The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-14
LOVE TANGLED SKEIN
WIDOW HELPS NAID AND COACH
MAN INSTEAD OF FIANCE.
JIMMIE ROONEY EXPLAINS IT
Meals Are Sent to Cellar For One
Sweetheart and Another Is
There to Eat
Them,

"Dere is one up to me now dat is de
limit" announced Jimmie Rooney to the
bartender, as he poured 4 little liquor
from a high bottle. -
What has blown into you this time,
Jimmie:" queried the bartender, address
ing his customer with care by his new
name. g..
It's from de Why burg be de lake"
was the way Mr.. Rooney proceeded. II
has de noos rite from wher' it happens,
an it's a love story come twice. TO be-
gin wild dere is a lady wat is wised up
on de spliced way O. Twin. At least one
man has passed out an lef' her Gree to
trun her line fer anodder gaza-b boy.
She's framed up wild a winnin face az
all dat We knows. VILE she's t'iu!<in'
bout de kim Of a guy dat will look right
wild de number two tag on him. long
comes Teller wild handle dat is used
in de army an 'nough from to give him
a line O. credit. De lady has more house
dan she knows wat to do wild, an de
soldier is given a chanel to pay her some
fees fer room. He pears to be hard to
suit an does not make his home at de
joint long. Wen he goes over de rite
O. way to de street wild his buds in his
grip de lady is goin' much to de bad.
She's t'reaten'd wild w'eels in de head.
"W'ile de lady is givin' signs O. bein'
mos dippy. a color'd girl dat is takin'
care O her tresses gets a bunch dat dere
is something 'rong dat looks like good
lay. De maid don't do a ting but sends
de lady a note tellin' her dat de lad wild
de soldier handle is willin' to be her
tootsy if she is willin' dat he shall live in
de cellar O. de house fer year. De note
is over de fis' O. de army party, We un'er-
stan. All dis looks like de war gent has
something loose wild de works under his
lid, but de female in de cottage STAINS
fer de racket. Part O de graft is dat de
party dat lives upstairs is to come t'ro'
wild de hash fer de roommate O. de fur
mace"
DE first mornin' dat de lady fixes up
de java fer her new boarder she gives de
tray to de maid an de color'd girl does de
vanishin' woman act into de cellar. De
lady o. de home thinks she wants to
lis'en to de voice O. de soldier-it is in
de deal dat she is not to put her lamps
on him fer de year-an SO she sends
Greetin' down de alley lizards da coal
bin. De reply comes back dat de feed
is o. K. De squeal is dat O. de army
man 'cordin' to de reckonin' O. de lady,
an she begins sheddin' de cogs in her
top story. least it pears dat way.
things goes on swell fer bout a year.
De lad in de basemen' gets little shy
on de coin now an den, an t'ro' de
maid makes a draw on de fairy upstairs.
She does not roar bout de touches. She
wants de soldier to be in line s we'll S on
de groun floor. Wen de time is most
due fer de tyin' up de lady calls in
frien' an axes her to lis'en to de readin'
o. de army guys lis Of feed. De caller
sees dat de lad on de cemen' is Twin UP
to all de title in de ranks dat he can
claim Pork chops an chicken is in de
layout most every day. De caller Is
wise party an twigs dat dere is some
ting in de woodpile dat does not b'long
dere, colored gent in de cellar or odder
trouble. De card O. de feas' puts her
mex dat de rations is not fer de soldier
DE ladies hor meetin' dat lass long
after dark, an de report dey makes to
themselves is dat de maid Is not on de
square. Dere is de poin' wher' de secon'
love tale comes in. 1t pears dat de maid
has a young man an dat he is pulln' de
strings over de horses O. a gent dat lives
a few PAGES way from wher' de army lad
in de cellar. 1t comes out in de en- dat
de colord girl Is fixin' up de hull deal.
Dere is somt'ing dom soon Wen de play
is out. De lady w'o Is maxim a cook O.
herself fer de sake O. de soldier dat is
gone hikes to de police an hunts up de
guy dat is de squeeze at de station. She
tells him here tale O. woe, an he has to
rush to de Esquimaux tank to save smil-
in in her face. Wen he has shocked his
stomach wild drink O. water he sprints
back to de lady an tips it off to her dat
he will send de blue wagon fer de COL
ord folks. De maid an de chariot en-
gineer is bowled down to de cell house
an tor dat dey is up 'gainst it. De
main guy pears to have all de noos
bout de way dey has bilked de lady an
dere is no use for dem to stan pat.
"In less dan t'irty minits from de time
dey is trun in de lookup dey is givin' de
hull snap way. De color'd lady fesses
up dat she writes de notice bout de
soldier bein' willin to take chanel on
de cellar fer year, an all dat. Den
she 'splains bout de army guy talkln
be sayin' dat is she wise to de workin's
O. de PEERLESS dat can squeak like odder
people >an' trun dere voices round like
baseballs Dat bout let's me out on de
hui! ting, an now t'ink ye're bout wild
me, Mr.. Bartender, on de guess dat de
story is de limit"
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
At the Thornton-A. Eliot, Dillon;
Geo. Wilson, Haverly's minstrels; VIM.