Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-26

WdutSu 10 'Heu IL OUT anu got uiS
hook and line. After all these rem
edies were tried he succeeded in
getting it out and lay down in the
shade TO dream of home. The boys
tackled the fish again but after one
or two more had gone through
Phillips experience they gave it up.
| Beech, to honor his own cooking,
stuck to it longest but finally gave
up, declaring that "the best cooking
wouldn't make quail on toast out of
them burned things"
There was considerable excitement
in the camp on Monday, caused by
the following telegram received by
/ Beech:
Mineral Point, Wis., Aug. l6, 1886.
+ To George Beech, Esu.
Camp skip Jack, Cassvillc. Wis.
She has eloped with another fellow. r \ got
! licked toy rhomds's WALLER dog. Como nome.
/ No clue to their whereab 'uts Spratler is on
! the scent OF his dried beef. Eat it up quick.
Marshal has warrant for Speusey and Phll-
/ lips. The Il ferN man wants his horses Take
| warmers Safe Soothing syrup for mosquito
/ hites. Answer quick. HARMON,
Great was the CONSERVATION on
reading the dispatch and some dis.
agreement AS to what was to be done.
Beech and Smith wanted to 90 home.
Spensley aud Phillips wanted to 90
further west Metcalf and younger
Beech proposed to compromise by
staying where they we're. The com.
! promise was carried.
Some of the wicked boys of the
town were down to see the boys the
other day and amused (?l them with
tales of mysterious murders that had
been committed near the present site
of the camp. On retiring for the
night Beech moved that they station
a guard u keep away intruders. He
said he wasn't afraid of ghosts or
anything Of that kind but it WIS
always best To be on the safe side.
Spensley suggested that perhaps he
better act then, but he said he WASH Z
selfish aud didn't want to deprive
the others of the honor. After a
good deal Of wrangliug it fell to th,
lot of Smith To act during the first
part of the night, and he gallautly
took his station with determined
look on his face aud a shot gun on
his shoulder. He amused himself
by reciting old school pieces such
as: "The Assyrian came down like
a wolf on the fold" while the boys
slept serenely on--until suddenly
Shrek Baug!! A dead silence
followed, then the boys rushed forth
to fiud Smith lying PROSTATE on The
| ground, uttering feebIy, "There it is,
there it is, and all the time pointing
at something black in the distance.
Phillips, with the daredevil care
nothingness' that characterizes his
nature, advanced To see what IL was
and discovered Fishhoefer's black
dog taking his nightly stroll. Smith
says he wasn't scared, but only sur
prised, and wanted to excite the
boys.
Another night some of the town
boys went down with a couple of
shot guns. AT midnight they crept
close 10 the camp aud fired. The
effect was marvellous. Before the
last echoes died away in the hills,
the sides of the t,nt had burst open
and five shadowy, thiulyc clad forms
disappeared in the darkness. Won
dering what had become Of the
sixth the iutruders proceeded to in
|
tering the tent aud iuding the sixth
calmly sleeping, would not have
been so great If they had ever tried
to wake Beech before. After an
hours work he was aroused, and led
in the search for his companions.
A little before daylight one was
found cllnglng TO the top of high
tree. Another in the gravel pit by
the railroad. A third was found,
ostrich like, with his head burrowed
| among the roots OF a tree on the
bank. The fourth was clinging TO
a snag a hundred feet from shore,
and the tifLh-Oh, where was he?I
A raft boat coming up later explained
the mystery by producing number
five. The captain said he had found
him on an island three miles below,
and had kindly clothed and fed him.
The boys intend coming here
every summer after this Cd8SuHe
Current.
The boys are home, and are unan-
imous in declaring the trip one of
the most pleasant events Of their
lives.
The neatest repairing done in the
city at Ed. Davey's shoe shop, one
door west Of Pulford's drug store.
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