The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-11

nuuSc, duu WHO SuoulQ i see tueT6
braced up against the bar but this
friend of mine and three other men
being served with drinks, and there
was my dollar on the bar to pay for
them. So l just went up and put in
my order just as If l had been in
vited. He looked kind of sheepish
and Immediately began to be uneasy.
Five drinks would be sixty-five cents.
Five for half didn't go in that town
and he knew it. That was going to
leave him fifteen cents short to pay
for his dinner and l was enjoying
the predicament / was getting him
into. If / hadn't butted in he would
have had just fifty cents left when
the stage ratified up to the door, but
he went out and got on, feeling good
over being able to treat those fellows,
but troubled over his thirty-five cent
dinner that was to cost him half a
dollar.
Well, when I got back to Boise /
began to hear about it. He had
roasted me to all the fellows, and
said ! was downright mean to butt
in. Every fellow in town knew about
that round of drinks, and every fell
low he told it to that knew him had
asked him where he got the dollar.
But he was frank about it and said,
"Oh, I got it of Jim!" And they all
laughed about it, but he didn't see
the ludicrous side of it.
After day or two he came to me
and said, Jim, can't overlook that
! don't think you had any business
to butt in that time" and he was in
earnest about 1t, too. He was ter
ribly worked up over it, for he said
! knew how it would put him in the
hole and embarrass him.
Well, ! got up and apologized,
and | said Now, I'll put it in writ
ing if you say So" but he said, mo,
that's all right. / don't want it in
writing. just wanted proper ac-
acknowledgement"
He got all over it then. He couldn't
hold spite If he wanted to. He was
SO good natured. I never did find
out how he got his dinner. Borrowed
a dollar Of the driver, / suppose, and
then treated him and another man.
He was at Twin Falls for the con-
vention, and / had him in mind when
1T was time to start home, but he
didn't come around to ask me for
any money. thought it over and
concluded it was a sign of transferred
affection. / don't know yet who he
went to that time, but know was
left out without a chance to show
my friendship.
Hansbrough: We used to have a /
fellow in Salt Lake that would get
on a spree and drink up everything
he had. He couldn't quit until he
got down in the gutter. Some of us
took charge of him and paid his room
rent and his board, and had an I'M
ierstanding with the lady of the
house that when he got drunk she
was to send somebody to get him and |
ock linn up in his room until he gott
sober. We had an understanding
with the police, too, and he never got
very far gone until he would find
himself in his room and locked In.
The landlady would feed him up on
soft foods and soft drinks until he
vas all right and then turn him out.
n that way we kept him UP for a long
line, but he finally got notion of
going to Spokane and we couldn't
stop him. We figured that he would
,e among strangers and would not
rave the care he needed. Well, he
got beastly drunk there one day in
he fall when 1t was cold, and he got
badly drenched and chilled. It turned
INTO pneumonia and he died. Now
1ou see If he had staid in his own
.ange there in Salt Lake, we might
rave held him up a good while, but
le was of there where they didn't
know him and out of his beat, don't
you see, and the first time he got,
Town he was thrown in, and 1t turned
nto pneumonia and killed him.
Smart fellow and bright as q dollar,
out it got the best of him.
Gagon: Did you ever hear Ben
Rich tell about when he and the
Judge were out camping at Bear Lake
md they killed seventeen-dollar
len? Well, you ought to hear Ben
ell that. 1t plaques the udge-Ben
always makes out that Judge Rich
hot the neighbor's hen because he
hit a wild chicken. 1t hurts
:hes judges dignity to be accused Of
anything SO small but you can't shut
Ben of II he gets started, and he