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THE ECGEXK DAILY GCARD, FRIDAY, JAXl'ABY 8, HMM
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iRedjSatindersj
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i HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS '
II COPT RIGHT. 1902. BY McCLURI. PHILLIPS fc. COMPANY
,r.OTB III (Continued.) 1 . .. 1
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.te von go after him. you jealous
old sorehead, say I- Oo on,' I says
be starten 10 argue uw iui, ui i u
spread join- nose-mi me wny uowu
tow sunal column!' The- ouly time
to say lA ,vllt'n Im not
amine v.'Wt 1 fay, ko nwny goes
(1 I'.hvr, nil'l luey mime it up.
tj -j;it t;l lo lime. ' nvii, 7ii.miirt
.i tfi mi I tor iji-rcnm to iuko n
iut at tne
rostral esrates, and all
,1? 1!S ivs
r:u';t ipi',1 r.c iiita m:uiou to
.'. !.or '.Jt.seer.is as If that
U-t wo-:d! Well, it took
Id"' "
jijllH'lH'U
little M! t:i" en;..' n.r any nnu nil
driri! it t';'ii.' i i'-'i'l lustitmioii nau
erj-lng nmuiid, wiping his e.tes on ills
sleeve nuu explaining io a ioi u east-
folks that it wasn t snnaiier s
fault-gad hook it nil! fie was the
best, liootlu'. tootln' son-of-a-sea-cook
that ever hit a prairie breeze In spite
of this dtim foolishness.
They can t make no "lord" of
Shadder!' hollers Smithy. 'That is.
laot for long. He s a man, Shadder is
o't cher. yer a U old gangie
ilegged hide rack :
And Shadder never lost his patience
tt all. though ft must have been kind
f hying to be made Into such a holy
fahoff before the kind of people he
used to.be used to. All he'd say was.
Bet your life, old boy!' Well, It was
Iglit enough, too, as bmithy hnd
nreed him through smallpox one wln-
fter up In the Shoshonee country and
jBiiglty near titnrved himself to death
taeuinif Shudder out of the slim grub
fctock when the boy was on the mend."
(Mill, some people would have forgot
hat
But did your uncle Red get under
the Influence of strong drink? Pld he?
loll, my! Oh, my! I wish-1 could make
pt clear to you. The vigilantes put
fter a horse thief once in Montana,
fDd they landed on him in a butt end
anron, and there was all the stock
Kvltli the brands on 'em ns big ns a
patent medicine sign, as the lad bndn't
bad time to stop lor alterations.
"'Well,' says they, 'what have yon
rot to say for yourself? He looked
pt them brands stnrlng him In the
face, and be bit off a small hunk of
hewing Ttt-ehay!' Says he, 'Gentle-
ben, I'm at a loss for words!' And
hey let him go, ns a good Joke Is
frorth its price In any man's country.
m in that lad's fix. I ain't got the
onls to tell you how seriously drunk
v,-as on tliiit occasion. 1 remember
ultras for what I thought was tho
otel and sottling down, thinking there
Pinst be n lulu of it scrap In- the bar
loom from the noise. Then somebody
lae me a puach in the ribs ami mi vs.
INVliere's your ticket?' and I ttm't
dot what I said nor what he said
liter that, but It must linve been all
Sit. Then It gst light, and I met n'
tt of good friends I never saw before
or since. Then more noise and trou-
ie. and nt Inst I woke un in a hotel
ledroom, all right, hut not the one I
as us?d to. 1 went to the window.
eared her open and looked out. It
Km a bully mornlmr. and 1 felt At.
tuere was a nice range of mountains
to in front of mo ilint must have
ome up during the night. 'I'd like to
now where I am,' I thinks. 'Bttt
mcbody will tell me before long, so
ere is no use worrying about that
'o main point Is, have 1 beou touched?"
u'.g down into my jeans, and there
"sa't n tiling of any kind to reiiiem
ine by. Wo," I savs to myself. '
: t he.Mi t inelied-l'vc been grabbed
'Jey njj.;ht iinvp lort mo 1l(J prn0
breakfast: Well. It's a nice look-
M " i
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' f"r vtch ,( ,e rcst 0 your
c Wnni ktaf A Ch,erf"' "eem-
rrcins . , ' lienor says he,
f -Soc -1 P this mornlngr
Irs l 'v me the trouble.'
i i ; it.
ti 1 ;
1
1 wide. lt ,ta
:
bad as that, I hardly reckon,' says ne.
