The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1923-03-29

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The order was issued, ana 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"
"And this comes of legitimate In
vestmentl' Tycie cried. II knew It
would. oh, knew 1t just had to come
Now tell us about 1t.
at was an investment. Aunt Tycie.
But let me not ferestall myself. left
here on a boat, got broke. Finally 1
reached Tampa, Florida"
away down there, Liberty ?"-from
Tycie.
patience, my dear aunt. Tampa,
and broke! After day of hope with
It's throat cut from ear to ear, l 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 gave me bonus of five
dollars. I went to a 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 7"
his aunt urged him.
'srhat is my aim, but let us not be
impetuous. -. I was eating {
Spanish stew out on the sidewalk, the
weather being warm, when along cam,
an agent-not a man In distress, but 5
| regular agent--and / invested with
him. l 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, $50, 1872, won the first
prize, twenty thousand in gold"
Tycie Rugged him; brace shook his
hand; and the General exclaimed his
establishment.
We'll, that beats anything I ever
heard in my life. 1t doesn't seem pos
slble, sir"
| No, and / was somewhat taken by
surprise, Uncle Howard. But there is
| often success in a change of occupa-
ton, and l had tried everything else.
1t took me a few moments to adjust
myself; then got a draft, and In Mo-
bile received premium enough on my
gold certificate to pay my debts. And
now it gives me great pleasure to per
form that duty. owe you, Uncle
Howard, twelve hundred and thirty
dollars, all told. Aunt Tycie, owe
you five hundred. Virgil, owe you
but Wen get at that later. Worthy
and patient creditors, here we arer'
He took out a 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.
mo, Liberty, don't want the
money" protested Bethpage. "If you
pay me, it will be the first time you
ever returned borrowed money to me-
and / don't care to have you establish
a precedent that might bring disap-
pointment In the future"
After the family bedtime, Shottle
came into Braces room and requested
him to report as to what progress he
had made; and Drace told him all
that had occurred
"And now let me tell you notion
of mine," said Shottle then. eff 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
l come back, I'll drive down to 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
before old Stepho knows which way
we've gone. What do you say?"
"But-what becomes of my oath?
oh, don't think that because I daily
have forgotten 1t or that in one jot
shall fail to keep it. If 1 should,
in all after-life I'd have a contempt for
myself"