Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-09

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with his gloves in his hand.
"WelL Liberty!" cried his aunt, Civ
ing him a hug of welcome.
The General and Drace grasped him,
stroked his velvety raiment. urging
him TO seat.
from the General. You don't mean to
tell me that you have sold your jute-
| stock?'
Uncle Howard, sir, first issue orders
to have my carriage stored, my horses
| stabbed and my driver quartered
| please"
The order was issued, and they sat
waiting for Shottle to explain his
! transformation.
"A simple story" he began, stretch
ing out his legs. "But do not forestall
| me. Poker, dice, roulette, faro, haz-
ard-all of them failed"
Sand this comes of legitimate In
vestment" Tycie cried, 81 knew it
would Oh I knew it just had to come
Now tell US about it.
'It was an investment, Aunt Tycie.
But let me not forestall myself. l left
here on a boat, got broke, Finally
reached Tampa, Florida"
away down there, Liberty2"-fros
Tycie.
patience, my dear aunt. Tampa,
and broke! After day of hope with
| its throat cut from ear to ear, got
on a boat bound for Havana. The
Spanish captain gave me passage for
service. He was studying English, and
I agreed to explain to him certain
niceties of our mother tongue, you I'M
! derstand; and am sure that, reaching
| port, he knew more about gambling
terms than he could have picked up In
year of close study in one of our or
binary schools. He was appreciative.
generous, and gavesme bonus of five
dollars. / went to hotel, not of the
first class, and it was there that
made my investment. The weather
was warm and"
"For gracious sake Liberty, tell us r.
his aunt urged him.
"That is my aim, hut let us not be
fmpetuouJ was eating n
Spanish stew out on the sidewalk, the
weather being warm, when along came
an agent-not a man In distress, but a
regular agent-and / invested with
him. | bought ticket In the Havana
lottery. Wait, now. Nothing
ever happens until 1t does you know.
The drawing came off two days later.
and my number, 1876, 1872, won the first
prize, twenty thousand in gold"
Tycie Rugged him; BRACE shook his
hand; and the General exclaimed his
establishment.
well, that beats anything l ever
heard in my life. 1t doesn't seem pos
sible, sir"
mo, and was somewhat taken by
surprise, Uncle Howard. But there is
often success in change of occupa
tion, and l had tried everything else
1t took me few moments to adjust
myself; then | got draft, and In Mo
bile received premium enough on my
gold certificate to pay my debts. And
form that duty. | owe you, Uncle
Howard, twelve hundred and thirty
dollars, all told. Aunt Tycie, owe
you five hundred Virgil, / owe YOU
i but Wen get at that later. Worthy
and patient creditors, here we arel"
He took out n roll of bank notes,
counted the amount of his indebted
ness to his aunt and showered her lap
with greenbacks. Then he turned to
the General.
"No, Liberty, / don't want the
money" protested Bethpage. "If you
ever returned borrowed money to me-
and l don't care to have you establish
precedent that might bring disap-
pointment in the future"
After the family bedtime, Shottle
came into Braces room and requested
had made and Drace told him all
that had occurred
"And now let me tell you a notion
of NINE" said Shottle then. IF you
are waiting for that old sharkbone to
decay, you'll perhaps wait twenty
years. Attention: I'm going on lit
tie trip tomorrow In two days, when
/ come back I'll drive down to a con
venient point; you fetch the girl, into
the carriage you jump, and away we
go, drive over to some place where
we can catch train, and Cincinnati
| Ill xtyhf xtyaar
we've gone. What do you say?"
"But-what becomes of my oath?
| Oh. don't think that because daily ]
have forgotten II or that In one jot
shall fail to keep 1t. If ] should,
in all after-life I'd have a contempt for
myself"
Continued next week.
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