Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-15


Won" hc whie,oro, bi,t here's Some
tbiry doi,r rara
"Wha- - w.,
..rr,w, ~, i, a.. h,nk Law low and
vor,u soon "a $4,000
Ne cravle,i nn Tao erst thing he no.
,in,.d vas !, i,,,in ra,. ~ p,h, which nro-
coded fr,., - i,,a ,,ai. in Tho fraiI mar
ri,io, which ,ara,ai ,he forecastIe from
an adioini.n IN ~. s,nca his ewes 10
mis- ana u,ba, bn or ,I, him i'm a very
srr,,,,s fr,n,aa ~, ,,t,na Ieyi cross and
polk, the m,s.or and The mate. were in
Ina room t. e., On ths roor-one
! of IN, hu,d,,d nasr. If m;xed nickles
which figured =, NE napers of the Golden
Rod Rnt ,ha .hing tb,t made Rarres
stare ,ntiI MI. a,nn.na .vos nearly i,pned
through rho knn, bnIa was the u,ter ah-
senc, of uixoa n,arIas Cross took the
head off the c,.k .,l running his thumb
less rirbt b,rd dow, into il scooned IN
a mass or hiact,sh' nnu.dar
.WelI, said po,L ir,n,tient,v .whst
is itp Don, ha,t ahaut me hush
The master raised his heavy evelids and.
lowerinr bis voic. s,ia mnressiveIy.
xrnno,yd.r,,h ,;y.s, p,,nnowder that
.-ss oycr mn. ,r a oarnon W,el, ,e, hie
no..ey for :, ,na and yo,l1 cot your
s;,are' old shinrste"
The old shi,n,,to yr,,red showing , set
of discolorcI tne,b Roib reseated them
selves at - ,.hI. a,d ,ha master reached
over for = deo.n,ar and no,red a hip drink
of whisky into \ .,,stv rim cum After he
had drained Tho last drop of il the mate
turned to him curiousIy.
..Wharc did vo, got the powderp"
..Well" said no mos,er strokinr his
forehead with NJ. tour tinpers of his riuht
hand. that's ,he curious nart of it. got
that stuff from an old pal of mine"
IAN old nalp"
yes: Jack Fenwick. We were in a lit
tie game together about ten wears ago.
He got pinched and / escaped. Some peo-
pie said saved myself at his expense.
ANYHOW. he got FIVE years in the peniten-
tiarv. We'll i mot him a few weeks ago
for the frs. time since-since the unfortu-
nate occurrence. was n bit chaIy of him
AT first. but Jack didn't bear me any i'll
will. No. not at all. He heard thar | was
in the ti,;busteriny line and was making
a little money selling supplies to the in
surgents. and he offered to put me on TO a
good thing week after he look me to
a place where they had these hundred
casks of nowder r,ve him a hundred
dollars for the lo, and IL don't set
twenty times that much for 'em III eat
my shirt"
After this candid racjtal the m1Stcr took
another drink Iio forgot IN ask tho mate
10 ,o;n him hut ,h,t T,,rctiop,ry not az
all abashed. found another Gun and helned
himself lberaIlv The men had been
drinking for some time and their faces
were flushed and tbeir voices husky polk
struggled to evnress . orss.,on that had
been shaninr itse,f In his n,,,ddIcd mind
for MANY mi,r,es
How'd Won fool tho custonso.,
funny bone. He laid his Tin Gun down
and. leaning bac,. in his chair. roared with
laughter polk Smiled fee,iy surnrised
that anvtbing h. could s,v sbo,ld he
Conducive 10 s,nh ,rona',na5 nir,h r;n-
ally the other naused in his hilart,y .,,i
wiping the tears from his ewes win a nair
of dirty kn,ck,es. said:
II, vas , o.sv,s drorn,,r .rohor W.,
mn 'em an tbn shin n.nars DC r,,vad
pickles. when the ,nsnector came fooliny
round I had a cask onened and showed err
pickles. f.nt II was the onlv CASH ~
pickles we had Everyone Of tho ot,,nr
blessed ninetv-nine nackares was fIl.f
with Al e,,nnowder"
~ ahioe 49,.
enough TO deserve ano1her drink. 90 1id
mo m,sto- ~ .ho thanr,, .ha. ~ -
t,lrn deserves another thev toS,s . soeond
drink A loud knock ar tho c.hin door dis-
turbed the potatjons
"what dye wanto. prou,ed tho ~,,+ar
in deep bass tones.
..Nothinr cir" c,,,ed ont tho
the cabin boy, Except to saw that the Al
batross is in sight"
The look of stppid Incidence nm tho mans
face disappeared. The veins in tbn h,,I1
neck stuck ont in nurnlish lives An o,yr,,
light flashed from under the heavv eve.
lids and the straight Inns shut very. +;gh,
He jumped to his feet and in the act over
turned the decanter and tho tin o,,n balf
filed with whisky. A cloud az tho,,yhts
filed his half awakened mind hut onIy
two words came from his mouth.
1.-THE deyil,"
He unsteadi,v III tho st,,-,,.v
The chief mate looked q rytng,, - 49,
spilled liouor. and then raera,f,,,,., faIl
his master onto the main dac;.