The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-21
10 GOSSIP THIS WEEK.


 To readers ol our Gis-op columns.
 You will pardon the omission this waeh cf y.a- favortto short stories ce affatrz about town not publish able su regular news fashion The .t r.,s were in evidence. but they '- n been crowded out by the ap- r.rt,~.o cr far more important dope
 Kindly accept our apologies.
 Yours Truly
 THE TATTLER" YopU End livery nov and again Him At new backwooIs poe, Fjynn'5. ccmes out They are
 not many in number ~h=u II comes to real stuff of the kind they intend to get out but the remainder Of those on the list ccrs .aonaIly hand in some good .pa.. filler Therefore the follow ing Is published with apologies to J,e uaubmy. the only original hard rock poet.
 "Nao is Flynn? lie keeps q thirst ,- F. a-' f.vr beoH. It's Rock well X Flynn but FIynn's the vra,a show. You go get drink then you just finger; by and by get another and give hlm tb" finger That tickIes Flynn
 lie is fat as a rail and bald as q but. ..s r.nerd traditional rat. No matter what you are talk ins about Flynn will butt jn, and you can't butt him out If you wa1t doctor. dentist barker or 'n--E @.'r.a a miller, } tailor CT sawyer a rousbneck a smooth IT. k a Turk or Greek, man from to&n or man from the creek YsaH find him at Hymns
 .I .. i. more freight moved, more wood hauled. more holes dug mola bluffs called. mere feet dIiIed more challenges hurled and more bets made iran any place in tn" wyrld Down at FIynn's.
 Now Joe is a miner and proud e his trade: Burt the best skin her the Lord eyer made Joe was drilling and blasting and loading the skip; Burt was loading and freigEtrg aad throwing the whip. When F'ynn buttod in.
 Sec here. you ducks, l have a great scheme for men like yeu with a trade and a team. Ten miles from the miH just back in tha wood Tom has a claim that looks mighty good He Las tunnel in three hundred feet with car and tracks and butdings complete. There is six feet of rock goes a hundred or more with stopes and chutes and manway5 galore Now go get lease know if will win If you need any help. why just cut me in Says Flynn. Give Us a drink
 By the aair on frog; by the great Robin Hood; by the kaiser's long gun but that listens good. We'll take that lease; you bet you are it.; by the beard of Rellefon- taino we'll just make it win. Give us another drink
 They loaded with feed grub powder and fuse and many things else that good miners use Now We are off: goodbye Mr Flynn. We will all be rich when you see Us asin.'
 They arrived at the claim an hour to the sun and the very next day their work was begun Burt said I'u taza t-e ear and tram the first load, for I'm very anxious tC L. on the road
 "'Al' Iieht but ta careful, the track is laid down two hundred feet of pretty stiff grade
 "Sc Burt took the car; went into the mine and loaded with ore and gee. it looked fine: pushed the car to the grade, used mud for a chock but when he knceled to put on the rough lock the car started moving and BuIt hollered whoa but the tarnation thing continued to go. It went out Of there like 8 bat out of clean through the ere house. ker-chug in the well.
 Then Joe was mad Great guns, how he swore. For a mile and half you ccu1a her him roar. Shut