The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-09-19
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" L STlnClplSS IudI IL lay Ou
im III fat an top the market
II " in Boston, II queer the
- hull game in a country
where playin' it is tangled up with In
iuns, gold mines, r range-stuff. In the
short-grass country, doggy principles
are sure a source of loss, until they get
hardened up SOS to git out and rustic
with the push. Now, this Humane-So-
ciety-lnjun-R elief-Corps form of dom
good-harmless, you'd say, as we set
here by the grub-wagon; but | swear
10 Godfrey's Gulch. the worst throw
down | ever got in social way grow
ed out OF combination of them two
highly proper idees with a Oberlin
College gal met up to Chamberlain.
This was the way of it: The 20. NJ. D."
Mr.. Elkins. | mean, of the J-Up-An'-
Down Ranch, was called to Sioux Falls
as witness in a case of selling con-
versation-water to the Injuns, an cas-
ually landed a juicy contract with
Uncle Sam f'r supplyin beef-issue cat
lie over on the Rosebud The Pierre
firm of politicians he outbid, havin'
things framed up pretty good, as they
thought. on the delivery, at once hops
to him with a proposition to pay him
| d'know how much money an take 1t
OFF his hands. Hayin' Il pongshong f'r
dom business on velvet, the o. NJ.
snaps EN- up instantaneous, an comes
home to Wolf Nose Crick smilin like
he'd swallered the canary, an sends
me to Chamberlain to see that the
contract is carried out as fer as prop
er.
Go up. Aconite," he says. IAN re-
member that while the J-Up-An'Down
outfit don't feel bound to demand any
reforms. its interests must be protect
ed. Any sort of cattle the Pierre crowd
can make look like prime steers to the
inspector. goes with us. But" he goes
on, ''our names and not theirs are on
the contract. These inspectors" says
he, "bein' picked out on their merits
at Washington, to look after the in
terests Of the government an the noble
red. it would be unpatriotic if not
Lees Majesty to cavil at their judg-
ment on steers, especially if it coin
cides with that of Senator Whaley'S
men at Pierre. Therefore, far be it
from us to knock. But be leery that
We don't get stuck for non-perform-
ance: which we can't afford. See?"
1t was purity plain to a man who'd
matrickelated as night-wrangler. an
graduated at it on the J-Up-An' Down,
an | went heart-free an conscience
clear. seem my duty perfectly plain.
Now at Chamberlain was this ODER,
lin College lady, who had some kind of
an in9amed conscience on the Injun
question. an was dead stuck on dumb
animals an their rights. She was one
of the kind you don't see out here
blue eyes, you know, yellow hair, the
kind of complexion that don't outlive
many hot winds; an she had lots of
pitchers around her, of young folks In
her classes, an people with mortar
board hats an black nighties, r strip
ed sweaters. She was irrupting into
the 1njun question via Chamberlain.
Her thought was that the Injuns was
really hvin' correct S fur as they had
chance, an that We orto copy their
ways, .instid of maxim them tag along
after our'n.
Maybe that's So" says I. but I've
took the Kelley cure twice now, an
please excuse mel"
She looked kinder dazed f'r a min.
ute. an then lated, an said somethin'
about the sardonic humor of the from
tier.
| had been asked to give a exhibit
tion Of broncho Dustin at the ranch
where she was stayin' an she was
agitatin' herself about the bronks'
feelin's. l told her that it was just
friendly rivalry between the puncher
an the bronx, an how, out on the
ranch. the gentle critters d come up
an hang around by the hour. a-nicker,
in fT some O. the gang to 90 out an
bust EN-.
1T reminds me- she says, 'of M
brothers pointers begging TO go hunt
ing"
Same principle" says i.
Ii seemed to ease her mind. an feel
in as did toward her, wouldn't have
her worry FIR anything. Then she
found out that was a graduate Of the
high school Of HiggsviIe, Kansas, an
used 10 know what quadratics was, an
that my way of emitting the English
language was just an acquired man.
nerism, like the hock-action of a
string-halted boss, an she warmed up
to me right smart, both then an after,
never askin' to see my diploma, an
begun interrogatin' me about the beef
issue: an discussin' the Injun question
like lifelong friend Wherat, jump
ed the game.
But. for all that. about this time l
become subject to attacks of blue eyes
an yellow hair, accompanied by YER
tigo. blind-staggers, bots, ringin in
the ears-like low confabulatin' talk,
kinder interspersed with little bubbles
of lafture-an' a sense o guilt when
ever done snything under the canopy
OF heaven that l was used to doin'.
Can yeh explain that, now? Why this
oberlin proposition should make me
teel like criminal jest because the
pony grlnted at the cinchin' O. the
saddle. because ! damned him f'r
nltln' piece out O. my thigh at the
same time, goes too deep into mind
science FIR Aconite Driscoll. O. course,
man under them circumstances is
supposed to let up on cussin' an not
TO Fsten to all kinds O. stories; but
YOU understand. here was, con-
scienGe-struck in general an ha1y
sort of way, mournin' over a dark an
bloody past, an thinkin' ioyfully of