Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-04

| Oti tOinDdHY. ne Dttll wv
months now, and | am informed b
: his employer that old Mac hasn't tai
en- a drink In all that time. An
what's more, he isn't going to tax
one again."
How do you known
Because | make II my business t.
find out. Mac was the finest woods
boss this county ever knew hence yOl
do not assume that / would lose the
old scoundrel without making a fight
for him, do your Why, Buck, he's
been on the Cardigan pay roll thirty
years, and / only fired him In order
to reform him. Well, last week ! sent
one Of Macs old friends down to
Willis purposely to call on him and
'invlte him out for q time; but Mac
wouldn't drink with him. No, sir, he
couldn't be tempted. On the contrary,
he told the tempter that / had prom
ised to give him back his job If he re-
NAMED on the water wagon for one
year; he was resolved to win back his
job and his self-respect."
81 know what your plan is" Ogilvy
interrupted. Listen, now, to fathers
words of wisdom. Didn't you hear me
tell that girl and her villainous avun-
cular relative last night that had an
other ace up my kimonoY
Bryce nodded.
THAT was not brag, old dear. I had
the ace, and this morning | played 1t
wherefore in my heart there Is that
peace that passeth understanding
particularly since / have Just had a
telegram informing me that my ace
took the odd trick.
you will recall that from the very
instant we decided to cut in that Jump
crossing, we commenced to plan
against interference by Pennington; in
consequence we kept, or tried to keep,
our decision a secret. However, there
existed at all times the possibility that
remington might discover our benevo-
ent Intentions and block us with his
only weapon-a restraining order is
sued by the judge of the United States
district court.
Now, one of the most delightful |
hlngs | know about court is that IL
$ open to all men seeking justice-or
INJUSTICE disguised as justice Also
mere is a wise old saw to the effect
nat battles are won by the fellow who |
cts there first with the most men. The
ltuation from the start was absurdly
nipple. If Pennington got to the dis
'ict court first, we were lost %
You mean you got there frst?" ex-
laimed Bryce.
Il did-by the very simple method
preparing to get there first in case
nything slipped. Something did slip
last night However, l was ready: r
all l had to do was press the but :
M Tor as Omar Khayyam remarked: .
What shall it avail man If he buy :
n paddock for his Stable after his
vorite stallion hath been liftedY Sew =
al days ago, my boy, I wrote long :,
ier 10 our attorney in San Francisco
every detail of our predica- =
ent; the instant l received that fem =
'rary franchise from the CITY counciI -
mailed certified copy of it to our a.
torney also. Then. In anticipation "
our discovery by Pennington, | in :.
'ucted the attorney to prepare the -
mplaint and petition for n restrain "
order against Seth Pennington Of
and stand by to rush to the Judge Ii
IN 1t the instant he heard from mel
Wen, about the time old Penning- ~
started for San Francisco This -
'rning, had our attorney out of he'd -,
! on the long-distance telephone. ot =.
le O'Clock this morning he appeared oo
the United States district court NJ -
e-hfteen the judge signed restrain. 80
order forbidding orr enemies to ~.
erfere with us in the exercise Of q ~,
ne legally granted us by the CITY of -,
Iuoia, and at nine-thlrty a deputy
ted States marshal started in an 80
omobile for Sequoia, via the over ~
! route. He viii arrive late tomor. -,
night, and on Sunday we will ger or
locomotive out of our way and in ~,
| our crossing" ,"'
And Pennington" 10
Ah' the poor Penningtonl Mon we
vre Seth| Buck sighed comical- .
He will be just twenty-four hours COL
- wv
lou old he-foxI" Bryce murmured .
wicked. wicked mani" :.
lex ogilvy lifted his lapel and
ed luxuriouSly at his white carna- th,,
the while a thin little smile of
ed around the corners of his bu- ..
'us mouth. "Ah." he murmprad
emily "life's pretty sweet isn't I,oa
bos
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