The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
Especial Lsttsr.l

found dWslling In the nats along the
Detroit river. near Detroit. Mich. In
stature he h small. In complexion like
10 his native mud. In habits simple
and-uncleanly. In appetite satisfying
himself with roast "muskrat shtun viz
onyon." washed down with whisky
little better than raw alcohol. In
Imagination he IN Wild. vivid. tanciful.
sxtravagant.
On Monday Antoine Boudie, true
type Of the muskrat Frenchman. came
Into Jean Baptiste Montie's saloon at
Ecorss with q red and swollen nose.
There was considerable excitement IN
the saloon. The two Cicottes Of De-
troit were playing q match game OF
pedro with the two Monte brothers
Thsdo Cicotte was winning. and play
Ing every card with yell OF triumph
and q thump Of the knuekles that
made the table dance. Fourteen
tinei" he shrieked. Is he played on
the last trick and chalked the score
down on the table top. while the
crowd, composed Of unksmpt, un-
washed, but sympathetic muskrat
Frenchmen, pressed closely around the
players. The triumphant Thedo
turned and beheld Antoine Boudie's
nasal beacon.
'Haylo. Antoine. Hal Re red nose.
Ware you get him!"
WARE I get himf I ten you You
say liar, but % II In. Dess morn l
tax pain an AZ an 90 to rivaire; walk
out bout half acre on ice. chop hole
In Ice an get wataire. Den ] say, I
t'irsty; get drink stoop. poot head
In hole, drink wataire. Sploshl bang!
Sometimes by ne nose hat me fast
I gesy great swair. leap, fall on Ice.
hear something strike. ! rub wataire
out my eye. Look. Deere on Ice lie
cat teesh, beeg, so long. wat / poo
out wataire BY my nose. All! she hurt
an bleed, but I tax feesh an pail an
20 to house. frs ! put leetle nat
muskrat on my nose teel she feel YER
nne. Den I weigh feesh-1o pounds.
I tax before many beeg teesh, but not
20 on my nose. Wen feesh TAX nose
for bait I Jus soon be couple scrs on
I tell you, fsesh bite my nose. How
vheesky max red LAX datf You call
me liarf You hear dat Kanuck fell
lowf Somebody hoP mel keel himi
Oil good. All right Vas. ! tax
drink dan Leets glass vhsesky,
please"
Antoine went to the bar. and the
cards being dealt again the game was
proceeding when the side door opened
ana Theophile Campau came In drag
ding q large sturgeon that would weigh
perhaps 80 pounds. Jean Bapttste
Monte turned to him with IN limo
Gently inquiring expression:
~Ha, TheophIle, you got vale. Ware
you an dat drif' 'shorei"
~W'ati You insool' me LAX datf I
I'm him on hook wat / bait for him
You stop play card minnit tell you
quars ting. Dis morn-eariy-I 90
feesh. T'ink I catch few leetle perch.
row out couple acre on Lighthouse
Point, were ice IL gone on. After vile
perch he began bite. ! pool. Sploshi
Beeg sturgeon he come. keteh perch
By tail; hoP him up out wataire. un-
hook him on hook, t,rov him In air.
Perch tall back In wataire and swim
way. Wal, I tink dat Quare ting.
Den I t'roW IN gen Ketch nudder
perch. Splosh! Sturgeon save him
same way BY tain Dis 90 On nine.
ten time. Den I get mad. I rage. /
svair, t'row hst In air. stamp
pritty near hole In bottom boat: but
when t,row In gen sturgeon come
Jus LAX same time before. ony does
dina h vink NJ ma has ava