The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-18
SCANNING THE STATE.
DomoralizinE Effect of a search-Light
IuVestigSiion-

Investigation
Time, $50 O'Clock in the evening.
Place-Boss Buckley's mansion.
Present-Boss Buckley and his lieutenant
Max Pepper.
Buckley Gn an attitude of deep dejecLionl
Ruin, ruin! ruin everywhere!
Pepper Soaking his handkerchief with
eau de cologne and tendery bathing Bucks
forehead up, Chris; the day Of ruin
Is yet not come
Buck. Signing deeply)-No use, Pop. old
boy; can feel ruin aching like rheumatism
IN my bones.
Pop. Qlling two glasses with cognac)-
Your liver Is out OF order, Chris. Here,
drink with he, and to perdition with the
- shOru lambs.
Buck. Draining his glass)-Ha, Pop, dear
boy, l feel better now. How do you Ike
the fit Of my new trousers?
Pop. iaside)-Blast his trousersI ] believe
he wants 10 be Il dude.
Buck.-What's the latest news from the
State? Is that chunk OF ice, Pond, doing
- any better?
fop.-He's worse than bump on log
He has no more magnetism than an inSu-
lator. He's as limp as cows tail IN
raln-stOIm.
Buck.-Curse his frozen heart he'll swamp
Us So bad that the boys will try to murder
Us. Wen have to bolt the city, Pop, on the
5ih, or our lives wont be worth the decayed
end of banana.
Pop. (glo9milyJ-I wish we could see all
over the State al a glance, and just know
how certain is our defeat.
Buck. eliminating for few minutes)-Pop,
what was that you were telling Inc about
the search-light al the Pavilion?
P0p.-Oh, something new in an electrical
appliance. 1t throws a stream of light for
miles.
Buck.-Just the thing, Pop Bring me
one as soon as you Can, and get 1t big
enough to iiumine the whole State. And
say, dear boy, while you're downtown Just
b5SS nle--4il..tt another silk robe de cDalnbre,
ana get me another gallon of bay rum for
my bath. and tell my tailor l want him TO
call On lie tomorrow, and you might tlnd
out if there are a few choice bargains In
real estate, and Exit Pepper, with face
like It tluudeT-clOud)
Buck. tsOllluquIZingl-So Something wrong
with Pop He went out in deuce Of
hurry
1Interyal Of twenty-four hours. Buck aud
Pop are on the roof of Bucks mansion,
ana J ~ is operating big search-light)
Buck.-W hat do you see, Pop?
POp.-Ihe light is spreading over the
northern counties, and everywhere can see
big crowds OF miners and rancherS and
tOwnspeOple marching IN procession and
bearing transpareacles.
Buck.-And what do you read on the
traBspareucies, Pop?
Pop.-MaTkham for Governor. Down
with Buckley's Pond.
Buck.-N thing in favor of Pond?
PIP. .Tagically) oihing!
BuCk.-IhrOw that Internal light over the
south and tell NE how things are going there.
Pop. (hesitatingly)-Sam thing, Chris :;
We're not in it there. They've got Marx
hams name stuck on every peak Of the Te-
hauhapi Mountains
Buck.-I knew it! l knew it. We're
ruined, ruined, ruined! Pop, do you love
me?
Pop.-Just the same old love as ever.
Chris.
Bucks that search-light heavy, Pop?
Pop.-Heavy as the weight that Pond has
tied TO our necks.
Buck.-Then brain me with it, Pop. Hit
me ha!d and tell the boys that it was
game Of freeze-out this time and l lost all
my chips. They'd never stick to me any
more. I'm ruined, ruined!
Pop summons the servants to look after
Buck, while he hurries away 10 get the court
physieian, and the curtain falls.J