Ho dove Into a safe ond-brought out a
cigar box.
' ""When a -gentleman's In the condi
tion you was in .last night,' be says, '1
always make it a point to g; ihongli
his clothes -and take out anything a,
stranger might ilud useful, trusting
that there won't lie no ojeiifc the next
morning. Here's your'wutdi ami the
rest of your vulunhU-x, Including the
cash. Count your money and see if
It's right.'
"Well, sir! I was one happy man,
and I thanked that fe!lons 1 thumbed
over the Mils, but when 1 got up In a
hundred and seventy I begun to feel
queer. Looked like I'd made good
uioney on tho trip.
" 'Want's the r.iattcr?' says he, see
lug my face. 'Nothing wrong, I hope!'
" 'Why, the watch and the gun. and
tho other things is all right,' says I,
but'm now $,-)0 to the gpod, even fig
uring that 1 didn't spjnd it cent, which
ain't In the least likely, and here's ten
dollar bills enough, to make a bed
spread left over."
'"Pshaw!" says he. 'Blame It! I've
; mired your plunder up with the min
ing gentleman that eame.in at tho
same time. You and him was bound
to fight at first, and then you both
turned to to lick me, and what -with
keeping you apart and holding you off
and taking yofir valuables away from
you all at the same time, and me all
alone here, as it was the night man's
day off, I've mnde a blunder of it.
Just take your ehangj out of the jtvad
and call for a (Irluk on me when you
feel pe It, Will yon?'
. "I said I wSuid do that, and; more
over, that he was an tiicer antl-a gen
tleman and that I'd stay at his hotel
two weeks nt least to show' my ap
preciation, no, matter where It was,
but to satisfy a natural curiosity, I'd
like to know what Vartof the countiy
I was at present ftHiabitlng.
"'You're at Boise. Ida.,' says he:
'one of Hie Itist llttie towns In the
best little territory in the United States
of America, including Alaska.'
" 'Well' says I. 'Well' for again
I was at a loss for words. T bad no
Idea I'd gone so far from home. IX be
lieve what yon say,' sa.fs-1. 'What
do you do round these parts?
" 'Mining,' says be. 'You're just in
time big strike in the Bob Cat dis
trict. Poor man's mlping. rtneer, and
durued good placer, right on the top of
the ground. H'ho mining gentleman I
spoke fibnr.t Is having his breakfast
now. r::p'ose you go in and have a
talk with hl;n? Nice man, drunk or
sober, although excitable when he's
had a little ttjo much or not quite
enough. He might put you on to a
good thing, I'm not a mining person
myself.'.
"'Thanks,' says I and In I went to
tho dining room.
"There was a great, big, fine looking
man eating his hnm and eggs the way
I like to see a man eat the next morn
ing. Ho hnd n black beard that was so
strong It fairly jumped out from his
face. - !
" 'Mornin',' says I. - i
" 'Good morning, sir says he. 'A
day of commingled lucent clarity and
vernal softness, ain't it?'
"'Well. I wouldn't care to bet on
that without going a little deeper Intp
the subject, says I; 'but it smells good
t least so docs thnt ham and eggs.
Mary, I'll tnko the same, with coffee
jxtra strong.
"You have doubtless been attracted
to our small but growing city from the
reports which nre happily true of the
inexhaustible mineral wealth of the
surrounding region.' says lie.
'"No-o not exactly,' says I: 'tint I
do want to hear something about
mines. Mr. Ilotelmau out there (who's
a gentleman of the old school If ever
there lived onel told mo that you might
put me on to a good thing.' i
" 'Precisely,' says he. 'Now, sir, my
name is Jones Agamemnon O. Jones j
nnd my partner, Mr. H. Smith, is on J
a business trip, selling shares of our
mine, which we have called "The i
Treasury" from reasons which we can
make obvious to any investor. Tho
shares, Mr. j
" 'Snunders lied Saunders Chnata
Seeehee lied.' j
" 'Mr. Snunders, are ri cents apiece,
whlrli price Is really only put upon
them to avoid the orfensive attitude of
dealing them out as charity. As a
matter of fact, tills mine of ours con- j
inins a store of gold which wuld up
set the commercial world were the
bare facts of Its extent known. There
is neither sense nor amusement in
confining such enormous treasure ill
t!i hands of two people. Coiise.iueiit
' l.v my pardner and I me presenting an
In west to the public, pulling the nom
inal figure of fin cents a share upon It,
to save the feelings of our beneficia
ries. " 'What the devil do I caret says !.
