River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-25

~. Suppose, just suppose. somebody
| corners eggs
She waited. and Smoke regarded her
with admiring eyes. while in his heart
ne backed with approval Wild Waters
choice of her.
You're not following" she said.
Go on" he replied. Il give up.
What's the answer"
Stupid. You know Wild Water.
When he sees I'm languishing for
eggs. and l know his mind like a book
and 1 know how to anguish. what
will he do? Why. he'll just start
stampeding for the man that's got the
corner in eggs. He'll buy the corner.
no matter what it costs.
Picture: I come into Slavovftch's at
II o'clock. Wild Water will be at the
next table. He'll make it his business
to be there. Two eggs. SHRED, I'll
say to the waiter. Sorry Miss Arral,
the waiter will say, they amt nc
more eggs Then up speaks Wild Wa
ter in that big bear voice Of his, wal
ter, six eggs, soft boiled And the
waiter says, yes. SIR and the eggs
are brought. Picture: Wild Water
looks sideways at me. and look like
summon the waiter. Sorry, Miss Ar
rail- he says. but them eggs is Mr..
Wild Waters. You see, miss, he owns
em. Picture: Wild Water. trium-
plant, doing his best to look uncon-
scious while he eats his six eggs.
Another picture: Slavovitch himself
bringing two shirred eggs to me and
saying: Compliments of Mr.. Wild Wa
ter. miss What can l do? What can
possibly do but smile at Wild Water
And then we make up, Of course, and
he'll consider it cheap if he has been
compelled to pay SO for each and ev-
cry egg in the corner
go on. go on"' Smoke urged. Eat
what station do l climb on to the choo-
choo cars or at what water tank do l
get thrown OFF,"
"Ninny! You make that corner in
eggs. You start i'll Immediately. to-
day. You can buy every egg in Daw-
son for So and sell out to Wild Water
at almost any advance. And then.
afterward. We'll let the inside history
come out. The laugh will be on Wild
Water. His turbulence will be some
subdued. You and I share the glory
Of it. You make a pile of money And
Dawson wakes up with a grand ha,
har'
"Hey, Shortly Smoke called across
crossed over. 81 want you to do me a
favor"
"Sure," Shorty said CALAMITY. what
is it? Let her rip"
II want you to buy eggs for me-
"Sure. an Floridy water an talcum
powder, if you say the word. Look
here, Smoke, if you want to go in for
high Hvin' you go an buy your own
eggs"
II am going to buy, but want you
to help me to buy. You go right
straight to Slavovitch's. Pay as high
as So, but buy all he's got"
"Three dollarsw Shorty groaned.
"An' 1 heard tell only yesterday that
he's got all Of 700 III stock! Twenty
one hundred dollars for hen fruit. Say,
Smoke, I'd sure do anything for you.
II you had cold in the head an was
layin' with both arms broke I'd set by
your bedside day an night an wipe
your nose for you. but I'll be everlast-
in'1y id If I'll squander twenty-one
hundred good iron dollars on hen fruit
for you or any other two legged man."
They're not your dollars. but mine,
Shorty. It's a deal have on. What
I'm after Is to corner every blessed
egg I'm Dawson, in the Klondike, on the
Yukon. You've got to help me out.
haven't the time to tell you Of the in
wardness Of the deal. l will after
ward and let you go half on it If you
want to. But the thing right now is
10 get the eggs. Now, you hustle up to
Slavovitch's and buy all he's got And
then keep on. Nose out every egg in
Dawson and buy it. Understand?
Buy ity'
Never was a market cornered more
quickly. In three days every known
egg in Dawson with the exception of
several dozen was in the hands of
Smoke and Shorty.
The several dozen not yet gathered
in were in the hands of two persons.
One, with whom Shorty was dealing,
was an Indian woman who lived in a
cabin on the hill back Of the hospital.
I'll get her today" Shorty announc-
ed next morning. "I'll be back in a
jiffy, if l don't bust myself a-shovin'
dust at her."
In the afternoon when Smoke re-
turned to the cabin he found Shorty.
What luck?' Shorty asked careless
ly after several minutes had passed.
Nothing doing" Smoke answered.
''How did you get on with the squaw?"
Shorty cooked his head triumphant
" toward tin pail Of eggs on the ia
BILE. Seven dollars a clatter, though"
he confessed.