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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1900)
i - V "fSJVJf 3L a-"-"1 . -s. .jjiii3mtttmar f & a B 1 I: I kav ft V" f KENNY'S ROYAL FLUSH It rtim n l.oiinr 'Jlme ('ottiluu, Iitil It l'ld Hint When It (nnic (ltd Mnn (irci-ntiiit's story tu Nliott the Vol tic f Persistence Mitr (ctitler Who stuck IIU Tlieor) of I'oUor Tlirouuli ilun Dlnt'iiur iiKemciit mill Won tint nt l.itat. A yf(ri 'rH a moHt mirprUIti thliiR," QQ I '!' "Ill limn Ureenhut ns he lot the buttled nwny behind this bar. "Unit folks ilon't U teem to 'predate, the Impor tance o' belli' persistent Now, t-it thero SI Walker, 't Jiut c;a, t In Iilio uii' tnok n dthik nti went oj 'thnut stiyln it word lit tin imp, I u bright uii' shlnlii' example never tin I r nothln' worth while, 'cuuse lie don t never Ptl.-k to It. (Ills illfcrmiriiKCil like, mi sets down nu' think ubmt It, when If he'd trY spit on his hands an' tnke n lieh jrlp lie tuought come out n four time winner. Whj, I loll voti tbut mini might 'a' t. in .i Justice o' the peace on' tiuirrlttl Ui Widow Ilaher with four hun'red ncrea o' Rood fnrnt Innd. no cud ' stock an fiirmln' utensils nn' inutif In the bunk, on'y for that fnt.il hnb'lt o' his I)1 not stlckin' to It. Just (rive up. he did, 'critifo he got bout out In two 'lec tions nn" wouldn't run for ofllre no more, no' when the widow Mild no throe or four t' ca be 'lowed she didn't want Id in nn' Kit out o' the gaino, when tint hh.m tl d oughter knowed that nil "In- wanted viio innn with gumption enough to keep on cuurllit." The old man tut nod hit back for n mo ment while he slyly poured n little water Into a w'j'sky bottle In which the liquor win runntuir low, and then plating It with the other bottler he enme out to bli favorite peat b th' window nud cat smoking for some iulnu(ei. "Heats all." he said aftei a while, "how fnlk It t eo like tl.it Don't iieem to Iiiimj no s.rriso o' religion. The Oood Hook sa)s. 'Oo to thn ant. )nu sluggers. Con sider lier wovs and be wise' Now, there Hlu't no p'lnts about an ant t h.it V woith cuisldirln, 'cept tlulr nlmlRht) etkU-lo-it-Uini's BPinds to lenson. It moans fei us to kern pcRglu' away till we git thoi" T SI Walker'd on'v penned like the ants doc lie mottght 'a' been rkh an' re Kpcotcd. "Thero was I'ute Kennev Unit dropped off n a boat hero some thlilj jear as" an' Jut t-.tn.ved. There didn't seem to be no 'eanmi vhv he should '..' entr.e bete ! In the first plnco ir why he j-hould 'a' tuyid aflcr he nrrovo. but ho did Some mill he mu?t 'n' dtoppod onto Dim boat b accident somewheres up the tlver, an' the rttptaln put hint off at the Hrst laiulln', hint not bavin' the testation fare In Ills Joans However 'twos, he come, an' he tonulnocl. More'n tli.it. he's well fixed n jw an' pajH taxes. "Thete warn't no tenson for It. fur Hi anybod.v eould ee, 'loplln' 1'ete'n all llreil ierltency. Il was a bright enoimh curt o' man nn' mlsht o' fettled dawn In hu-dniPR fer himself, for Iip got a Job n bartender down to the hotel an' made money. They do naj as how a steuilv. Imlustrloiig bartender In a hotel where there's a good tun o' buslnext an' a bo"s tint drinks some himself can hate a sa loon of liU,- own In a f w )eais, un' i rocfron It's pretty near tine 1 kept bar In a hotel mvself when I was )ounu, "That wa-u't Hole's la). UiourIi, I'oto used to sly that thue w.i one wa) o' estab'.lshltiR yourself In life that laid otor any other, an' lhat was t, hold h rotnl Hush In n rooJ stiff Rame ' draw poker. Then, he rays, it's on'y a nuosilon ' how much tho others hns Rot to Inspire their conlldence an' how much they has to hot with that fixes tho amount to be gathered In, on which n man can retire nn' bo ie- spectacle fer tho rest o his natural