Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-04-03
Railway Coffee House,
March 10 12-

"My Dear Old Visionary Pail
am glad you telegraphed to me, be-
cause [ am sure you have got into
one of your usual delightful scrapes,
which turn up when you are left long
to yourself. Mrs. Matherway says
you are not fit to be trusted in land
flowing with gall and wormwood and
general malevolence; that you want
looking after as much as ever you
did; and that the sooner you are
back in Newington Butts the better
What on earth, and why on earth,
are you worrying your small fiddle
strings about the death of poor old
impecunious and probably unprinci-
pied strolling player? What is 1t to
you, old man? Why can not you
keep yourself to yourself 'entoirely,'
and, With your brier pipe for COM
pany, take it easily by the sad sea
waves, and collect your scattered
nerves and senses and ozone all to-
gether and come back, the giant re-
freshed we look for, to your legiti-
mate work. I would bet a hundred
pounds-if I were blessed with such
I vast and handy heap of coin-to
rlit No" +ho+ you have taken upon
yourself all the responsibility Of this
wretched stroller's affairs, made
yourself answerab1e for all kinds Of
things and persons, in one Of your
stupid, go-ahead, slap-dash, treat
| everybody all round confidence
e. {aT, OF Ivy
famous in the Butts. Great Heavensi
never was. such a long list of bad
debts as have unearthed in that
melancholy cash book which you left
me to lick into shape. / have been
round to every one Of the beggaFss
staTEafng for want of funds; and only
one man has expressed a willingness
| to stamp up, as soon as he hears
| from his son, who is doing pretty
waM In South Australia. And now
you are at it down in Breymouth,
where we all thought you would have
| been safe, with the place all to your
self, and begun pottering over other
| peoples affairs, other peoples trcu-
! bIes, other peoples dashed, FLASHED
| nonsense and tomfoolery Excuse my
strong language; II 1t brings you
round to proper sense of your short
| comings, shall not regret it. | have
reason for it. The Nashes are not
worth your kind consideration and
| patronage, my worthy knight OF the
| rueful countenance.
Sorry fate as is the wind-up of
| the career of the paternal Nash, 1t Is
| not for you to blubber over, sweet
| youth. Mr. Nash may be not worth
| numbering for, and is indisputably
better out of rascally world. l have
| learned a lot about Nash and his
| daughters. I found the company Of
| the Royal Eastern prone to be COM
! municative after sundry drinks; and
here is the result of my researches.
| Old Nash ran away from his wife
or his wife ran away from old Nash
| doubtful which, and not to the
purport of this story; both were bad,
deuced bad, they say. He has left
two daughters-one rather clever,
but a devil of temper; will have
her own way, or chuck up her en-
gagement, or hit the manager on the
nose; end the other an aggravated
edition of the first, with bad legs, or
spine gone wrong. or something.
and q tile or two of, as neat and
tidy finish. Both these charming
young persons have bolted from
Paaas4ow Terrace without paying the
pent--og at all events. NJ Is the rent