Tin looking for a chance to dig. Could
you tell a man where to go';'
" 'Oh. says he. 'when you come to
that, that's' different. Strictly shak
ing, my pnrdner Hy hasn't gone off
on a business trip. As matter of
fact, he left town night before (3 st
with two-thirds ofpthe money wed
pulled out of porfct UP " uwt
rnii in the roiiinanr nt two half
breed Injuns, a Chinaman and four j
more sons of guns not classified, all
In such a state of beastly Intoxication
that their purpose, route and destina-;
tion are matters of the wildest con-;
jecture. Kve been laying around town
here hating myself to death, thinking .
perhaps I could sell some shares ia a j
mine that we'll find yet. If we have
good luck. If you want to go wild ,
catting over the hills and far away, i
i ui jour uucKiencrry.-
That hits me 11 right," says I. i
For what 1 don't know nliout mining
noliody don't know. When do we
start?"
" 'This or any other minute,' says he,
getting up from the table.
Walt till I finish up these eggs,
says 1. 'And there's a matter of one '
drink coming to me outside. - 1 may as ,
well put that where it won't harm
any one else before we utart.' i
'All right,' says he, waving his
band. "You'll find "me outside, at your
pleasure, sir."
"I Kwaliered the. rcst of on- break- ' l!s fr"" tJlt' 'cwaik. He wasn't stage driver so easy y,'ii 'won-
fas whole ami hustled out to'tlie bar, ( Vt'r' !l:1('' 'n'1"1 a rl!!i!!. 1!lI,'s dor I don't take ii ; ns n iir.r-!.lK!.
where my friend and the hotel man fs!,'t' hut tlle wiy As m !l!,n wsn '. i-'e any i.mre :),;.,!!,.:
wassailing. 'Now I'll take that drink scandalous. When he'd missed niwiit please d.m'i.' sir.s It-.. -J eau't led
that's coming, and rather than 1 "ix casts of his rope, Ag opened up on , you how nerves-: ,v.,r nini e s,:: al
small about It I'i! buy one tor you, ,Dlm: ways Sndlng ! f;ttiit v. i.ii every-
too, and then we're o!?V says 1. j " 'rnt n stamp on it and send it to thing I try to do. Thai's no way for'a
'"You won't do no such ('.dug, says ' n'ln !y mail," said Aggy in his sour- , hired man to net. i.s abca. a pawner."
the hotel mini, 'li s a horse on me, castle way. 'Address it, "Hay Steer, "So of course he got the i of me.
nnd I'll supply the 11 t'ior. Mr. Jones ' middle of Main street, lioise, Ida. If as usual, and ve climK d into iln
Is In tho play as much as anybody. Bot delivered within ten days, return stage when she eu:n along. Now,
"So the hotel man set 'em up, and : to owner, who can use it to bang him- ; onr bad lin k secmei Isi iioid, Itecause
that made one drink. Then Jones said
b.crt novo.- h.t n .1,1,,!.- .1,1.. r,
loucsomeness yet when he hnd the
price, and that made two drinks. I j
had to uphold the honor of the ranch, i
and that made three drinks. Hotel
man said It was up sticks now, and
he meant to pay his just debts like an
honest, man, and that made four
drinks. Then Jones said well, by thlg
nine i txe i nmiil.1 nave uurneu
mcuKtuoi bu luueii. jiore jteopie came
in. I woke up the next morning in
the same old bedroom. Every break
fast Aggy and me got ready to pall
for the mines, and every morning I
woke up in the bedroom. 1 should
like to draw a veil over the next two
weeks, but It would have to be a
pretty strong vei! to bold It. I tried
to keep level with Aggy. Suit Me'd I
spend three dolicrs to my one, and the
conscmio'iee of t':at was that we went
broke within fifteen minutes of each
other;
"Well, sir, we were a mournful pair
to draw to that day. We sat there
and cussed and said, 'Now, why didn't
we do this, that and t'other thing in
stead of blowing our hard earned
dough?' till blmeby we just dripped
melnncholy,' you might say. IIow
somever. we weren't booked for a dull
time just yet Thnt aftctt(Jion there
was a great popping of whips like an
Injun skirmish nnd into town comes
a hull train half a miie long. Twelve
yoke fit hulls to tiie team: lend, wing
and trail wagons for each, as big as
houses on wheels. You don't see the
ilke of thnt In this country. Down
the street they come, the dust flying,
whips cracking and the iads hollering:
'Whoa haw, Mary np there! Wherp!
