The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-11-20

After the meal the table was
knocked to pieces and carried out SC
that there might be more room, and
as the bridal couple stood about won.
dering what was to happen next they
suddenly found themselves the objects
Of a number Of presentations. Mrs
Brown made hers first; six wonderful
pieces of Limoges china, hand-painted
by the squire's daughter herself, and
presented to Mrs. b. on her departure
for Canada.
"Our present Is outside, and I'm
a-goin' to bring 1t in" said Burke,
putting on his cap and coat.
ooh, / wouldn't bring it in, Tom,'
his wife suggested. Let them see 1t
out there"
But Burke was bound to do 1t In
style. "In 1t comes" he insisted, and
plunged into the night. In a few min
utes he returned with a heavy sack
on his back, which he set in the mid
die of the floor. Again and again he
made the trip until five sacks were
in the pile.
"Ten bushels of seed wheat" he ex-
claimed proudly, "and may every kerr
mel yield a hundredfoldr
"Weel, Ah'm thinkin' Anil be next"
remarked the placid Andy Smith, tap
ping his clay pipe and returning it to
his pocket. From somewhere he pro-
duced a kit of steel-worker's tools ;
wonderful pieces of British workman
ship, they were. 1 believe Jack still
carries some of them in the back seat
Of his automobile.
mo as much as All could o. wisht,"
said Andy, modestly, but RIGHT guild
in the maxim, and they'll come gey
handy when you buy hat threshing
mill for the neighborhood."
Just then we observed the color
mantling to the tawny hair of Ole
Hansen.
cay tank by Yimcsiny Az max my
self maybe a yoke (joke),r the tall
Swede confessed. SAY say to Olga,
BY dam, Olga, what you tank, Ay
tax a load O. hay?' She say, ole, you
get more fool all the time. Hay for
a m%arriaging! What you tank dey
are. oxes?' Den Ay say, We'll, den,
wat else?' an she say, Dere amt nod
ding else,' an den Ay say Dab hay
gets it., and so it does"
81 hope you're not going to bring it
in, too," said Lucy Burke.
"Yah!" said Ole, opening his mouth
in a great circular orifice and laughing
silently while his head rocked in in
ward appreciation Of Mrs. Burke's
joke. SAY tank she make good bed
ding, but not tonight. Ay pitch i'm
off beside dab barn"
We found it was true. Ole, having
nothing to bring but a load of hay, in
the fullness of his heart brought that.
But an even more striking token Of
that community spirit which was the
salvation of these early days was now
to be presented. Sneezit had slipped
out while the hay was under discus
sion and now came laundering in, his
broad back bearing a whole dressed
carcass of pig. Sneezit did not trust
his English to make any remarks, but
he smiled broadly under his bristly
mustache. But what l saw
was a dug-out full of children, with
eyes peering through the gloom, and
little, wistful, silent mouths.
snow it's my turn said Spool, but
Jake interrupted.
ahc ~ honnnnnd mos Iowr sD
Regina on business connected with
my estate when news O. this approach
in tieup on Fourteen reached me, by
means of a note from Spool" Jake
explained. Eat first l couldn't make
head or hinder of 1t, 1t was so bad
wrote. So l took it to a young fellow
I know with lots o. learnin'; got to
know him on account O. the interest
he usta take in the people on Twenty
two; he found out l located youse
boys an girls and usta come roun'
pretty regular askin' questions casual
like, an l says to him, How many
shirts does a fellow get on this laun-
dry ticket?' Well, he read it over
slow to himself, an her he JUS sits
lookin' at nothin' till l begun to think
maybe there was some bad langwidge
such as he couldn't repeat in my pres
ence. An after awhile he says, Jake,
JUS another mirage; you know, those
Observation-Disclosures what he called it
ION the prairie that makes you think
things is what they amt. Let's go
down town. he says, an on the way
he tells me what's in the ticket. Well,
1 thought he was leadin' for a bar,
which is the best place l know of to
raise a new mirage when your old
one goes bust, but DANCED If he dom
head me into a jewelry store. And
there he buys this"
Jake delved into a pocket and
brought out a little gold pendant, a
chaste and delicate example of the
g%oldsmith's art. He held 1t for a