The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-01
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An Eu&llDum0us tA6V0iJAS IN VIC
| Mississippi, told ~some rather tough
stories about London thieves. ~
4 Cincinnati chap named Case heard
these narratives with . silent but ex-
pressive hump, and then remarked that
he thought the Western thieves beat
the London operators all hollow.
"How .sor inquired the Englishman,
with surprise. pray, sir, have you
lived much in the WestW .ssae .asssg
mot great deal. / undertook to
set up business at Des MONIES Rapids
while ago, but the rascally people
stole nearly everything I had, and f.
nally q WEIGH miner ran of with my
wife" .sa.i4ss1 a esa
"Graciousl" said the Englishman.
"And have you never found herr"
"Never to this day. But that was not
the worst Of it, -
"Worstl What could be worse than
stealing mans wife?"
Stealing his children, / should say"
said the implacable Case.
"Childrenw
Eyes; negro woman, who had
none of her own, abducted my young.
est girl, and sloped and joined the in
|jins."
ibid you see herr"
"See her? Yes. She hadn't ten
rods the start Of me; but she plunged
into the lake and swan of like duck,
and there wasn't canoe to follow her
with"
The Englishman leaned back in his
chair, and called for another mug of
'alf:and.'alf, while Case smoked his CT
gar.
II shan't go any further West, l
think" at length observed the excited
John Bull.
Il should not advise any one to CO."
said Case, quietly. "My brother once
lived there, but he had to leave, al
though his business was the best in the
country"
"What business was he in, pray!"
"Lnmbering--had saw-mill."
"And they stole his lumber?"
Eyes. and his saw-logs, too"
"Saw.logs!"
Eyes; whole dozens Of black-walnnt
logs were spirited off or carried away
in a single night True, upon my hon
or, sir. He tried every way to prevent
it; had men to watch his logs, but it
was Of no use. They would whip them
away as easily as if there had been no.
body there. They would steal them
out of the cove, and even out of the
railways
Good gracious!"
Just to give you an idea how they
steal out there sending sly wink to
the listening company-"just to give
you an idea-did you ever work in a
saw-mll!"
Never"
"Wcll one day my brother bought
an all fired black-walnut log, four feet
three at the butt, and not a knot in it.
He was determined to keep that log,
anyhow, and hired two Scotchmcn to
watch it all night. Well, they took a
cu1ai ueutJouu VI WHISKY WIFI ncus,
snaked the log up the side of the hill,
above the mill, built fire and then sat
down to play keerds, just to keep them
awake, you see. Twas a monstrous
big log, bark two inches thick. Well,
as was saying, they played keerds
and drank whiskey all night, and, as it
began to grow light, went astraddle of
the log. A minute after daylight
George went over to the mill to see
how they were getting on, and the log
was gone!"
What were the Scotchmen doing?"
Sitting on the bark. The thieves
had drove an iron wedge into the butt
end, and hitched yoke of oxen on and
pulled it right out, leaving the shell,
and the Scotchers astraddle Of it, fast
asleep!'
The Englishman here rose, dropped
his cigar-stub into the spittoon, looked
at his watch, and said he thought he'd
go on deck and see how far we'd be /
down the river before morning.
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