life. "Some o' us reasoned with I'oto at times about thlF. We told him that nival lushes was sca'ce Rame. and that f o' a kind was good eno'tgli for a careful player to Rlt ilch on, hut Pete 'lotted that a ro)nl flush was the on'y thing a nmn could be dead Hire of Seems lia'd had four queens beat when he was young, an' he'd learned consM'nble cautlun fiotn th' experience, "'A to a ro)nl flush boln' sca'ce,' l'eto says, 'It stands to reason lhat a man's Roln' to git It some time. If he plays Ions enough. Htlck to It,' he says, 'an' sooner or later yer Roln' to get a n)iil Hush. The on'y thing needed l.s to stick to It.' "Consequences was that Pete, bavin' found bis theory of business success, de voted himself to the workln' on II out. with a persistency that would n Rrotved wool on a rilRRor's hi el 'f he'd devoted hUself to that particular foim of effort. Talk about HI Walker an' thn widow. I'.f HI hud stuck to the widow with one forty leventh part o' Pur', persistency, the widow d 'a melted like butter in a blast iiiriuiue. hi i-eii it give nts lllgnts ail days to poker. He never allowed buiiluess to Interfere with a game 'slang's he'd money to play with. "Just naturally his theoiy of the game Interfered with bis general success. Most ly It dues Interfere, I've noticed, when man get theories In hU head an' pluy.s the Kamii different fin the ordinary run o' people. These here sharps that llggers out some particular thing In the game iu lieln' n dead certainty, nlw.i)s loses money on n. lor you can say wnat you like ubout tho great American Rame, but It certalnl) does beat anything clue for the preponderance of uncertainty lhat 1ms to be calculated on, whenever .ton have a dead sure thing In your mind-all ex cepting u ro.tal flush, as Pete used to say with ondenlable wisdom, "Pete's mind belli' Hied, so to speak, on that loyal flush, you can see for oin--kelf that It warped his JudRiueut on the question o' draw In' cHrds, Many a time I've seen hltu split a pair or at es, an' draw thiee uirds to u ace an' queen, or ace an' ten o' the -ame suit Once I even seen him split two pulls, aces an' queen-s, an' draw two cards to the ate, queen an' Jack o' diamonds, an" Joe Hooker says he sect, the blamed IJJIt split mrro r.iiiK-t iu nmn u:t- -mix jun because they wns all court cauls o' the same suit. An' the Hrst card he picked up Iu the draw was the fourth king Shows how a man'll ovetlook the blessln'H o' Providence right In his list renchln' out nfter things he hain't no icason to hope for Iu the natiiinl coinse of events. Stands to reason a man'll lose money defyln fute with sueh monkey shines as them, " 'Twasn't no uso to arguti with Pete, though. He were as obstinate as n mule an' stuck to his notion o' fettln' ro)it) flush like n stok nlKor thks to the Methodlxt ehuroh. You eotiMn't persuade blui One das I ?it)K to him, 'Look a' here. I'ete. n lojal llil'li Is most onuues tlouably a Rood piece o' pruperly, but what how hev you Rot o' Rettln' one? You put me out o' imtlouce. Look nt the pots you luliiht 'a' h oopod with two pairs an' tluoe of a kind If you'd only drnwed like a Christian, says 1, 'InMo.id o' puttln' tour it lift In HttaiiKe Rod, an' caoillleln' .tour Rood ehlps an' the prlu elples o' the Ritme In a tinnRo an' foolln' endeavor It's il In In the fau o' 1'iov lilenee,' I nays to him. 'an' you'll Rodown to oui Rrave iinhouoied, unwept nn" iinliittiK If you persist In II. Moie'u that.' 1 "ays, 'you'll be dead broke all the days "' Minr life"' 'Hut ou (ouldu'l eonvlme hlin 'TIhto's four loyal lluhos In the deek, alnl there?' a.s he, 'an' them Iho turds Is just as likely to eome as any other live, stint the" An' If theie'H nn,thluK eeitalu In this hole world o' trouble an' oui'ertalnty. 