TIN cleaned out"
Come to my bank tomorrow morn.
ing" he said, "and I'll cash a draft for
you"
Since needed money from the start,
the first thing did after my arrival
was to. call at the old genteman's
bank. ] found him very different
person there from the man with whom
| had Travelled, He was dignity Itself.
He cashed my draft without the slight
est reference to the manner in which
we had whiIed away the time ON the
train, asked Il few civil questions and
dismissed me with the remark that
this was bis busy day.
l felt a trltie groggy, and l feared !
looked groggy. Therefore | took Il
long nap, deferrng my call on my
fancee till evening. was anxious to
see Eleanor, but | feared to present Il
dlssipated appearance to her ,tncle:
At o'clock !, took Turkish bath
dined, aud at'Sgqulte freshened. ra nr /
the doorbell atHhe Warhelds Eleano,
received me leringly, Of course ahd
told me thatithe account the profes,
sors had given Of me at college had
made her quite hopeful. After chat.
ting for some time she led me into the
library to be inspected. An old gentle
man rose from an easy chair, and
well, was appalled,
He was my fellow traveller.
He told me to sit down Then he
said that instead or making the In.
,pection of neyin his home he had
gone west foH the purpose Of seeing
what really was by taking me of ny
guard. He was very we'll satisfied
with me and considered me a much
better man than ] had been represent
ID by the professors under whom !
lad studied, cor, rather, had not stud
ed" he added
What did they say of me% asked.
"The reputation you left, at. college :
vas far better than the one left N.Y. |