Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-07-28

der him.
like simplicity of the gentle savage with
delightful originality. Having been or
dered by patcrnal government to
clothe themselves after the fashion of
civilized socicty-such as it meant out
there-they did it according to their
own graceful and airy ideas. The gins
Of the party were akin to the most fash
ionable Parisian and English exponents
Of dress in that they only wore as
much Of it as was absolutely necessary
and barely enough to meet the demands
Of the laws regulating common decency.
One of the bucks had managed to pick
up an old nightshirt and an old Chin
ney pot hat--how the latter article
came to be in that part Of the world is
one Of those mysteries past allclearing
up-and in these he strutted about with
that kingly step which no other people
in the world have to such perfection
as the Australian black fellow This
gentleman, with a due sense of his dig
nifty and Importance. kept somewhat
aloof from his less fashionably attired
brethren. Doubtless they were dying of
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likely he afterward was created chief
on the strength of his superior tastes.
But some of the others ran him closely
for originality of dress. One wore a
pair of new lone crown" moleskin
trousers tied round his neck like huge
boa and several wore their shirts as il
they we're capes tying the sleeves Of
these useful garments in front as they
would have done scarf. A fayorite
form of headdress was a glaring cotton
handkerchief round the forehead and
inclosing the hair A crowd of hungry.
NANCY dogs yelped. fought and skunk
about. The women carried the picka
ninnies, and the men strutted about with
dignified locks, carrying boomerangs
and nulla-nullas i'll their hands, like
the lords Of creation they were.
The police magistrate and his col
league now took their seats. l was look
ing anxiously around when a general
turning of heads in certain direction
told me that Miss Mackenzie and her
maid were coming. Nothing short Of
two strange women would have caused
such flutter Of excitement in that
truly Bohemian throng. Norah Mac
kenzie came in with quiet. self pos
sessed air. The magistrate had turned
his head with an impatient gesture at
this distraction. But when he realized
the cause of the interruption, it seemed
as If he had quite forgotten the dignity
of his position and the occasion. for.
springing up. he dragged chair un-
ceremoniously from under an unwashed
and hairy looking Individual. who had
coolly appropriated it. and sent him
sprawling on the ground Being. how
ever. in place this individual had
considerable amount Of wholesome re-
speet for and knowing it would be I'M
possible to challenge the "P NJ . 70
have ''ser TO. he wisely held his
tongue and betook himself to the hol-
low tree. Then saw how charming the
squatter's daughter could be when It
suited her purpose. She shook hands
with the p NJ. and seemed SO genuine
~ delighted to see him that the worthy
Magistrate would have gone on talking.
utterly oblivious OF any such thing in
the world as a trial if his brother mag
istrate had not given him a slight re-
minder by covertly kicking him on the
shins 1t was obvious that we should
not have the p NJ. prejndiced against
one of our witnesses
A few men from the government cut
ter and couple Of police constables
were interspersed throughout the crowd
20 as to eject any body evincing dispo-
sition to levity. There was silence. Ev-
cry one was in state Of expectancy. In
another minute Jack marched in be.
tween two cousta bles lhad feared that
he xauld feel the humiliation of bis DO