The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-11

b how much they owe to good luck, an,
: there are less who would admit it j
: they did.
a What would mankind do If the,
| couldn't growlP They would be wors
OH than the dogs.-N. 7. Weekly.
An Interesting Rencontre.
"Now, in Silverton, New, we uset
} to-
SilvertonP"
I'll Eyes"
"Nevadap"
II "Yes.n
"Well, you're the first man I've
seen from Silverton in coon's age
l left there six years ago; left my wife
, there"
went there nearly six years ago. y
Such was the passage in a converse.
] ton going on between two strangers
taking meal in Utah restaurant,
! which attracted the attention of my.
self, eating at differeht taDle.
Il The man latest from Silverton was a
short, stout, sandy-looking man, with
beard closely cropped, and a scar be-
ginning, as l supposed. somewhere in
the hair of his head, thence running
down the forehead along to the right
of the nose, making hicks In the lower
part of the nose and in the lips, then
disappearing in the beard of the chin.
1t looked as if some one had started to
skin him, and gave it up on the offer OF
a better job. The other man was tall,
quick-spoken, nervous and dark-look-
| ing, with beard stricken with gray, and
he would have been cross-eyed if he
had had two eyes; as twas, his one eye
was set crossing.
"Well, how is Silverton now?' con-
tinued the dark looking man.
] "Oh, petered."
ANYBODY there?''
"a few old fellows sticking to claims
that they think there's something in.
They'll stay till Gabriers trump races
them out"
"Did you know Tom SlemmonsP'
"Yes; killed himself drinking whis-
ky"
"What became of John Littlefieldp"
"Mose Lawler killed him in fight
over the Sweetly-Dreaming claim"
Reckon Sandy Jones amt there
nowP''
"Sold out of the Bet-Y Your Boots for
forty thousand and went back to Pike"
'Dick Branigan made money thereP"
| eyes; but he's dead-whisky got
him."
"Did Harry Martin get rid of his
moneyp''
"Yes; went to the Black Hills; got
killed by the Sioux"
"Did his brother Thadgo?'
''He went; made big fortune out of
the placers; is Member of Congress
now."
calvin Sanders, that kept the Dew
of-Heaven saloon, has left, supposep"
proceeded the one-eyed man.
Left for good; got loaded with q
stray bullet while row was going on
in his saloon one night
Wonder what became of Pat Py-
burn, that run saloon there-the An
gelic?'
He's banker in San Francisco"
"John Blogden had bank in Silver
ton; where's he banking nowp''
rugHiff.sa, Hire BIZ bbfraaiiaad raaiiaad 1lhReen sheen for ran'nr
"Tommy, the bootblackP'
"The same; he got feet in the Sweet
By-and-By, and sold for twenty thou
sand"
'.Did you know the Sloper boys?"
"Well; Harry Sloper is the Co. in
Blasdale & Co., mercantile firm in
Hong Kong, China. Luke Sloper
killed Chinaman in Slagtown, and got
six months in the Carson Penitentiary.
Long sentence just for killing a China
man. He'll be pardoned out, though.
Lige Sloper got into shootin' scrim-
mage with Montana Jack, anu killed
him. Lige afterward went to the
Arkansas Hot Springs; he was not very
well.''
Where did Charley Madden gop"
"Dead.'
"Why, he was stout, healthy-look-
ing man."
Whisky"
"Charley's wife and mine," con-
tinued the tall stranger, "were great
cronies. My wife, somehow, never
liked my name; heard she changed her
part of it soon as left, and in few
months married without divorce
under her new name; married fellow
nailieu ocraggs
ssScraggs!'
"Scraggs.
"Ahem-ah-walter another cup of
coffee. Suppose you know Charley's
brother-in-law, Dutch Louis, that bust
ed in the brewery businessP' said the
sandy-looking man.
i" First-rate; where's hep''
"He's in Silverbrockbury, Arizona.
Got a big brewery there"
Remember ALI Sykes?' said the
stranger with the one eye set crossing.
"Got twenty years at Carson for rob-
bing the mail"
"Heard Ward Smithers had some
troublep''
ssFive years at Carson for robbing
Wells-Fargo. He didn't play it fine
like they say old Blivens did; believe
that was his name - nickname, !
guess
"Old Blivensr'
"Old Blivens. You see he robbed
Wells-Fargo, just out Of Silverton; that
was before / went there-heard of it.
The messenger was the only witness
against him, and on the morning of the
day of the trial the messenger was
found shot dead at the door of the room
in which he slept, and which opened
on narrow alley. 1t was not known
for certain who did it, but the Vigi-
lantes suggested to Old Blivens that
perhaps his health would be benefited
by change of climate
Said the dark stranger, with an ex-
preston of countenance which showed
that he thought he was looking the
short man square in the face:
"What might your name bep'
"Name pMy name-is-is-Scraggs.
Yoursp'
"Old Blivens.n
| Passing out at the door just at this
point, did not learn how they recon.
ciled their conflicting locations.-N y
Mall
THE use of long words which we gel
from other tongues not only makes ouI
thoughts and our speech dim and hazy,
but it has done somewhat to harm the
morals of our people. Crime some
times does not look like crime wLenit
| is set before us in the many folds of .
long word. When man steals and
we call it " defalcation, = we are at 8
loss to know if it is blunder or 8
crime. II he does NOT tell the truth
and we are told that it is case of pre-
varication, it takes rs some time, tc
know just what we should think Of it
No man will ever cheat himself intt
wrong-doing, nor will he be at l0ss
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