Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-02-27

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got any salaries; and hen they let me
OUT: They let Hamburg manage the
pack of the house after that: and be-
ileve me. ANYTHING Hamburg manage
IS lrazzled before it starts"
well. whatn the company do now? ?"
asked Mr.. Curran.
commented Mr.. Feldman.
And the twins?"
Back to Tulare. OIL"
And Miss Lindstrom?"
MI. teldman turned a limpid eye OF
Mr.. Curran. Miss Lindstrom. she'll
make good If she ever shakes that crazy
punch. said: Little girl, you get the
clothes n go to New York. You got
the stuff in you n you look the
part"
%"Actually?" Mr.. curran stared.
Believe me. What broke UP the
show was the twins got stuck on her."
"What?"
."Dippy. Hen and Ben laid awake
nights thinking how to put it over each
other. Flowers, cabs, candies-every
girl IN the bunch was in on it, too.
Aurelle Lindstrom ran that whole show
and the twins raid the bills. Then we
blew up out in Nebraska. When l left,
them nam actors was trying to walk
u or the hotel wearing two suits of
clothes apiece and leaving their trunks
behlnd; and Hen n Ben were buying
drinks for some rube and trying to sell
him oil stock"
MT. Curran was worried. He asked
Aunt Abby if he should not send Au-
relic some money to come home on.
But he didn't have any. Then another
lerter came. Aurelie was playing
summer stock" in Denver. Miss Nor
mar and me, but I'm not leading lady
any more. I'm going ingenue bits.
Leading lady with Hen and Ben around
was pretty bad. They were so foolish!
ana 1t was such a noisy play, for the
farther west we got, the more shooting
Mr.. Hamburg insisted on putting in.
Inc big situation always gave me a
headache"
"Land!" murmured Aunt Abby, II
Thought she had that cut out?"
But. Mr.. Curran," ran on Aurelie's
letter. don't you and Uncle Mich worry
about me. I'm working hard and every
body seems to like me. The Juvenile
I play against is good-looking-quite
my money. I'm awful sorry for Hen
and Bentley were broke completely.
Hen came to me and said: Little girl,
we aren't sorry for a cent we ever blew
In on you. If you don't want to marry
us, you don't have to- So they went
tracks. and if they n oil again they're
going to make me a bigger actress than
Mrs. Ffske. Yes, sir-you see! Why, I
just cried When the twins went vest
busted. They were grand good fellows
after all!
p: s. I'm going to send Uncle Mich
some moro money mex pay day to pay
on the cork leg. And, Uncle Mich, /
saw a mountain. Just like you said
When we came up river to occupy the
n Only such a teeny mountain way
off-like a babv's toe sticking out Of a
"Aurelie."
Done never forget Uncle Mich!"
cried that old rebel humping his peg
leg joyously on the wood box. "And
1 done promised I'd never peddle a pint
o whisky long as h sends me money!"
Mich. I understand John Won't let
the family have a cent Of Aurelie's
money!"
Uncle Mich winked wisely. "Knute
and I sneak EN- in-underclothes for the
baby n socks and truck Johns too
busy with his soul and plannin' to
drive Tanners men off the creek sur-
vey to think about Aurelie's show
But it buys things for the baby, Mr..
Curran. Just like my old bootleg
money, somehow. But these here Holt
ness people that got hold Of John. they
don't think o. that ;"
Johns a fool, Uncle Mich. If the
county decides to divert the creek down
the Pocket all you squatters will have
to get out or be flooded"
Not John. He says the God o.
Battles done told him to fight. Mr..
Curran. there'll done be trouble
time owe that"
deal for the turning of Sinsinawa creek
back from the uplands above the town
to its ancient channel which led to the
bottoms above Tanners quarry, nae
gone quietly through. Everybody IA
vored it. except the outlying. farmers
who grumbled that it was another piece
of favoritism, or maybe worse. Tan
ner's boards" however, were an always
present grievance. The only item of
interest the News found in the pro-
ceedings was that Harlan Van Hart,
Esq, son Of Judge Van Hart, the latest
made his first public appearance as an
attorney for the Tanner company to
argue for the ordinance. Wiley spread"
himself in the most approved rural
journalistic fashion on Harlan's effort,
but he sighed-and sent the clipping to
Arne Vance.
And not even young attorney Van
Hart, toiling away that summer in the
little side room of the firm of Donley &
Van Hart-names reversed, you notice
getting up his briefs and citations,
knew that in his little side room in the
bank Old Thad Tanner chuckled and
roared. The News actually commend
ing something that ne had done! But
that fool editor didn't really think Van
Harris boy had anything to do with it?
He too the paper to his soninlaw, Cal
Rice, the pallid cashier. w gotta
get this boy. Cal. We gotta get him on
the ticket * fall, If he can hold the
News and these sorehead cusses who've
started that progressive league over in
Earlville. Yes, sir, Gala mighty
clever boy. and a good boy-like his
father-steady and safe. The party
needs more young men like that-and
! maybe 1t would be just as well to put
old j%elly-belly Jewett off The ticket this