Whoa biiwr
"And those feliers had picked up
dry throats walking In the dnsl: also
they had a month's wages aching in
their pockets. V.'e hadn't much niore'n
got the thump of their arrival out of
our ears when who comes roaring Into
town hut the Bengal Tiger gang, and
they had four months' wages. The own
er of the mine got on a bender and paid
everybody off by mistake.' You can
hardly imagine how this livened np
things. There ain't nobody less likely
to play lame duck than me, but there
was no dodging the hospitality. The
only Idea prevailing was to ! rid of
the money as soon ns possible. The
effects showed right off. You couid
hear one man telling tho folks for
their own good that lie was the Old
Missouri River, and when he felt like
swelling his banks it was time for
parties who couldn't swim to hunt
the high groend. while tho gentleman
on the next corner Set us know that he
was a locomotive carrying .too pounds
of steam with the gauge stli! climbing
end the blower on. Wl he whistled
three times, he said, any intelligent
mail would know that there was dan-
ger around.
"Well, sir, 1 put the Old Jiissourl
River, to lied that night, and he'd flat-j
tetied out to a very small streamlet ill-'
deed, while the locomotive went lame ,
before supper and had to lie put In ;
the roundhouse by a couple of pushers. :
That's tiie way with tine Ideas. Cold I
facts comes and puts a crimp in them, j
Once I knew a small feller I could
have stuck in my pocket and forgot ;
itnont, out wnen we went o,n mm toon i
several prtsclptl.ms together on day
he spoke to me like this. 'lied, says ;
he, 'put your little hand in mine, and
we'll go and take a blnlseye view of !
the universe. Astonlshln' Idea, wasn't ;
it? And him not weighing over a him-!
dml pound. Howsomever. he didn't
take any blnlseye Mew of the !;
rse. He only become strikingly In-
disposed. j
"Well, to get iiaek to Boise, yon ,
never in nil your life saw so many
men nnd brothers ns was gathered
tbere that dnv, and obi Aggv, im was
om of the centers of attraction. That
l.t. vire iimi black beard was nlwnvs
wiiere the crowd was thickest and the
we, g,ds flowing the fm.st. "Oentle-
meii." says he, "lets lift up mir voices
I mehsly!' That was one ,,f Ag's de-
luslons-he thought he eonr-i sing. So
fonr of 'em grt on top of a billiard
table and presented Itcke! In the
Cradle of tiie I'eep' to tiie ompnnv,
which made me feel glad that 1 hadn't
lMn brought up that 8. After Ag
had hip locked the last b.w note an-
other song bird vo,nt.,.rcl.
"This m a Utile fat Dntehmaa.
with pale blue ey and n nrntarta
like two streaks of darning iftton.
He ha.i come to town to sell s pnlOof
bee steers, Wit got drawn into Uat (
general hilarity, and now he didn't
care a cuss whether he, she or It oyer
sold another steer. He cot himself on
end and sang 'Leeb FBdderlont mox-
true ecksteln' In a style that made yxt
wonder that the human noso could
stand the strain.
Aw, cheese thatr -Says a feller
near the door. 'Come, get your steers;
one of 'em's just chased the bnrlier up
a tclrnpb pole!
a men wu uii pneu uiu hum toe
street to see the steers, f ure emmA
there was the barber sitting on the
crosspiece and the steer pawing dirt
underneath.
. " 'He done made me come a fast
heat from de colmer,' says the barber.
'I kep holleruv "Next!", but he ain't
Pfl-T no 'tention-ho make it "next" fur
snumu iau, jao: imsran
ort,r 801,11 mo 8tBrt Bt ! r1"""" ''
sm s!! ,e wn-r "P dis yT fclegraft
P"
"f"? 1 )Ull whackers went out
to rone the steers, and Ag gave dim'-
" Blast my hide if I couidu t
stand here and throw a box car nearer
to tue critter! Weil, well, well! How
maDy 'eft hands have you got, any-1
EOW? w P to a wad and heave it
at hint for general results. He might '
get tangled In It
"It rattled tho bull whacker, having j
so much attention drawn to him. and i
be stepped oa the rope and twisted j
-e " "jj
n -
" 'Say, says Ag, appealing to tho ;
crowd, 'won t some kind friend who's
fond of I1UZ7.1&S go down and heip that
gentleman do himself?"
