Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

long shore. The Ariel she parted her lines
an went kt.n' down the bay to Misty
Island, struck a ledge off there an went
dow in five fathoms O. water. Hi didn't
know nothin' bout the schooner fetchin'
away till he went down to the cove next
day to get some Jamaky rum for a par
tick-lar cust'mer. Then he swore like a
pirate an sent for a tugboat to go
s'archin' for the Ariel. Tug was gone two
days, an come back -reportin' that they'd
have to get a diver an a wreckin' outfit
I'm Bangor to raise the schooner. 'Tain't
wuth while, though the tugboat cap'n
said to HI. that old tub amt wuth ten
dollars, an It'll cost We a thousan' to
raise her. The tugboat cap'n he didn't
know what sort of a cargo was slowed
away board the Ariel.
The Third Strike.
III. he fingered out tina there was about
$500 worth o. Ticker board o. the schooner.
so If 1t cost a thousand to raise Il, he'd
be a hundred out. So he said to let II
stay where 1t as-an II stayed. HI nut
In mother stock. hidin' It this time In the
woods back o. the house, but a Teller he
discharged for lickin' the cook got square
by goin' up to Ellsworth an tellin' the
sheriff where the, ticker was hid, an they
come down with two teams and gobbled
the whole lot. Then HI had TO light out
to dodge a Jail sentence, leavin' the hotel
In charge of a Bost'n Teller that was clerk.
This Bost'n Teller promised Hi he'd run
the hotel just the same's II It was his own
an that's Jest what he did. Leastways
when HI had manidged to square up his
ease with the county attorney an come
home ag'in, the season was over and the
house was closed an the Bost'n Teller was
gone with all the board money. not TO
mention that he took all the silverware an
left $500 in bills unpaid.
Hi, he run down hill fast after that.
hav1n' took to drinkin' heavy himself.
Made the hotel into sort o. club. an sold
lots o. ticker. When lection come round
one fall he gTent into politics. an spent
1900 helpin' to 'lect a democrat sheriff,
s'posin' that with the democrat in offs
there'd be free rum in Hancock county,
and he could sell all ne wanted to. But
there was the biggest mistake Hi ever
made, an he'd made a plenty in his time.
The democrat never went round preachin'
temperance, an made no bones O. sayin'
prohibition was a fraud, but when he was
1ected, cussed II he didn't turn to arr
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Republicans did. Every one was s'prised.
and some of the politicians. 'cludin' HI,
asked the sheriff IL that was what he
called a square deal.
They got HI into jail oncet or twicet
after that, an then he give in. an tackled
somethin' less risky. He want cut out
to do bizness, howsumever. an fore long
he was clean broke. Late years, he's ben
lobsterin' an II he gets 'nough to eat ]
guess that's all. Now. heres where the
pint OF my yarn comes in-where a man
works terrible hard for a drink o. Ticker.
Member how the Ariel with HIS thou,
sand dollars wuth o. Kicker sunk IN five
fathoms o. water offn Misty Island
ledges2 Yes2 Well. gentlemen. every timt
Hi gets hard up for a drink he goes down
there an puts In hours at a time fishin
with travis and boathooks 70 get at a bot
tie o. the stuff In the Ariel. Course the
old tub has been q good deal stove up by
the seas sence It went down. an NOR,
or less o. that licker's washed out OF II, 81
with good luck and kserful fishin' II
he fetches up q bottle Oncet in q While.