The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-24
AaVh1aTtul Interference

atnarv course os trade they'd draw
every ounce If dust that was 20 ths
camp hefnre the opening OF the tai'
ard. moreover naeaus II.
.sSugr. - these men Rad tried = pay
a sau.s ike that In California you
have been able 70 sift beans through
their earrasses inside Of 10 tErse. Bsat
fn1new went different in British Column
t,sa. from the first. and these Tanks
kraw II. There was that darrs-8 old
fudge Hess,tp down there ia Victoria,
with his efarr1al MAJESTY Of the law,
70 be reckoyspt with. and re was
tf.1 gssssr'f1 the toughest of us. He taught
ms something before we started VIC
toria was fun of men with Caaif"TnS
ways 10 en- that first winter, ard there
was muses. TOW and again, but the ciiS
gov naeng put on more officers. iii you
couldn't even look like ngfatin man.
much less carry q revolver in your
clothes, but you was hauled up before
the Old Man. and 81 was ten dollars or
n fortnight every time, and all the
boys laughing at you in the bargain.
Why. caice. when there'd been Dit OF
a sesragse. but no ore much The worse
for IL. they roped in the whole crowd
and be sent 'eua all up for a month.
I'll serve all alike. but I'll stop THIS
thing says the Judge. and someone In
court yeIIs out: Prison amt Dig
enough. je<ige,' and the Old Man rises
All solemn and says. TX that New
Westminster prison amt big enough.
I'll have another built seq ne. and
another after that, and then another.
but I'll have the queens peace kept
seq he. And. moreover. bring me here
that man that spoke. It's contempt OF
court. and he'll go toward filling up
Now. you bet when there's judges
like that In country n,enal be care
ful how they meddle with things that'll
give the law a hold of 'eIn, and I ex-
pect that's how IL was that there was
not one OF us so much as mentioned
that these Same traders ought to be
shot. though every man OF US felt just
like doing ii.
But anyhow, we soon saw that
something had got to be done. So 1t
got whispered about and the boys all
met quietly to consider. and fixed up h
plan that was carried out as neatly as
possible On New Years day, with no
fuss or bother. Half dozen of us goes
careless like 20 one store. and half
dozen TO the otter--not all at once. but
Just dropping In quite accidental, and
placed ourselves where we'd be use-
fullest In case OF any kicking. and then
the man that was agreed on opens out
quite innocent-Iike and wants to know
what price -four was to-day.
!" 'Gettin' very scarce. indeed. says
the thief OF a trader. an I've been
Obliged to put up the price again. Six
bits a pound II Is today, and / won't
sell much at that
'''Oh. H. TO your six bitsr says our
Cap. Didn't you hear -four had gone
down sudden In this camp? Why,
actually they're sellin' now at the other
sore at 20 cents. and that's the proper
market price. and VIE aren't the men to
allow any swindling. either. Here are
all the boys waiting outside TO take
what you have az that price. SO just
YOU look sharp and serve EN-
"wcil, the trader booked round from
one to another of us. and We all gives
him a pleasant smile and nod. and he
saw then what the matter was, and
groansd and sorter turned over in his
mind II there was any way out OF Ii,
but Couldn't find one. IL turned him
all white and shaky. Boys seq he.
it's burned robbery. and nofhin' else:
lots OF that -four cost me 30 and 40
cents.
More fool you. To- go and pay
morn a thing is worth. We can't af-