That made the whacker mad. He i
was as red In the face as a ioiister.
" 'You come down and show what
you can do, cays he. "You're got gas
enough for a balloon ascension
but
that may be nil there is to you,
"Oh, I ain't so much. rays Aggy,
"although I'm as good a man today as
ever I was in my life, but 1 have a lit
tle friend hero who can rope, down
and ride that critter from here to the
brick front In five minutes by the
watch, and if you've got a twenty-fivo
dollar bill In your pocket or its equiv
alent ill dust you can observe the ex
periment " 'I'll go yon, by gosh!' says the bull
whacker, slapping his hat on the
ground and digging for his pile.
" 'Say, If you're referring to me,
Ag,' I says, 'it's kind of a sudden
spring, I ain't what yon might call in
training, and thnt steer is full of triple
extract of giant powder.
' 'C.'w.m!' says Ag. 'Yon can do it
and then we're twenty-five ahead.'
' 'But suppose we lose?"
'Well It won't lie such an awful
loss." i
'Now, you look here, Agamemnon
G. Jones, says I, 'i ain't g ling to j
stand for putting up a summer breeze j
agin that feiier's good dough. That's (
n sl.-ln iiinA in Kjwmli it tt(,,rt 11 1 1 v 1
"Then "Aggy argues the ease With '
me, and when Aggy started to argue
you might Just as well "moo' and chase j ''"-"'-' ,m ,lm 1!Jr
yourscif into the corral, because he'd ! fve 1 f 1 mt li " a"' of '!rSv'" 83
get you sure. Whv, that man conid , ' 1" ' J"" - The
sit hi the cabin and make roses bloom J',ml f ve us: Uo, rat Bro'!ni f r
rft,t i t, mi,i,n t , u-i,n ( a-'1- of mountain so that for the
he was singing his iittlo song yon
could see "em and smell 'em. He could 1
talk a snowbank off a high divide ia
the middle of February, Never see
anyboily with such a medicine tongue,
nnd In a big man it 'was all the stran
ger. 'Now,' he winds up, "as far cheat
ing that feller, you ought to know me
hotter, Ued. Why, I'll give him my
note,'
"So, anyhow, I done it T'p tho
street we went, steer liawllng and
c juoipom, m.r -)(, im m ,
es tmsy as the little iiee you read nixt
tieplng that steer underneath rae
s'd of on top of me, where he'd
miner no, aim aiier us me wnoie
town, whoopin', yeiiin', crackln' off
six shooters and carry in' on wi!d.
"Then we had $1T and was as good
as anybody. But it didn't last long.
The tin horns come out after pay day j
Hk hopfoatls after a rain, "i' would ,
puzzle the government at Washington ;
o know where they hung out in the
meantime. There was one lad hnd a
fa on htm with, aimut as much ex- j
presslon as a hotel punkin pie. He .
- . Jn1s wt r3j,, nt.t ,. S!1TB Ag ,Sow
right straight along in a vol.e ha had !W(,n fl(l(i m ,f
no more Ismds in it than a billian) cue. , mmp n (!njj)M, eh
"crcs where you get your three t h pmn , , 4)l)(, )f To!i,p 1!mt wmM
to "e any child may do it no chance hav1 rarrJp(J f mj!) ,,JJ(, ,i(,a(.
o ise make your U-tH while the ar- , Jha RwJr ,w y(jJ.y f)m,,nt j
row of fortune swings all gents ac ,aa B, , arl snss-tl
comm,inted in amounts from two bits w ),,W!11)s)j ,)f ,, fp)w
to double eagles and bets paid on tho!, fl!vr hJ)vl jt M J)im
"all, says he.
" 'lied. says Aggy, 'I can douMe our
piie right here. Let me have tho
money. I know this game.' You'd
liardly Mleve it, but 1 dug up. 'Iioii-
We or onus.' says he to the denier.
1 1,., ..... ,,.- ,1... ,1-..1.. . Tl.,
" ' . '. ,
arrow swung arotimi. 'units,- says the
and raked In n,y ,l..gb. It was ,
;
; f''' tA iiu' n'r
and took him i, tiie a ,.rl-
vate talk. '! .thought Jon knew this
game? says I,
"''.' says be. '1 hat's the wny it ;
always happens.' Ami mice more in
my life I experienced the peculiar feel-;
"!S "t !hig alt.ether at loss for ;
worth.. .
