The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-31
Amateur
Doctoring

DOOIOI IAS
By a Young Lady in a Mining
Camp Which Led to a
Peculiar Result.
generally wuz the principal carse of all
con'enshun," declared Steve Doring,
sawyer in Number One Camp, of the
Red Deer Lumber Company.
"You must have some mighty strong
reasons for making such declaration
so emphatic-like," remarked Lemont,
the small French teamster, who Icing
of French extraction, entertained some
peculiar notions about women in gen.
eral and girls in particular.
81 hes, most suttinly hes answer
ed Steve, who always objected to being
questioned.
No one making any reply to this af-
firmation, Steve continued:
81 take ct es 'ow most O. you hes ac-
quintance with Big Jack Gordon"
'I'lack Jack ?" you mean Lemont IN
quired. "The fellow who stands about
six feet six in his moccasins and weighs
about $50 pounds?"
"Exackly," agreed Steve, pleased at
being understood. "Exackly! Well, lie
wuz in camp with us up at Cripple Creek
erbout ten winters back. We wuz all
youngsters ct that time and pretty
risky ct that, but Jack war wuss'n
emmy of us. Long towurds the middle
o. the season the Boss comes into the
camp one day and ses, kind O. mournful-
like, boys, I want yer to git the camp
straightund up bit. Git things cleaned
up roun' erbout so ez ter make things
look purseutabul-like.' why, what's
the matter?' We enquiries, anything
serious took yer2 Sumbuddy dead, er
what in blazuz is the trubbul?' 'Sh-
Sh-' ses the Boss, 'oldin' up lis finger
like he wuz cautiOnin' some one. AN
another thing ye II have ter stop, boys
is profanation.'
cat this, puffuckly-natural-like we
laughs, whereat the Boss gets madder'n
a drunken ha'fbreed.
"'Yon'll have ter stop itp he scre am.
ed, stumpin' like is feet wuz cold, you'll
have ter stopitl'
eft this we concludes that something
serious wuz erbout ter 'appen.
"sExcuse urse, Boss ses Big Jack
who wuz always per!ite except when hi
wuz full. Excuse nrse. but wat ir
, 'e'l's got yer. emmy howY
, "sWelI, I'll tell yer, boys ses TIT
Boss, gittin' mournful az IN, Pm expect
ing er lady up to camp in a day er Sc
and
"'The ell you are!' roared Big Jack
lady2 Wat fur I'd like to ter know Z
''Et this we all nodded, meanin' "a
'ow we wuz all of similar opinyun
Wharupon the Boss gifts roarln' mat
{ ag'in.
p "'You want ter know?' he reared
! what erbout me? Don't I want te
q know, too? amt nutbin'i in this deal
D Think Pm invitin' 'er do yer? Oh, yes
I'm invitin' FER. Thet's ii! You go on
a and tell 'er Jack, big Teller like you
q you go out and tell FER you want te
q know, wat she's comm fur
"And with this the Boss stomps Of
s. madder'n buncoed bull moose. " ell
q a couple O. days after this interview tn
news came that the lady wuz on he
!. way to camp. We had delegated Ri
,. Jack on ercount of lis material perlitt
ness to escort 'er and take charge o. tn
baggage. But, howsoeyer when tn
day arrove Big Jack was took with
nawful sickness, which left i'm so {
he warnt able to move hand or foo
Poor fellerl Some O. the boys reasone
n as 'ow Jack was stallin', but no bod
Is didn't say as howsomever.
Ie "Well, considerable agitation follere
al tryin' to bring order out o. chaos, so Il
n speak. We perp0sed as how Lemon
d, the teamster, might naishiate, b
Is Frenchy pertested the matter wuz 81
A. tirely out o. is sphere O. action. S
finully, it wnz arranged tibet Pickle