Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-01
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Recollection of RoyFood VI Days the
Cause yoS Michael Daison's De. 4
Parture From the Straight and n :; :
+. E Narrow Faith, He Averred. :;r%5:f.$


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: i When Michael Dalton, who said he |
lived lat 423 East Sixteenth street, wasfi
in the Yorkvil1e police court, !!
on a charge Of intoxication he begged
Magistrate Breen to let him 80, "this
once. says the New York Sun. 4
\ III 4 r., YVES only celebrating a trihe too
much he explained. S.r ;: -, (; :, styS ;c
i 2"R I remember rightly you were
here yesterday 2 remarked the court: 1
Your honor's got good memory,""I
responded the prisoner" ~, 4
I. And you said yesterday that you
were celebrating, =, III
]. That's right; too. It's the same
celebration, but I've had enough. I. Il
met with some friends from skohan,
where fused to live When came from
the Old country. Tim ,Hennessey was
one sof thsm, and he reminded me Of
the time old HOLSTERS bull kept me
mp the tree, and, ,bedad! had TO take
q few to forget IT, - e. u l's'rz}:: y555s.
s% 1T was after apples in HOLSTERS
orchard one afternoon, and Hennessey
and O'Toole were with nae. We went
over the stone wall and I climbed a
tree and shook down the finest apples.
IN the orchard, while the other two
filled. q bag with, them. Il Old HOLSTER
was that stingy: he wouldn't give an
apple to any one The bag was nearly
full when me friends made a run for
the stone wall and got over it as
though the divvle was after them. I?
didn't know what was up until seen,
HOLSTERS brindles bull come tearing.
down under the tree. z;;,. = r.; q; <' e! 81
I ssThen remembered that the farm
or Kept the bull instead OF d dog to
watch the orchard and It showed his
good sinse. The bull looked MP at me
as I started to- get down, and there
was something in his look that made
me stay whereof was. # waited for
him to- 60, and he waited for ne to
come down. O'Toole and Henessey,
on the other side of the wall, tried
to. coax and to drive the beast away,
but, not one inch, would he stir from
under the tree. IL tJs<,s '**ss ( .,49s
., when night came the yagabond
was still there and waiting for me-
but It was as much as my life was
worth to face him So ! had to stay
In the tree. ] had been out to dance
the night before, and my eyes were
heavy, with sleep. a: 57 1:s: l.. - !
81 81 was afeared to go to sleep in the
tree, FOR might tumble down, and the
beast 'ud get me: But ssorra the; bit
couldtI stay awake. SO I took my gus-
penders and He'd myself to the tree,
SO that wouldn t fall. HI { t E, II I: y
The bull was still there when woke
up IN the morning 7 and was likely to
/ stay there unit He lister called him
Oh, IL it waan't for my friends. They
came. to the orchard early In the morn
Ing with bulldog and around his
neck twas a red cloth They put the
dog In. the orchard to coax the bull
+ away, hut sorras q foot would he stir
from the tree. = Il AS s.5 Si3E K;
The dog thought the bull was afraid
50 he goes UP and nips him on the
heels. II That made the big beast mad
and heSchased the dog a small bit. d. h
That3Was my chance for walton,
IL thought, and I took It. Jumping
from the tree I ran for the wa Il. IT he
bull saw me and came after me. the
4 dog fter him. f How T got over the
wall ahead 5sof the horns was moro
than Il could do today, but over 4 got
lin time 5 WI II fs5$
It was the memory Sof those lively
times that made Hennessey and me.
self take few extra drinks 5}: \ 8 Sf
The magistrate let him so again.