Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-11

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sskbat I have an uncle living In this
town for" Yes the girl sgakaanasrlF-
ed. aand he had forgotten tz1ak his
nephew was to have arrived eRAa day
bv boat. I saw him drive o1s &C t1wn
this morning With his white hOxAs and
blackboard, and, suppose, he's n the
country. here and there, bEyzxaM I'D
neIts and fl1rS. on. Samuell" sAas ex-
claimed. I'm afraid that y0uu never
that Is I mean, OF I think your en-
Gle, without compassion or justice will
exact Of you more than you VIII ever be
able to stand However, hope what
/ have already said will not turn you
from a purpose you've come 30 far 10
serve. outcome 10 the house, she In
vited quietly, feeling the relief OF q
changed subject Come TO the house
where well dine together, and where
you'll meet my father My-my mother
died" she replied, while I was yet
small child"
Very late the following evening Nose
returned. Driving his ridiculous rig in
front of his shop, he observed dark
shadow resembling the shape Of hu-
man sitting alone upon 8 platform be-
fore the door. The small town rgzHnors
following the affairs OF Samuel and
Rachel, had reached far and wide
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Derby Jew who was gratified at having
so much as an obscure notion that his
schemes was carrying well.
Out on the Prairies
Howes -, he felt the young man
should contribute at once TO the growth
OF his trade, and when he informed
Samuel OF the bent of his mind TO-
ward the object of sending him forth
on a tour OF duty, there was sorrow
bearing the same to each other between
the two young people. All the same,
simple emotions were not 70 thwaTt the
plans of the money making Hebrew, so
on a Monday morning Of the following
week, Nose set his nephew out upon
q wide, circuitous route-across prai-
ries. over hills and into valleys-over
which he was supposed to bargain for
peits with the artifice and guile Of an
experienced trader. Sitting upon the
hard, cushionless seat Of a wohhly old
blackboard, the seIf-conscious young
man beheId himself as the driver Of
large raw-boned white horse. TO have
met Rachel at this time and place
would have confused and Inundated
her proud lover into q very low state
of dignity; and besides, that which ex-
asperated him most was that the OLD
beast was bent on keeping his gait
down to moderate walk, and it seemed
that he did even that with an un-.
calmly, tantalizing strut. The young
trader halted, stepped down from his
high seat, and from the branched
shrub of the diamond willow, cut close
to its roots its longest shoot.
Evidently, the wise old quadruped ap-
pretended the young mans intentions
for the instant he was again hidden
TO travel. he dashed ahead like blast
out of a hot furnace.
With his spike tail raised, and swing
ing it sidewise, right and left, and
twitching up at every stop one hind
leg in Spring-halt fashion, the provok-
ing old beast wheeled his young mas
ter clear of the settlement and out Of
range Of any possible banter.
Samuel had been fully attentive to
the immediate demands Of his business
had secured three capaciOuS bales OF
pelts, and was now returning TO his
uncle's shop after an absence Of three
weeks
he had bargained for many furs and
undressed hides, and it had become
known soon after bis meeting with his
uncle that In spite Of his watchfulness
against deception, he made on one pelt
q very bad bargain; trapper sold
him a coyotes pelt worth about $50
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young mans view as a product deviat-
ing from the general type Of furs and
Samuel, thinking he had bargained for
the pelt Of silver gray fox, cheerfully
paid the trapper his price.
Nose ExpEOdes
Now Nose, whenever crossed, or sur
passed In cunningness (Which rarely,
indeed, befell this Israelite in the daily
practices Of his whole hfe) had, with
out perception, the habit OF drawing
his crooked forefinger over and along
the ridge OF his hooked noSe-an in
voluntary response to any hot dis
pleasure. The raw-boned white horse
drew up at its owners shop and Sam
uel rolled the stupendous bales through
the double doorway and placed them
before his uncle.
After cutting apart the heavy cords
that bound the packs, the young man
began to tell of his bargains. He
brought UP outspokenly the name OF
each hide satisfactorily, till he came