The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-11-26
An Unqualified Retrac,,on.

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az want to see the boss liar who runs this
libelous sheet" roared muscular looking
young. man Of the base ball species, walking
into the Office Of the Post last Monday morn
ing. 3D.. "..'' -'..''
The managing editor Is Out" said the
Office boy, hastily getting behind the high
counter.
"Blast the editor p growled the stranger,
rapping on the counter with the big end of
his four-foot club. al want to see the head
plrate-the proprietor-the fellow that your
paper says wants to be held responsible for
those Internal lies about the Carnival peo-
pie in Saturdays Post"
Through the open door Of the inner Office
came subdued, rustling sound, as though a
terrier was chasing rat into hole, follow
ed by silence that might have been cut
with knife.
/" He's out, too," replied the boy.
"G Col dern the luck p said the muscular
party, much annoyed, al came around on
purpose to. batter him up with this here
club.", ~ ....-:..--
He will be sorry to bave missed you,"
said the boy, soothingly. Isn't your paper
left regularly P" ,..
Paper be everlasting blanked to blankna-
tion" thundered the visitor. "My sister is
the Queen of Sheba."
"Queen of what-ba?"
"Of Sheba, idiot; don't you under
stand."I
"Once more for the beer!" said the office
boy, leaning forward.
"Why, the Queen of Sbeba; up at the
Carnival, mean. She was brought home
from the matinee day before yesterday in a
back and fits. This is what did it," and the
aggrieved brother drew out copy of our su-
perior family journal (only fifteen cents a
week by carrier) and pointed to the follow
ing paragraph;
"We would rather find a thousand dollar
bill, lost by poor widow washerwoman,
than say anything unkiudly personal in this
article; but, all the same, we mean to over
haul sacred history the first chance we get
and ascertain whether there is any definite
Scripture for suppesing that the Queen OF
Sheba had access to unlimited quantities Of
Limburger cheese. Unless we find that fact
fully substantiated we shall be reluctantly
forced to conclude the counterfeit presenta-
tion of that potentate up at Mission and
Eighth to be an atmospheric fraud and mias.
matte mockery."
"Must be some mistake" softly suggested
the boy.
"Mistake be blowed," said the Queens
brother, brsndishing his club to the extreme
discomfort Of the cashiers nose. "It's an
internal, miserable lie. My sister never
eats cheese; and, besides, she chews carda,
mon seeds and things. Never ate Limburg.
er in her life"
al do" said the Office boy, in consoline
way.
$50 see," said the outraged party, push.
| ing the boys nose around with the end of his
club. "The minute read that cowardly
slanderI JUS. went out to the wood pile and
picked out the knottiest stick could fint
i whitfield Il down at this end for a, square
grip, When win the old vampire be IMP ri
A couple Of gentle taps came from with
lin. '".o "'l 10 .....' '-'.- ,.~. '.'.',.T
r"He'l be gone two months" answered
the boy. .'i' '' ''.'.
The knocks were repeated more vigorous
". .>".... r.
az mean two years" continued the youth
hastily, "He's away of np~ on rancl
somewhere--building anew stable-one 10
mules. Ten to- one he never gets back
ALL" a'.a-..
aJust my Internal hard luck," !" muttere
the athlete "Is there anybody here VIII
would like to step out and represent him
few minutesp"
| But there was nobody who could spare th
time.no og1
can right, }" said the representative Of tn
| Scriptural ruler. 7"I viii now 60 and have
lot OF base bali spikes screwed into tn
club, and il there isn't an unconditional =
traction in next Saturdays paper I'll drop
again. UnconditiSnal, mind, ," and after "a
!, aeeIy kicking . newsboy of the door step !
shouldered his redwood and triumphant
marched of. iyft91 ",'' 9'i@ ,"'1 .'". ~., -.
}, And as he disappeared in the mazes
, Montgomery the proprietor emerged fre
! beneath the table and, clasping the INTEL
! gent Office boy to his breast, raised his saia l
; two dollars year.