Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-11-25
ancy the old town is very pictur-

fancy LIRE OlO tOWn AZ very plCLul-
esque."
ooh, rather!" assented Mr.. Vane.
AT least, that is what those painter
chaps cali it-met couple of 'em at
the hotel. Beastly little narrow
streets and houses in q shocking state
and all that. like to see property
kept up, myself"
IT am afraid" said severely, "that
you are a philistine!"
He blinked a little. "Ah-quite
SOP he murmured, recovering himself
CALAMITY. "One of those chaps that
backed Goliath against David, what?"
From this conversational impasse
we were rescued by the interposition
of the gentleman opposite, whose small
twinkling eyes had been taking me in
with intentness.
81 did some flittin' about that little
formed us, land what got to say is,
it needs wakin' up. / might have took
hand in it myself, if I hadn't have
met up with Miss Browne and your
ant. Yes, sir, had q slick little
proposition or two up my sleeve.
Backed by some of the biggest capt.
tai in the U. S. Ain fact, there's
bunch of fellers up there in Gods
country that's pretty sore on old HI.
II. for passin' things up this way.
KEEP the wires hummin' for two-three
days, till they seen | wasn't to be
switched, and then the Old Man him
self-no use mentionin names, but /
guess you know who mean-Wall
Street would, quick enough, anyway
the Old Man himself threatened to
put his yacht in commission and come
down to find out what sort of little
game H. Fl. was playin' on him. But
I done like Br'er Rabbit-jest lay low.
Hamilton Ell. Tubbs knows a good thing
when he sees 1t about as quick as the
next one-and he knows enough to
keep mum about it, too!''
Three or four rough looking men,
Of whom one, certain Captain Mag
nus, belonged to our party and the
rest to the ship, continued vigorously
to hack their way through the meal
with gathering knives and forks. OF
other sounds there was none. Such
gloom weighed heavily on the genial
spirit of Mr.. Tubbs, and he lightened
| it by rising to propose a toast
Ladies and gentlemen, to her now
unfortunately laid low by the pangs of
nal de mer--our friend and bony dear,
Miss Harding p
This was bewildering, for neither
by friend nor foe could Aunt Jane be
called bony Later In the light of Mr..
Tubbs's passion for classical allusion,
I decided to translate it bona dea, and
consider the family complimented. At
the moment / sat stunned, but Miss
Browne, with greater self-possession,
majestically inclined her head and
said:
in the name of our absent friend,
thank you"
In spite of wistful looks from the
beautiful youth as we rose from the
table, and the allurement of tropic
moon, / remained constant to duty
and Aunt Jane, and immured myself
in her stateroom, where passed an
enlivening evening listening to her
means. She showed faint returning
spark of life when mentioned Cuth-
bert Vane, and raised her head to
murmur that he was Honorable and
she understood though not the heir,
still likely to inherit and perhaps after
all Providence
The unspoken end Of Aunt James
sentence pursued me into dreams In
which an unknown gentleman oblig-
ingly broke his neck riding to hounds
and left Apollo heir to the title and
estates