Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
The Sunday Story
The
residential Wager
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1912, by Associated Lit
erary Press.
By M. QUAD

tions There we're no political losses.
no grafters. and the candidates select
ca 10 ran for town Offices We're Of the
best and IL made little difference who
was elected
x change was at hand, however, but
no one suspected it uatil 1t came down
upon the town like a roaring lion.
Henry Jackson was one Of the men
who travelled the country over, taking
orders for the articles turned out at
the factories, and one morning, as he
returned from a trip, he met Elder
Scott Ia front Of the postofiice:
"Howdy. elder?" says Mr. Jackson
"a little rheumatic. thank you.' re-
plies the elder
Politics warming up here anyY'
"Not that | have heard Of"
Its red hot outside"
well let en- go It, I've made up
my mind who ! shall vote for for presi-
don't but I'm not going TO do any yell
ms about It."
'sBlank Is your man. OF course"
"He is that Hell sweep the coun-
try"
Hell sweep nothing: You old dozers
here had better wake up as 10 what Is
going on Your man won't be knee
high when tie votes are counted
Now. what followed the elder could
never clearly explain. He had never
\ done tie like before, and ne didn't
mean to do It then, Something came
over him q sudden and he got mad
4 FOR the frst time n seventeen years
and raised his voice @ say
Don't call me an old dozer' don't
I care what they say outside. Ny maa
i is sure of election"
so is Tom Jones"
Don't imagine you know Il air.
( "And don't imagine you know any
+ thing at all about it. Why, man, sou,
/ party leaders gave the thing up weeks
ago"
BY this time score Of men had as
\ sembled 20 hear the discussion and the
elder was ptit on his mettle. He was
the only man III German who had ever
\ predicted a blizzard and had ii arrive
Eli time. ana he didn't want - lose his
prestige lie drew 4 long breath and
70 the horror 5f Ais friends, called out
ANY candidate VIII be elected, and
I'll bet on ity'
How much 4 asked AR Jackson as
his hand went III his pocket
"A dol-that IS, I will bet 10 cents
.Hoot mon. but that Is not even o
haby's bet"
eThen. by gosh, III make # 15rn
SAY $40
"No Fifteen cents is my limit
As Mr. Jackson could not get the
figures raised. he accepted them, md
tie money was placed IN the postmas
ters hands. Il was spoken Of MS the
highest election bet ever made IN That
town. ana inside " Two hours 4 seem
ed thai 200 men had heard Of IT Some
eompliiaentea the eaef on ms nerve.
and some SHOOK Their heads and pre-
Iieted Tint It would turn out bad
thing fer the town
j The ennrr1ty ~ his oncnse did not
occur 70 The elder until the next day
when his good wife heard Of the wager
] and tackled him with
And You made an election bet with
Mr.. Jackson the same IS Il loafer
would
1T was only for u cents
But | could have used { 70 buy
roller toRel ahd then loa1 4 the pfin-
eiple of the thing ! can't believe 1t
q you What are Christian men and
] women soing e say
But Jackson tried TO bluh me
down
"S'posin ne did9 It's the duty OF an
i elder OF the church 10 be olafed
Darn him. ne tackled me when folks
were around
see. Sec exclaimed the Wife
flrst you make bet anu then you
swear the next thing VII pc swap
Ping horses
You know didn't mean TO be