The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-23

! man that ticklcd the mule. I'll take
my breakfast right here shouldn't
wonder bit if The floor went hac:;
on me and landed me in the cellar 80
sir. | won't get up, Hand me the
! supplies. | know when I'm we'll OF
| If YOU want to eat breakfast with me-
come sit on the floor I'm not going to
have my spine pushed through the toy
of my head twice in tho same day"
"Will YOU are the most ridiculous
person ! ever did see" said Miss Mat
tie, and she laughed til she cried in
sheer ighthcartedneSS. But there's Il
chair YOU can trust. Come Oh now"
well. If you'l take Your solemn
oath that this one has no muStachc to
deceive me- said Rcd doubtfully 1T
looks husky. Well, I'll try 1t. Hooray
She didn't give IN inch. This kind of
reminds me of the time Jimmy Hen
bricks came back from town and
walked off the edge of the bluff in the
dark. 1t just happened that Old Scot,
| ty Fcrguson's cabin was underneath
him. jim took most of the roof off
with him as he went In. He sat
awhile to figure out what was tr,lnpS,
having come 80 feet too fast to do
much thinking. Then. Hello" he yells.
Old Scotty was sleeper from way
back. but this woke him up.
Hello says he. 'Was'er matter?'
Jim saw he wasn't more than half
! awake yet. so he says. Why. was
| up on the bluff there. ScOtty. and. see
| ing 1t was such short distance. |
thought Id drop in
"'Aw RI gruntcd Scotty. Make
y'sef t home, and with that he rolls
, over
"Jim couldn't wait for morning. and,
though his leg was pretty badly
spraincd. he made the trip all the way
round the trail and woke us up TO tell
! rs how he'd gone through FcrgusOns
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 w.
"'What's the matter. Scotty:' says |.
"'Well. | wisht you'd tell me what
in the name Of God went through thai
roof says he
II swallcred Il laugh cr0ssways and
put on Il serious face. Must have been
rock says |.
Rock nothin'" 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 go in and look for yourself
at cost Scotty one case Of rye 70
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 Guaking
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 it once He'd
been prospecting round the Ruby re-
fractory ore district and he came ont
at Hank Cutters sawmill 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 Il thunder shower they had
that day he spreads his blanket inside
the box and goes to sleep. Ore bins
have TO be S'toth aud dust tight, :"
1t wasn't bad Shdnty
"WeI, there came n jar and walked
him up. The box was rolling little
and going along, going along forty
mile an hour Scotty lii match and
found he was in Il kind OF big tunnel,
but the wal! was flying by so fast he
couldn't make out Just what kind Of
TUNE! 1t was. Now, he'd gone to
sleep IL peace and quiet on side Hill.
and to wake W ana find himself boat
riding /" tunnel was enough to sur
prise anybody First he pinchcd him.
self to soc if II was Hanks pie or
cold fact: found Il was a fact: then ne
III another match and leaned over ana
looked ~ Tia" black water underneath.
oul li4N lil't'I' TN '1pN llil 50 IL SCiiIt
him, and he settled down in the bot
tom again He didn't try TO think
What was the use? No man Twin.
could have figured things ont with ne
few facts Gcotty had before him AL
of sudden the box made rush and
shot ont into the air, ana Scotty fc.t
they were falling. Cod sakpS. he
says TO himself. What's next. ! WON
der" Then they hit the water below
with kcYtlap that nearly tclescopcd
Scotty and sent the spray flying Aft
er that they went along smooth again
We'll. says Scotty, i don't know
where am. nor who | am. nor what's
happened, nor who's il. nor nothing
about this game. So far Amt been
hurt, though. and might just us well
lie down and get Il little more rest
ut was broad daylight when he
woke up again. ANA IA man was look
Ing into the box. Hello, parlncrr he
says. 4 hope you've had a pleasant
Journey. Do you always travel this
way?
"Scotty raised up ana found his
pvD 4 Il. i.