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

BY Young Lady in Mining
Camp Which Led to
Peculiar Result.
81 allus maintained as 'ow wimmen
generally wuz the principal canse 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 i'm 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-
frmation, Steve continued:
| 81 take ct es 'ow most O. you hes ac-
quintance with Big Jack Gordon"
"BIack Jack ?" you mean Lemont IN
quired. "The fellow who stands about
six feet six in his moccasins and weighs
about 2SO 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
frEky 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. fittings cleaned
up roun' erbout so ez ter make things
look pursentabul-like.' why, what's
the matter?' We enquiries, anything
serious took yerp Sumbuddy dead, er
what in blaZuz is the trubbul?' 'Sh-
Sh-' ses the Boss, 'oldin' mp lis finger
like he wuz cautiOnin' some one. AN
another thing ye'l have ter stop, boys
is sprofanation.'
F "At this, puffuckly-natural-like we
laughs, whereat the Boss gets madder'n
a drunken ha'fbreed.
"'Y QUILL have ter stop itv he scrt am
| ed, stompin' like is feet wuz cold, you'll
have ter stop itP
, "Et this we concludes that something
, serious wuz erbout ter 'appen.
! "'Excuse uTse, Boss ses Big Jack
who wuz always per!ite except when HI
/ wuz full. Excuse nrse, bnt wat il
9 'e'l's got yer. emmy howY
Q "sWelI, I'll tell yer, boys ses th'
1 Boss, gittin' mournful az In, Pm expect
ing er lady up to camp in day er 81
and
"'The 'ell you arev roared Big Jack
"A lady2 Wat fur I'd like to ter know
''Et this we all nodded, meanin' "a
'ow we wuz all of similar opinyun
!. Wharupon the Boss gifts roarln' ma,
/ ag'in.
q "'You want ter know?' he rOared
a know, too? l aint nuthin'in this deal
O Think I'm invitin' 'er do yer? Oh, yes
I'm invitin' 'er. Thet's it! You GO ou
a and tell 'er Jack, big feller like you
q you go out and tell 'er you want te
q know, wat she's comm fur
"And with this the Boss stomps Of
IS madder'n buncoed bull moose. " ell
"a a couple o. days after this interview tn
news came that the lady wuz on he
J. way to camp. We had delegated Ri
y. Jack on ercount of is material perlltt
ness to escort 'er and take charge O. tn
baggage. But, howsoever 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
fs didn't say as howsomever.
ie "Well, considerable agitation follere
al tryin' to bring order out o. chaos, so Il
m speak. We perp0sed as how Lemon
d, the teamster, might uaishiate, u
is Frenchy pertested the matter wuz 81
n. tirely out o. is sphere O. action. S
finully, it waz arranged thet Pickle