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

Another time he slipped the goldpiece un-
der 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 back step. Oh, but he kept me
busy! didn't care, though. was get
ting $40 goldpiece every minute. Well,
I think it was at the Thirty first street
corner that he stopped ut mail box and
began putting in the twenties one at a
time. I stood back and watched him. He
simply put them in there one after another
until there must have been 100000.
"Then he started south again. But
said to myself: This mail box is good
thing. I'll stick to it and see If I can't
get 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 n little two
wheeled cart. told him that friend Of
mine who was Intoxicated had dropped
lot of goldinto tho box, and that would
be glad If he would open the box and let
me have the money. He said Certainly
and then he opened the box and swept the
letters into pouch he carried, but there
wasn't any money to be seen. I thought
no had slipped the money out with the let
tiers, 80 I demanded that he let me search
the pouch-in fact, think grabbed hold
of 1t. He pulled q revolver and began to
shoot at me, and started to run.
HE jumped into his little wagon and
chased me, firing at every jump. I run
from Thirty first street to the Rush street
bridge, and should judge that he fired
thousand shots at me. When got to the
bridge, I looked around for him, but he
had disappeared. A boy came up with some
afternoon papers. wanted to buy one to
see If there was anything In there about
me finding the money, but when put my
hand in my pocket didn't have a cent
Then woke up"
"It's all very we'll to laugh about dreams
afterward," said the book agent, breaking
the silence which followed the finish Of the
dentists story. "They're realistic enough
ut the time. I had an experience the other
morning.
"You see, I have my morning paper de-
livered at my room. The boy opens the
door and throws 1t over on the bed. That
particular morning I woke up and read
about battle In Cuba. Then rolled
over and went to sleep again. and found
myself in Havana talking with old Cap
tain Ashmore, a man haven't seen In 80
years. He invited mo to get into buggy
with him-said he wanted to show me
around.
$50 got in and We drove through the
town and ont into the country until We
came to village Of small white houses
Then he alighted, and he introduced me
to . lot Of military men. While was
shaking hands with them q cannon ball
came sailing over tree and smashed one
Of the houses all to pieces Two men grab
bed me and pushed me into building and
told me to lie down and keep quiet. got
back into dark corner and nat there and
listened to the battle outside. It was the
most horrible noise lever heard. Presently
I heard men shouting: 'Vive Ia Spainl
Vive Ia Spainr and"-
"Hold oni" said "Doc" Horne. "That
isn't Spanish. That's French"
"You couldn't expect an American to
dream in Spanish, could yous" asked the
Flush.
"Well, anyway that's what heard them
shout, Z" resumed the book agent "Thev