Mower County transcript., 1902-07-09

SDuC WOuE you 1De sOUfy AEs tnAe
asked Craig. +: Y: :..... 5% 2: 49,
'..Bel1ke / viii, and that's why I'm
doing it before I'm sorry for it" he re:
piled, with delightful bull : r.
p Look here, Slavin," said Craig ear.
nestly, If can be Of use to you in any
way, count on me" '..-' sr.-...
TITS good to me the both Of you
have been, and I'm not forget 1t to
you" he replied, with like earnestness.
As we told Mrs. Mavor that night,
for Craig thought it too good to keep,
her eyes seemed to grow deeper and
the light in them to glow more intense
as she listened to Craig pouring out
his tale. Then she gave him her hand
and said:
"You have your man at last"
"What man?"
''The man you have been, waiting
for"
''Slav1nT'
'Why not7'' -.
II never thought of it"
"No more. did he or any of u.s." Then,
after pause, she added gently, "He
has been sent to US"
'Do you know, believe you are
right" Craig said slowly and then add
ed. "But you always are"
II fear not" she answered, but l
thought she liked to hear his words
The whole town was astounded next
morning when Slav1n went to work in
the mines, and its astonishment only
deepened as the days went on and he
stuck to his work. Before three weeks
had gone the league bad bought and
remodeled the saloon and had secured
Slavin as resident manager.
The evening Of the reopen1ng Of Sla-
WINS saloon, as It was still called, was
long remembered in Black Rock. 1t
was the occasion of the first appear
ance Of the League Minstrel and Dra-
matte troupe In what was described as
''hair lifting tragedy, With appropri-
ate musical selections" Then there
was grand supper, with speeches and
great enthusiasm, which reached its
climax when Nixon rose to propose the
toast Of the evening, Our saloon" His
speech was simply quiet, manly &C.
count of his long struggle with the
deadly enemy. When he came to speak
Of his recent defeat be said:
"And, while I am biam1n' no one
but myself. 1 am glad tonight this sa-
loon is on our side, for my own sake
and for the sake of those who have
been waitn' long to see me- But be-
fore I ~ down I want TO say that
while 1 I've I shall not forget that
owe my life TO the man that took me
that night to his own shack and put
me In his own bed and met me next
mo9mn' with an open hand. for I tell
you I had sworn to God that mornin'
would be my last"
'Geordies speech was characteristic.
After q: brief reference to the e'myste-
rfous ways o. Providence" which he
acknowledged be might sometimes fail
10 understand. he went Oh 10 express
his unqualified approval o8 the new
saloon. - = :. : :" -
It's q coey place, am there's nae sui
phur aboot Besides a. that" he went
On, enthusiastic 1calky, '7&'n be q terrible
Gavtn'. I've juist been coonttn'.'' :, =
You: betr 5ejacula4ed q voice.. with
great emphasis. -.
I've 5uist been coou11n," went on
Geordie, ignoring tho remark and the
laugh which followed, ''au' It's an awfu'
IKE money ye=pdt over VT the whusky.
Ye see 70 Gamma das VIZ ane bit glass.
Ye maun hae twa or three at the vera
least, 1oF ttse no vera forrit ye get WI
ane glass. But VT yon coffee ye 5utst
get q saxpence worth an ye want nae
mair" K. .~>.>:,:
:. There was another shont Ct laughter.
which puzzled GeoFdi( much
II dinna see the 1owk, but rive etip-
pit ower - vhusky mair nor q hummer
dollars" >~.' j
Then be paused, looking hard before
him and twisting his face into extraor-
dtnafy shapes till tha men booked at
him in wonder. :*-.,c/5s s: =
I'm *rale glad q this ealoon, but at.s
over late z1pr. tho lad that Gamma be
helpit the moo. Hau not be needin
help q oors, I doot, but there are ith-
era And he stopped abruptly and sat
down. with ne. applause following.
But when slavtn, our saloon keeper,
roee to reply the men Jdmped up ON
the seats and yelled till they could yell
no more. slayin stood evidently In
trouble R1th himself. and anally broke
nnt: s$. $s#s. s 1 f. .lzs@ /. Il,
! IT'S speechlessI I am entirely What's
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