The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-10

Nxs1 k% A@sl Ak*N# feT 1r tfaAt 4 fn laFin
fs down on YOU Cap,
l go s complained Billy
Tnyge te his sunhprlt
vis-a-vis. Sirnultare-
ossly reaching for the hettle of Seotehs
to which ne helped himself sparinglv
You know thar when I play the game
4 stick to the finish, that I'm with you
from the soda card tD the turn. bat
the trouble Is this that I'm tired -of
bein 4 pileer, ard unless 4 nice little
piece or money turns up pretty quick.
why. I'm gnin to turn over the box
and give tlr. the game
Captain Mcbride. better known al sGapsn
Pete to certain officials of the United States
government who guard its borders against
the crossing az the Chinese eoolie, leaned
back in his chair. took q long pull at his
cigar, and with bis eyes on the occupants
ct i corner table. slowly exhaled the pun
gent smoke and looked at Billy thougbtiully.
Nov listen to me TOR 4 minute he said
!" You know fhe NaHakg sailed into Van
couyer last week with over six hundred
Chinks aboard The State Department and
the Chinese Bureau are very properly al
worked up oveY the heavy increase in Chinese
emigration. because they have a pretty good
idea where the Chinks eventually wind UP
Wiley and Dohprly If the Secret Service met
the Chinks Al Vancouver, trailed the whole
bunch Ia the plants at Ottawa and Toronto.
and at the present time they're sitting at that
corner table nyer there, keeping tabs on US
I've seen the guy with the mustache be-
fore. said Billy after pause during which
he sfeaIthiiv observed the pair Of officers.
Hes bumped into me all oyar town for the
last two days
That's Dohcrty returned Captain Pete.
Hes one of NTilkie's best operators
Where are lhc Chink booked FOR, and
who gets emp asked Billy
I'm Just corning % that mufmured
Captain Pete Three hundred and twenty
Of them are FOR Won and your Uncle Dudley,
and the Sin Cempanes have offered me three
hundred dalaf ( BEAD a, q ID At New
York City
Nsnesy shaHsand bucks reverently
whispered f'iIls afiCs @q0sal calculation
But why e'e s1fee centuries per head We
never got naare than t9o hundred before, ex-
cept bv THE way If tara Cruz
Tt's this way. answered taPsain Pete.
This fellow Stark Hhe -.sst. has cnarge of
the ennrc Border scrviee, has tied the boys up
for fair The six Companies are getting
desperate and arr bound 70 get their country
men tn at any price Nov Chu and Charlie
sing have been up hero twice Us see me. They
know ina if ANYBODY ~ beat stark al this
game. that car. so sheY ent Gor Ibis batch
ol yeliow bovs and have rase3 the ante to
three hundred, and I'm going to get en- over
the fne as soon as the Ice goes out Of the Bay
OF Fundy"
cts a big job. chservcd Billy Illooks
to me as II Uncle Sam'Il cab 'he turn on US
this deal. but I'm Vitb you Cap. even i we
get whipsawed and sind up al Moundsville:
but think voli'Il find i z heap easier 70 run
down to Washington aud have the Chinese
Exclusion Act suspended for thirty days
"Donf borrow trouble. Billy, pursued the
Captain, unmindful Of his companions sar-
casm. eslip over 10 the G. 2. Depot buy
ticket to St John, \. B., 60 down al go To-
night. and put up az ihes Queens. Pay no
attention to Wiley or Doberty, they'll prob
ably trail YOU 10 St John. When you get
there, wait for orders
-. Anything else. Cap5" questioned Billy
as he swallowed the last oi his higahali
nWhy~eF-cr. yes drawled the Captain,
SLOWLY pushing back his chair Get me
about two tons oi rice to he held subject to
call. and # you are not too busy hunting up
4 poker game. buy about two hundred yards
Of straw mating for me-
49,
To the critical eve Of the sunbvrt Amei-
can who bought her at auction. .one bright.
spring morning. the G Canadiau fishing schooner
Fsvs Brother looked attractive The for
naer owner had been carried out 10 sea on an
Ice foe during sealing expedition The
panic Of 1905 had touched good 81 John. and
ready money was scarce article the morning
nf the auction. so the widow was glad indeed
10 accept a price Tor the schooner which in
Iorner days would have been asked for her
doucs and fishing gear alone. Withina week
after the sale Of The FIR Brothers, work
men swarrned over her. Painters, caulkes.
and nggers, spuHed on by extra pay, were
ioine their best
Looks 70 me Ike hop-ioint, 2 observed
\ Nv Joyce % Captain Mcbride al they stood
en- decks and surveyed the series Of hunks,
"a. covered with mating
,he ,n'i sleep mote than forty Of the boys at