New-York tribune., 1901-06-02

tion of the Northwestern authorities to the ex
istence of this petty inferno. and a detaehn,ent
of the Northwest Mounted Police was promptly
detailed TO evict the resident fiends. This was
done without b0OCShed, owing to the busin ass
like look of the scarlet tunics. and all the wolf
ers against whom particle of evidence could
be found were either sent 10 Stony Mountain
or delivered over to the United States Sheriff
who attended the function y number of these
men, however. against whom nothing could he
proved remained behind and settled in Bow
bridge, where they ever afterwaTd lived peace
able and cOmpa ratively respectable lives They
no longer paid their Indian creditors with buck
shot and removed scalPICcks. to he kept as re-
celptS; they took no hand in cattle lifting or
horse stealing or any other sinful little ean,es
of the sort. They even helped TO build churches
and pay salaries TO ciergymen whose soul
grub they partOOk of regularly every week
But they did not altogether succeed in breaking
with the past They did not, they just could
not. keep their hands from smuggling or receiv-
ing smuggled goods. Every Sunday they
Wrestled with temptation and Cvercame it, and
We're credited by the recording angel with the
nickels they tipped into the plate: every week
day temptation wrestled with and Overcame
them, and the dell knows how many dollars
,hey hlaue IN week by free trading. The
temptation was too strOns-far too strong fOrs
them; seeing that whiskey which could be
bouSht for 80 cents gallon a few miles TO the
south was sometimes worth 81 a dram in the
high, dry atmosphere to the north OF them.
IT, however, the BOwbrdge citizens were often
guilty of a breach of the liquor laws it is only
fair 10 say that they seldom never commit
ted the crime of being found out In vain did
Superintendent Hooper guard the fifty miles of
frontier immediately below BOwbridge with a
threefO!d chain of patrols In vain did he and
his two inspectors take it in turns to ride into
Montana, interview Colonel Gage and Sheriff
Messurier, and cOllate the information collected
by the United States cavalry Equally frutless
We're the employment OF BlackfOOt scouts at
temptS to Dribe barrOOm lOafers and street cor
and prairie seeds. and the posting up
of placardS offering rewards for evidence suffi-
cent TO secure a conviction. In spite of the
supeTintendent's expenditure of hOrseT sh. and
his intrigUes with all sorts of undes ,le per-
sons the central mystery of the 1wbridge
liquor traffic remained unsOlved. Not but what
hc very well knew when some considerable con-
sienment had come to hand; for all such
occasions that Ettle wooden city was painted a
brilliant caTmine. and members Of the force
We're openly chafled about their failure. Twice
or thrice ii is true III Company had an Opp0r-
turity of paying back some of this chaf W hen
for instance, q large parcel of top hats was in
tcrCcptcd on It's way TO NOosomin- But some
huN the police could never hit on the track Of
tho TC gular traffic. and during the summer of
II and the spring Of ~ the ruby tinted mOonht
tide TO srcak in metaphorl flowed into Bow
irldSe uhceaSIn$ ana Unhindefed Iheh ser
Svant Keenan-the man who smashed UP the
Edmonton smuggling gang transferred to
Bow bri6 &c for season, and within week
from his arrival III Company tasted a fun horn
OF vengeance.
Th, sergeant came down from BattIeford in
plain clothes ard reported himself 10 SuPerin-
l. rJent Hooper ar an unOstentatioUs hour Of the
night IF yOU'll allow me. sir" he said. III
lust boom round town for a day or two and see
what | can see. There's nobody there knows me,
ard iii give myself out for b0Ozing sheep man
from the Saskatchewan" The superintendent
granted his request very willingly, and the
who could sing a good song and carry
Il big jug of liquor discreetly, returned his
hotel under cover of the darkness, and proceed
ed q make himself at home in Bow bridge In
three days he knew every body and something
OF ~Verybodys business there; furthermore he
had gained pretty thorough knowledge Of the
spider web Of trails and by-JraiIs at the centre
or which lay the watchful little city. OF all his
new friends. POSSen. the water carrier Interested
him the NEST. He had observed him driving a
/, sfpl h4h hir.Ve
have cost SOTO; he had his house. q neat
rough cast building, with two more chimnevs
than the Mayors and he had marvelled greatly
at such outward and visible signs of PROSPERITY
Except at the livery stables there was no great
demand fOr water in Bow bridge. and the SER
seant guessed to put il into straightforward