'tin that a inan'll Ret 'em Homottme, If he kei ps on tryln. An' fay! When I do Rel 'em' If the Lord span's me till that happ dav, I wont do anythlliR tint swat the RnitR.' " The Lord rnn spare you easy enoiiRh,' ' sajs I, (lNRiisted. 'an' ( ean the eniumii nltv If v.ui go on lr In' to bleak up our national Institutions by ptopiiRtitlu' sleh revolullonai v Ideas. It's woiso'u social ism,' 1 sns. 'It's ildieulous.' "lint thoie wasn't no movln' of him, an" we Jut had to leave blot to the error of his ways, nn' what we thoiiRht was the Inevitable xetiKcanee of heaven. An' the t.... .. ..!.... I.. ....I .1..., I.. I U.. I .. i,.i;r i ii tiutit-ii t nit iH'lll ii1- nun it- wti- a olf-nppolntrd xessel n' wrath, an' I bound to be skinned In the R.imo as Ioiir j as he contlutiid to play It, It was a soit o' , mlKslonar.t wmk to assist In the skin nlu'. Most of 'em devoted themselves to the iilss uiiii , woik, too, with sueh holy real that I'ete was broke most of the , time. I "lie was roihI Kt It UiourIi. Nidiody nevor livmil hlni (oiiiplnln. for he seomed i to be sustained b a ealni eonndence In I that mnl IIihIi. an' every, time he went bioke he'd ro back to woik its chipper as i a cattish an' stick to It till ho had a stake to sit In the R.ime with. "That was another thliiR I tfid to talk to hint about while I was tr)litR to show him the erroi of his ways. '.Supposln' you i do Rot ' ni.tal lltth sometime,' I says, 'how can you expect to Rot a IcRlllmnto prollt out of It If ou ro broke all the tluu tr;b' to 'ot If You won't hnv nn mono) to bet with,' I sa.vs "Hut all he ever snlil to that was, 'Oh, the I .old will ptovlde' You don't Mipposc thliiR Is tjoln' to be so ordered, do you, that heat en's ilclust ble-ln' would come f,m the table whole they had been ly to a man. nn' him not have the means to , Kl a H., Pm kind (' carelesj. Just biiilc It up'.'" Whh h was the next door to ho (,nt Stevens could see 'etn, but pre blasphomy. as I told him frcuuont. but t,.ndln' not to notice that they could be he only sihIImiI. aii' when the tttnr come, oon. as It did llnnll), when bis faith was Justt- (,! H)lrt Stevens, 'ton want the lied, an' he wiped the lewnrd of per- money to play with, do you? Hut ccr slstcney. It woie developed tbnt he had talnly joti ain't (mill' to bet on that Rood leiiHou to smile, foi he had provided hand?' for thai contluR0!u- with a wisdom coin paled to which the Rttllc o' the sarpeut was as the babblltiRs o' babes an' suck- j HuK", '! I,,l' wnn a pollshod article even If we did size him up for a deluded fanatic all them years. "It went on for u matter o' fifteen )eat or mote an' Pete's. lo)al lllih com to bo a staudlu' Joke In tow 1 1 . I'ctlcis would luiiRh about It I'tir) time he set Into a same, an' ll weie esteemed a Rreat piece n' wit for Mime feller to sa), 'I'll bet a thnuspud to one In town lots that Pete won't Rot a in) til Hush to-nlRbt.' 'Course nobody ior took It up. but evei)body'il tatig'i, an' l'ote would blush, an' he'd say, I 'I'll r t It so nlRht ' me time, bojs. If I don't to- vens had come to know about Pete ill If ever n mini won sue- ' wnys plnyln' for n royal Hush, an' had "An' he did. less bv biug-eoutlnued, peislslent striiK- gllu' for ll, Pete Kenncdv did, an' things fell out about as he'd nlnavs said the) would It was h protty good riiiiio from the Hist, for thou- was a couple o' cross- Kinds gamblois who had come to town buis'ln' for blood, an' It happened that them was two plnnteis Just back from Now Orleans with their unmet in their pniko, an' thoy was lookln' for cm Ito- merit. One of Yin knowed Pete an' liked him an' asked hlin to Join In the riiuic that was sinned Just about the time they cot off nt AlkHlisas City hen, un' Pete hat In' a bundled In his clothes, Just nat urally did. "Me tila.t oil lucky