Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-09-30

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What's thatT says he.
'Horse-thief,' says |. You sent
that Teller here TO steal horse and
he got caught
Well / told him If he'd get me a
good horse I'd give him five hundred
dollars and that l didn't care how he
got him. The fact is I'm desperate.
Ill give you thousand dollars for one
of your horses
"'You couldn't buy one of 'em at any
price 1 said. There's two reasons. l
wouldn't do business with a horsethief
and no money would tempt me to sell
an animal to be ridden to death
The two thieves had had enough
of us and they got out"
That night our party camped on the
shore of the Kankakee and next day
they met the contractors. Lincoln
Joined the latter party and Harry and
Samson went on alone. Late that af-
ternOOn they crossed the nine-mile prai-
rie. beyond which they could see the
simmer of the lake and the sunlit
structures of the new city.
There ii Is" said Samson. -Four
thousand, one hundred and eighty
people live there. 1t looks like a stur-
dy two-year-old."
The houses were small and cheaply
built and Of many coIors. Some were
implanted. Near the prairie they
stood lilo DooDla IN rho or,ta,. a1oa of
a crowd, looking over one another's
shoulders and pushing in a disordered
mass toward the center of interest.
Some seemed to have struggled away
as IL they had given up trying to see
or hear. So to one nearing it the town
had a helter-skelter look.
Our travellers passed rough boarded
houses with grand-loOking people in
their dooryards and on their small
porches-men in broadclOth and tall
hats and ladies in silk dresses. 1t
was six o'clock and the men had come
home to supper. AS the horsemen
proceeded larger buildings surrounded
them, mostly two stories high. There
were some stores and houses built Of
red brick. Beyond the scatter Of
cheap, wooden structures they came to
streets well laid out and crowded and
busy and very soft to quote phrase
from the diary. Teams were strug-
Cling in the mud drivers shouting and
flashing. Agents for hotels and board
ing houses began to solicit the two
hOrsemen from the plank sidewalks.
The latter were deeply impressed by
q negro in scarlet clothes, riding a
horse in scarlet housings. He carried
a scarlet banner and was advertising
I'm a loud voice the hour and place of
great land sale that evening.
A sound of many hammers beating
upon boards could be heard above the
noises of the street and behind all was
the constant droning of a big steam
saw and the whir Of the heavy stones
in the new grist mill. 1t was the be-
ginning of that amazing diapason Of
industry which accompanied the build
ing of the cities of the West
They put out In the livery stable OF
the City hotel and at the desk of the
latter asked about the price of board.
II was three dollars day and no
politeness in the offer.
IT'S purity steep" said Samson.
..But I'm too hungry for argument or
delay and / guess we can stand 1t to
be nabobs for a day or So"
The hotel clerk had Register of
the Residents of the City of Chicago |
wherein they found the name and ad-
dress of John Kelso. They went out |
to find the house. Storekeepers tried |
to stop them as they passed along the
street with offers of land at bargains !
which would make them millionaires
in a week. In proceeding along the
blank sidewalks they were often as
,ending or descending steps to another
eyel
IN Ia Sale street they found the |
nome of Jack Kelso. 1t was rough
boarded small house, story ana
,olf high. It had a little porch and
soorvard enclosed by an implanted
,icte+ fence. BIN, In a handsome
Zine silk gown, came running out 10
meet them.
sIf you don't mind I'm going TO KISS
you." she said to Harry.
.rd mind II you didn't" said the
,orno man as he embraced her.
ave must be careful not to get the
,abit." she laughed.
ard enjoy peing careless for once
aid Harry.
awomen can be extrayagant with
but carelessness,' she III
,sted "Do you like this gown
at is lovely-llke yourself ,
"Then perhaps you will be Wiling
. take me to the party tonight. NY
,otber will chaperon u.s.
aWIth these clothes that have Jus.
cen hauled out Of a saddle bag
old Harry with a look OF alarm
aEten rags could not hide me oeau-
of him." said Kelso as ne came
own from the porch to greet them
And look at her" he went on was
a faIrer maid In spite OF