"'Aggy.' say. I at last "Ifje M .
aotim, to lay two vMent bands
ff Ta and wind y, np Hke an elgh
"ay clock, but ratbO than make hard
ieeiing, be!w.n friends 111 refrain. ,
te., ?. at mjiny cuss, tm.y
sure. One thing, bov, you t,Q mark
down. We leave here tomorrow uiorn -
ing."
'Ail right,' says As. Thlisportini!
I iffi lg lha ,.rr ,V,vll , nkP,,.,i.,Cii
j as weu. a8 tao tivst wtt.u j got
j tiiere,
.-s,, fll() I!U)rrw )rj)j,ia away we
wt,nt. All we had for kit ms the
picks, shovels and pans. Tl rest of
j ir ivjuHigs was slaving itth the
, jjotel luati until we inaiie a rl
"Ak said he'd lie cussed if he'd walk. ;
A hundred and tlflv lulled of kjt:1 '
waa foo many.
" -itut wo ain't got a cent to pay the
stagn fare, says 1.
" 'Borrow. It of Vucle Hotel-keep,'
says he.
" 'Not by a town site, says I. Wo
sm ui!a all we're going to nt this
j very minute. You'll have to hoof it,
thafg ail,' i
" '1 tell you 1 won't. I don't like to
; have anviwly walk on my f.et, not
even myse'f. I can stand off that
you wouldn't find many men in that
country w ho wouldn't stake w ti.
. lers to a wagon ride wherever they
wanted to go nnd tie pieasiuit iibcmt
, It. I'd have sure seen that ttsc man
got paid, even If Aggy forgot it, bat
the man that drove us -was the Bnrii-
est brate that ever growled. When
vou'd sneak to him he'd anv 'ITnh a
style of thing that didn't go weli In
e-u..j. jivj.i uij
mouth shut, as knowing that I didn't
have the eome-up-with weighed on my
I tell i,o f won't rfos't like to havs
nnybwly uoife a vuj feci."
','iits; 5j,n Afigj'pive W tiie Jolly
lie only meant it In fun, and there was
i longest second I've lived through my
r' " over alwut a thousand
iiiei oi iruKu ir. i o olive null lime
to write my will before I touched bot
tom if we'd gone over. I don't know
as I turned pale, but my hair ain't
been of the same rosy complexion
since.
" "Well! rays Aggy la a surprised
tone of voice when we got all four
wheels on Ihe ground again. 'Hero we
are!" says he, "Who'd have suspected
It? I thought lie was going to take
fhl)rt ,t d(iwu , ,jle (.m,k,
The driver turned round with
" "'"
Ycr a funny bloke, ain't verf
"'Why says Ag, 'that's for roil to
say-wouldn't Lmk sell coming from
nw but if yon press me I'll admit
t,i(11
'
give birth to a litsie gem tnf nml i
Our bold buck puis on s great
swagger. "Well, yer needn't tm funny
In tills wagon," says be. 'The pair fj
yer spongin' a ride! Yer needn't lno j
gay. ier hear ine. dou t ciier?
'Why, I hear you as plain as though
timt you conid have lit a matrh on tiie
nnywhers, but to save me I couldn't
heip iimgiilng Ag iiad the comb-alest
way!
"At that the jlriver begins to iarruti
the it.rs. I ain't She kind to feci
faint wl:ii a rnvnse gets whal's com-
. ,,.,,... ..,.., ..,.... ,,
lag to him f.r raisbig the devil, hot
,n m,p Umt m ,M1',,twj -
l.-re wasn't .vothing e He dared hi, M:l'!,M 1 i ,1 , ir ' Im? t
got me on my bind ier. i nestled .te of Wi'ii-T , Mar-haU d-eas-
onp ,,,, , IiaIr 8w UyMf4 , ha, il!a ,J fSlt',1 set-
rJt nn!(r , k. j tb-nien, 1 , he said e.n.t. and Mon-
,,inSt tharr . ; ;av, ibe loth dav of Fdruary, ISiiS,
"ym) ,.t ,nC iM-Inin't hurting yon ' ' in o'clock In (lie forenoon of
h hon,. ' jsitld d.iy, at the coimiv court room as
ri, ii.. t -,,... 1
m , j county, Oreiton, hss i...en set by the
,)U(i ,' ' ' . . ... . j Honorable r. a. r;Hv,,, c innty
ttnif' " m
t f m n SjTm r of
, Jm (B8 ,onfJj ' f December,
j..tJ j... j . s g jjAnSj!A j
";.Ue ,jM-n., K,n m mmm ;n " ' Mmlnislnlat.
