Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-01-02

OF my head twice In the same day"
"Will. you are the most ridiculous
person l ever did see." sail Miss Mat.
tie, and she laughed till she cried IN
sheer lightheartelness. But there's a
chair You can trust. Come on now"
'Well, IL you'll take your solemn
oath that this one has no mustache to
deceive me-" said Red doubtfully 1T
looks husky. Well. I'll try It, Hooray
She didn't give an inch, This kind of
reminds me of the time Jimmy Hen
walked Off the edge of the bluff In the
dark. 1t just happened that Old Scot
ty Ferguson's cabin was underneath
him. Jim took most Of the roof or
with him as he went I'm. He sat
awhile to figure out what was trumps.
having come $50 feet too fast to do
much thinking Then. Hello. he yells
Old Scotty was a sleeper from way
back, but this woke him up.
Hello" says he. 'Was'er matterg'
"Jim saw he wasn't more than half
awake yet, so he says. why, l was
up on the bluff there, Scotty, and. see.
Ing 1t was such short distance. !
thought I'd drop i'm
saw RI grunted Scotty Make
y'self t. home and with that he rolls
over.
slim couldn't wait for morning, and,
10 haI lx-
sprained, he made the trip all the way
round the trail and woke us up 10 tell
us how he'd gone through Ferguson's
roof and the old man asked him TO
make himself at home. Next morning
there was Scotty out in front OF his
cabin, his thumbs in his vest holes.
looking up.
whats the matter, ScottyT says |.
"'Well. wisht you'd tell me what
in the name of God went through that
roof? says he
IL swallered a laugh crossways and
put on a serious face. Must have beer
rock says l.
"'Rock nothin'v says he If it had
been a rock 'twould have stayed in the
cabin, wouldn't It? Well, there amt
the first blasted thing of any shape nor
description in there but the hole. You
can 60 in and look for yourself
'It cost Scotty one case of rye to
make us forget those circumstances"
81 should have thought the man
would be killed, striking on the roof
that way" said Miss Matte
"Oh, no! Roof was made of quaking
asp saplings, just about strong enough
to break his fall. Scotty was the
sleeper, though! 1t wasn't hardly nat
ural the way that man could pound his
ear through thick and thin. He had
quite surprising time of 1t once. He'd
been prospecting round the Ruby re-
fractory ore district and he came out
at Hank Cutters sawmil! just at sun
down. Hanks place was full of gold
rushers, so Old Scotty thought he'd
sleep outdoors In peace and quiet. He
discovered some big boxes that Hank
was making for ore bins for the new
mill, and as the ground was kind of
damp from thunder shower they had
that day he spreads his blanket inside
the box and goes to sleep. Ore bins
have to be smooth and dust tight. so
1t wasn't bad shanty.
swell, there came a jar and walked
him up. The box was rolling a little
and going along, going along forty
mile an hour. Scotty lit a match anG
| found he was in kind of big tunnel
but the wall was flying by so fast he
couldn't make out just what kind of
a tunnel 1t was. Now, he'd gone to
sleep In peace and quiet on side hill
and to wake up and find himself boat
riding in a tunnel was enough to sur.
prise anybody. First he pinched him
self to see If 1t was Hanks pie or a
cold fact; found 1t was fact; then he
| lit another match and leaned over and
( looked at the black water underneath,
but this made the box tip so it scarf
tom again. He didn't try to think.
/ What was the use? No man living
could have figured things out with the
few facts Scotty had before him. All
OF q sudden the box made rush and
shot out into the air, and Scotty felt
they were falling. God sakes" he
says to himself. What's next, | won
der? Then they hit the water below
with a kerflap that nearly telescoped
Scotty and sent the spray flying. Aft
er that they went along smooth again
WELL says Scotty, Il don't know
where am, nor who l am, nor what's
happened, nor who's 1t, nor nothing
about this game. So far l amt been
hurt, though, and might just as well
lie down and get little more rest
'It was broad daylight when he
woke up again, and man was look
ing into the box. Hello, pardner" he
says. Il hope you've had a pleasant
Journey. Do you always travel this
wayT
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