The Alaska citizen., 1910-08-13

Nugget Hill. near old Virginia City was a busy. hustliu' uinin' cd1p chuck full of hustle. vas haulia i"ople from Utah in al old 'jeri,y coach 10 the Hill. fer shat ,v?s a soI'cr stopPiu' place Folk got their rub stakes thar and rJstlcd in the eulctes fer the dust, an ger bet yer life most of them got plenty. toe Them was good old days, boys" and the old stage driver settled himself back in an arm chair per hrs ht~ fc"' on the stove
 Phnty to ear-if it liI come high io'- ot dist and easv tr gi. t" draNl e! the r,lc of the old d. on the ai
 T tell yer bcys, it oll,s Is blood ile to ttlnk of the 10 tunes then 3,,s as was right in fcoG' ol as [ .nv sittin'. and |. 'ar one. didn't care q rtr about diggm fer il No sir ld rlrher hold tn ribbons over six horses or skin mules. | made big money that away and had some mighty tcklish experiences.
 Want a story. do yer? Well. It's mighty dry talking, lets go have something first" and the hearty iron ,iersman. followed by the interested listeners. approached the bar and ordered for all.
 Guess I'll tell yer abou5 a feller We uster call Dreamy Dick, said the stage driver. as he r,.umed his favorite position in the armchair with lis feet upon the sto.,
 Yer see. the West I'll dome kep' br Californy Joe, Wa the way up stoppin' place in the camp in them days Meals like mother ustcr cook; big, flat beds, clean and white My sakes, but it uster make me feel a hankerin' fer home. And Joe he kept the best Wet goods, and all round decent place. Never allowed no fights. treated everybody white and had no end of friends. Cowboys, miners, bonanza kings was all treat ed the same. if they behaved them selves
 The feller I'm goin' to tell Yer about was an all-'round sWell-that is, we sorter sized him up that way. He wasn't exactly offish, but didn't seem to drink much or fool with cards none He'd stand treat fer the hull house an sorter smile al the gang like a woman. None of us knowed his name least wise nothin' but Dick, as his tillicums allers call ed him that; and in them days one name was all anybody needed-neyer had time to handle more nor one. He was allers dressed to kill when he loafed about the Home and allers had big wad with him. Sometimes he would come in late of nights and walk the floor the whole night long. Once We heered him talkin' to his self and sayin':
 This must stop It'll kill her sure. It's got to end, and the good Lord knows it's goin agin me all the time
 Then we all felt sorrier than ever and was afeared he might be sorter nutty. My. but he was handsome when he was dressed in his leather togs, broad hat and cartridge belt. but after a week out in the hills or diggin's he would look mighty boys cared much fer his pard. He had a bad eye, and at times Dreamy Dick seemed to hate him, specially when he wouldn't be any too nice to the waiter girls-as good girls as ever you see. But Dick showed his good bringing up and had a kind word fer em all and was alters civil.
 One evenin Dicks pard came in late and seemed kinder wild-eyed and d DlI cACllSu, anu HdHutu blCh d Iti- ter-he kinder seemed to git no mail at the office and I watched his pard' s wicked eye as he whispered some thin to Dick, his eyes a-glitterin' like a snakes. And Dick, pore boy, stood like stony statur, never once lookin' up, but l could tell that he was listenin' to somethin' mighty important. Then he said somethin' about 'bein dead on his feet but said he was with him jest the same. Then he opened the letter-his let ters was mostly little fellers, dainty like, and I uster feel like tellin' him to take a drink and cheer up after he'd read one of them. But this time he seemed to fergit where he was, and he said sorter low to his tillcum:
 Curse it all. listen to this lhan he read in a low voice and I heerd him say, 'Damnation! Where1l the stuff come from then? Get out of it? The devil, yer talk like a fool
 Then his pard said somethin' about maxim hay while the sun shines and told him to quit his spoutin'. Dick seemed restless and didn't fally ta no ono +bo, o,,o,;x,