Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-07
"VIVE LA SPAINW

"vlVE LA sPAlN!
Another time he slipped the goldpiece un-
der a door, and had to use my knife to
get it out. Sometimes he'd go around to
the rear of house and put the money un-
der the buck step. Oh, but he kept me
busy! didn't care, though. was get
ting $50 goldpiece every minute. Well,
I think it was ut the Thirty first street
corner that he stopped at a mail box and
began putting in the twenties ono at a
time. stood back and watched him. He
simply put them in there one after another
until there must have been $4,000.
"Then he started south again. But
said to myself: This mail box Is a good
thing. I'll stick to 1t and see II I can't
got tho money out. So tried to pull the
cover off, and then got big stone and
was going to burst In the box when I saw
mail collector drive up in little two
wheeled cart. told him that a friend of
mine who was intoxicated had dropped
lot Of gold into tho box, and that would
be glad II no would open the box and let
me have the money. He said Certainly
and then he opened the box and swept tho
letters into q pouch he carried, but there
wasn't any money to be seen. l thought
he had slipped tho money out with the let
ters, 90 demanded that he let me search
the pouch-in fact, think grabbed hold
of it. He pulled revolver and began to
shoot at me, and started to run.
HE jumped into his little wagon and
chased me, firing Mt every jump. ran
from Thirty first street to the Rush street
bridge, and should Judge that he fred
thousand shots at mo. When got to the
bridge, I looked around for him, but he
had disappeared. A boy came up with some
afternoon papers. I wanted to buy one to
see II there was anything in there about
me finding the money, but when put my
hand In my pocket didn't have . cent
Then woke up"
"It'sall very we'll to laugh about dreams
afterward," said the book agent, breaking
tho silence which followed the finish Of the
dentists story. "They're realistic enough
at the time had an experience tho other
morning.
! "You Gee, have my morning paper de-
Mvered at my room. The boy opens tho
door and throws It over on the bed. That
particular morning I woke up and read
shout Q battle In Cuba. Then ! rolled
over and went to sleep again. and found
mysen In Havana talking with old Cap.
tain Ashmore, man haven't seen In 30
years. He invited me to get into buggy
with him-aid he wanted TO show mo
aroun.:.
| $50 got In and We drove through the
town and out into the country until we
came 10 village Of small white houses.
Then no alighted, and he introduced mo
to q lot Of military men. While I was
shaking hands with them . cannon ball
,rA.S sailing over ~ . and smashod ono
u ths houses all to p sea- Two men grab
= me and pushed ,intos building and
u mo to lie down, ID keep quisA I got
~ into dark COZ and at thRo and
ncd TO the BATH outside. NWas the
most horrible noise lever heard. Presently
I heard men shouting: 'Vive Il 6painl
Vive Ia Spainr and"-
2 "Hold onp' said "Doo" Horna "Thst
Asn't Spanish. That's French"
"You oouldn't expect an American 10
dream In Spanish, could your asked the
sslush. s..
"Well, anyway that's what I heard them
shout" resumed the book agent "Thsy