The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

He hired "a man to drive the team and
himself rode ahead on his faithful old
horse. az the advance guard and scout.
Crossing the line about II o'clock I'm the
morning five or six miles east OF the sun
River and Fort Macleod road, he wound
his way through the broken hills down
TO the ST. Mary's river. passing witnln
a few miles of the large police station On
the latter stream. At . O'Clock he drove
into tae field Of a Cattleman. rolled his
whiskey into the high grass of a slew"
and then moved M to the ranch house
Tor "A short feed and rest. AT the cordial
invitation of the rancher To unhitch. ne
and his driver had just begun to unhar-
ness the horses when a half dozen DO
licemen were seen To- enter the gate and
ride uD toward the house. Nothing
daunted and without any sign of ner-
vousncss. Srnom proceeded with his
work. and when the redcoats came IN
he greeted them with the rest. OF course
he. and the rancher az well. thoutrt
they were after him. But they did not
recognize him. and after drinking some
mix and glancing at the wagon suspi-
ciously they rode away again.
"A close call. Ornom." said the rancher.
II should say So he rep.ied XIV
minutes earlier. and they would hay.
seen me rolling the kegs out into thr
slew"
I'm a Joner!" groaned the tcamst,r.
"a regular joiner. | was allus nut 81
luck. and II ! stay with IL. this ycrc
outht is goin' to get caught"
a Close Call.
The moon rose that night at 10 o'clock.
and as soon az It appeared above tn
horizon the team was hooked Up. the
liquor reloaded. and they started ~
About five miles from Pothole coulee the
road forks. but these branches meet
again some miles the other side " "a,
coulee. ornom intended to take the right
hand fork, but as he was some distr nee
ahead the driver swung into the left
hand one. Ornom kept on. however. sup-
posing that the wagon was following him.
and when ne reached the brink OF the
hill looking down into the Pothol". he
was startled To see a group Of police
tents down In the bottom. Turninz. a.
took the back track and was relieved -
fiad the team had taken the other road.
Another narrow escaDe' And IN" driver
kept mumb.ing to himself: "A joiner! A
reg'lar joiner However. they me- With
no more adventures that night. and lust
as the sun was rising rolled ~ to a
friends ranch. seven miles from Iath.
bridge. and buried the liquor In ATS gar
den. not emitting to draw scvr:.l p1l.
Ions from one of the kegs 20. the ranch
er's use.
And now the most difficult ami LANCER
Gus part Of the trip was - comc-th.
selling OF the whiskey. The rancn-r maGe
a trip to town and found iva firms will
ing to buy IL at Sl "a gallon. the liuucr
to be delivered and placed IN their cell
lars. Ornom then moved int town. and
every night the teamste sack.d four
kegs on horses To the railway track ditch
near the station. and near morning. when
the town was apparently asleep. Ornom
shouldered them one by one and carried
them to the cellars Of his customers. A
detail OF police were supposed to patrol
the streets nightly. but they must have
slept part Of the time. for the last keg
OF the stock was safely delivered. Bright
and early one morning the smuggler and
his outnt started for home. but before
leaving he wrote a note which ne asked
the rancher to mail that evening. The
next morning the commanding officer
found the following eDistls in his mail
"LethbridEs. June - l>-.
Major --. Commanding Oficsf. y.
W. NJ. r.. LsthbridGe. Prov. Alberta.
Canada.
Sir have just sold iUs gallons os
liquor in your pretty little town. There