Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
rus ltMEKllN CLUB.
y,.,,d,nt Gardner Formally hfpe" "'s
der y. X. Csnif.


der =. X. Canif'.
ear Brudder J. X. Caniff in de hai
,o.pight9" blandly inquired the fresl-
dent As the meeting opened WIN ths
mercury in the Thermometer touching
the figures 99.
Yes sab" was the prompt reply oil
Brother Canif as he rose up,
..Step dis way. please. want 70
HOY few words OF conversashnn via
YOU. How long since you lined 10 aus
club?'
Two vars. sab.
Exactly. Bout three weeks arter
YOU jined called at your house an
warned you to quit loafin' around sa-
looms
"Y-yes. sab.
"A leetle later had to warn ye dat
We mus pay yer debts.
Yes"
"Still furder on was fo'ced to tell
We dat YOU didn't own de airth, as you
seemed to believe, an dat II you didn t
get down to work you'd h'ar sunthin
drap.
YES"
Bout every two month Ize had to
talk wild you on dis matter or on dat
an rze finally got tired of it, Two
weeks ago you went home drunk an
broke de stove wild an axe. tole ye
mex day dat de climax wasn't fur OIL
an now she's heah. You were drunk
agin las mite.
lie sorry. sab.
ut ar too late. reckon Cain was
sorry arter he killed Abel. but beln
sorry didn' help de case any. Brother
Canitf. your name has been erased
: from our books as a member. an you
, kin take your hat an depart You ar
: no longer a member OF dis club.
, Brother Canitf stood like one stunned
: for a moment, and then sank down IL
) a heap on the floor The committee OF
cold storage were quietly ordered tt
remove the remains, and when CAN'T
: recovered his senses he was lying on
2 pile OF tin-scraps in the alley. with /
t cold wave from Lake Huron stealing
: up his spinal column.
3 AN OWNER WANTED.
!, 1t has been year and hall sine
the last attempt was made to destro
Y Paradise Hall, and the janitor hat
: passed from a state OF mental anxiet
!, to serene repose, when he was rudel
II awakened Friday afternoon by tn
n discovery that human hyenas wer
g again on the trail. Sometime betwee
/. Wednesday and Friday access wa
Q gained to the hall by means OF tn
n sky-light in the roof, and probably b
g two or more fiends in human form
d Their great object was to destroy tn
d records and the museum; but as the
$ passed down the hallway and turne
u to the right they encountered bea
trap No |. Its jaws were vide ope
1t aud hungry The villain in the lea
t. must have fairly stepped into it. an
g. he had the closest call of his life.
" the jaws started to close he made
lie spring, and so close was his escape tn
)" he left one of his boot-heels betwet
lie the jagged teeth. The incident
" doubt frightened the villains away
Id once, as nothing was disturbed.
rt 'Dis club will offer a reward of fit
~ dollars fur de arrest of de pusson vi
a. left dat heel behind said Broth
v, Gardner. IAN If he ar caught we W
a. do our best to make him feel sorrowf
ut fur de mex ten Vars of his life. | h.
I'd ordered mo- b'ar-traps, an by tome
Ii rer noon dar will be fo'teen of {
guardin' dis hall. Fur de safety
SIGH members as desiah to visit
library, a map will be issued, wild
locashun of cherry trap indicated b,
ne black and blue spot. detroit Fl
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