Douglas Island news., 1917-07-20
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ttNtHeoHHeHHHHHNNNHeHHonHNe ! Three days elapsed and tho sUol- Ter had forgotten of thc arrival of his crstvhlc skogway friends whom member or thc Royal Northwest Mounted Police called on him and buuty announced. "Wc have two of your friends In gool and they want you Co como down Co thc barracks. "
 surmIsIuE Che identity of his friends. Che Stroller did not go to Che barracks that evening but Inc dI eu Co thc police court thc fol- lowing morning and there. on che lonesome bench. sat two of thc most generally thoroughly and completely beaten up individuals hc had ever seen. They were Ham Grease Jimmy and Che No Shirt Kid. They had been arrested m room ot thc Old Soak buukhousc and both were charged with attempting Co commit murder. tuc one on tho other.
 10 su happened that thc magistrate presiding m tbc court at that timo had himself come over Che trail from skaruay Co Dawson some months before. Hc had started with a part ucr. Che two having quite am outfit Uut they had quarrclcd ou Che way and had sawed their boat iu two. split ,ucir tent. smashed up their stove ior Che reason that they could not divide it into two parts as they had everything else. and had gone their separate ways. As Ham Grease
 and No-Sbirt had nothing Go divide, tbc only thing lglt for them Co do was Co flight and. secretly, that mag s.ratc admired them for it-so much .o chat hc dismissed Che charges and told them to keep away from each other concluding his charge with 'I know just how you both fccl"
 That same afternoon Ham Grease Jimmy called ou Che Stroller and rec lated bIs story as follows:
 "uaf guy No-5hirt imposed on me in forty different ways every day oI .uc h.rty-uye we were ou dc uail Nt u#t ! overlooked his rough stuff but tt Eo. Goo raw. As ! knew we must not take chance of crippIu' up each other by ughtm' ou Che trail opened m account and made a record of tuc many wrongs ! would right when thc proper time como. THa. tm. came yesterday afternoon after ! had rested up about 7O hours Ne and ND.sbirt had slept tru ucar- N tHrcc days and nights whom auokc Ue was sul Hccpu' and sa.s ] to myself hero is where ! win check up that book account and at 'm ] goes likc thIs.
 "rasc dat fer pcrtcndu' to bc sick and maku' mc haul dc sled from summit to Log Cabu' am |
 landed square on his suoot.
 TaG. dar for saipu' au thc clothes uc night we slept un dc kitchen uuor 9. Pow Clothes Molly's roathou-c au smashed him u Che mouth. huoghu' out several of his grinders.
 "Ttse dut fer upsottm dc ham grease ou puppus dc night we campcd at H.e Salmon and saym' it was a aariIug' m' ! hung mourniu' on Hs right lamp.
 Take dat for lyu' Co mo about bou outu makus when you had both tobacco and papers am drapcd his other lamp.
 .TaGr dat for Che hundred and one acts of cusscduoss you put across ou mo ou along dc rail' am rolled him over ou his face. sat ou him am grated his bao, wid me hob-uaI shoes mu hc was raw. But here he comes now and | promised dc judge ! would keep away from him.
 Ham Grease duckcd out by the back door and within ten seconds No-sbIrt was occupying the seat Inc had just vacated.
 "I just tot ! would drop in am tcu you what a low down, mangy eur Ham Grease is. said Che late ar- rival "You sec it is dis way.
 "Hc soldicrcd on me an de way iu. makm me pull dc sled nearly an de time. pcrtcudlu' ter be sick when there was auytiur ter cook and den catm' everything In sight Fer a while ! paid no attention but when it got too thick started a book am made a record of dc many outraEcs ! was ouduriu, promisin' mcself to square accounts as soon as | reEaincd my wasted strength. but Ham Grease beat mc to it. He tot was asleep when he landed on me but ! was awake and just fcoln' thc muscle ot me arm preparatory Co lottiu' i'm have it when hc got me. An ! can say fer him dat hc fixed mo aplouty. When hc grated me back wid hob nails portcudcd Co faint am but fer dat hc would have grated me all .uVuy. Tukiu' ! was out fer fully lam hour. Ham Grease actually turns