The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-21
ed decision. Mr.. Arledge has to buy.

served decision. MIR. Arledge has to BUY
SO many gold cigarettes and vintages and
and belong to SO many clubs,
that he wants the court to help him
chouse a poor grocer out Of his money.
Say. Billy, that judge could fine me for
contempt Of court, right now fur reservin'
his decision. You bet Mr.. Arledge would
"a got my decion right hot OFF the grid
die. I'd a. told him, You re the meanest
kind of a crook ever heard of fur want
In to lie down on your fat back and
whine out OF payin' fur the grub you put
in your big gander paunch, I'd tell him.
and now you march to the lookup till
you can look honest folks In the face.
I'd tell him. Say, Billy. some crooks are
worse than others. Take Nate Leverson
out there Nate set UP night and day for
six years inventin' a. process fur sweat1n'
gold into ore; finally he gets 1t; how he
does 1t, nobody knows, but he sweat gold
eighteen inches into solid rock. The first
few holes he sailed he gets rid OF all
right, then Of course they catch him. and
Mates dom time now. But say, ! got
respect fur Nate since readin' that piece.
There's a good deal OF a man about him,
or about any common burglar or sneak
thief, compared to this duck They take
chances, say nothin' of the hard work
they do. This fellow won't take q, chance
and won't work a day. Billy. that's the
meanest specimen of crook I ever run
against. bar none, and that crook Is pro-
sduced and tolerated in a place that's said
to be the center of culture and refine
ment and practical achievement Billy,
he's a pill!''
d THAT'S right said Billy Brue,
promptly throwing the recalcitrant Ar
ledge overheard.
"But 1t amt none Of my business. What
I do spleen again, is havin' a grandson of
mine livin' in a community where a
man that'l act like that is actually let
in their houses by honest folks. Think Of
a son Of Daniel J. Bines treatin' folks
like that as If they was his equals. Say.
DanI had a line Of faults, all right-but
by God! he'd a trammed ore fur. two
twenty-five a day any time in his life
rather'n not pay a dollar he owed. And
think Of this lad making his bed in this
kind Of place where men are brought
up to them ways; and that name; think
Of a husky, two listed boy like him let
tin himself he called by a measly little
gum drop name like Percival, when he's
got right to Qbe called Pete. And he's
right In with 'em. He'd be jest as bad
give him little time; and Pishy engaged
to a damned fortune -hunting English
man into the bargain. It's all Higbee
said it was, only it goes double. Say,
Billy been thinkin' this over all night.
| Ills mighty worryin', amt 1t Uncle
Peter q
'''And I got it thought OUT
Sure, you must a got it down
| to cases.
Bully listen now. There's a fellow
down in Wall street. His name is Shepler
Rulon Shepler. He's most the biggest
man down there ...
Sure. I heard Of him.
| Listen. I'm going to bed now. car
sleep since got my mind made up. But
i 49, IN 10 "a
| row. Don't wake me up in the morning
But get up yourself and go find his Of.
| fce-look in a directory, then ask 20.
licenan. Shepler's a. busy man. You tel
the clerk, or whoever holds you up, thai
I Mr.. Peter Bines wants an appointment
with Mr.. Shepler as soon as he can make
! it-Mr. Peter Bines of Montana City. 81
| there by $3.50 sos to get him soon as HI
comes. He knows me; tell him wan
to see him on business soon as possible
and find out when he can give me time
And don't you say to any one else tina
ever seen him or sent you there. I'm
derstand? Don't ever say a word to an.
one. Remember, now, be there at $50
and don't let any clerk put you off, ant
ask him what hour'u be convenient 70
him. Now, get what sleeps comm tt
you. It's 5 o'clock
At noon Billy Brue returned to the no
/ tel to find Uncle Peter finishing heart,
breakfast.
81 found him all, right, Uncle Peter
The lookout acted suspicious, but sax
the main guy himself come out Of a door
i like. I'd seen his picture In the papers
SO just called to him, and said, MI
1 Peter Bines wants to see YOU like that
/ He took me right into his office, and
told him what you said, and he'll be read
for you at 2 o'clock. He knows mines
all right, out our way, don't 1ae?-and h
4 crowded a handful Of these tin foil cigar
on to me, and acted real sociable. To]
me to drop in any time. Say, he'd ru
purity high in the yellow stuff all right"
SAT 2 o. clock, you say?"
II Yes (
4 "And what's his NUMBER
Gee, I forgot; can tell you, tho. 70
go down Broadway to that old church
say, Uncle Peter, there's folks In the
buryin' ground been dead over 200 year
If you can go by their gravestones. Ge
I didn't s'pose anybody'd been dead tbs
long-then you turn down the gulch rigl
: opposite, until you come to the vande
! we're building. a few rods down on IL
{ left. Shepler's there. Git into the buckt
, land go up to the second level, and you
find him in the left hand back stope-
his names on the door in gold letters
HAll right And look here, Billy, kee