The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-11
From the New York Sun.

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of his saloon.
I For an interval the party continued
TO eat their tobacco in silence. waiting,
for such further remark as lhe speak
er might see fit to offer. AS he con-
tinued smoking peacefully as one Who
has freed his mind. Joe Bassett asked
. question. ,. w..
"Touchin' this here race suicide, he
said, what sort of a fish is ii" halnt
,heer'd o. none on 'em bein' catched IN
these here waters. Do they roost nigh
night times. or kin you ride EN- bare
back? Be they good to cat, or my tit
FIR paintin' wagons"
g, Old man Greenhut looked at him
With some surprise and much dignity.
'Yoro ignorance, joe" he said. Sc
I verely, sure is amazin'. Race suicide
amt no different I'm any other sui
eide, on'y You u u race for it, some
like a donkey race TO q county l;ilr.
The one t comes in last wins The prize.
THE last one l seen was managed
fine. There vas three undesirable citi-
Zens in Greenville what had been told
so many times for to go jump i'm the
river t they got sort of in he notion
OF it. on'y they wouldn't none on EN-
go first.
II reasoned with 'em all, but 'twan't
no use, an finally the citizens got to-
gether an greed fer to have Il race
Sulclue. lell lne lilIce Oh cll MdS
notified they Kicked some, but they
was give consid'able red liquor an WAS
mad to see t was FIR the good O the
community. an after they'd had more
liquor they started.
They had a hundred yard run to the
edge O. the levee an the last one over
was to have another bottle o whisky
afore jumpin' in. There was SOME
curiosity about what'd happen, bcin' as
we knowed they'd all want TO be last.
They started off fine an the hull
town was there to see they run fair.
None on EN- 'peared to be desplit hur-
ried about gcttin' there first. but they
got to the edge o. the water in tolable
good time, all together. Then they
looked at each other an all of Il sud-
den Sol HAMPTON n Pete kinkead
pushed Billy Mush verboar an hen
tackled each other.
They had a fine wrestlin' match FIR
about ten mute az there was con-
sid'able bettin' done by them t was
1ookin' on. but Pete lNinlSead finally
throwcd Sol in the river am we give
him the eXtry bottle. BY the time
he'd finished that he said he reckoned
he'd rutler drown nor to drink any
more o that. an over he Went. Pears
like some o. TIL surplus p%oppSlaton %
this here c'munity mought be utilized
thataway thouten any danger to the
town."
oh, l dont Know, Sald owen rep
per coming around the corner With on
siderable more brickness than seemed
fitting on SO hot q day. II don't know.
What was you talking about: Come
on and have a drink, boys" he con-
tinued in the same breath, without APP
parently caring whether he was an
swered or not.
His invitation to drink, however, was
held to have the parliamentary po-
tency of q motion to adjourn. and old
man Greenhut led the way to the bar.
When the ceremonies We're concluded
Mr.. Pepper said again: What was
you talking about?" And old TAI
Greenhut explained.
Looks like 1t d be a excellent thing
fr Arkansas City" he said, ito have
some O them race suicides right here,
We cd get shut o. some monstrous
cent entertainment FIR the public to the
same time it,
"Oh. l don't know" said Mr.. Owen
Pepper. What the matter with draw
poker?"
There amt nothin' the matter with
with quick indignation. But what's
Draw poker don't get rid O. nobody.
Its more like a fertilizer. Makes a
good man better an a undesirable citi-
zen wuss, count O. goin' broke, same as
ii IlIdhCo llS SIOpS dH lIlc
weeds both grow. Have to do your
weedin' Just the same"
"Oh, l don't know" said Mr.. Pepper.
Draw poker'll do that. sometimes. l
knowed q family O. Bambergs over in
Tennessee. right where l was raised.
war.
"Bein' as they want none on EN-
greet %spenders they was considered
loose change in the house when the
!liggers was freed. an when tn old
man come to die, twenty year ago. he
left ! about quarter of Il million,
an a viii.
""Thi here will was some p'cooliar.
TIL old ma app'inted one o. his %cronies.
name O ~TotmuSger, trustee o. tn
whole shootin' match an he was to
hold it till one o. the two sons died
t didn't die. But up to tina, he was
to give either one on 'em any money
that 'peared to be reasonable.
Sim an Jim Bamberg was the two
sons an they was all t was left O the
family. Pears they hated each other
right bitter, an they went to tightin' in
the courts right away.
Both on EN- claimed t 'tother one
had ought for to been disinherited
but they both lost. IN then. hatin' each
other like they did, 7hey set to work
to get away With the hull estate, So
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either one on 'em died.
"Peared neither one on 'em stopped
to think t he mought be left hisself If
his brother died first. but they was
both hell bent on spendin' all the
money so S 'twhen he died 'tother one
wouldn't get nothin'.
Well, Sim a go to old man Tot
mugger an brace him FIR money, an
get 1t. He wouldn't al'ays get all he
went after, but old Totmugger was
to'able liberal, am bein' as the will
p'viaod fr anything t 'pearcd to be
reasonable. he'd mostly give Sim what
he asst for.
Then Jim woul go FIR his haul, an
get all me could. an next day Sim d
60 back. an SO on. Things was some
Lively.
''Bimeby old T~otmugger begin to
think the boy WAS unreasonable, an
they both Oh 'cm come to me to know
what excuse they cd put up for to get
more money. On'y. o co'se. they come
separet. They wouldn't never go no
where together.
Well, ! told EN- to tell Totmugger