The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
CHAPTER VIII-Continued

FISH SHOALS OF EN-. Say, III
about four days | begun TO get as
much mail as new millionaire. An
photographs! l wish l had some to
show you, but -Bella-burned
'em all up. They were what ! call
pictures o. real life. l got so much
mail the postman says to me, What
va doin', Jake; startin' a lottery?' an
/ says Yep Guess / wasn't far out,
at that.
well, just as was thinkin' o.
goin' to a business college an hirin'
few dozen stenographers, along comes
this telegram" He produced yellow
sheet.
Meet me at Regina station Thurs
day five p. m. you'll know me / am
the only one in the world. Bella Donna"
"Well. reckons right off that Bella
Donna is an alibi, or whatever you
call false name, an that some o.
the boys is pulling a gag on me, but
like fool down | goes to the station,
an there saw her comm right up
the platform like a sandhill crane out
d
said, so when she comes up l calls
her hand.
Madam says l. are you the lady
o. the porous plasterT
"11l plaster you,' says she, If you
give me any O. yer lip. But do you
happen to know a Mr.. JakeT says
she, gettin' out a paper; here's his
address,
"'Know him. says l. I should say
so. An in case you're thinkin' o.
marryin' him let me tell you some
thin, jus between friends. Jake
buries a wife once a year, reglar'
HE does, eh? says she. We'll, I'm
promisin' I'll be a relic before he's a
widower,' says she. Relic is what
she said. but it didn't sound right to
me.
That's bettin' on a cinch,' says L,
'meanin' that she would get the red
ribbon for relics at Regina fair al
ready, but my wit goes over her head,
as it of'en does. an she comes back
at me with 'Wha'd' you know bout
anybody marryin' Mr.. JakeY
'Everythin'. says l. humpin' my
wishbone with Importance Jake tells
me everythin'. I'm his spiritooal adj
wiser, so to speak. which includes
matrimony. The women that wants
to marry Jake-lots Of 'em rich, too,
madam I says. I'm steerin' him
clear o. them every day. says, part
ly out O. sympathy for them, on ac-
count O. his-his severe habits, |
says.
"'Who are you, anyway says she,
an with that ! flashes my telegram
on her. I'm the party of the first
part says l. as they say In the law
offices.
$50 you're Jake she says, pullin'
herself up till all her angles stood out
like the launches of a starved mus
tang. We'll. you got "a HI of a
nerve, she says.
Il begun to think maybe she was
about right. but she gave me no time
for reflections.
where's preacher she says.
You wanted speed, an. yer goin' to
get IL. Will tHdt size. uuStieQ me
over town an had me married before
! knew it, so I'd have to settle fer
the supper. as figgered it out after
ward. Then after supper we go to
my shack an she climbs into my busi-
ness papers like a hound after gar
bage.
"Wha'd' you do fer Twin. may |
askT she says.
"Dop says /, musterin' all my dig
nifty. I'm specialist specialist in
land. l know the sections with the
weak lungs an the broken knees an
the spawned joints. an II man pays
me enough put him wise. an II he
don l let him get wise at his own
expense says L I'm specialist. an
] charge like a specialist / says.
'HumphP says she, JUS like that.
Between your fine words figger that