wgewn9 tjm fh.or n ft ,,,,,,, i
'' TJs!s Js B,,out fa" ss r6r S
! carTy -TOB "wo R's or notMnV he
says. 'Of course youre t1 to one, ;
Hm 1 3 1 ao r ? w w
1,1151 the thing through. Hut 111 say
uJs lf either one or both of you roost- j
rTa luls "t She least smell of a gentle-'
man stHMit him he won't have to tie !
told hi company ain't wanted twice. I
"Now, mind -.$, Ag and me didn't ;
have the Hint cussed thing not grub
nor blankets imr gim nor nothing, and I
this the feller weli knew !
lied, says Aggy, 'what do you say
! to l"5"1" t!ii! thfnjf njjart and seeing j
i " s't T j
"'No,' says 1, 'don't touch it it
might be catching, .Now, you whelp." )
says I to the driver. yo tell us if j
there's a place where we can get any- i
thing to eat around here? We'd ex-;
jct! to go hungry until we hit tlse ;
camp some forty miles further oa, j
where we knew ihere'd tw plenty for
"v!fiJ' 4!!:i wanted it
" 'Yes,' says lie. .Them's a man run
ning a shack two mile up the river,
"'All right, says I. 'Drive on.
You've dayeil ns as dirty a trick as
one man can piay mother. If we evT
get a rhieh on von can exjieet
we'll pull her ill! the kit 'goes suaji.'
""He kept siiin till he got across tl
river, where lie felt safe.
""It's all rfeht about that cinch! be
hollers back, grinning, tinly wait til!
yon get it, yer suckers Sjmhr
Itents! PeaiHieadsi Yabl'
"Weii, a mail can't catch a team of
i horses, and tiial s nil tiiere is abotu
I !t' but 1 wa"t !o 1HJ -ToiJ " was an the
I BBs!ous 8rat a sjuarter of a m V
1 . . 1 n,,r!J-
" mn vo Bot "5a'k ta where we
eni "uM breathe again, we
Dc 1 a eonnc" of war.
i "Tow, Aggy, says I, "we're damped.
hat shall we dor
(ContinMed s,l Pridav )
A UAK HASCK
I have a farm of 12? acres to sell;
70 acres in cultivation. 3D acres nas-
ture; 1 1 acres timber; horses, cows,
bogs, chickens, wagons, farm imple
ments; orchard and good buildings.
j $4K per acre. Four miles from de
pot; gooit senoois ami neignmirnoisit.
Enquire at the Springfield Hotel,
Springfield, Or, tf
Jsotirn for I'Mldbjtion.
United States Land Office,
ilosebnrg. Or., Oct, 23, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in com
pliance with the provisions of tho act
of congress of June 3, 1S7S, enti
tled "An act for tho sals of Umber
lands in the Mates of California, Or
egon, Nevada and Washington terri
tory," as extended to aii tiso nubile
land states by act oi August 4, 1X82,
William Si. Pierce, of Walton, coun
ty of l.ae. State of Oregon, filed in
this office his aworn statement No,
S627 for the purchase of the
;of sec. 26, in. it). S. range S
west, Willamette Moridi&n, and wiii
offer proof to show that the land
j sought is more vainahio for Its tim
ber or stone than for agricultural
purposes and to establish her claim
to said land before V. W, Calkins,
purposes and to establish his claim
Eugene, Oregon, on Tuesday, the 7th
day of January, IMS.
Ho fames s witnesses: W. T. Bai
ley, of Meadow, Oregon; Aaron C
Barbour, of Walton, Oregon; Jarvls
ti. Sutherland, of Walton, Oregon;
William Sutherland, of Walton, Ore
gon, Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the above deseriiied lands are
requested to file their claims in this
office on or before sai8 7tn day el
January, 190S,
BENJAMIN h. EDDY,
Register. t
nn)H row ati;k
IMJ.XJIS SOUCITKI
Scaled piojiinis will be received
by the common council of the city of
Eugene until 7:30 o'clock p. m. of
January 6th, llH, at which time at
the council rhamljer in said city sai4
council wii! ojien and consider such
pro'iosals for the purchase o the
whole or any part of an isiiie of
?:S(iM,(l(i water bonds of said city.