from the start. It happened fortunately that he didn't get a i bailee to make one of his fool draws iiiiiih'ii nine In I nlf an hour or so, an' his play out"lde ' that was faltly good pots on Huxlios in' fulls, besides two or three that he took In nn deuces and neive. or Mime slch band, "An) how, be had near a thoonnd In fiinil of hlni when thero lome a big Jack j ,.,,, ,, fu , ,Kf(lr(. t W1)H I)lw,i. ', ,.PH ;, ,P1 , . ,,,.,,.,. ,, ,)p ,,,, hat In' on'y a king. Jack an' ten o' clubs, not boln' permitted to open under the rules. The next man opined It for fifty, tin next three come In, an' Pete raised ll a bundled That was his fool play. Whenever hn'd see a show foi a royal Hush he used to play as If he had It, for feat he wouldn't get the good of It I when It did oome. Well, It walked pietty well. One of ,IL. ,.ri,ssioiiils pinfesslonalu diopped out, , ,le o(h,.P ,. , ,,,,, fllf ,)Mt llf,,,. tllc lw ,,. ,.ul come In , Iih i.ilsetl Pole another bundled. Pete i i came link at hlin with soother and one of the planters dinpped The other had I a four Hush and he stii)ed. The gambler. ! for some leiisou, didn't r.iUr again, but I simply saw the talse, and there was i I..".imi In Hie pot "In the thaw Pete got tho hco an' quten n' i bibs. I suppose If I'd it taught them ' i aids miller the i Ircumstnui es, I'd a hopped dead with suipile. but Pete never turned a hair Thete was a kind nt ii .ii'iiii i.i iIim 1, ft al.ii, ,.r I. iu fii,., un t looked a Utile droopier than iiunl. for ( n mlnlile, but h gave no oilier sign, and I t),,. dtheis thiiught he hud thiee of a ; Kind at Ihe most. The planter filled his I ,sh, an' so Pete had two good l.nn.Ts to piuy uRaiusi, Willi ll was as biucn as any- body could (xpect. lie had about six huiitlrtil on Ihe table to bet with, he sides, ami more'n that, he had lesourccs tbnt nobody at the table knew about, "The planter sat next to tho opener, who had drnppid out, and as It was his Hrst bet anil lie hntl n Hush, he pushed up a hundred, not curln' to go too heavy ugiiliist the gambler who hut stood pat and who stood the thltil lalse befoto the diuw. The gambler raised, of coutse, ptishln' up three-fifty. "Things was iiroIii' Pete's way, but he never Brlniied What he had to do win to make the otlieix think be was blulllntr, no lot Htinlte hN eaidi enreful for a while an' then Miyn, port it de.pcrntts like nn' "iidden, 'I'll re that, nn' I'll (fii ou two'llft.t bettei.' an' be pmlic Ins pile to the middle of the tuble, txir rln' tlftieu or twenty dnlhtix he had In looe ditUKe. "Thn itlnntctV llunh m kins blKb,,i he haw It. but didn't rnln". nn' the Kiini bier mixed It Ihe hundred, thlnkltip that l'eto would drop out. 'That'll more than your throe are worth, I reekon,' be said with a Mierr, but l'eto never answered him. Ho studied bis ennls n while longer nud then fnld, putty Mow, 't haxen't i;ot the rnh to ko on, but I've Kot tin deeds to dome ptoperty hero 'hat's pietty valuable, nn' If ou'll take that for Hoourlty, l II rahe you u thou caud ' "lie pulled Home law paprrn out of Ids pookel as he upoke iind laid them an the table, but the Rambler npokc up, very nasi, nn' kii.vk: 'I ain't buln' no prop ert without lookliiR lit It, an' money Is tin oul thliiR that talks In this gnmr ' "Polo looked at the planter, but be I idiook his head, 'I wouldn't mind an far Ins I am loueernod.' he said, 'but there In an ohjtetlou made. I don't fie how I enti help oii' "'Very well,' savn rote, pertendlmr to look troubled, 'then I'll have to ask for a few minutes time till 1 ran Rot some none) to play with. Hum,' he says to the nlRRer that was IiiIiirIiir thorn drinks, 'take these papers over to Mr. Htevens an ask him If he will loan me tlO.DOO on them.' I "Then there was a little wraiiRle. The other