Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-24
kSTH]KE or FORTUNE
The Bit at Good Euck That: Over
took Barney 0'ConnoE-
WEAL Ta THRUST UPON Film.

The ,Visitsr That Called to See tive Man
Who. Had Been lnjured-The Sight
That Gneeted Him and the hasty
Proposition, He Handed Out.
Several years ago two brothers
named MrI9onaid were in business III
Halsted street. Among the habitues
Of theis establishment was n,An
named OsConnor. man nanasd An
derson chen was. claim agent for the
/ street railway company that connected
Halstea with, Chicago.
I Barnay O:Conaor was a happy-go-
lucky chap wha;saidn't wonuS much
about anything. tie was p.rtiai TO
his beer. had 10, kith or kim Co be re-
i sponsable FOL-. cared little seg clothes
and worked only when it was abso-
| luteLE essential. which wasn't often.
Mcdonald bros. liked to- have Bar
had brought with him from the ould
sod and SO they found lihtle tasks for
hins to do. One day Barney was loaf
ing around; McDonald's about half IL.
Illuminated and In an extremely rosy
frame Of mind when they decided
they wanted some goods over In the
city. Barney was delegated to go after
hoisted another one and took a car fol
| the hoop H.,
/ The car was crowded fore and aft,
and Barney got on the aft. He didn't
i get much more than halfway on the
step when there came q jolt. Yhe
crowd surged back on Barney. and be-
with several others. was dumped int,
the street. Barney suffered worse than
the rest. as be was underneath. Ru,
he wasn't hurt badly. He was knock
j ed unconscious. but after they carried
him into store and threw cold water
on him be came out OF it In goUC
: shape. All that remained were u few
cuts
r The conductor, however. was ex
: cited. He was new at the business
and when he took the names and ad
dresses Of the VICTIMS of the crash h,
I got considerably balled up. Perhaps
r he made Barney's injuries a iittl,
S more grave than they really were
+ After OConnor got over his dizzi
: ness be Went on uptown and bough
!. his stuff for the McDonalds. He als
a visited a drinking place on Randolph
street. 1T was there that he learne,
OF clam bake that. was to be bel,
that night at a saloon on lower Hal
sted. Celebrations Of this sort ar
pealed to Barney, and he resolved t
v be on hand. & s.,r. l<,H 4 -. p
IL He was. They had a lovely time
I'll Along about IL O'clock the festivitie
! became super1oyous, and argument
7 arose. Barney was In the midst q
: these. Fisticuhs followed forensi
q froth, and O'Connor was numbere
I, among the slain. b } sssSj: j. } z
i'll How he got to his room be couldn'
D. explain coherentiy. he sure was som
i beat mp. What they didn't do to hil
: wouldn't take long to tell. II wa
= the completest walloping he ever ia
2 experienced.
W He slept late. When he woke up b
II wished be could have slept later. q
Il found moving undesirable after an d
tempt or two at 1t. go he stayed In bel
III Abont 3 o'clock liz the afternoon It'd
u landlord Of the rcoming house came d
!. and told Barney q man wanted to $se
! him. Seldom had Barney had visitor,
Il and bis curiosity was aroused. hi
4 Il wasn't strong enough to induce hi
y 10 set up. He fold the landlord n
D. have the man sent up to the room. s3E3
II iaderson. ont 20 settle early Ii n
{ avoid the rush. came fiji and took
I look at Barney. ne nearly tainted.
y Jf ! get out of this on Less than 81
81 600 III be lucky, he told himsei