The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-05-28

president of the United States on tht
apex of huge red DOME There wa.
sage brush TO the right of them, alkal
coulees to the left of them, and clay
| domes behind and before them. Have
a cigar, Chet?" said one as he brushed
the adobe dust from his polished boo
with his silk handkerchief. "Thanl
| you, Mr.. Brown" said the other. The
first man then struck an attitude by
| placing the toe of his right boot ON the
ground, leaning his right hand upon
| the protruding hip and throwing ou
| elbow the lett arm and hand extended
in graceful curve over the top of the
head, the head thrown back and the
cigar elevated at an angle of forty-five
degrees. "Have light, Chet?" "Thank
you, Mr.. Brown" The great man
stopped down, and as the greatest clerk
on earth and the ruler Of the greatest
nation on earth complacently puffed
smoke into each others faces one re-
marked, "Going to get there, Chet?'
'It's hard to tell" What, you don't
mean to say that there is any question
in regard to the matter, do you? Why
[ have got up 500 on your nomination. =
The moisture gathered on the old mans
eye lashes like dew upon the bunch
grass, and as the clouds of smoke swept
off into the azure blue above, as the Pa
cific chinook carries the sparkling Jew
els from the grass into illimitable space,
he said, as soon as his suppressed emo
tions would allow him to speak, my
dear Brownie-my dear boy, this con-
confidence that you display in my abil-
ity affects me as nothing else has done
during the campaign, To know that
you are with me so earnestly gives me
renewed vigor to press on in this great
fight. If [ get there and you use the
money you win properly then you shall
name the next postmaster at Fort Ben
ton. Ii do not get there, remember
that under any and all circumstances it
is wrong to bet, and take my advice and
swear off from that time.o
Then the great medicine man Of the
big white tepee arose to his full height
of six feet four, threw back his massive
mach, placed his right hand caressingly
stroked afectionately the raven locks,
said my dear boy, it is we'll that I
should now make you acquainted with
the great and profound principles that
underlie all true craftsmanship. These
far-reaching problems are seen to exist
alike in the ward meetings of New York
city and in
Rip! bang! slap "Whew, Cap,
what's the matter run her aground ?'
No, sir, but the night is dark and the
sea is running high. We skipped an
ditch, run on to a reef OF
rocks, were thrown on to our beam ends
and carried over by the surf, landing in
alkali pond. AS we couldn't find any
bottom and were in a sinking condition
/ run her ashore on high ground. We're
off again, however, aud all is well.n
= Be sure and call me if assistance is re-
quired and will come on deck" faye,
aye, sir"
AS the coach Went plunging along, now
burying her nose deep into the trough
Of the sea, and now standing almost up
right on her stern, [ carefully moved
the water pail from my foot, relieved
suffocating sensation by slowly drawing
the mail sack from my neck, and oh,
rye gods and little fishes,u who shall
describe the emotions with which [
drew the once hard hat from under the
the case of condensed milk With
crushed crown and a broken rim, and a
woe begone expression, that hat looked
the worst abused articlein the fight.
Just as I was passing off again into
troubled sleep the manly voice of the
pilot shouted, sHo, there, below Utica
light in sight. We shall anchor there
for thirty minutes for mail and spirits.o
After getting ashore at the post. office
landing, / walked around to the saloon,
and there, although it was nearly day
light, was a company that had not yet
been abed. Each one had {. pile of red
and white and blue things that looked
like big sleeve buttons, and they kept
pushing some of them into the middle
of the table, and then they did some
thing with some pieces of pasteboard,
and one man would take all the pretty
cuff buttons that had been placed in the
middle of the table. And one man that
had the most said he was tired and that
he wanted to go to bed, as he had to GO
to work next day. But he did not look
so sorry as another man who said he
did not want to quit and wasn't going to
be loser.
Upon leaving Utica / retired once
more to my state room, and as | passed
off into restless sleep ] thought that
my spine was piece of barbed wire,
that some men were fastening me to
posts, and that there was bite in the
small of my back and another in my
neck. AS they put on the stretcher and
began to pull, made frantic efforts to
get them to hold up, as they would
break me in two when the kinks were
strained to any extent. just before this
catastrophe however, awoke to. q semi
conscious state, and taking my head in
the right hand passed it down under
the left arm and brought it up by the
way of the back, in this way getting the
kink out Of my neck that in the back
was removed in the same way. Then
I awoke with cold feet and a sensation