The herald., 1896-04-19

every galoot what gets his ear, but he
wires me that he's a-going to do the
talking for the Espee as long as he's
got any wind in his troat
Say, IL Hubbard had given uncle the
foot there wouldn't have been nothing
done to Millsey and Whining and
Schwerin. They'd have had to move
down to Weaver's poor house sure pop.
You'd ought to have seen the way Mill
sey was acting about the time he caught
on that maybe uncle was a-going to get
1t in the neck. He was ready to tumble
another somerset in the air and land in
Hubbards spittoon the same as he did
when he changed masters at the time
Coils showed up with the top hand.
AS tough gang as there is in the
knockery, and it's crowd that amt
much above the kinchen lay anyhow,
yet they're all pretty much disgusted
with the land agent.
Say, I thought the nephew had some
gratitude about him, but he amt got
little bit. After all I done for him, a
warming him to my bosom and a-stand-
ing between him and uncle all the time,
what does he do but the first chance he
gets he tries to sting me. How was
that? Well, I'll tell you, but keep it
quiet, because If the story gets out some
OF them congressman may use It in try
ing to show that there's some better
ments Of the Espee what amt exactly
necessary.
You see, when Coils brought the
nephew out here from the east, the
youngster didn't have a bean to bless
himself with. So me and uncle talks it
over how much salary we ought to give
him for doing nothing. Uncle thought
that Henry ought to save money on Ave
hun a month. I knew that wasn't a.
going to be enough. so says to Collis
Make it a thou. The nephew is young
and will want to entertain and run
around and be a blood Run around
and be blood be damned he says. Let
Hennery stay home and be a banker
1t took me long time before could
talk him into the thou, but he finally
gives In. The nephew told me he'd
never forget what 1 done for him as
long as he lived.
I'm about year noticed the nephew
was a-looking kind of worried, and I
sized it up that he was in heap Of trou-
BILE. So I goes to him one day and asks
what was a-biting at his vitals. He up
and tells me that he was a-running in
debt, and that the sausage man and the
soda cracker chap and the laundry was
a-threatening to send their bills to Coils
unless they was paid pretty quick. If
he gets them bills says the nephew.
he'll make me pack UP my duds.' 1 felt
sorry for Henry, so I tells him that I'll
see Coils and square things for him. He
throwed his arms around my neck and
cried like calf.
so goes to Coils and up and tells
him that the nephew was hard up. Say,
you ought to have seen uncle scour. Has
Hennery been a-shooting craps with
Felthats?' he says. Then he danced
around the room like a wild man and
swore like blazes. / thought he'd have
fit. 1t was about an hour before I
could get him on to himself But can
do most anything with uncle, and after
a while gets him to agree to give the
nephew five hun a month more.
But here's where we struck snag
what we wasn't a-looking for. Col Fred
was only getting a thou a month him
self, and when he hears about the
nephew's raise he made beef, and an
other five hun month had to be tackled
on to his wages We evened it up, though
by firing some track-walkers and cut
ting down the pay in the Sacramento
shops.
Say. after that wouldn't you think
the nephew would stick close to me as
wax? What does he do? Why, when
Hubbard was asking him the other day
If expenses couldn't be reduced, he sug-
gests that now that the Espee is out of
politics my salary Of twenty thou could
be cut in two. Did he get away with it?
Not on your life. If they monkey with
me I'll go over with John Dough ami
give the Espe the hardest old rattle it
ever had.
"As things stand now me and Coils
end Herrin is a-going to stand together.
Colonel Fred will do politics with
Spreckels and both of them will get up
to their neclks in mud. Well be a-kil-
ing two birds with one brickbat. Uncle
says that Colonel Fred has been a-shar-
ing the loot of the Espee without a.
getting even his shoes dirty, and now
it's time he stopped some of them rot
ten eggs what's a-being SHE'D at us
himself
me and Herrln is apparently a
working against each other just now,
but don't mind a-telling you that we
have an understanding. He's a-boost-
ing Ross as Steve Fields successor
while I'm a-booming McKenna. Our
ether guys is a-promising everybody in
sight.
"Well, il you're Though your lunch
I've got to git. I'm a-going up on the
train this aft to Sacramento. I've got
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