Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-11-12
Holding
/ I'uTI1pS

Bitter zee. c.,rpJ little for The pres
| identiil race. il MAS leo remote from
| the ccn,tr u things TO care which of
| the two Williams occupied the White
| House. Il WAS the tail Of the ticket
that Interested Bitter Greek, and inter-
ested it ~. a,ily
The cal.p bad reached a stage IN It's
| deyelopmc-t whore local sheriff was
| of greater importance than n national
| ruler. IN i1ht was TO be made strict
| " on pant. l.cs, but the parties were
| the C0lrof i,e; and the Aiyliusites.
1t was agreed q either man would
admirably perform the onerous duties
of the office, but Ben Colcord and Tom
! Myths both wanted the place, and the
| contest would be none the less excit-
ing because the two men were close
| friends.
'"rhis sure is going to be Il fight"
announced Colcord when he met his
chum after the nomination. no hard
feeling if | beat you. Tomt'
IF you can confirmed Myths, with
a laugh Il think / see myself wear
ing that badge already, Ben"
Not Il ! can hclo It," denied Col
cord. i've u few ideas rs TO how TO
run campaign myself, and I'm going
to try them
anything short Of shooting" as
sented Myths Il hold the trump card,
though. You wait and see"
Bitter Creek did not have long to
| wait Colcord led from the first and
took the first trick by fitting up the
| old Bella Union ms a picture show.
! III between reels he made a speech To
the audience, ana the audience includ-
! ed most of the towuspeope in the
course of the evening.
The pictures were changed every
| evening. and even the barkeepers at
the new Bella Union and the Yalta
We're permitted to take time off TO see
the new reel run through.
business at the faro tables suffered,
and Coicord would have become un-
popular had 1t not been that at the con-
clusion of each performance he led
| the audience acrcss the street for
druk, patroniziGs first the Bella Union
| and then 49, Iaita.
II wees a. general opinion that Col
cord had 4 pace too syift for his
rival to ,llow Int Myths only
smi H.
This ""i'a "rry broader the follow
ing VICE. .c2 Myths played and
took tln cud trick Bitter Creek
sadly lei the feminine element.
Save. for ai1s NullisJn who ran the
Golden "'cs- hotel. he census of Bit
ter Creek wee entered in the male
column of The records.
The arrival OF Edna Myths created
nothing less Than sensation. and
that evening the picture show was
| deserted while the voters of Bitter
Creek slowly fled past fine Golden
West in the hope Of obtaining Il sight
of the new arrival
Edna A.yliuS was well worth the
trouble She >as slip Of Il girl with
a coronet OF silky hair the color Of
| virgin gold She dressed with an art
full simplicity far more fetching than
the latest fashion, and her smile was
simply Irresistible She was Just out
OF college, in love with The west and
delighted to be one of the factors in
an election contest.
| Tom fitted up store near the pic
ture show, and wattles, with real hon
ey, We'd with the pictures rs an at
traction. Waftics were Edua's special
| ty. and with sleeves rolled above her
dlmpled elbows, with dainty apron
and coquetish cooking cap, her face
flushed from the heat Of the fire. she
was a picture and IA moving oue-far
more effective than the product of Ian
tern and film across the street Bitter
| Greek decided that of the two Tom
Myths was better fitted to be sheriff
Colcord racked his brains for some
thing to counteract the effect of the
| wattles and brought down to the Creek
half dozen minor pugiists, who bat
tied for the benefit Of mere handful
of spectators, while the rest of the
camp watched Edna make fudge.
Colcord left the fight and went over
to see what success the fudge maker
was having The room was packed
with men Solcmny masucating the
toothsome compound while Myths
made q speech
They listened, as Ia duty bound, but
all eyes were upon the trim little fig
| ure lowering over the stove at the end
of the hail. She lad impressed Mrs
| Mulligan as assistant. cad the ponder
| Gus figure OF the elder woman made
an excellent foil for the girl.
Edna looked up, with smile. as Col
cord entered and made his way to the
stove. Ii was by no means his first
visit, and She had come to like the
frank, breezy man who at once was
her brothers friend and rival.
I'm perfectly happy. she whispered
as she offered Colcord a plate Of the
sweets When we nude fudge in
Chatting dish used TO say that hoped
some day 10 De able to make all I
wanted to. I've got my wish sooner
than expected
u wish might have mine. retorted
Colcord
You can't was the prompt reply.
I'm going 10 elect Tom us sherinr.
Perhaps II You are real good IN elect