The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-19
HELENA, QUIET CITY
JIMMIE ROONEY TELLS THE BAR
TENDER ABOUT THE CAPITAL
POLICE COURT REVELATION
Man Who Dwells in the Governors
Town Makes Things Lively
With a Revolver
and Knife.

Mice QUIT burg. de capital is desc
days." observed Mr. Jimmie Rooney as
he gave the bartender the high sign FOR
his morning toddy.
What is the matter with Helena,
Jimmie? queried the bartender. as he
moved about to answer Mr.. Rooneys
signal.
'Dere is not a ing de matter over
deere. was the return. "Dey has notin
in site to put dem mex to de riot call.
Deyre all in bed an dere is not'in dom,
l don't think.
One o dose quit folks ye're talkin
bout frames things up in shape over
dere de odder mite. O. course. l pose he
don't han out de bran O. joy Yield be
'spectin' in Butte. leas' dat is de way de
capital guys 'uld face We wild de story.
but he does not do SO bad fer quit
town.
Daffy on a Girl.
De lad I'm tell.n' We bout gets daffy
on a girl S 4 starter an den he puts a
few breakers o Helena tangle foot uner
his belt an wades in fer de mite. He
goes over to de house wher' dis tootsy
girl O his is hangin out an axes her if
she is ready to splice wild him.
She hams him de arctic nit an den
he pulls out a cheese knife an pears to
de girl to be gettin' pretty busy. He
fins dat he's not good enough to do any
carvin' an so he sprints home fer a gun.
Wen he comes back de lady has de door
barred an it's off wild him on dat day.
DE boy is no gutter an: so he peeps
round fer anodder bunch O. trouble. He
fms it. He rolls in on de grass in guys
stable an Wen de squeeze O. de joint
comes in an axes him if he has de keys
to his room he says he has not. but dat
he is soin' to do a bit o snoozfn' just de
same.
DE lad wat owns de barn makes
beef an de rounder pears to stan fer it.
He begins getaway an den thinks he
will take shot at de Teller dat drives
him out O. de horse house. He puts his
pepper-box in posts and bears down on
de trig'r. De ball does not move out an
den re presses de spring ag'in an de lead
travels to de vestpocket O. lie citizen.
Placed Under Arrest.
Fore dere is much dom de cop comes
long an nails de guy an loads him on
de car dat is goin' to'ards de cell house.
On de trolley de guy tells de blue coat
dat he wants to clean out part O. de
perlice an dat he is willin' to count him
in de frac'on dat is missin' De bobby
lan's de geyser in de lookup an he is he'll
to make his spiel to de coor..
In de lnornin' Wen de main squeeze
is sittin' on de bench dere is plenty peo-
pie dere to knock as'in de festive lad. A
lady hols up her NIT to put dem mex
dat she is givin' dem no dream an den
goes on to 'splain wat gay boy
Rocksy wild de swelled pate is.
she wises de judge up dat de lad in
de dock gets up de day bfore wild blood
in his lamps an says he is goin' out to
win de girl dat does not pear to be
pinin way count @ him. De lady tips it
off to him dat he is mark to hunt up
a woman dat is not lookin' fer him. An
he tells her dat she's a knocker.
we've been tol bout de boy in de song
dat is ordered to get his gun, his swo'd
an pistol. Well cordin' to de spiel dat
is put up to de coort, dis lad gets his
gun an his swo'd or RAIDER his razor. He
thinks he does not want to take de
chanel wild one way to fix things an so
he makes draw on de arsen'l.
His Memory Fails.
wen it comes time fer de war party
to make good to de judge he passes out
on de hull deal. He says he has no
mem'ry dat is good fer a full day an de
judge wants to know if he is wise to
things dat happens Wen dere is an empty
day. De guy JUS grins like he has no
ap'tite fer de joke o de coort an joys
long wild de tale bout wat he does not
know.
He says he fms de mite bfore little
hazy Wen it comes to de show down fer
de faces on wat happens. He's not dere,
he 'splains, to give it out col dat de
parties dat tells bout de gay boy he is,
is lynn. Like all wise guys he makes
reception to de rule he lays down an
is sure dat he has not toll de cop dat he
will wipe him off de cart. He cuts his
story pretty short an tells de judge dat
it's up to him.
DE coort wild de fac s in from o him
looks wise fer a mint an den tells de
gaza-boy dat he is not in de rite pew if
he is lookin' fer snap. He 'splains to de
guy dat dere is something due de fiddler
an dat it's his turn to square de count
Grows Very Meek.
DE nibsey dat is rompin' bout wild
guns an knives wen dere is no one but
maid an a party dat is tryin to trun
hay to his steeds, is very meek in s'ciety
O de coort. He is not lookin' fer people
to carve an bury lead in Wen de high
man on de bench has a few Wo'ds to Of
fer him.
De judge in tinishin' tells him dat he
bedder wait a vile in de Jail an give
dat pipe bout not rememb'in things to de
coort dat can deal wild him plenty. Dat
Is bout me finish on de story. l tink
MI. Bartender, We has de idee bout de
way things is framed up in de quit burg
o. Helena