The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-18

meejedly plunged out again. I cannot
tell We all w. his dashin' story iv adj
venture. | class it among TIL gr-reat
llghttn' romance iv ~lithrachoor. How
he was beset be rivals-how he pierced
wan With a rebate. nov he broke tn
law over another's head, how he leaped
through a loopkole in a supreme court
decision an was safe FIR a time: tn great
peril ne was In firm f'rgettin' tn COM
binatlon to his safe: how he was
threecherously sthruck down be Kene-
saw NJ. Landts; how honest Peter
Grosscup come along an lifted tn lne
an carried him ON an nursed him
back to life. I'll not tell We about it.
Ye must e it f'r ye'ersilf. An II it's
not too much to ask. read 1t FIR me, too.
Rockefeller Explains Himself.
There's van thing SURF firm what I
see. an h q is tina Jawn D. hasn't
amy idee that he liver lone wrong to
annywan. / like that about him. 1t
shows he's a human being. Says he;
'Settin' here. on a rainy day. tn
thought comes owe me that I shud
put down tn advintures that have be-
tell me. Jawn D. Rockyfellar. a cadet
lvints iv a long life an describin' cpl
sodes that a mad histhry In tn
kerosene lie business. 1t is we'll that
l shud utter me narrative in tn quite
Nv a couthry house rather thin in tn
brawl Nv a coort, with a lawyer wag-
gin his finger undher me nose. SO to
years an say that I have been wrong
ly blamed. Not be mesllf. but be 9TH
ers not so well informed. II I had been
a bad man wud / be surrounded as I am
today be lille an devoted pardners?
Nanny d%eplorabie acts have. no doubt,
l cannot excuse these here zealots. All
l u do was to take thin out Nv tn
way Nv temptation IN give some wan
else a chance. I made thin ma pard-
ners an now nanny Nv thin are on
such terms with United States sinitors
that they can hand thin a little some-
thing without blushing. 1t has been q
great pleasure to me to save these
men an make thin what they are.
They have grajated firm crime, but
am glad to say that TIL last time
visited tn old college down in Broad
way. I saw tn grads mixin' in on tn
best Nv terms with a splendid CROWN
kindergarten
John 3. and the Small Manufacturer Of
Oil.
"-An' so 1t goes. An I'm with Jawn
D. l niver see him in mo life, though
his face is familyar to me through all
til popular papers,, an l know a fellow
that dhrives a wagon FIR him. But I'm
with Jawn d. Th' time was within ]
hated him, an mo romantic soul pro-
tested again his croolty in exterminat.
warryors who were nghtin' tn battle,
Nv tn people. Twas a good NANNY
years before ] discovered that tn on'y
thing ayether Nv thin was f1ghtin' Fl
was to see which shud be first to me
cash dhrawer. 1t was me they were
est man won. 'Tie like this: I'm go.
in home late at night an a small but
enthusiastic fellow jumps on me bacl
an yells: 'Ye'er money or ye'er life!
an thries to take both. But just a,
TIM fadin' away a big sthrappin' la-a,
tears around tn corner. knocks me as
sailant down. robs an beats him
pockets. an thin says: Now. boys. !
, both iv We behave We can come dow
tomorrow an get a good job FIR lii
shovelin' coal. an firm day to day T
hand We part iv ye'er money back
says he. That's what's called tn devil
opmint iv tn foreign market is whin
stake tn big fellow to go over an go
rotte a Rooshan or a Chinyman. I
TIL long run l settle Everything al
: much difference does 1t make to me VIII
I settle with. I'd Just as lave pay owe
tn money 1 extort firm We to Roth.
child as to the corner grocer. In fas
: IL they'll let me keep enough to suppol
il me life an promise not to disturb m
sleep. I'll lave tn rest on me lure ste
e an let them night fr it. An may Il
best man win. An he will win an a
he'll get out Nv it will be another wa
Nv Twin to be discontinued with.
A cynie Turned Inside Out.
Father Kelly says I'm gettin' {
be a cynic turned inside out. Find
in that 1 can't hate ivrything in Il
wurruld, I can't hate anything. IT'S
poor feelin' f'r a prize fighter. but l lon
ago retired firm til ring an I'm con