The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-24

gard to the letter which, he held in his
handl He flung it on the table;
"Why in thunder didn't | send it the
minute it was written? The informa-
ton in it belongs to the company. sit
theirs-isitm mine? It'son my conscience
that it ought to 60 The amount of
systematic robbery, ard lying, and cor
-upting of the company's agents, that's
gone on here is almost too picturesque
for belief. / wonder what they wou.G
have put up on me if had come an
bounced as the company's representa-
tive authorized to make report? J
. should have succumbed a little more
previously, that's all. I should have
ooked at her and rendered my rcsigra-
ton on the spot A curious fatality that
we've both been here about the same
ime, and I never saw her til last might
i mean two nights ago. It is an age
yet it is the very present moment that
live in. Hang the letter. How car I
send it after our little talk about her
:roubics? L will trust you with al my
.roubles,' said she. She shall trust me.
Il llcI EOlCllOQS OtQ lJui Ci!l 10 ~ Dc III
yestigated they must send another
nan. We're a rum crowd over there.
set of doting grandmammas were
wiser. 1t moves me to tears and laugh
.er. the faith that is in us when faith is
downright Stiffness, and the fantastic
suspicious that feed upon us whenever
suspicious the wrong card"
Here sound of footsteps crossing
he dump from below was beard
Darcie crouched behind the car and
reached for his rifle; he listened sharp
| y till he heard Mikes whistle, then he
sang out:
care we there, Moriarty?'"
Yes; Mike was there, and he had.
brought news, of which he disburdened
himself together with his bacon, and
Jour, and pail of lard, andlmatches, and
candles, and coffee. He had, as he said,
made pack-horse of himself.
81 dunno fwhat country this is we're
ivin' in now," he began in his richest
pass, shaking out a reef in his IRIS"
ill the timbers rang. cts not a free
country, be gosh! Call man a fou!
name, and bate the loife out av him
that's right! Thin anarchists rounded
up wan O. the Caltrop boys in town last
evenin', and settled wild him for shcab
and thraitor. The guards found hin,
at daybreak, and tiliphoned to the man
ager, and word come down he was to be
'int up to the harspital on a han -cyar
Free 'av the Caltrop boys showed him up
the thracl, and as they was bringin'
the cyar back the union min set upon
them. and mshandled them. and two
rot away and wan was left on the
thrack wild the sinse knocked out a,
lin. And the mine showed its guns t.
'n,ieci its mine WHIST they was fetchln
him III, undi the women began.to screecl
that the mine was firm on the town
And all the bigmouths was talkin', ant
think the crisis has come. And tina
;criptur' they nailed upon the doc
outside, that names business, Darci
dear. IT is small private matther, blu
think they'll be lookin' afther US pref
ty SOON"
"Why do you say U.S. Mike? You
name is not in it."
I'm in whatever my pardner's in
But here's the quarest go, and, by tn
cross, I dunno fwhat to make av it! II
none so fond O. the nayborhood av tn
Big Horn, but it's the shortest way, an
the boys is mostly in town on this rack
ct was tellin' ye, so l snaked along u
the thrack, and as was steppin' up tn
thrail by the managers house, a nat
little girl foregathered wild me.
"'Is this Mike McGowan?' says she.
"'It's bound to be Mike said
'whin a purity CURL is passin' the word
I'm thinkin' t was Abby Steers that
housekeepin' for Misther Bingham, bu
/ thought her good bit oulder tina
this wan. But We niver can tell; the
make themselves what age they pleas
"'Has that pardner of yours, JAG
Darcie, has he left7' says she.
HE has not says I. For VIII
! should he leave?'
"'I heard he got notice, that's all
says she. There's . lady wants to sc
him if he hasn't skipped; but she can
go to him, and it'll not be healthy 70
, him to come where she is. if anybod
happens to see him.
Does the lady wear number mines
/ says l. AN does she shmoke the Seal {
North CarlinyY And l Civ her winl
go long says she; for what do 20
take me?'
: For somebody's darling says
: and for nobody's fool And l axed he
, which av her firms was wantin' JAG
!, Darcie.
t do you think says she, contider
tial-like. that if the boys did want hir
I they couldn't get HIM?
"'Well.' says l, him an me is workir