Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-03-17


known that the storm would arrive
with the first steamer and in the
slang Of business had put on life
preseryer. Samson knew that the
time 10 buy was when every one
wanted to sell. He bought two corner
lots III The city and two acres on The
prairie half mile from town. They
got their deeds and Went to the KEEL
SOS to bid them goodby
After hearty farewells Samson and
HARRY set ollt for their nome. They
were not again to see The gentle race
and hear the pleasant talk 81 Jack
Kelso. He had once said. in the pres
ence Of Samson, that 1t is we'll 70
remember, always, that things can not
20 on with us as they are. Changes
conle-slowlv and quite according TO
our calculations, or so swiftly anu
unexpectedly that they fill us with
confusion. Learned and wise in the
weiahty problems Of humanity he had
little prudence in regulating the at
fairs OF his own family.
keIsa had put every dollar he had
and some that he hoped TO have into
land BIN, who had been teaching In
one of the schools. had invested all
her savings in a dream city on the
shore of an nnconStrncted canal.
Like many who had no experience
with such phenomena they underest1-
mated The seriousness OF the panic
They thought that in week or 50,
its effect would pass and that Illinois
would then resume lis tflumphal
march toward it's high destiny. Not
even Samson Traylor had a correct
notion Of the slowness OF Time.
The effect OF the panic paralyzed
the city. Men whose ''red-dOg money
was III every ones pocket closed their
sheps and ran away. The wild adven-
tulers cleared out. Their character
may be judged by the words OF one
of them reported by the editor OF the
Democrat
II failed for a hundred thousand
dollars and could have failed for
million. If Jackson had kept his hands
off,
Hard times hung like cloud over
the city. It's population suffered some
dininishment in the next two years, III
spite of it's position on the main nigh
way Of trade. Dream cities, canals
and railroads built without hands be
came part Of the poetry @of American
commerce.
That autumn. men and women who
had come to Mrs. kinzie's party in
Jewels and in purple and fine linen
had left or turned their hands TO hard
labor. The Kelsos suffered real dis
tress. the schools being closed and the
! head of the house having taken to his
he'd with Illness. BIN went to work
as a seamstress. and with the help or
AIRS. Kinzie and Mrs. Hubbard was
able to keep the family from want.
The nursing and the care OF the baby
coon broke the health Of Mrs. Kelso
never strong woman. BIN came
home from her work one evening and
found her mother ILL.,
Cheer mp, my daughter" said Jack.
'An I'D friend OF ours has returned
10 the city. He is a rich man--an
oasis in the desert Of poverty. He
has loaned me a hundred dollars In
good COIN
''Who has done ihis?" BIN asked.
''Mr. Lionel Davis"
1--WE must not take his money" said
BIN.
Il had long talk with him. kels0
bac la; no I'M.
fortunate incident Of the horse. 1t
was a bit OF offhand folly born~of an
anxious moment
But the man wants TO marry me-"
'He said nothing Of such pur-
pose
HE viii be in no hurry about that"
said BIN. ''He is a shrewd operator
Every one hates him. They say that
he knew what was coming when he
sold out
That evening BIN wrote long let
ter to Samson I'raylor, telling him
of the evil days which had come to
them This letter, now in possession
Of q great grandson OF Samson and
Sarah Traylor. had q singular history.
1t reached the man TO whom it was
addressed in the summer OF 1874 1t
was found with many others that sum-
mer In TazeWell county under a barn
which Its owner was removing. Ii
brought TO mind the robbery OF the
stage from Chicago, south of the syca-
more woods, In the autumn of 81, by
man who had ridden with the driver
from Chicago and who II was thought,
had been in collision with him. A
curious feature OF the robbery had
been revealed by the discovery OF the
mail sack. 1t was unopened, Its con-
tents undisturbed, Its rusty paddock
still in place. The perpetrator OF the
crime had not soiled his person with
any visible evidence OF guilt and so
was never apprehended.
Then for time BIN entered upon
great trials. Jack Kelso weakened.
Burning with fever, his mind wan
dered in the pleasant paths he loved
and saw In Its fancy the deeds OF
Ajax and Achilles and the topless tow
ers of Illium and came not back again |
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