Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-02-24

the title of "Black Eagle, the Terror
Of the Border" Many fearsome tales
are of record concerning the dolngs
of him and his followers. suddenly
in the space Of single minute Black
Eagle vanished from earth. He was
never heard of again. His own panu
never even guessed the mystery OF
his disappearance. The ooroer
ranches and settlements feared lie
would come again to rid and raVage
the mesquite fats. He never WILL
It is to disclose the fate OF Black
Eagle that this narrative is puollsheo'
The initial movement of the story
Is furnished - the foot OF par
tender. in ST. Louis. His discerning
eve fell upon the form OF chicken
Ruggles as he pecked with aVldlty at
the free lunch. Chicken was a "hopo'
He had a long nose like the bill OF
q fowl, an inordinate appetite Tor
poultry, and a habit of gratifying 1t
without expense, which accounts Tor
the name given him by his fellow
Migrants.
Physicians agree that the partak1ng
of liquids at meal times is not
healthy practice. The hygiene OF the
saloon promulgates the opposite.
Chicken had neglected to purchase
drink to accompany the meal Inc
bartender rounded the counter caught
the iniudicious diner by the ear with
q lemon squeezer, led him 10 the door
and kicked him into the street.
Thus the mind Of Chicken was
brought to realize the signs of coming
winter The night was cold; the stars
ehone with unkindly brilliance; people
we're hurrying along the streets IN
two egotistic, iostling streams. Men
had dorned their overcOats, and
Chicken knew to an exact percentage
tie increased difficulty Of coaxtng
dimes from those buttoned-in vest
rockets. The time had come for his
annual exodus to the south.
A little boy, five or six years old,
stood looking with covetous eyes in
confectioner's window. In one small
hand he held an empty two-ounce vial;
in the other he grasped something
flat and round, with shining milled
edge. The scene presented held or
operations commensurate to Chickens
talents and daring. After sweeping
the horizon to make sure that no Of
fetal tug was cruising by, he fns1d-
qouslv accosted his prey. The boy,
having been early taught by his house
hold to regard altruistic advances
with extreme suspicion, received the
overtures coldly.
Then Chicken knew that he must
make &c of those desperate, nerve
shattering plunges into speculation
that fortune sometimes requires of
Shose who would win her favor. Five
cents was his capital, and this he
must risk against the chance of Win
ming what lay within the close grasp
of the youngsters chubby hand. 1t
was p fearful lottery, Chicken knew.
But he must accomplish his end by
strategy, since he had a wholes me
terror of plundering infants by force.
Once. In a park driven by hunger,
ne had committed an onslaught upon a
bottle OF peptonized infants food in
the possession Of an occupant OF
baby carriage The outraged infant
had so promptly opened it's mouth
and pressed the button that commune
Gated with the welllin that help ar
rived. and Chicken did his thirty
days and" in a snug coop. Wherefore
he was, as he said, 'leary of kids"
beginning artfully to question the
boy concerning his choice of sweets,
he gradually drew out the informa-
ton he wanted Mamma said he was
TO ask the drug store for ten cents
worth of paregoric in the bottle; he
was to keep his hand shut tight over
the dollar; he must not stop to talk
TO anyone in the street; he must ask
the drug store man to wrap up the
change and put in the pocket of his
trousers. Indeed, they had pockets
two of them. And he liked chocolate
creams best.
Chicken went into the store and
eurned plunger He invested his en-
tire capital in c. A N D. Y stocks,
simply pave the way to the greater
risk following.
He gave the sweets to the young
ster. and had the satisfaction of per
ceiving that confidence was estab-
Ished. After that it was easy to OBJ
tain leadership of the expedition; to
take tho investment by the hand and
lead it to nice drug store he knew
OF in the same block. There Chicken,
with a parental air. passed over the
dollar anu called for the medicine,
while the boy crunched his candy.
glad to be relieved of the RESPONSE
blltv of the purchase And then the
successful investor, searching his
pockets found an overcoat button
tie extent Of his winter troUsseau-
a-", wrapping it carefully, placed the
otarsib'e change in the pocket Of
caatdiug juyenility. Setting the
youngsters face homepari, and pat
ting him benevolently on the back.
for Chicken'B heart was as soft rs
fhGse Of his featheFed nameaakes--
fEs SPECTATOR quit the market with
FROST sf 100 per cent on his IN