The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-07-13
MEN OF JAYVILLE GET A LESSON.
But They Give 1t Back in Null
tiple Doses and Save the
Town from Ruin.
Written for the HERALD by . HoULIGANs PARD.
CHAPTER v.

liz ollSiH VI tle Hdiue CllSnuuCk
is shrouded in mystery. The first
syllable, is good Anglo-Saxon for
"sly" and means cunning, crafty,
subtle. The last syllable may have
had either of two derivations. The
N. H. German has ducken or tauch-
en-, and the O. H. German, tucken,
meaning to dive, or to duck. The
Dutch for the same is duiken. Or
the second derivation, which is Dan
ish in origin, dukke, meaning doll,
baby or puppet, has greater claim
to the fatherhood of the name. In
German it is spelled docken. AT any
rate, the name Slighduck is sim
ply corruption Of one of the two
above roots.
But be that as it may, the astute
individual had received what our
fathers called a premonition, what
we call hunch, that there was go
ing to be trouble. Some of his
trusted friends had ceased to evince
their customary affability and a great
many of the towns people carefully
avoided him. The storm of popular
disapproval was thickening round
his noddle, and already the wind be-
gan to whistle doleful melodies about
his lonely form. Fighting against
fear which robbed his peace of mind
he found no rest, day or night. By
day he thought of boycotts, sure
thing games, and coercive instruc
tions. BY night he mused upon
mobs, hoodoos, and CHASTITY phan-
toms. He saw that the tables had
turned, and every hour kicked him
self for being on earth. He saw
that his s'cold deck" had not worked
and that Jayville was "raising" him
at every bet. He had given bluff
and had received one in return. His
only remaining hope was that he
might outlive the storm of opposi-
ton which had gathered; but poor,
detect. and deluded scion of Shy-
lock might just as well.have died at
once.
For the men of Jayville arrived
not at hasty conclusions. They met
their weightier issues with a delib-
Grafton born of candor and good
sense. They had, each for himself
and not one for another, resolved not
to endure the pluck-me store. 1t
was adverse to their natures and op-
posed to their style of business.
And they would not endure it. 1t
was even claimed by some that one
could secure better bargain at the
company store than at the other
stores. But the principle was bad.
It would never do to allow it to be
perpetuated in the camp. They
would rather bear with the other
merchants and their prices, rather
live as they had always lived, rather
see the town go to ruin than see de-
stroyed that principle which gives
every man the right to earn his mo-
ney and spend it where he pleases.
While these troubles were brew
ing, the smooth and Shiny Rockyfel-
ler arrived on the scene. He just
came over to Jayville to fix things
up little. He had no doubt that
the difficulty would be amicably set
tied as soon as he made his appear
ance. He could tell the jays that
everything would be all right. He
could load them up to their necks
with such stories as he chose to tell
and they would only cape for more.
Yes, ROCKEFELLER came. Came
not as come the vulgar throng in
common railway coach, but in his
private car, or cab, as he proudly
called it. He always rode in his pri-
vate cab. Common coaches and
sleepers may be good enough for 9th