Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02
Shake Rag Under the Hill.

4 STORY Of tABIY DAYS IN TN Lad MINES.


OF a stunning effect than aaght else.
After it was washed and bouad up,
which Sam speedily did, despite
Joe's resistance, il was not likely To
be productive Of anything but
severe headache next day, which the
whisky was apt to bring abou, any
way.
The last seen of Joe aud sam that
nigat they were both siuug lump aud
helpless over the elephanuue should
ers Of the Giant who oa account Of
the presence Of Molly at hts house,
took them under his speci. charge.
But being himself somewhat under
the iufuenee of Jacky's liquor, he
was quite sure 90 stumble aud lepos-
~ his barden in each iucouyenlent
mud-hole, much, of uoursu, to the
personal adornment ~ ma drunken
charges.
The reader may rightly imagine
chat joe was starting out 10 a nam
ucr fairly conducive to create no
great amount Of esteem for him in
the mind of his sister; aud through
all the drunkea freuzy, there sull
ubided with him like aa iudeiuAble
wught Ia a troubled dream, the
memory OF her, and a sense Of deg
radiation never felt before lie had
q sense also Of resistance against
being carried, he diin't know where,
bu, he fiucied 10 Molly, and he
really was, after many ups aud
downs, deposited oat uader tua cot
t1nwood trees ia The Giant yard,
while that worthy went fprwt-l 70
reeonoltcr, that he NIGH, smusgle
his companions Into the house win
out disturbing the occupants.
But the way of the tAas1ressor
is hard, for 40 soouer hal ono GAnt
rtealtnily reached the house Ga "a he
was pounced upon 10y bis huge wife
aud taken 60 task rs % his whore
Abuuls and behavior during the day.
"Now you big, halking, unmpx
OF fellow, where have You been all
this blessed day? OF down to
Jtoky's, Ill be bound, drlnkng aud
ighuugl Dan'l deny 10, FOR You
smell ike a whisky btrrei, aul You
are covered with mnl! Where's
that joe aud sam? Have you seen
them to-day? Aud pretty fellows
they arel But you meu are all
alike, uufeeing aud selfish, canng
more for your beastly instincts than
anything else"
All this was spoken not over loud,
for poor Molly was IN the back 0sd
room, not sleeping, but worrying
over the disappearance Of her ueg-
found brother. TO the reproaches
Of his wife, which were administer
cd with some savage shtklag, inl
great deal Of IA mlre serilu4 meutce,
the Giant replied bat iltue, bat
affected 70 be exceedingly stupid
aud drunk, for be was resolved to
conceal the whereabouts Of MS CON-
paulpns But hts seeretlyenes. Wax
exercised in vain, for some ons in
the z Tdeu at this moment gave
vent to a hollow groAn, aud an tn-
stAnt later the glantess had dlsc,y-
cred them.
Snc was amply able to carry them
70 more comfortable bed than that
Of the wet aud fallen lglyes, but they
were 40 thickly covered win mud
that il wAs dlscernible even Ia lne
darkness, 40 the Giant, who hal fol-
lowed slowly AZ respectful dis
tlnce, WAS ordered peremptorlly aud
with some contempt, to pick them
up aud carry then into saal which
stood near the kitchen. When this
had been accomplished, The Gaute.s
having procured some wlasr aud
clean Ulolues, he wax ordered 10 the
same manner TO wash, fx them up,
and put them to bed, which, bg the
lioht If a tallow dip, the Giant Ind.
Joe was not well The next morn
ing IA fact he was not out of bed
for three days, but lay there ia i