Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-11-23
THE FROZEN BAR


very tasor1te hou OF entertainment 81
kimberley. At first a mere bar. rooms had
bs@n aided % 10 and Il bad prospered and
grown into a hotel 10 far a. II was posi-
bic Tor sn iron house on this diamond neids
10 he kept cool IL was worthy OF it, MAMIE.
There was plenty Of ice there when leo was
TO 10 obtainel, and even when the iee ma
chimes had broken down. as they constantly
we're doing, the bottles were kept cool by
cunning devices known To it, propretresA
However dusty and hot IL Mas outside,
pretty little Kitty was tehind the bar look
ing after her business, fresh, orlght, clean,
and cool. and The sight OF a clean AMI cool
human being in Kimberley dust storm was
always refreshing
She was nearer 20 than 20, and her life
bad been rather "a hard one, though II eaj
left very few traces ON her bright little facs,
ami her troubles had not male her laugh
less CHEEKY smile less sind, though per
hats they had caused that dash OF cynicssm
which sometimes showed Itself In Der talk
She had bsgnn life as haliet.girl IN Lon
don theatre, had Travelled half over the
world with theatri al company, and at
Cape Town had married diamond hesd
man who had taken b up "a htnueriey.
her husband, wlom sue had never cared
much for, was any thing but satisfactory
one But her married life dad not last very
long. Less than year after her marriage
a middle a .ed iena.e arrived on tbs ala
mond telds and iaid Cam 10 ner husband
anu rs sne was peiso OF graf drtsrml
nation and was able u prove that sno had
married him some years letore la l.ondon,
she aired nim oil IN t.lunpn, ieaN ing Kitty
10 I'm | OFT whether or no Tad husband
~as Ls,Ier than none at al Kitty would
probably have answrrss' this in the mega
u,c, for she was very we'll able to take
,are OF herself. she started the Frozen
bar anu prospered thst ., and u she had
only teen good at ssving money wouid NAYS
become quite n rsch woman.
-lias Jack been In hers, TO nignt Kittyf'
said "a man who, WITH S.,me Others, had come
In one evening befoIe going nome -hs has
come back from the river and Is in the
camp again A troubled iook came across
KITTY g face she answered, W aieh Jack
there are 50 many OF them about "Jack
Hope "Ab, saw your friend MIR Jars
Hope Just now al the Corner Bar a. /
passed, said another man, -hs was with a
nice erowd-,lim Pallatler, Ike Sioeman,
and all that lot lie has become a regular
ioafer. ! shouldn't be surprised 10 hear that
BIO Was run Ia any day, Tor he is always
with the Illicit lot
WHAT do you mean o. talking about my
only customers. but be used to be "a II iend OF
yours. Why don't you fellows do some
thing to keep him straight
mo good, tone too Tar" Ought 10
clear out, were their answers to nifty :
question; but one or two men looAed rather
guilty, for Jack hope once had been pop
u!ar on the tielas and hal had a cool
many friends
1 ear cut indeed where TOT 10 the dey II
for all you cara That Is 20 liae ali you
mon. that is how you stick TO a friend
w hat good fun that woman Is: such "A
lot Of go la her, said one rt the meH VIVA
had left the place 10 another they waiAed
home together. "a don't like to bear her, >
said the other, a man whose ideals were
somewhat higher. though his habits OF hse
were even more irregular than those OF
most on ths diamond fields "She 10
such q good little woInan-a deal TOO good
60 talk as sue dosS'
These men would have been surprised IL
they had seen The woman they were talking
about whom they hal lett ia sucn nigh
Spirits he pace was empty, she lsaning
with her elbows on the tar aud her snapeiy
hands covering her face, sobning as IL r
heart would break. Yes, SEE thought, sns
was fool TO have cared any thing or him
or any other man Were they not all either
hnrd, selfish, and heariiess, OF reckless,
pr, digal, aud hOpelessl
With all her knowledge OF the world she
had let herself care a sreaS dral Tor Jack
HOPS, the ne'sr-do-~eil and loa.er whose
fate his old friends had been discussing
What they had said was probably true, sue
thought, II Vas no uss dong anything Tor
HIM she had tiled 10 help him Il vas
her money which hal started HIM upon u
a prospecting trip down the river; tut 10
Wa no good. he had thrown the WORK upAni
was tacA again IN the camp Aes, ia y
were right there whs not much chance tor
him hIs associates were about the worst lot
In the camp lie seeuiei 10 ba going the
road which has iaAsn ~ many a kimberley
man 70 the prison, YET sEe coulin leave
HIM 20 travel - Al, wnat fool ne was,
she thoagnt. she nAd forgotten 10 call her
boy la -Gut the place up Iaoagh IT sss iats
nEd she hears u step ~ the nGor - "a o
abe sig,s her eyes and looks herself a. a,n
IiIe lac customer Is man Out i've an /
twenty "a. hem 81 have becn yer, gao.
lO1slns, an even noA his lace nas 20 Of
i,s osa staee about Il Non, however, It
teiis very ugly story panty enough IL
Ia iasatrd anu Morn with dtiuk aud ~ ST
iAtIo'l, ami lac mas reckless, deAans -.
precision a. II he refused 10 SHOW shame ne
lett ENsn TOT the dIa.aunA ne,ds MS a. e.s
h rather cars.ess une OF his eyes - dis.
colurr-i, Will. on his other CD. 81 he has
marks OF a mole recent lieut.. Any one ano
kneM cosoalat lite cuuiu sum him up Au
Eug.l'uuan weli-bura wEo Ina. gone 10 tas
bad, a Tyre OF man 10 10 met Win sa o. sr
ths COLONIES, wLn has been sent aDruad 20
that 10 should not Disgrace hi, people at
home
Staggering up to tke bar be asks Kitty
how =he n anu call, for a dfInk There Is
rather sharper tone than usual IA nsr
voice "a she iells him that 1t is too iats and
that sic Is going g. csoss gu bad bstler
10 eAek 20 the Corner har, that Is mere ia
your line than this pace. ISN'T it, size
aLaa
All right. he says, II will clear out |
supp So am NOT sood enough for this
shant5. 70 Goodnight
stop. sac sail. changing her mind a. he
turned 10 go away. you ne.dn Il. in ,uca
hurry | want 10 asa you something
hal aie yoa aoing where are you say
ing nov
staying oh, any whore. slept on the
veidt last night. am going 10 stsp Il 0 a
sloeman place tonight tic is 90 4
sort. y oil S.oyman -daa tarn MS hack ON
man becauss be u down On has luck lam
going 10 work Nith hiaA
Ar -lnemhn was the owner % some
claims 10 one Of the mines which uotsoly
else had ever made lay, but in whi,u VITO.
o. dong much work, ne managed % mn
great many diamonds lie also WAS ih.
proprietor Of eantss u uf more than shady
reputation, and hal an interest ia oae or
t~u hsfir stores some lssepl- were un and
enough 10 suggest that his diamonds W. &c
bongpt al Tue santeens aud stores from