Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-10-09

the last week. and saysas he must SIC
yon."
IL that allg' queried Jack.
"No, sir-he says he's your ngela
My uncle. What DID nonsense,
Why, the fellow must be lunatic or m
impostor!"
Just so. sir. hut we can't get rid Of
him. and ! didn't like 10 give the poor
old idiot in charge
Quite right; next time be comes I'll
see him"
Oddly enough, half an hour afterward
the old gentleman returned and Flaggon
promptly ushered him in.
well. my man" said the new baronet,
''and what can do for youy
, Jack" said the stranger. "do YOU
! mean to say that you don't know Inc:
] I'm Your Uncle Toby-I am, indeed. and |
, not Il blessed soul recognizes mel"
/ Jack stared at his seedy visitor in as.
constituent. His clothes were shabby.
and he wore a hang dog look; his face
was disfigured in most remarkable
] ] fashion, and the small remnant Of hair
that he possessed stuck upright in a
! strange tuft. He did not resemble the
:. late Sir Toby Bunsiin in the slightest,
but the tone of his voice was horribly
:. familiar.
: This is driyeling nonsensew he said:
'but IL you are my uncle, how the deuce
: do yon account for the fact that you
: were drowned in the Atlantic;"
3 Il wasn't drowned, it was another
= passenger" and Sir Toby confessed the
" story Of the change of coats
But what on earth have you been
:, doing for more than two years.
~ II went hunting bears and things in
the Rocky mountains" said Uncle Toby
de in sepnlchral voice. I'VE lost our way.
w wandered about for days. and were even.
IT. tually captured by the Indians Couldn't
rs get away or even write"
he "Oh, indeedi Il that why you have
N tattooel your face SO elegantly asked
Wy Jack.
let Il didn't tattoo myself they did il for
~ me- walled Sir Toby. MY face i.
foi nothing to the rest Of me. I've got d
her pine forest. a lake and a range Of noun
nd, tains ON my back three rattlesnakes o.
hat each ann. my chest is covered with toma
the hawks. arrows and pipes; and there arr
his opossums, terrapins and all sorts Of d.
ny. beastly animals on my legs
! al Dear me, uncle. what's become q
tn- your left carr
well, You see. Red Blanket, the chief
vas you know. took great fancy to me; bu
,rt sometimes he used to get drunk ant
ter throw things about. He cut nearly tn
eek whole Of my ear off with tomahawl
las one day"
nan You must have had "A rollicking time
'on Don't laugh, you vagabond," crjct
INK, Sir Toby, waxing wrathful. Look a
ION. my head That was done by Blu
ght Blazes. another chief; he tried 10 seal
the me, and ii was all that Red Blanke
ally could do to stop him. He got about hal
and of il off ~ it was And now. Jack
IAN, when you've done grinning perhap
ied, you'll talk business. meant to play
his joke ON you. hut it seems TO me that "
sck. got the worst Of it. However. Wen le
mt bygoncs be bygones; Ill make you
sen. good allowance, though | hear tina
ght you've married wife with big fort
was unc. But. Of course. you know now 30
re- must clear out"
Clear ont OF what"
link why. out Of my property and m
aed money"
In. You're welcome TO the baronetc,
oat, Uncle Toby said Jaek. thoughtful,
the "but I'm afraid that | can't oblige 70
put any further
Idle What the deuce do you mean. sr?'
in. simply that there's nothing left I
his clear ont Of, I've spent it-eycry hiessc
. ut bob
enc Sir Toby turned iisid under his Ia
kcts too marks
ing You internal young scoundrels' b
ter, shricllel
ans Are yon nads"
Y 10 Not bit If il. uncie. don't get Q,
'.or. cited Aou see. nearly all the ready W
any left went tn pay post ohts. and then
ink took 10 racing and gambling hit. Ha
or" most shocking luck, Lost every 81,
ight pence. sold the house in Grosyene
of square. sold Bunsltin Hall under the sei
tied estates act. yon know; sold every
re- thing. If hadn't married Hilda
should hive been absolutely stone broke
on SHE bought back Bunskin Hall. by spt
0by cial leave of the trustee; but MI he
laif money il strictly tied mp, and haven
for siSpcnce of my own in the world
hy is this really true." said Sir Tob.
~ family
we're Gospel truth. assure you. A.
But Taper and Deeds, they know all aban
ntil il. Never mind, uncle. you've had ynu
sir fun with the Indians, ynu know. an
mite I've had mine. Won't yon have brand
Gen and soda or something; You look quit
ont. green. Tell You what. II you let m
ook keep the title, I'll pet Hilda to make 30
oh. head gardener Mt Bunslsin-e25n a year
late good house and precious little 10 dc
Think ii over. nncles"-London Truth.
no Caught Mapping.
hen Persons who own impnlsive tongue
lat may often be provoked into amnsin
tied plumbers when some easily answere
tain question is unexpectedly put to then
om- Most of ms haze been victims of the ol
self joke. What day of the month is til
OF 4th of july" and. wise as we think oul
and selves. it has doubtless caught MS nal
roll ping,
ow. Jane. saia joker TO his wife, ID
uld You know what cod liver oil is made of
Gle. No. I'm sure don't" returned sht
GER without stopping to think. Il suppos
the it's patent medicine, all advertisement
ton AMI hnmbng.
es4 Il am going to give free lecture
town, said "a gentleman visiting his NJ
nak tive place to an old friend. II hor
y,pyy'11 sa,f4.