The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-01
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! You get the money and the mock pow
DER stick and III quarrel with YOU.
Come m NOW, let's get To work
Suiting the action TO the Wore n
four men tranaped off to their work.
chuckling at the prospects OF the even
ing. Joe Crane, who WAS Il SHIFT boss.
spent the Whole morning laughing at
his ingenuity, and adElirtng his
stick of powder. 1t was simplicity it,
self. He took IN ordinary stick of
nitro-slycerine and took the paper COW
cring off. Then the paper was filled
With sawdust so as to keep it in shape,
and a piece OF fuse inserted at end
and sewn on to some paper inside.
AS the noon whistle blew he set off
for Chinatown. and being in general a
steady mar and earning good wages
had little difficulty ia negotiating the
loan With All Hing, That gentleman
rubbed his hands with glee when he
reflected that the same gentleman
h preceding evening had come to
borrow more from him.. When in the
evening he saw the four gamblers of
the preceding night march into his
place with Il half drunken reel he made
sule of having them all bound hand
and foot in his tolls.
Cards We're produced in due course
and the game started much as it had
done the evening before. The white
men would not drink. "Wha' for?'
asked the SIllIlcSe, Dul DIS lleS appGureU,
to have already had more than enough,
the question seemed to answer itself.
The talk grew in the room us the
Cinnamon battered In, threw off their
shoes, lit their pipes. and watched the
game With keen intensity. 1t was no
ordinary anne h stakes grew high
er and higher. and the white men
(probably by design We're winning. All
Hing, wonderful to relate. had been
caught several times. and lost heavily
Excitement grew. The stakes on the
table increased, till some $500 We're
piled round the players. Suddenly
Flynn jumped up, and fiinging his
cards in Joe Cranes face. called him a
sharper in forcible terms. In IL mo-
ment the whole place Was in an uproal.
The other two white men made at Joe
as il they We're going to make short
work of him, but he eluded them md
sprang to u side. Then before any
could interfere he whipped y stick
of powdered fuse out of his pocket, and
lit the fuse. There We're but % few
inches to burn. I'll blow all you so.ls
DIV guns to blaZes,'' shouted"
hang the pieces out to dry INC salt
EN-"
The effect was instantaneous. Out OF
the windows. the doors. everywhere.
in fact, scuttled the terrified Cinnamon,
and rushed off down the hill without
stopping 10 look behind. The game and
money We're lofSOtJen III Their lleadlOnS
flight. One fat old specialized celestial
got stuck in the window. and was
helped through by Flynn's foot. Sew
eral fell from the roof and urt them
selves severely. In two minutes the
whole camp was filled with gutteral i'm
precautions of the panic-stricken crowd.
They would not come within a hundred
yards of the house. but their lanterns
could be seen dancing about down the
hill, and occasionally the dim outline.
of some wildly gesticu1ating figure.
In the meantime the fuZe quickly
fixed out III the sawdust, while "a sar-
donic grin spread over the faces of the
redou5table four. They quickly col
lected every cent off the table and
strolled off up the hill.
"It will be some time before them
Chinks come near the place." said Joe
with a grin. land Their they'll be so
scared that they won't know what's got
EN- or their money either. TIL SO down
and see Ah Hing tomorrow and let
him have what's left over after we've
squared our accounts. 1t don't matter
whether it is his or not. He gets all
their money in the long rum. I'll just
hint to him that he'd better keep quiet
or we may tip off the sheriff on his
fan-tan proposition. 1 guess we've
come out ahead on this DEAL"