The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-09-19

never ndu given MIN a IuOuSut
Senator Whaley an his grafters was
supposed to arrange matters with him
an I'm no corruptionist, anyway. OF
course, the cattle ,Aasn't quite up to
export shippin' quality. The senator's
gang had got together a collection OF
skips an culls an Gamers that was
sure fraud on the Injuns, who most
ly use the cattle issued to EN- the
way some high-up civilized folks does
hand-raised foXes-as means OF re-
vortin' to predatory savagery, as Miss
Ainsley says. Ainsley was her name
Gladys Ainsley-an' she lived som
'eres around Toledo. The pint is, that
they chase 'em, with wild whoops an
yips over the undulatin' reservation
until they can shoot EN-, an l spose
sort of imagine, if Injuns have imagin'
atoms, that time has turned BACKYARD
in her flight, an the buffalo season is
on ag'in. Whereas, these scandalous
runts of steers an old COW stuff was
mostly too weak or too old to put UP
any sort of bluff at speed.
But, under my instructions, II they
looked good to the inspector, they
looked good to me; an bein' sort of alb
sent-minded with gal-stroke, l rested
easy, as the teller said when the
cyclone left him on top O. the church
tower.
The inspector was a new man, an
his queer actions consisted mostly OF
his shown up ten days toe
soon, an then drivin' r ridin
around the country lookin' al
the stock before delivery. This looked
suspicious; fer we s'posed it was al
off but runnin' 'em through the gaT
once, twice r three times to be count
ed Whaley's man comes to me one
day, an asst me what thought Of 1t.
I'm paid princely salary says l
"fer keepin' my thoughts to myself
This here's no case" continued, "cal
in FIR cerebration on my part. II think
ms the game, it's your move. What's
Senator Whaley in politics fer" says
I, eff obscure OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
puncher is to be called on to think or
the doin's of U. S. inspector? What's
he n this fer at all, if we've got tc
think at this end of the lariat?"
lie was talllin' about cavvs," said
the TELLER, whose name was Reddy-a
NEST Ungrammatical cuss. "He was a
pokin' round with the contrack. a
speakin about cavvs. Wunt you &c
an talk to him."
mot me-" says I, FIR the null bust
ness disguised me, an my guilt come
back over me shameful, with the eyes
an hair an things .plenteous. Whaley's
man rode off, shakin' his head.
Next day the inspector hunted me
up.
"Mr. DriScoll?" Gays he, FIR I'd beer
keepin' eu of his way.
Correct says =.
"You rel resent The Elkins interests
in the mater of supplying for the is
sue, do vol not?" says he.
''In kir.sl Of a sort of way" says
I. FIR l didnt care to admit too much
till see what he was up to. I'm &
kind of sort of a way, mebbe do
Why"
did you have anything to do" says
he, unfoldin' a stiff piece of paper
with procuring the cattle now in
readiness for delivery"
Hell, no." 1 yells. an then seein
my mistake, jumped an added: "You
see, the top stuff FIR the Injun market
is perduced up around Pierre. So we
sub-contracted with this Pierre outfit
to supply it. It's their funeral, not
ours. It's good stock. amt it,"
II am assured by Senator Whaley' s
private secretary" says he, who is a
classmate of mine, that there would
be great dissatisfaction among the
Indians. owing to certain tribal tradi
tons and racial peculiarities-"
you bet" says I, FIR he seemed to
be gettin wound up an cast in it
that's the exact situation"
would be dissatisfaction, he went
on, eff cattle of the type which in the
great markets is considered best, were
furnished here. And l have great con,
fidence in his judgment"
"So've l." says. Hes one Of the
judgmentiousest fellers you ever
see"
so let that phase of the question
pass says he, 'for the present But
there's d clause in this contract"
Don't let that worry you" says l.
There's claws in all of EN- if you
look close"
He never cracked a smile. but un.
folded it, and went on
Here's a clause" says he, calling
for hundred and fifty cows with
calves at foot for the dairy herd, /
presume"
"Cavvs at what?" says l.
"At foot" says he, pintin' at spot
along toward the bottom Right
there"
It's impossible" says l. "They
don't wear 'em that way"
He studied over it quite while. at
that, an | begun to think Id .son out
but at last he says: That's he way
it reads, an while ! shall IA. insist
upon any particular relation sc juxta.
position III offspring and dam"
"Whope!" says l, back up an come
ag'in pardner."
1T seems to be my duty to insist
upon the one hundred and fifty cows
and calves. Now the point is, don't
find any such description of creatures
among the-the lunches in seeming
readiness for delivery"
"Oh!" says l, that's what's eatin'
yeh, is it? WI don't worry any more.
The COW kindergarten's furder up the
river. We didn't want to put the tender
little devils where they'd be tramped