Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-07-31

Four OF a Kind.

EOUr Oh u h1nUs
Last Thursday afternoon just as ou
big power press had ground out . sup
plsment and . full edition Of this grea
Family Journal, in walked the smiling
happy, hustling Tom Ayers of Pierre
one Of the leading real estate boomers o.
that booming cattle country under
meath which there IL hot water enough
to keep the people of the state clean fol
. million years and gas enough to light
the universe. Tom is bright energetic
man of business. and since he dropped
out Of the political arena, has walked
to the front o. big money maker In
real estate. He 10 one Of the substan
tial men Of Pierre today, and Pierre
has no greater champion In the state
II want to see the ball game, remark
cd Tom, land I'll see you later" and he
was gone He had just cleared the
oleander tree in front Of the Office
when in walked the great big genial
kind hearted Charlie Kelsey of Spring.
field. Where Is Tom Ayers1" said
Charles. a. he mopped the evidence Of
hard work from his massive manly
brow. Gone to the ball game" said
we and -bolted almost oyerthrowing
our beautiful hibiscus in his anxiety
to get there and take in all the loose
change brought over BY the Rock
Rapids rooters. He hadn't more than
got around the bank corner when In
walked the best insurance man in the
state, wearing an elegantly studded
alligator belt ar ound the rotundisy Of q
we'll Developed indication Of good liv-.
ing and good health. He wore new
style high crown panama that made
him look like Sheridan when he was in
bis prime, and L. c. Campbell looks q
good deal like Sherbian when we met
him last In the Sheridan house st Bis
marck L. G. is not usually in . hurry
but on that occasion he hadn't time to
sit down. He wanted TO know where
Tom and Charlie were concealed. as
shade Of tinted disappointment fitted
athwsrt his handsome expressive face
We eased his fears by telling him that
Tom and Charlie had gone up to the
ball game to root for Canton against
the boys from the rocky rapids in Iowa.
He nearly overturned leather cush-
Ioned chair upon which Judge Ken
nedy's feet were resting in due and reg
nlar legal fashion as he too bolted tor
the door and was gone. W hat in
thunder is up we remarked to the
boys who were filling the mail sacks
ike men who were in q duce of
hurry We couldn't figure ont the
sequence unless there was shadow Of
he Pierre capital in the background.
We had just got down to figure up
he profits Of the week when pair Of
handsome bit chawing foam covered
Iteeds halted in front Of the Office door,
md . vigorous voice called out:
Where's Tom Ayers and Charlie Kel.
eyf"
By this time the dust had cleared
swaY and we recognized the handsome
'loss cut whiskered face Of Dr.. Dustin
4 Fairview. We walked out some.
vhat deliberately and asked the Doctor
That In thunder was the matter with
Tom Ayers and Charley Kelsey.
s''Oh, nothing. The boys are all
light. l inst wanted TO zee them for :
minute or two. and he smiled smile
hat Marx Twain might have envied.
We told him whore the other three
ould be found and he didn't have time
0 thank us or ask 40 how business was
r-he just touched up the team like I
nan who wanted TO get over the home
late whore big money was up on the
ame. AZ the horses broke away all we
card him say was "Oh Mamma and
. turned the bank corner on two
,heels just % If the other wheels were
! the way.
Welove fun and mystery and many
ther things, but Newspaper man
ont love 20 much hurry especially |
,hen he amt in the deal. The four
nd come and the four had gone and
therein great jupitaf would you find
our Of q kind to match them, and