The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-09-10

HB DOT6 iii INC IDdTbS Oh one VINO
has, voluntarily or involuntarily
tackled the other side of life anc
come out second best. Bolan's best
booze had hung its fiorid flag on {
countenance which carried the STAMP
of many hard fought campaign witt
the forces of John Barleycorn. He
had just taken toner for his chilled
nerves, after an uncomfortable night
sleep in some quiet Goose creek grove,
and settled down in chair and was
holly engaged in raking the city OF
Council fore and aft for having barred
him out of a clay pigeon shoot at that
place at least the drift of his re-
marks seemed to go that way when
the ear of your correspondent was first
attracted.
"Yes," he was saying, "they got
onto me, that's why they barred me
out; they knew me. guess they got
onto what / can do. l have stand
ing offer of $3.50. 90 to shoot a 100
bird race with any man and give him
birds. Yes give anybody 5 birds
in a 100-bird race for $3.50. 00-I
can't get it anywhere.
At this, Gal White cooked his eye
around, and hitched up his chair,
scenting an opening to break in.
"Well," drawled Cal, "if you are
such rip-roarin' cracker jack with a
gun--or think you are-why don't
you 60 to some place where you are
not known. Cawn't you go to Boise
and tackle some of the sports there?
1 think there are few bloods there
who would accommodate you on such
layout, If you have the stuff, the
$3.50, to put up-that is, unless you
have world wide reputation and are
too entirely we'll known-so we'll
known that they would know you the
moment you stepped off the train"
''Phat's it, that's it," he of the
fiorid features fastened to reply, lean
ing confidentially towards Gal, with
an intake of breath and pompous
swell of pride, as he cast cunning,
self conscious look at the others.
II couldn't make it go. They'd be
on right away. Wasn't with Coles
circus all around the world
doing this wing and glass ball shoot
ing with rifle?n
"Well please explain who you are,
and enlighten US little-you appear
to be so anxious to give us your his
tory, " injected cynical Cal.
''Me-oh, huh, with disparag-
ing shrug of the shoulders, as if cast
ing aside past fame much as he would
heaye an empty bottle into the alley)
"weu I'm just that's me-
Ankncyl Everybody who used to
know Coles circus knew Ankney-
now I'm just simply the old Settler
that's what they call me since hit
Meadows. "
Oal had to slide in with 81 suppose
you are relative of Senator Levi
Ankney of the state of Washington
"That's what l am-cousin, in
way and Pm
''But l guess he don't give any
dinners in your honor, even if you are
a relative" interrupted Cal, "seeing
that he wouldn't have his own son in
attendance when he entertained Presi-
dent Roosevelt at Walla WallaY"
"And no wonder lof course he would
MT have that boy PRESENT. Don't l
know 'im-bigger drunk than am,
any time wouldn't have me either.
Not much said was a cousin
in a way. There is not drop of
Ankney blood in his veins. It's
plain Levi Smith-that's
all He is an adopted son of my old
uncle Ankney-name's Smith. He
just took the name of Ankney. l
know all the Ankney's. They're all
from Beaver, county, Pennsylvania.
And speaking of Smith makes me re-
member that Gilbert Smith expects
'he old Settler To vote for him this
ALL Yes, Smith says he is going to
run for senator this fall-if he don't
yet the nomination he is going to run