Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-12-12


play some more. The committee of
one for ther' determination Of card
sharks" was nothing 10TH, so they
kept it until nearly supper time, the
dude winning about one game in five.
By this time he could play no more.
He managed to get to his bed some
how and went to sleep.
After time he aWoke feeling dead
ly sick. Cavorting Jack had follow
ed him to his resting place and stow
himself away in corner He took
the whole thing in and related it af
terwards to his friends. The swell
sat on the edge Of his bunk Emoaning
and holding his head, and murmur-
ing, ''aw, weally, [ aw wish | was
dead; I feel suah [ shall die. Why
did I eyah come to this aw
eonfounded, pesky place whah they
aw eat boiled twipe and Indians-Oh!
my poah head! The words O.. the poet
aw do naturally apply to these dwead-
full fellahs iaw:
Whose daring weyels shocks the sight,
When vice and infany combine aw,
When dwunkness and dice invite,
As every sense is ateeped in wine
a-aww
In short time he became quieter,
and turned his attention to his pocket
book. He counted and recounted his
pile and found he was $3.50 short
'.That large man with the wart on his
aw nose who aw calls himself aw-oh!
how sick Lam; my tendah stomach aw
webels awainst whisky, just as much
as it does against boiled Indian; I am
suah to sorwow that / have been in
toxicated."
It is needless to tell any more. He
went out after awhile looking rather
limp. We saw no more of him until
the next morning, when he came into
the dining room as trim as usual.
He could not held scratching his buck
during the time he was eating his
breakfast. The miners noticed it of
course, and commenced to laugh.
One OF them said to him:
wall, pard, you've got q family
this morning."
"Aw, now veally, what DO you
mean sir?'
"N by, YOU darned fool, / mean yer
have grey backs"
ssSir, / will not aw wemain hoah to
be insulted by aw such as yon, a man
who will abide in place aw wheah
they eat boiled twipe and Indians"
After scoring, as he thought, such
brilliant victory, the dude quilted
the table, and stroiied into the bar
room where he fortified himself with
a cigarette.
There were few loungers in the
room, and aching for little excite
ment, they tackled the swell. The
master OF ceremonies said to him:
"Say, Mr.. Spyglass, will yer favor
the gentlemen present with a song?"
cav, now don't you know, [ nevah
sang a song in my life.o
wall, that's no reason why you
shouldn't sing one now"
So saying, the speaker whipped out
revolver, and said:
:sNow toot! Give us something
sintemental- sweet an milodious
song"
The swell was in a fix, but had
sense enough to make the best Of the
situation, and sang in tremulous
voice, ''The Last Rose Of Summer
Afterward they made him take drink
and then dance for their amusement
At last that kind Of sport became toe
stale, and they inveigled him into {
game of cards. He lost heavily
That night during little friendly
chat with me, he said he had los
about 5000 since breakfast.
And my deah fellah," said he
s'wot vile, unpwincipled lot they are
to aw take fellah's money that way
when aw they aw can get money 81
easily by just digging it out of thu
gwound. I am suah that this is NJ
place for me, you know. I aw an
positively disgusted with it, and ay
I shall stwart for home tomorrow
Those horrid wermin aw make sen
sation down my bwaek like aw
stweam of icy watah.''
| The next morning came and will
it the discovery that his big diamon'
pin and pocket book was gone. Their
was weeping and Waifirgg, and gnash
ing of teeth, SO to speak, but he wa
eomforted by finding enough loos
cash in his pocket to take him home
He left on the coach that morning.
remember it we'll It was a brigh1
balmy day, and not cloud was to b
seen. His last words as the drive
cracked his whip were:
ssGood by, now and forevah to thi
1aa ae ..rlI and fuaa1o1n nhaa