The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-18
IT WAS A LOADED CIGAR
Jim Bailey Has Lost Confidence
in Human Nature.
STEERED UP AGAINST IT
1t Went of Like a Fourth of July Dis
play of Fire Works-Then He Tried
Another With the Same Py-
rothecnic Results.

MissouIa, Dec 17.-3Ym Bailey has
been steered up against loaded cigar
and has entirely lost his confidence in
human nature. He has always been
a confiding individual, and there have
been some men with whom he would
have trusted all that he has in the
world. But ii is different now, and he
has not smiled for a long time. The
worst of ii is that the man who gave
him the cigar is one of those whom he
trusted most implicitly, and this fact
makes the blow all the harder TO bear
The job of loading the cigar was most
artistically done, and when it Went
off il was like a Fourth of July dis
play of fireworks. When the cigar was
lighted 1t smoked freely for few Sec
onds. and then there was a burst of red
fire that would have done credit to 4
Roman candle. This did not phase Jim.
and he smoked bravely on without
missing a word of the story that he
was telling to some of his friends. He
had not smoked long, however, before
there was another burst of flame, this
time green in hue, from the end of his
torch. This second explosion dscom-
flied him slightly, but he smoked brave
~ on. In an instant there was a blue
and then he threw away the cigar with
the remark that it didn't burn we'll and
he thought he would try another Nov.
the rascal that had given him the first
cigar gave him the second. but Jim had
not entirely lost his confidence in hui
man nature, so he touched match to
the second one. If the first had been
corker the second was double-riN-
eted one. There was no slow fuse at
tached to it. II meant business from
the turnlcose and IL did il. Away ii
went and away went Jim Fortunate
~, he was not injured in the least, and
will be able to take his Christmas din
ner, but the light has gone out of his
| life. as the man in whom he placed the
most confidence loaded these cigars for
him. and then, to make the matter
| worse, laughed at him.
There is a welI-known professional
| man in town. who is something of a
/ book-worm, and whose chief delight 1T
| is to have good books and plenty of
| them Not long ago, he saw a notice OF
a new Bible that he thought would be
| a good thing to haVe-for historic puf-
/ poses-and he studied the prospectus
4 carefully. He was certain that 1t was
| what he wanted and he sent for ii, 1t
/ came to him in due time, and he opened
| the package eagerly. When he looked
at the book he said but one word, and
| that would not look well In print. But
| it expressed his feelings exactly and
he let 1t go. The book that he had
bought was printed In Hebrew, and he
| does not know as much about He
| brew as he does about Chinese. He Is
now negotiating with the publishers
for an exchange of the book for pho
tograph album.
Al Fowler has gone back to Saltese
and will probably remain there till
spring. He was in Missoula for several
| days, and they We're merry ones for
| him. He was arrested once and did
not get to bed at all while he was III
| town. He will sleep for a week now
that he is where there is nothing 10
| disturb him. When he went up the
Bitter Root to spend a few days with
his friends there some of his Missoula
friends wired the sheriff of RaVail1
county. Colonel Tom Irvine To place
him under arrest and the genial Tom
did so. Al was in a prcdieameni. but
he sought to get even with his friends
who had jobbed him, by sending them
long kilograms. collect" explaining his
situation. The friends, however, sur
missed the contents of the kilograms ane
refused TO take them from the com
pany, so Al had 10 pay the tolls him
self. How he got out of jail no one
here knows. but he showed up in day
or two, and was as smiling as ever.