The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-02


but purity soon 1 saw tn rest iv tn
shports congregatin' in lunches.
"'All aboard! cried tn con an we
were soon on our way to tn Forest
City on Jim Orr's flyer. 'Twasn't
long till Jim came throo tn shmoker
an hollered out, Tickets an l hap
pened to be tn first shport he shtruck.
Tickets, sez he.
"'Good mornin' to we, Jim,' SEE I.
Tickets, SEE he.
"I have no tickets sez l.
"'Where are We goin'?' sez he.
".To tn race seq /.
Well, give me your fare or I'll
have to put you off, SEE he,
Go an wild ye,' SEE I, AN don't be
monkeyin' wild tn passengers. If you
4 want tickets or tn collateral, go
back to tn shports an make yer
wants known to Thin That settled
him an he didn't bother me any more
tn entoire trip. Well, whin we ar
rived at Cleveland tn shports engaged
tn finest koopa's at tn dapo to carry
thin up to tn Cannard house, an as
they dhrove away they shook their
hands at me an sed, 'Ta-ta, Maurice,
Well see you later OF they whit,
lawn me shtandin' on tn platform.
But shure l didn't moind that, as
knowed street ca-ar would take me
up town fer foive cints. Whin
reached tn hotel found all tn shports
buyin' more pools on tn Maid.
Purity soon tn dinner gong sound
ed an tn lads all filed in f'r their
hash, but lift me shtandin' in tn Of
flee; an not one if thin ever sed,
Come in, Maurice, an feed your face.
But that niver phased me. as was
posted on free lunch counter in close
proximity, where / could satisfy me
appetite an get schooner iv beer f'r
foive cints.
after film up whit back to the
hotel, an whin tn shports came out
iv tn dinin' room was rusticatin' in
tn Office, chewin' on tn biggest tooth
pick to be found in tn bunch.
"'Well, Maurice, have you dined?'
SEE they.
"I have SEE 1, an supped, too.
| An iv course, havin' their sthomachs
full, they were all ON very good terms
wild themselves an thought that it
would be tn proper caper to invest a
few more kases on tn Maid.
''Shure l niver knowed such a crazy
crowd in me loife, an whin tn tonne
came to go to tn thrack tn shports
ordered up their shwell koopa's, lit
their Havanas, jumped in an waved
their hands at me as they dhrove off,
at tn same tonne sayin', 'Ta-ta, Maui
rice, We'll see we later
Every well, shports,' SEE 1, as I
shtood ON tn curbshtone loike a
shtatue of liberty alone in her glory.
Il boarded tn first ca-ar that passed
FIR tn thrack, which cost me another
foive cints. Whin 1 arroived at tn
fair grounds l forged me way to tn
gate an informed tn keeper that l
was part owner in tn Smuggler an
had lost me badge. AS there was no
time to argue tn question L was
passed in, an pom me wurrd 1 niver
saw so many shports in me loife.
Shure you could walk on their heads,
pervidin' they's lave we.
81 made me way to tn grand shtand
an gave tn lad at tn gate the big
| finger loike dead game shport, an
as l approached tn pool shtand saw
thin takin' in collateral as fast as
tn shports could hand it up.
''Sez l to mesilf, This is shportin'
loife of high order an erradicated
from me moind where 1 had been all
| winter
There was one shport that caught
me eye more than all tn rest. He was
one iy thin slick chaps that we read
about, dressed up fit to kill, an a
shinin' dicer on his pate. He had a
self-satisfed shmile on his mug that
speaks louder than wurrds. He car
ried in his hand an ale-g-a-a-ter satchel
which was bulged out on tn sides
loike man wild tn mu-umps. Twas
full iv collateral that he intinded to
wager on tn Maid winnin' tn race.
Thinks 1. If l had tn contints iv
that grip what would l be takin' any
chances for iv losin' it," Shure any
chump knows that. "A bur-rd in tn
hands worth two dollars an I'd be
at home wherever night overlook me.
But nevertheless me bould lad COM
menced business by hollerin' out, two
1 to one that tn Maid would take tn
| first hate, but tn shports all thought
as he did so there was no takers.
| cat tn tap iv tn bell l made me
| way to tn front, where could get
me optics on tn horses. After they
warmed up few tonnes they got tn
wu-rrd Co.. an you can bet your loife
there was no grass CROWN under thin
sulkies if l know what Pm talkin'
about, an it's to be supposed that
| do.
well pom me wu-rrd, Tomus, tn
way theim equines stepped it off was
caution to snakes. Whin they
came down tn homestretch it was
anybodys race an would require a
Phillydelphy lawyer to decide who had
tn best ,iv it until tn Maid shtuck her
nose under tn wire, winnin' the first
hate.
"Whin tn sport wild tn satchel