Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-08
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"And has put the CAD on him?'
why, James, you can't whip a
young man Of his age!"
II licked my son Ben the day he
was twenty-seven years old, but that
was out in Montana. I 'spose you
have different customs here in the
east"
Robert isn't much different from
the other young men Of the day. Most
of them have to SOW their wild oats.
soon. You wouldn't have US turn him
outdoors, would your"
Ellis father should cut or his In
come" ..a
But he has money himself, left to
him by an aunt"
Got In with the high.fiers and
going the pace. Father advises him
and Is called back number. Mother
advises him and Is laughed at. Isn't
wicked. but foolish! Isn't thinking Of
the future, but how to make an ass
Of himself. When he has squandered
his last dollar, he'll turn confidence
man or gambler"
James, don't draw any such
gloomy picture as that. You are put
ting the case too strong. Twice Rob
ert has come home intoxicated, and
once he lost 5000 In gambling house.
Even United States senators get in
tOxicated, and we read of their losing
a thousand dollars on "A hand Of
poker"
Has he been In love YETI" asked
Uncle Jim, after a pause.
II Eyes, at the age of eighteen. The
girl Tilted him for another, and then
lie began to display spirit of reck-
lessness. He took it awfully hard"
Said he could never love again,
I s'pose?"
Eyes"
Sand that women were all deceiv-
ers?"
YES"
"And that there was nothing more
Iii life for him?"
you must have been there, James"
the sister.
Sure pop!"
''And what cured your
"The hair of the dog. In other
wards, as soon as ceased to moon
around and got my appetite for pork
and beans back l began to look for
another girl to fall in love with. l
folnd her and married her"
"But Robert is SO dead set" ~
"You never mind about his being
dead-set. Things may happen to
bring change Of mind In fifteen
minutes"
James, have you got plan?"
anxiously asked the, sister.
F"I have, or wouldn't be wasting
words over the young cub. / have
planned for him to fall in love again
and steady down and marry"
But with what girl?"
~ don't know"
"And when?"
Don't know. All I know about
1t Is that I'm going to take Bob in
charge for awhile and see what can
do with him. You and Henry keep
hands off and don't pretend to notice
anything"
The mother was ready to agree to
anything, hut she was sure that Uncle
Jim would back up against trouble
as soon as he could get the young
man to sit down for talk Robert
liked him as an uncle, but the
chances were against his accepting
Elm as an adviser. The chances that
he would or wouldn't, didn't seem to
worry the old man, however. He got
up next morning to say to the sister:
~ want that pony and pheaton Of
yours to do little driving around
the country. want to know where
I am at"
He drove to the four points of the
compass, sometimes being absent all
day. He drove to the village and
hung around the postoffice for two
hours at time, though he made no
inquiries for mail
/ He drove to the depot and kept an
eye on the passengers going off or re-
turning, but addressed none of them.
.'Are you looking to buy a farm?'
queried the puzzled sister one day.
Nope" was the brief answer.
Just driving, eh?"
s"Just driving and keeping my eyes
peeled"
For what?"
t"You'll know when find her.
And one day he found her. She was
alone on the highway, and she also
was driving pony and phaeton. AS
they met and slowly passed Uncle
Jim gasped out:
wall, by the Lord Harry"
And he checked his horse and
called to the girl:
Hold on, miss-hold on a minute!"
What is it?' she asked as he came
back.
Loose wheel on your Dhaeton.
That's mighty keerless of some one"
He took hold of fore wheel and
shook at it, and the girl watched and
said:
"Why, it doesn't wobble at all. It
can't be loose"
That's funny. My eyes and ears
deceived me. All right--all right.
Nice pony you got there"
81 think So"
s.Do you drive out much?'
Every afternoon when the weather
is fine"
s"And 1t sure does you good. Seems
To me some one said your name was
CHfford?'
Then they couldn't have known
ME. NY name is Delisle."
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