These imnds wiii be issued in denom
inations of $? to $!). will be
j S 'Ti y.?. -
I inns, will !" due Jisnuiary is, MH,
! with an option in the city to pay the)
UaiHe aT "' "'roof " any im-r)
," ''"!'" January isi, ia;;
and wiii bear Interest at (lie
iv.lo of ii per cent per annum,:
V!,i!,. tl. acti.llv i.n tu:
. ' ,sa,ir,j ,.n(.,.r ,'. ',,,) f ' i i ,-i -
)f 1jp ..jsiauve asw-nmiy of the!
state of Oregon, untitled, "An act to!
reincoriiornte the riiy of Kngeno and ;
to repeal all acts and parts of acts in i
cimilict herewith,'" filed in the office 3
of the secretary of state February,'
I sib, i nun, as amended ny tiie initia
tive hill filed in tho office ef tho re
corder of said city Juiy 1st, 1907,
and approved by the voters of said
city at an election heid October 14,
!9fl". Farther iafHrmsthiji wiii be
furnished on application to the un
dersigned. Tbe common council re
serves tho right to reject shy and aii
bii,
Kagene, October 2X. imi.
t. F. liOHlllS,
i'i it.'corder.
Xtt i t f;na! lenient.
''' viiiam -i. j ariiaii, as-
1! court hnnse in iCimw, l,anc J
ir-p r tmt
CONSTIPATION
nn-r Mir. yr 1 nuffd with eliFonl
lni, vli,.ii ,,t e.xrr??i iiiisins Infers
I vii.HiTivw An a, i3nu mm uiy 1M1. fishily
w ill. jv.l.ra! 'i':;al;
t v fi 1 n, fr ff .t,t jU tljjs Vs
CAU li tisi in faiialf t,f l, ri,iK ijyeittaur "
B. i'. fs.ioir, jii.Buc.iu, IB.
Besl for
The Soweis
StatDT Uit.', WoVb.-it rlii,, 1. Sic. Kl.-. ;.'T6f
in insist. 'Vitv e!ttKM laltlft tr!j;4 t'US.
isfftittt, to euxvr ,i rtir Hici-y ljk.
Stflii5R Rt-mtdY C., Clis or K. V. 3
vwp j DLiaa-' v- "x
One of our specialties is t Clean
ing of Fancy Vests, and, it necessary,
the dyeing of them, also. We turn
these out in snch a style aa makes
the owner wonder how the transfor
mation has been effected. Reineaiber
this when yon have a vest that looks
soiled and shabby, Qnr generis!
cleaning and dyeing work is of a
high character, and we do the work
In rword time at "too moderate"
price3.
Eugene Dve Works
Wiliamete St,
M?ter,-, Cr
IN OHS OS MANY COLORS
LARGEST FACILITIES
I N THE WEST FOR
THE PRODUCTION OF
HIGH GRADE WORK
MUt it UW U EiSTEti tntt
fin rrn xvt a tt? t-TH
KJKJKJU VV llL tI
Ai w'io w-ant Sc'reck wllj
d P're tftt C4n get &a 1s
Uttlon by call!.. tsp
Bed Sm
J. E KILBORN,
557 Kgh Si., Eug :
Mnrrs S?contiHaftd Store
Hoawlurj4hm3, S oves s4 Hs"s
we hne iunccivid
bill iisse ol
HEATERS
AiTtigbt n't card
O i and omraic piiAlity
aed j rices be oft buying
W VOt' WANT A Ot.'
SQRE MEAL
The Peopled
Restaurant
49 St 7th Ht,
IvTfis jit aii bouts
W. C YOUNG, Prop,
We ESvioNfl HOliL
OS. 'AH M2r,
Raits - Hsc- r 't! J;
t$ ., 75.-, $1.03, 51.50. $203
Free Bo to itooi i babi
r"Voiit iki Miitri.on St-,
. . , Cm
Senorts aii Caa lit nit croufetes,
. r ojc tiy Cioiiiioefs Hardware Co.
nnd ISerger-Hean Hardware Vo.
S, F.. Stevens
1 t- rilt-cs t Kticrs' t'tnao
lios. .Ilmne MnSrs 41.
ttelttence t:tM West t'XU S3
I
W.'.'i' W. 'S v .---t '.U 1