The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-15

the Safe.
While In Chicago to buy his Winter
Stock, he bargained for two days and
finally bought a Cottage Melodeon.
with the Stool thrown in.
| Jennie would sit up and pump for
Hours at time, happy In the kHowl-
edge that she had drawn the Capital
Prize in the Lottery Of Hymen.
| In the year 1886 there was some
Church Wedding at the County-Seat
Frances, daughter of Hiram and Jen-
ME, had knocked the Town Twister
when she came home from the Female
College wearing Bangs and toting
Tennis Racquet
All the local Gallants, with Cocoa
Oil in their hair and Rings on their
Cravats. backed into the Shrubbery.
Hiram had bought her about $1,000
worth OF Hauteur at the select lnsti-
tuition of Learning. All she had TO do
was look at Villager through her
Nose-Specs and he would curl up like
an Autumn Leaf.
| A Cuss from Chicago came to see
her every few weeks.
| His Trousers seemed to be choking
him. The Pompadour was protected
by a Derby of the Fried-Egg species.
1t was the kind that Joe Weber helped
to keep in Public Remembrance. But
in 1886 is was de Rigeur. au Fait,
and la Mode
Frances would load the accused
| City Chap into the high Cart and ex-
hibit him up and down all the Resi-
dence Thoroughfares.
On nearly every Front Porch some
Girl whose Father was not interested
in the First National Rank would peer
out through the Morning Glories at
the Pageant and then writhe like an
AngleWorm.
The Wedding was the biggest thing
that had struck the town since Fore
paugh stopped over on his way from
Peoria to Decatur.
| Frances was not a popular Girl, on
account of being so Uppish, so those
who could not fight their way INFO
the Church climbed up and looked
| through the windows.
The Groom wore a SwellOw.Tail
Most of those present had seen Pic
| lures of the Dress Suit. In the Fire
side Companion, the Gentleman wear
ing one always had Curls, and the
WoodEngraving caught him in the
act of striking Lady in the Face
and saying Course you!"
The Feeling at the CountySeat
was that Frances had taken Des-
| perate Chance.
The Caterer with Colored Help in
| White Gloves, the ruby Punch sus-
pected of containing Liquor, the Jap
anese LaD.srns attached to the Naples,
the real Lace in the VEIL the glitter
ing Array of Pickle-Jars, and we'll
defined Rumor that most of the i'm
ported Ushers had been Stewed, gave
the agitated Hamlet something to blat
about for many and many day.
| The Bachelor of Arts grabbed off
by the daughter of Jennie and the
granddaughter of Susan was the
owner of Real Estate in the congested
Business District of a Town which
cane into Public Attention later on
through the efforts of Frank Chance.
His front name was Willoughby, but
Frances always called him Dear" no
matter what she happened to be think
ing at the time.
Part of State Street had been wished
on to Willoughby He was afraid to
sell, not knowing how to reinvest.
So he sat back and played safe.
With growing Delight he watched the
Unearned Increment piling up on ev-
cry Corner He began to see that he
would be fairly busy all his life. jack
ing up Rents.
The Red-Brick Fortress to which he
conducted Frances had Stone Steps in
front and secret Entrance for lowry
Tradespeople at the rear.
Willoughby and his wife had the
high courage of Youth and the Finan-
cial Support of all the Money Spend
ers along State Street, so they start.
ed in on Period Decoration. Each
room in the House was supposed to
stand for a Period. Some OF them
stood for a good deal.
A few of the Periods looked like
Exclamation Points.
The young couple disregarded tb5
Toll-Gate Period and the Log-Carin
Period, but they worked in every one
of the Louies until the Gilt Furniture
gave out.
The delighted Caller at the House
beside the Lake would pass from an
East Indian Corridor through all Early
Colonial Ante-Room into a Japanese
Boudoir and, after resting his Hat
would be escorted into the Italian
Renaissance Drawing Room to meet
the Hostess. From this exquisite
Apartment, which ate up one years
Rent of a popular Buffet near Van
Buren, Street, there could be obtained
ravishing glimpse of the Turkish
zy-Corner beyond, including the
Battle-AIes and the Red Lamp.
Frances soon began to hob-nob with
the most delicatessen Circles, includ
ing Families that dated back to the
Fire of 1871.
She was not at all Dizzy, ever
when she looked down from the Noun
tain Peak at her yappy Birthplace
$4,000 feet below.
Willoughby turned out TO be salts
factory Housemate. His Voltage wa:
not high. but he always ate Pea:
with a Fork and never pulled at the
Leash when taken to Musicale.
In front of each Ear he carried