| Show HOW HIS FATHER MADE A G A V number of ladles ladies and gentlemen were walking on oil the north shore drive last sunday among them george P I 1 belmont of 0 new york who Is tile the owner ot of the triad one of the crack boats sailing out of that harbor two of the party became entangled in a dispute as to whether a certain vessel rin on the horizon horion was a sailing acs acs essa or a steamer A discussion on the subject became rather warm a bet was made on the matter and in order to fettle it tile tho owner of the triad who was walking somewhat ahead of the party was sought out on account of ills 1113 supposedly greater knowledge o of i I 1 nautical lilu affairs the weather was rather hazy but sir mr helmont belmont having havens adjusted his hands to 1 lila Is inanely brow in true nautical fashion 1 on unhesitatingly pronounced tile the vesi 1 a a bt bleamer eamer site is running free li said paid with alip lie wind on oil the port quarter qu itei and la is at least nine miles from land une one of 0 tile lalli lallias Iti lies cs lion however ever bluck to 1 sn I lr L r original binnion that the vessel was ivas it a schooner arid and a local nautical author lly fly who wits eftis evidently prepared to back r her opinion ophilo 1 for reasons ot a n nature 1 ent froly disconnected with ma marine r I 1 i i e architecture sur suggested ested that the matter should 1 b d by 1 a I ballot A ballot was accordingly taken by throwing slips into a hat in a joking way yet with all tile the seriousness which characterizes characterize those who hate to stand confessed being bc ins wrong lit in art an opinion the result three for a steamer and four for a sailing vessel this so eo enraged the owner of the triad that lie he offered to lo bet that it was a steamer his offer ofer was promptly taken by a young gentleman who brict hitherto observed a di discreet end and proper silence upon the momentous question said I 1 will bet you that it Is not lie he paid quietly drawing at the same sa 1112 moment tile money from his inside pocket or of course mr belmont who Is 1 connected with the family ot of the great Ati august and consequently a light in the prent bankin banki nir ff anil and financial circles ot of 0 gotham had to do likewise and a lady was selected as stakeholder now the thing iq to prow prove it said tit th owner of the triad that 1 li very easy sald said the young man some of you are of the opinion that hat I 1 t lip vessel la Is a schooner and some that it la a steamer YOs ft yes ya y a but what of 0 that well it la Is neither one nor the other what is if it then asa erlb crib tile the weather lifted shortly after thle ahli and nril it was proved beyond the mcadow rc or a doubt that the young man mail was hew in thunder did you know that asked mr air belmont as the lady handed hande d over the mony well ie the 3 young oung man slowly dodou do you see sec that little frame ouse oue nver there and be pointed to a small email tenement still standing a little dia tanco from some of its more aristocratic neighbors to be ure fure 1 I 1 was born lit in that house father made his fortum cortum in it very incautiously mr air belmont asked doing what catching Catch lne suckers ChI chicago cacco dis va patch unknown Kort Nort hemor herrier what was this the coroners verdict in the lynching lunching lyn ching case colonel death at tile the it hands ands of parties to the jury unknown northerner why the lyn chers were the best known men in town colonel nipper I 1 know but the jurors had never been introduced to them mew anew tork world A puzzling puling Ques question stion mr cynical sneer and tom spittle lac jag two society youths had a row in their clubroom tho the latter said very severely teve roly my dear friend allow me to tell yo you that you are a donkey well responded mr air sneer will you kindly toll tell me am I 1 a donkey because im your friend or ant am I 1 your friend because so im a donkey texas siftings A horrible revenge tes salu sald tile lie man who travels ii a great deal my interview with high waymon in the west cost ini ine somo some money but I 1 believe I 1 grot got even v ith the villains HV HOW 1 I let them rob me of some borne whisky that was presented to me in hi I 1 1 |
