The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-09-17
TE SEEK RHES REVENGE
IcopyrIrht- iae by c D. Lewlll


 mond pin. "I made the mistake of set ting up shop in sman town. It's al- ways a mistake because you have at least one old drugstore Go buck against. and thCro arc cllQucs you know noth- Ing ot until too late This town was in the west. and it seemed to me to be good opcu.as for a hustler. There was only one druggist. aud be kept dry goods and bOats and sG0 as well aud hadn't the ambition Co hang slgu in the window. got a corner store. ht- ted it up In modern style. and when I opened up my place was a novelty to an and something for a country town Co feel prOudof The old druggist had it in for me. Of course, and. as | had no whiskcrs on my chin. hc found plenty Of people Co believe with him that it woCld be a risky thing to trust me with a prescription. Tl-.y were four doctors In the place. and of course it was my business Co work them. got orc around al right but the others wanted Co walt and sec how things went The one I got happeucd to be the one who had the least practice. and be wanted an even divide on prof It's Not oniy thar. but he helped him selt Co my wine and brandy
 "As stranger" continued the sleek uttle man. "I didn't know that if I went Co board with Mrs Brown on Wilson street Mrs. Green on Ash street. together with her friends, would bc down on mc. went to Mrs Browns. and there were twenty fam IIics ln the town who wouldn't enter my store in consequence. Itwas social rivalry. you know. and they carried it Into business | was gcttiug.u a good room and board for Si per weCS and NIrS Green sent me word that she would do better by me for S2. ! used Co bc called a fair singer. and l used Co attend church every Sunday. | started out h3phazard and brought up in the Presbyterian edifcc From the moment was seen Co enter its doors ! was a marked man. Not Methodist or Baptist in town would even glance Into my show windows. If ! had al- tcrnatcd at the different churches, it might have relieved the strain. but be- llg invited Co join the choir l stucS to the prcsbyterans and sealed my fate. Several r1rtics were given at which | showed up, and this intensified the bitterness. They wouldn't let me stand neutral but must stand or fan with the clique. lf it Was so in re- ligion. it was far worse in politics. ] had never voted and didn't care a tink- CTS tunk which side wOn but from the way both sides got after me you'd have argued that my single vote was Co dc. eide some momCutous Qucsti0u. ] didn't want Co make any more Clca.,s and therefore refused Co rcgist,r asd. ln, both parties were down oG Uo, | ought Co have done a trade of SEQ per day. but owing Co tlc combination ! often bad less than S3 Co count up at the close Of business.
 'I told you about the doctors hang. ing OG lt was well enough for them Co bc sure Of capabilities. but that was not whnt kept them from throwing business my way. Each he'd a mar rlageable daughter. as ! finally came Co know. and each w0s waiting Co see whose daughter | was going Co shine up Co. ! made a selection without knowing anything about thc ltlg scheme. and iu that way | won over a doctor. who sent in a prescription now and then. Tho other two were down on me. however, and l could figure out that every time I put my arm around that girl was SlO out of pock ct l had DO Idea of marrying her, but one half of society congratulated me and bought tOothbrushcs and DOT ous plasters. while the other half look ed askancc and wouldn't have sticky fy paper at a penny a sheet l was running behind expenses every week and wondering where l could nnd an- other opening when I made the worst move of all They had a public spell ing school In the town hall I ought to have hnd sense enough to remain in the store. but as there was no business doing I locked her up and went over Co the hall Both sides wanted me. and the side went on beat the other. Indeed. I was ass enough to be the last one up, and that was something the people didn't pro pose Co stand from any stranger.
 "When realized that was knocked out. a feeling of revenge took posses sion Of me. 1 made up my mind to get square with that town or leave my bones in its graveyard. With all its faults it was a sporty town. and took that as a basis to work on. l knew a horseman in Chicago who was up Co tricks. and went up Co see him. One day a week later Q tin pcdL CT arrived in my town and began Co blow around about the gait of hIs old horse. He bragged and bluffed until two or three men became interested. and the result was a race on the county fair grounds. They had two or three trotters in town. and when the thing got started the crowd went iu with a wh0op. After the tin peddlcr had put up SGOO of the long green a few of the people began to smell a rat, but when the race was called our dark horse stood to win or lose enough to it out two drugstores