The Alaska citizen., 1913-01-27

'''"h.'N'h Win IN" mai" pOpula
tion. The result was the announce
ment Of grand mask ball. win
prizes thrown in. tt WIZ the talk
of the burg Tor DAYS before il came
off. Right here is where YOUR cur.
lous looking friend comes in.
My relater's voice at this junction
Vas growing husky and gave the
sign TO the man behind the bar. The
move was approved by ny friend
10 resoome. This Teller. Joe
something. wuz at that time some.
what attached 10 young lady and
"uz endeav'rn to acquire her kindcs'
consideration. Several times he had
sent her jewelry to some consider
+ able value but met with no respouss
from the fair one. the same being
+ garnsheed by faro dealer at the
+ Dominion. This cold attitude on the
part of the object of his affections
somewhat locoed the Joe man So
much for the Introduction of Joe.
When the news for the big do.
ms for the ladies' got noised around.
this here Joe finds out that his amo.
rita is making some ready to he in
attendance. Likewise he makes =,
irame-up to be in close proximity at
the event
lS inc
known to anyone he sets out to
secure suitable disguise for his
features. Nothing in the camp could
be had for love or dust and he
naturally had to fall some on his
own Imagination Bout this time
some Outside papers came in and
Joe looks over the comic supplement
and sees something that gives him
an idea as TO what to frame up for
himself Now the main part of the
makeup required some wiskers
Skirmishing around among the actor
folks Joe found that all the surplus
had been reQuisitioned long before
hand and no visible supply on hand
Matters was assoomin' desncrate
sizes with the locoed Joe and hn
was for kinda giving up the idea
and going open face Here is where
divine providence came % the aid
of the needy Some few DAYS back
Chisholms bird dog had got himself
in a difficulty with malamute.
somewhat to the extent that the
bird dog demised as a consequence.
Seeing the remains of said bird dog
rePosing peacefully Joe takes the
rotton that a piece of the hide
would just about fill the hill for the
Sing whiskers required for
makeup. Accordingly. off comes
large portion of the covering of
the dogs anatomy and is in peaceful
possession OF Joe. carefully conceal
ed from observation
"On the night of the blowout. Joe
holes himself in bis cabin. not at
home 10 his best friend. TO make
ready for the great event Being
some handy with razor. he don't
trust himself 10 the tender mercy
of the artist tonsorial his phiso.
was soon as slick as peeled
onion. or as near as seven time
shave could make it; in fact he
peeled himself raw, to his sorrow
as remains to be seen"
Another sign.
Well. along about ten In drifts
Joe TO the dance No one knew him.
II would be impossible to know any
one with the whiskers he had on
his face. The demised aforemen-
I toned dog was taking prominent
par. Joe was using the coverin' for
disguise Things went along
smooth as ice until The time came
for the awarding of the prizes. then
the fun commenced Not seeing his
fair one in the crowd Joe did not
uncover when he was awarded the
+ llfSl prlZe-d llNe-Sdll0H uelllJOnH
of hooteh later on he found out
that the faro dealer and she had
been spliced for some six hours
previous and We're at the cafe cele-
brating the honeymoon The news
was too much for Joe and he dis
persed himself to his lonely cabin
to drown his sorrows in the contents
of the prize.
His sorrows We're deep and
strong For five days he kept his
debauch up and quit only when he
had exhausted his supply of allie
viator He glanced at himself in the
glass to see if time had left sorrows
mark on his countenance. and was
| somewhat surprised to see them
hirsute appendages still lingering in
his vicinity. So busy was he drown
ing his sorrow that he forgot to
make a remove of the dog skin wills
kers Which same was clinging to
his face as il they belonged there
They did Yuh see when Joe shaw
ed himself he shaved close enough
to take the hide off'n himself.
which. bein' excited at the time he
doesn't notice. Now the dog hide
was some fresh and when the loco