White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-17

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In and SAT- on the edge of a chair.
slows the invalidY' he was kind
enough to inquire
Stuffed and happy" replied Blackie.
lazily Offering his host a cigarette.
JET Purity struggled with a weighty
problem. "Your dinner up to the
mark" he finally ventured.
II don't like to talk about it; it's sac
religious" said Rlackie.
Again a painful silence.
ibid you notice the pricesr'
"Not particularly. except that they
seemed familiar"
"Then it's SO. ! guess" decided Jeh.
with a sigh. "Your dinner was $685."
Blackie considered that with the
complacency of a perfectly paciied
male animal. well. considering the
grub, | wouldn't kick at -Forty-second
street. and | don't see why l should
here" be fairly decided
Again a silence. Jef Purity cleared
his throat
Il reckon when you pay this kind OF
prices you pay ass you co. be finally
suggested.
Now | get you.' declared Blackie
f%orgivingly. I'VE have no luggage"
and reluctantly. only because he had
to move, he produced a ten dollar bill
JEFF Purity took that government Ger.
tficate with curious hesitation. BY
links, | try t. be an honest man!' be
finally blurted. II dassent charge you
that much. It's a put up job. Regu.
lar meals is % cents, but this Is some
thin special, and all four of the wom-
en- folks has worked like thrashin'
time, so | reckon I'll have to charge
you 80 cents apiece"
Blackie Strengthened up with a re-
newed interest in life. Who put up
the jobY" he demanded
"Well, Sam Bludgeon give me that
menu card. He brung it back from
the city his last trip"
"He did US all a favor, but he didn't
mean it" stated Blackie. weighing the
matter. Hes none too popular here,
il heT"
'Popular.' protested JET. why, by
thunder. there'll be fireworks at his
funeral"
HAS he any money"
He'd ought to have. He gouges ev-
erybody In Pinky county and never
spends a cent"
1t was Blackie's turn for cogitation.
"We'Tl stick to that men card and let
the women work their heads on be-
cause they're having the time Of their
lives" he decided. ALSO, w6'n pay
the printed prices, and before we 60
Jim and I will collect the entire amount
from Sam Bludgeon."
Honest to gosh. can you do that?'
inquired JET eagerly. IF you can !
can take this money with a clean con
science. and Lord knows ! love itT'
"You tell your conscience to sit right
up and be suspicious" laughed Biackie.
1T won't catch you with the goods.
By the way. landlord. send Pete In
with the change. I'm going through
on the Broadway basis"
Pete entered presently with the
change on a little hand painted plate,
according to the custom Cleaned from
the fashionable fiction In the Ladies'
Constant Adviser. but her jaw dropped
when Blackie left a dollar on the plate.
'This dollar" he carefully explained,
''belongs to mother and Nasturtium
and Mushewanka and Pete. It's the
start Of the ~unhobbling fund.-"
"Thankst" gasped Pete. Thank
you, sir, mean," and with her pigtail
sticking straight out she blurted out
into the kitchen with the beginning OF
an absorbing financial calculation that
was to last for days.
Sam Bludgeon walked out on bis
porch when be opened his store doors
carly on the following Saturday morn
ing and batted his eyes at the unfa'
miliar appearance Of Jen Purty's wag
on shed. which opened on the road Just
a few rods away. Over the wide slid
ing hoors. in the gable where only an
old rusty horseshoe had hung. there
now stared a brand new black and
white Sign:
Plain and Fancy Everything at whole
sale Prices Plus 10 Per Cent Ask to Be-
the Wholesale Bills
In front Of the store stood the biz
seven passenger touring car In which
Paul Pollet had been entertaining tn
Pinky county bellies for the last week
and on its broad sides were canvai
str6amers painted:
W~allingford & Daw, Robins Corners.
Fancy Everything.