The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-09-05

~,-A he cazs Of my Old friend Je<e
ulsh ssmpkins son- There asSft a 81
sde- maj IN the Boston leather Trade
than jeremiah. nor . bigger szuD
fhsr the Isw czn't TONGA than ais 80
Ezra. There isust an N Of real
IA Rzr1s whole BODY B1f
he's Iuzt naturally and enthusiastically
A maverick. Wien Ne cane q 0f cA
Ieze bis father Thought hat n fer
resrs experiences m the hide depart
ueut Of Graham q Co wo1ia D = god
hing for him before De szrxied he
leather business 20 I wrote 70 send
afm on and I would give 1tm q 90
a1pposfng 81 our that I vas getting
4 rearing Of The sfsady old 1s4izbie
ssmpkfns strain.
vas a little uneasy wien Ezra -
oor<ed- because be didnst inst Ook 10
II be had had a call ID leather. De was
q rzgI. susre View zagtznder, With q
Of hose xsobby soreheads wnica las
been pusbed ont By the o~ve-r-owdins
Of the brain Or 5uIeed By Tie rhirxsa-
ing Of the skull. according AZ ron Ike
or dislike rfae man. His manners were
Easy or familiar BY The same Standard
He told ne right az the start that
while ne didn't 1ov INST what De
wanted 70 DO he was dead SIRE hat u
WASN'T he leather business Il seemed
that ne mad said ff1e am thing 10 ais
father and inst The old III had an
swerad- Tut, nut and odd aim as
forget 10 and 10 learn 1ldes.
ssmukins learned sII that Ne wanted
70 Know about the packing industry n
thirty days and r learned all that ]
wanted 70 know about Ezra m The
sane fine. PORK packing seemed 70 De
the only thing that ne WASH Interested
IN got ais resignation Que day inst
i've minutes before the n which !
was having written u for aim wa
ready. for 7 viii do 3impkfns The Jns
Zee 70 sag that there was nothing slow
about him. He and his father split -
temporarily ove- Il and u course X
cost ne the old mans trade and friend
ship. K want 70 say right here that the
easiest way IN the world 70 make enc
mics - % lire friends
: 5ost aght 81 ssnpk1ns for awhile,
and riIen ae rIraed ID az the Office one
morning ss friendly and familiar AZ
y said ne vas a reporter and want
I'd 10 Interview me IN the December
wheat deal OF course ! wouldn't talk
on that bot 7 gave him . little father
IL sdsfce-togd him be would sleep IN a
hall bedroom all hss lie IL he didn'r
omit his soolfshness and 90 back 20 ais
father, though I didn't really believe IT,
He thanked me and went OF and wrote
q column about what might have said
about December wheat, and somehow
gave the impression hat 7 had said IT,
The next T heard 81 simpklns he wss
dead The Associated Press dispatches
announced IT, the Cuban Junra con
Armed tt and asf OF al a long dispatch
from simpkins himself detailed the cir
cumstances leading up 10 the "acroc-
ftys the headlines IN his paper called
f.
got a ong wire from Ezrass father
asking nae 70 y the managing edit0r
and get az the facts for him. It seemed
that the paper had thought a heap Of
signpksns and that ne had been sebe
10 Cuba az a correspondent and sta
toned with the insurzsnc army Simp-
kins IN Cuba had evidently lived Mp 70
the reputation Of sfnpkias IN Chicago
When there was any news he sent &c.
and when here wasn't he Just made
levi and sent that along.
The Arst word Of hfs death had come
in his own letter, brought across on q
f~Hbusserfng steamer and wired on
from Jacksonville. re solf, with close
attention TO 6etafL-somethfng he had
learned sfacs he left mellow he had
sfrayed away from the little band Of
insurgents with which he had been
out scouting and had bluntered into
the Spanish Ines. He had been prompt
~ made a prisoner, and, despite his pa
pers proving hfs American citizenship
and the nature Of HIS job and the red
o On hfs sleeve, he had been tried
by drumhesd court martial and sen
fenced TO be shot &C dawn All thfs he
had written out, and then that HIS &C
count might be complete he had gone
on and imagined his own execution.
This was written in a sort Of pigeon,
or perhaps you would call It black
Spanish, English, and let on TO be the
work Of the eyewitness to whom
sfmpklns had confded his letter. He
had been the sentry Y e the prisoner,
and for q small brfbe f. hand and the
promise Of a larger n from the paper
he had turned his back on sinpkfns
while he wrote out the story, and aft
erwsrd had deserted and carried It 20
the Cuban lines.
The account ended. Then, a. the or
der to fire wal given BY the lieutenant.
Senior ssnDkfDs raised his eyes toward
and cried, T protest IN the name
Of my American e~ffizenshipy" At the
end Of the letter. and not intended for
publication. was serawied: This In q
tugIy scoop for you, boys, but it's pref
b tough On me. Goodby. Simpkins."
The managing editor dashed a tear
from his eye when he read this to me
and guIped q little a. be said: II can't