The Minneapolis journal., 1901-11-02

sit on the hair-cloth soft He was telling
back in the governors armchair playing the
lord and putting one of Mr.. Semple's fire
pipes.
1--WE are gentlemen adventurers of the
ancient and honorable Hudson Bay company
gentlemen adventurers he roared bringing
his fist down with thud on the desk. I'VE
hereby decree that the Fort William brigade
be captured that the whisky be freely given
to every dry-throated lad in the Hudson Bay
company, that the Nor Westers be sent down
the Red on a raft that this meeting raftify
this dissolution, afterwards moving-second-
ing-and unanimously amending"
"Adjourning-you mean," interrupted one
Of the orators audience.
Il say called one, who had been dazed
by the splendor, "how do you tell which is
the lookin' glass and which is the Window"
And he looked from the window on one side
to its exact reflection, length and width
directly opposite.
The puzzle was left unsolved; for just then
Louis Laplante found a flask Of liquor and
speedily divided it's contents among the crowd
which was not calculated to clear up mys-
teres of windows and mirrors among those
anticipates Dull wit may be sport for
drunken men, but it is mighty fat to an
onlooker, and was. out Of patience with
their carousal.
."The governor will be back here presently,
Louis" said l.
"Tired of being q tombstone ha-ha! Bet
ter be champagne bottle!,' he laughed with
slightly thickened articulation and increased
unsteadiness in his gait
''If you don't hide that bottle in your hand,
there'll be a big head and sore head for
you men tomorrow morning" l rose to try
and get them out Of the office; but n sober
man with tied arms among drunken crew
is at a disadvantage
-old-wise-sh-head! To- be- sh -
shure! Whur-d-y'-hide-it?"
Throw it out Of the window" said l,
without the slightest idea OF leading him into
mischief.
sh-whish-ish-the window, Rufush?"
asked Louis, imploringly.
The last potion had done it's work and
Louis was passing from the jovial to the
pensive stage. He would presently reach
mood which might be ugly enough for
companion in bonds. Was 1t this prospect,
wonder, or the mischievous spirit pervading
the very air from the time reached the
ruins that suggested a way out of my di-
lemma?
Throw it out of the window" said I, ig-
noring his question and showing him off,
"Whish-is-the window-dammie?" he
asked, holding the bottle iresolutely and look
ing in befuddled distraction from side to side
of the room.
"Thur-both-win windows-fur as l see," said
the man, who had been sober, but was no
longer so.
Throw 1t through the back window! Folks
comm in at the door won't see IT.
The red-faced man got up to investigate,
and all faith in my plan died within me;
but the lantern light was dusky and the red
faced man could no longer navigate a course
from window to mirror.
There's a winder there said he, scratch
ing his head and looking at the window re-
fected in perfect proportion on the mirrored
surface
"And there's a winder there" he declared,
pointing at the real window. They're both
winders and they're both lookin' glasses, for
1 see us all in both Of them This place is
haunted. Lem-me out!''
Take thish, then!" cried Louis, showing
the bottle towards him and houndering across
to the door to bar the way. Take thish, or
tell me whish-ish-the window"
Both winders, l tell you, and both lookin'-
glasses" vowed the man. The other four
fellows declined to express an opinion for
the very good reason that two were asleep
and two befuddled beyond questioning
"See here, Louis" I exclaimed, "there's
only one way to tell where to throw that
bottle