The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-02-17

ter. SIX eggs, sort DOlled. anu the
waiter says. Yes, sir and the eggs
are brought. Picture: Wild Water
looks sideways at me. and l look like
a particularly indignant icicle and
summon the waiter. Sorry, Miss Ar
RAIL- he says. but them eggs is Mr..
Wild Waters. You see, miss, he owns
EN- Picture: Wild Water, trium-
phant. 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 1t cheap If he has been
compelled to pay $40 for each and ev-
cry egg in the corner"
"Go on. go onr' Smoke urged. ''At
what station do | 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 In 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. Wen let the inside history
come out. The laugh will be on Wild
Water. his turbulence will be some
| subdued. You and 1 share the glory
of it. You make a pile of money. And
Dawson wakes up with a grand ha,
| hal"
Hey, Shortyg' Smoke called across
the main street to his partner and
crossed over. II want you to do me
favor"
Sure" Shorty said gaIlantly. What
is it? Let her rip"
Il want you to buy eggs for me-
Sure. an Floridy water an talcum
powder. If you say the word. Look
here. Smoke. IL you want to 60 In for
high livin' you go an buy your own
eggs"
Il 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"
'"rhree dollarsr' Shorty groaned.
AN l heard tell only yesterday that
he's got all of 700 IL stock! Twenty
one hundred dollars for hen fruit Say
Smoke. Id 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 everast
in'ly 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 deal l have on. What
I'm after Is to corner every blessed
egg In 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. will after
ward and let you go half on it If yor
want to. But the thing right now L
to get the eggs, Now, you hustle up t
Slavovitch's and buy all he's got ANT
then keep on. Nose out every egg il
Dawson and buy it Understand
Buy it!'
Never was a market cornered mor'
quickly. In three days every knowl
egg In Dawson with the exception o
several dozen was in the hands 0
; 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
cabin on the hill back of the hospital.
"I'n get her today" Shorty announe
: ed next morning. ''I'll be back In
jiffy, If l don't bust myself a-shovir
dust at her.
In the afternoon when Smoke re
turned to the cabin he found Shorty.
what Iuck?" 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 triumphan
' ~ toward a tin pail of eggs on the t;
!. BILE. Seven dollars clatter. though,
he confessed
:, II offered $40 finally" Smoke salt
= "and then the fellow told me he'd a
ready sold his eggs Now that looE
!, bad. Shorty. Somebody else Is in I'll
J. market Those twenty-eight eggs al
liable to cause us trouble. You Sc
y the success of the corner consists
holding every LAST
I He broke off to stare at his partne
o 4 pronounced change was coming ovt
= Shorty-one of agitation masked t
a extreme deliberation. DO you mir
kindly just repeatin' over how maj
% eggs you said the man didn't sell
! you?" he asked
3 Twenty eight"
p "Hum!" Shorty communed to hir
self. "They's just exactly, precise
IS nor notbin' more or anything less
3: twenty-eight eggs In that there pa
z settin' on the table. an they cost. eve
dinged last one OF 'em. just exact
d. seven great big round iron dollars
D. throw. II you stand in cryin' need
II any further items of information L
" wilin' and free to impart."
G. .Go on" Smoke requested.
ly "Well. that geezer you was dicker'
with is big buck Indian. Am
er right?'
rt Smoke nodded and continued to n
3 to each question.
Hes got one cheek half gone, whe
n bald face grizzly swatted him. Am
p right? Hes dog trader-risht. e
His name Is Scar Face Jim. That's {
r. amt it? Dye get my drift?'
or "You mean we've been bidding
ok Against each other? Sure thil