The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-11-02
Gln1 Let in Some LIGHT
VII .lie Homestake Tunnel, Sam,
Martin and Broadly Business.
sam Don't Like the Flavor of the
''Pot-Bellied Porpoise."
Me Lord Hugh McQuaid, Wales,
Miss Chamberlain and Mrs,
Langtry in Secret
COnclave,

AAountaln makes some good hits on the
political situation and paints the Million
alre Quartette red, including "Me Lord
McQuade," who has just returned from a
tour OF personal investigation into the
realities OF cockney life. He found Eng
land and Wales on the"ould scotland hob
anobbed with some of the dudes of the
sweet-scented effete 'ristock-racy and
thinks they're "sum punking." Ginx's
slde-show of the melodrama of How
Hauser, Broadly, CLARK and Co., Didn't
DO 1t, is too good to lie lost. The cur
tain ris es with;
have been resident of Helena ever since
Sound Judgment Jones made his first raise here,
out never saw such excitement as there has been
lately Of course 1t is all about politics. I firm
ly believe that my friends Hauser, Davidson,
Broadwater, Maginnis, Word, Cullen, Zimmerman
and McQuade, who are among the greatest men
IN the United States, have all gone stark, staying
mad. When 1t looks as though the legislature
Will be democratic, they all get drunk and order
wine with both feet, but when they hear that the
homestake returns are likely to be thrown out,
they go wild and swear like troopers and fill their
rear pockets with giant powder and stand with
their backs up against the stoves whenever there
are any republicans around. They do this to
show how desperate they are, but notice they
don't get very close to the stove. called on Sam
the other day. He had just learned that man
ne had sent over to Butte to buy an affidavit had
blown in the money on the high card. Sam had d
wild look about the eyes that didn't like. 1 Of
fered to tear off my shirt-tail and make him an
iced baEdage for his head, but he refused and
said that while Maginnis was alive he would never
be himself again. told him he ought to be glad
of that.
"You see, Mr.. Ginx," said hes confidently, eff I
Win lose that is If we capture tn legislature with
my influence and my money, that man Maginns
stands ready to step In and demand to De a sen;.-
tor. What the DEVILS the use of being a patriot
and a statesman under such circumstances Mr..
Ginx?'
"Well,' said, "can't you get Broadly to pull
the maior?"
Q"He would be a id sight more likely to pull my
nose than to pull the major If should suggest It,
replied Sam. "rhat pot-bellied porpoise is get
ting to be bigger man than am confound
him.
Eyes z replied, ..he declared or the street the
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insane asylum than to the senate and that you
wouldn't join any senatorial poker party this win
ter and he said that ii the truth ever leaked out
about your railroad contracts that even the Sal
walton Army would refuse to pray for you and
| that
Never mind what that venomous old knave
said about me. We are both engaged in great
missionary work now, in giving employment tc
| off itc ne and then tC
leave the country on the next train. Until we gel
enough atfidavits to overwhelm the court, MT
Broadwater and myself are excellent friends en-
gagged in a christian cause, though know the ole
reprobate would put strychnine in my soup If hf
could and he knows that would like to have MI
ears for watch charms, and Pll have them togeth
er with the scalp of Maginnis. I'll teach that in
fernal upstart to talk about rotten boroughs Whel
need one in my business. But Tor the preseh.
MI. Ginx, say nothing and remember t hat Broad
water and Maginnis are my friends, doogass incl
corrupt sonls Good afternoon Mr.. Ginx."
Wandered over to the Cosmopolitan and foun
Major Maginns talking to Hugh McQuald.
"Ah, dontcherknoW," said his nlbs as ]olile
the group, 81 was just telling the Major ooh.
cherknow about the Strand in London where
divides into Picadilly and Threadneedle stree
where nlyS6ll ana WdlGS uScu W AAuO o'SAS o'SA
ing with Miss Chamberlain and Mrs. Langtr!
We used to go into Westminter Abbey, Wheret tn
xueen lives, and after the old girl and her hu'
band had gone to bed, dontcher know, Wales an
myself and the girls would go over to Prueltt's Q
er-rather to the Victoria theatre and take DO
for the rest of the eve."
| "Were you ever really in London, Hugh" sal
the Major 'or did you just spend year or I"
making a cleanup down at Bannack?''
Before Hugh would answer this cheerful hte
ropati on, man came rushing into the hotel ma
less and coatless with one black eye and an et
almost segregated from mis- head.
"Ah," said Ed Zimmerman, there must hay
been another meeting Of the Iron Mountain stocl
. holders. There are 100000 shares OF stock in u
: treasury and the officers of the company are
5 batting among themselves whether to keep IL
the treasury or place it on the market. They hay
evidently had a session this morning. Georg
get sponge and wash the blood OIL that gehti
v Yours,
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