The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-18


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Noutt il..,r s:g.-r.! iat, 81 run.
The Icy "a at1tli * bp., a.te.,ins ~
heels a@a'nai tar 81 -, i-c y.ssa s1f"1
.tu,nry boy Wiz ~ abundance
i~r.rslcS heid over .i*l. simmer.
box was an n~ri...ty l.!e!.tI1 Los. I.
stual on The siuev"i.. in l. /. q -"
Walton n,iitins n Franklin rect, ~
where the Si,sfl syenH elevated r.
crosses Underneath the l1A Il lo'",.
iaan. GRAY leuhi%lsereii raj lad taken ~
temporary quarters.
The rat was III bad luck In the t,r*i
place a s%,e;.i:y hooking 10 droory as t.
tail. "A mon%rri e the lind t~rme! '.ya!-
ler.' was longing about. posing iii the
gutter and ye;u.lihg for an opportunity
10 display The ,lev!l!ry c"i.!!..pl to L.>
kind. Behind tie rats refuge iii ii door.
way Il pretty young woman was taiNl.2;G
to a much iiifatnaet, ~"tieor.r." An cid.
rrlv and important looking parsonage.
wearing gold mounted eyeglasses and
CARRYING Il gold headed cane. had jnst
made an imposing descent from the elc-
waited station and was prniienading lei
surely toward the box. \ cart horse al
tached to a truck stood i'll front OF II 81,
loon rear by waiting for the driver Ia
come ont All was calm and peaceful!
Then the rat came on the scene.
The first to see him was the boy. He
jumped off the box. and the rat started
on. toward the station with the boy III
hot chase. This aroused the dog. who.
with a howl of anticipated sport. joined
in the pursuit The fugitive made
straight for the elderly parsonage. The
hoy was IA fairly good second and the
dog il close third. The parsonage. be-
coming aware that something was colr-
ing his way. glanced over the top of the
gold mounted eyeglasses.
Hi there" yelled the boy. lies
comm your way. Head i'm off. Swati.
TT i'm one with til stick"
The old gentleman ",wathered. He
missed the rat and hit the boy on the
shins The boy gave "A shrill who"p. lay
down on the walk and wept.
Did it hurt you:' inquired the wne
Of the cane.
That made the boy so angry that he
stopped crying
Did it hurt me-" he huwled in right
-ous wrath Did it hurt me: Yon Oh
gold headed @ How'd vou like il
IF | dubbed yer blaomin Oh shils with Il
Vaughn spoke: Whatd @ say IF . fat
headed cove Hi. Here he comes back
Grab i'm. Turn i'm back, Hit i'm
when he goes by"
The rat had doubled on his track ana
was flying ur the street again with the
dog several PAGES behind. In between
the feet Of the parsonage dolged the rat.
The dog essayed to follow by the sam.
route and got tangled up with the feet
Down came the parsonage. his gold
headed cane flying in n direction and
his gold ,immed spectacles in another.
Then and there he offered IL few remark,
that wrurg from the boy an admirina
tribute. Gosh" said he. ''you can cuss.'
In the meantime the rat was on hi.
way up the street. and the pretty young
woman who with her George" had
emerged from the doorway. was walking
down the street engaged in conversation
Yes. he was just as nice about it as
he could be: said 1t wasn't any trouble
1T all. He said Oh. O-w-w-w-w
George. E-e-e-e-e-e-e! It's "A rat, Help
Its coming this way. E~-e-e-e-e-e. He'll
me ny on this box. Yes. I'm all right
now but Oh. George. do you suppose
he can climb up here: E-e-e-e-e-e. Dom,
let him climb up here or | shall Odd
de-
George let ont a terrific kick that
landed in the stomach Of the pursuing
dog By way Of retaliation the dog
took off part of one leg from Georges
trousers. and fed across the street howl
ing disinally until it came to the car,
horse. Apparently connecting that ami
NAL with his misfortunes. the dog nib.
bled at its hind leg. The horse snorted
and ran down the street with the track
Gathering after. The rat. instead of tax.
ing this chance Of escape, rushed fran.
tically across the street and back again,
with the boy. who had come up, followed
BY the parsonage. hot on the trail. The
parsonage was regarding with undis'
kulSCO dU4AllI ot9Ou lNSO pACAty SIls II
with garments gathered and held ur
lightly in one hand. was standing on
tiptoe on the box viewing the chase.
George was looking at his trousers.
The owner of the truck came out o;
the saloon in time to see his property
rafting down the street. As he started
after it. leaving a trail of profanity be.
hind him, a gaunt cat sauntered out OF
the saloon. Before the teamster had
caught his horse the cat had pounced on
the rat and put an end to him. Then the
dog avenged his woes by catching he,
by the back of the nee and shaking the
life ont, Of her. The boy hit the dog
with a brick on general principles. Then
he returned to the parsonage, the box,
George. and the pretty young woman.
The latter was saying:
oh. dear! was so scared. hOp<