The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-15
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
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Strogotfs is hep to the old stuff.
Lucky. I'm thinking OF joining the
big rush. They say this klondikc
is some rich"
lnaSmuch as there were no stran-
gers i'll sight at the moment. the
proprietor Of the deadfall gave up
barking; he daintily folded and tore
in half cigarette paper, out OF
which he fashioned a thin smoke for
himself. 1t was that well-earncd
moment Of rcpose, that welcome re-
cess from the days toll Mr. Broad
inhaled deply, then he turned his
eyes upon the former speaker.
%iou've been thinking again, have
YOU He frowned darkly. With 4
note Of warning in his voice he de-
clared: You amt strong enough
for such heavy work. Kid. That's
why I've got you packing hay"
The object Of this sarcasm hitchcd
his shoulders and the movement
showed that his burden was indeed
no more than cunning counterfeit,
a bundle OF hay rolled inside
tarpaulin.
"Oh. l got head and I've been
doing some heavy thinking with it."
the hid retortcd. This here Daw
son is going to be a good town.
I'm getting readied up to join the
parade
Are you. now?" the shell-man
Knocked. Il s'pose you got it all
framed with the Canucks to let you
through? l spose the chief of
police knows you and likes you, eh
You and him is cousins, or some
thing
"Coppers is all alike; there's al
ways way to square EN-"
Lay off that 'squaring' stuff" cau-
toned q renegade crook. disguised
BY suit Of mackinaws and weeks
gro';th of beard into the likeness Of
4 stampedcr. "A thousand bucks and
a ton Of grub, that's what the sign
says. and that's what it means. They
wouldn't let you over the Line with
nine hundred and ninety-nine fifty"
"Right!' agreed third capper. ITS
closed season on broken stiffs.
You can't monkey with the Mounted
Police. When they put over an edict
it lays there till it freezes. They'll
make you show your openers at the
Boundary. Gee! If l had EN- |
wouldn't bother to go inside
What's guy want with more than
thousand dollars and ton OF
grub, anyhow"
"All the same, I'm about set to
hit the TRAIL stubbornly maintained
the man with the alfalfa pack. Il
amt broke. When you boys get to
Dawson, just ask for Kid Bridges
saloon and Ill open wine. These
woollys can have their mines; me
for hootch-mill on Main Street
Lucky addressed his bevy OF
boosters. Have nursed serpent
in my breast. or has the Kid met a
bankers son? Gimme room. boys.
I'm going to shuttle the shells for
him and let him double his money.
Keep your eye on the magic pea,
Mr.. Bridges. Three tiny tepees III
a row There was general
laugh as Broad began to shift the
walnut shells, but Kid Bridges re-
torted, contemptuously:
That's the trouble with all you
wiseacres. You get dollar ahead
and you fall for another mans
game. ! never knew faro-dealer
that wouldn't shoot craps. No. |
haven't met no bankers son and
amt likely to in this place. These
pilgrims have sewed their money in
their undcrclothes, and they sleep
with their eyes open. Seems like
they'd 60 blind, but they don't. These
amt Rubes, Lucky; they're city folks.
They've seen three-ringed circuses
and three-shell games, and all that
farmer stuff. They've been 'gypped.'
and it's an old story to EN-"
You're dead right" Broad ac-
knowledged. That's why it's good.
D'you know the best town in
America for the shells? Little old
New York. If the cops would let
me set up at the corner Of Broad
and Wall, Id own the Stock Ex-
change in a week Madison and
State IS another good stand; SOS
Market and kearney, or Pioneer
Square, down by the totem pole.
New York. Chicago, Frisco, Seattle,
they're all hick towns For every
city guy that's been stung. by bee
there's a hundred that still thinks
honey comes from a fruit. This
rush is just starting, and the bigger
it grows the better we'll do. Say,
Kid, if you mush over to Tagisll
with that load of timothy on your
spine. the police will put you on
the wood-pile for the winter"
While Mr.. Lucky Broad and his
business associates were thus busted
in discussing the latest decree Of the
Northwest Mounted Police, other
townsmen of theirs were similarly
engaged. Details Of this proclama-
tion-the most arbitrary of any, hith-
erto-had just arrived from the In
ternational Boundary, and had
caused a halt, an eddy, in tho
stream of gold-seekers which flowed
inland toward the Chilkoot Pass.
A human tide was setting north
ward from the States, tide which
swelled and quickened daily as tho
news of George Carmack's discov-
cry spread across the world, but at
Healy & Wilson's log-store, where
the notice above referred to had
been posted, the stream slowed. A
crowd of newcomers from the
barges and steamers in the road
stead had assembled there, and now
gave voice to hoarse indignation and
bitter resentment. Late arrivals
from Skagway. farther down the
coast. brought word of similar
scenes Az that point and similar
feeling ~ dismay;l they reported a
similar increase in the general ex-
element, TOO. 2, =