The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-16

what'il YOU have? Sold cow thi
morning and am flush"
Taking from his pocket shoe.
nearly worn ont, he struck the bar
with it.
..Wife told me to have this thing
fixed. as though mans got money to
throw away"
The boy pulled at his sleeve.
.Now, l want you to stop that. I've
stood about as much of your foolish
ness as I'm going to-"
The men drank. ''Fill 'em up
again." said Bah, striking the bar
with the shoe. No one objected. The
men whom he had joined would have
drunk with HIM all day. They seemed
to have no other business.
"Had YOU in The 'boosc the last time
YOU were in town, didn't they, ch?"
asked Nat Boles.
eyes, but that's none Of your look
out. l generally pay for my whisky
which is more than you can say ana
tell the truth"
IL didn't mean any harm by it. You
are getting to be such crank that no
body can say word to you..
''rhat's all right. You sit around
mere and guzzle every day, but il l
|
while and get little of. you 60
III don't do any such a thing. I
merely spoke about it just now"
..Oh, heard of you. Fine joke for
you. why don't you drink your
whiskyP"
..Rcckon l want to drink with o
man that talks To mo as you dO?'
Eyes you'd drink with the DEVIL
I'll Just show you.
Taking up the glass, he made mo-
ton as though he would throw the
whisky on tho floor, but his appetite
being stronger than his resentment,
J he drank it and said: -,
~ don't want to have any trouble
with you, Eli. We are too good friends
for that"
They sat down around the stove, for
, the weather was intensely cold. There
, il no place on earth more dreary than
, a saloon in a small town, but men stay
: there. Yes. for man will stay any.
! where. When evening came. Eli was
. bcastly drunk. liz had thrown away
the shoe, but the boy recovered it. and
: to keep from offending his father by
( the sight of it, carried 1t under ms
Q coat.
!, "We'il 90 home now" he said, TAX
t ing hold OF the boys shoulder.
s ats awful cold for you to attempt
y to walk; I'd stay in town, Eli" said q
i man who looked with pity upon tho
9 child. -.
$ the boy. "Our horse Is at the stable. "
= ..No, my little fellow. your horse Is
y not there. Your father sold the horse
! when he slipped away from you before
a dinner time"
Il The child burst into tears. His IA
" Their declared that having spent all his
n money, and that as he could not get
4 whisky without it, he wouldn't stay in
e the Internal town. He vowed that
N everybody was trying to rob him, q
le bclated but not altogether untrue re-
l. Election. Come on" said he. eve
is don't care for the snow, do we. TomP'
IS mo, SIR"
4. ..But il you want to stay. we'll
K: stay"
ID The child. looking at him reproach,
nc fully yet affectiOnately. replied, 81
y wouldn't stay here II ! knew wee
I'd freeze to death by going out in tn
a. snow"
5. IAN right, Macoovcy. Come on
is Drunken than an owl. Full as goose
" Tom."
to Eyes, l know" ~
! "What'u the old lady say?"
e. "She won't say Nv. 'u' 70
n. know she'll cry"
ut pretty good woman, Tom. You
nc mother, amt she?"
be "Ycs, SIR" :,
ly That's what thought. Man new
IN or has but one mother, Tom. Neve
or heard Of nan with two mothers, di'
ly you?"
s. mo, SIR"
rs That's what l thought. When
II. man tells you that he has two mothers
n call him liar. lie may have tw,
g. sisters and front yard full of broth
C. ers. but he won't have but one moth
I'm err"
ch They were struggling along Il lane
nj The child's teeth chartered. ''Can'
go any further tonight, TOm." sal
at the father. stopping in a fence corner
ms "Just SO tired cant go any further
re You go home and tell the folks not t
st he uneasy. I'm all right. Coin
ed TOm?"
ty mo, SIR"
n
To- Early next morning, a traveller di.
o. mounted to examine something he sa,
"a in fence corner. II will never fol
&c. get that sight," said he in speaking O
ii. 1.-The boy had his arms aroun
the fathers purple neck, and ha