Rambler who had ill tipped out oh I Joeted to the delay, but the. two plantera spoke up for l'eto and the Riimblei who held the full hou.e sold he was wlllln' to wait white the Rontloman Rot some more money as he was Roln' to win It nn) how, so Sain went over to Mr. Hlef ens' house. Htevens belli' the president of our kink an' a Renlleiunn with proper spoithiR hablt.s. "Bottle of us that as looklu' on was Rtlessln' for fair. We net or knowed o' I'ete havlti' no proport,. an' we thotiRht he was hluflln, but w eotildn't see Just how he reckoned he eould woik It, or whet be expected to do. I says to nty- self 'I reckon he's eatlRht that royal iliHi, but what this move moans is nunc than I know.' An) how. thete warn't nothln' to do but wait, an' 1 walled as all the othois did, for It looked aa If there'd be some fun. "l'rotty soon Mr Htevens came back m, t lit iiIrroi. an' says. 'What's this niean, I'ete? The nlRRrr says you want to bortow f Iti.lHKi.' " 'Yes, 1 Jo,' says I'ete "'Well,' sas Stevens, 'you can hnvo the money on thee deeds, of cour', If )ou'll isinte to the bank to-moiiow, but )Oll' ' l ti'ii, il ll tuiiv unv'd 1tn tiilrrlltitlll'. I n' as he spoke he picked up Ills cards I " 'You'll obllRe me.' says Tete. pretend- In to Ret In a terrltile rage, 'by saytn nothln' about my hand. It tuny nut be the strongest hand In the deck, but Its tine best one out. llesldes, It's my own business what 1 do with the money. The question Is whether you'll let me have It?' "'Oh, yes,' saj Stevens, 'I'll let you havu It all right. That Is. I'll give you ' my personal check.' , ' i reckon that's good,' savs Pete, nn' ' so It was, for eteiyboily on the river knowed Stevens. i "It wns the neatest play I ever expct . to see, for them papers wan't worth the i Ink that was on 'em It seems that Hte ' Joked him about it, knowln' hint pretty I well an' llkln' him as a man Rets to like a bai tender tbnt treats him right, nn' ' Pete had got him to piomlse lo lend him ' all the money he needed to piny with whenever he j;ot the royal IJu-li. Then , when Htevens came nter to lend him the money If be really had the cnids, him ' knowln' that the deeds was n bluff, he was sport enough unci liked Pete well enough to help him aloiiR with his little remark about bettln' on UiHt hand, , "Of course, when they heard that the ouier piayers uioiigrii sure ne was iiiuii lug. nn' Pete Jollied them along till ho , cleaned up $1H.000. Then he quit playing poker for Rood an' ns I said became a respectable taxpayer. It all shows what a man can do by sllckln' to his Ideas of 1 what to do In this world." New York I Sun. i,Ki-r ai.om:. It's IPs Iniirariinest hoiie I eter saw, This Mr gruy lioue liie I to I ilon't liiII It lltln' nt all, lit all Hlnte in) mother went ). I'onr Ionic t r'Jn ngo, an' It srrini a ar; ' (iim tionie," m Hie prrat lirr said, An' I at li la tut' lirrMM with wantln' lir, An' my fs sre atna) rU. I rtii) fiiit'tif-iloors till I'm Mmoit frozf, 'C'aiiF etery eornrr nn' rotmi HtfiiK finiil) enniiKli to filHhlm a boy, An' mini to Hie doors nllh tlluora. I tiilte tli-ln to cm 1 1 mr In In in) infill", KoinHlmr I think I ian'1 txar To swullnir u Mioiilhrnl of alt) thin' An' liei not illlln' up tlifit A-ioiirln' tin- Ifa, an' passln' the tliliii, .Mi' UiikIiIii' to ' me lake Too bin luiiiin of s ti r ' r liiftesrt of on, An lnoi lliHii in) rliaro of take, 'riirrf's no on- to ko to when Hi I n k to wrunc: Htio whh aluH)s mo tiHfe an' suia. Wli), not a tionlile coulil liiikle a boy Thxt ili ooiililn't up an' cur "I in loo bl( lo be klvriit," I ilfil In fay, Hilt stinx-liim 1 ilon't feel rlfthl, CiHttlln' Into bed u "till a n ioouhb Nobotl) us) In' k'smI nlclit, An' turkln' the rlutht up uinler my rliln, An piisiuir my nair mik, eo: i 'I Mn ,'" "' '.'' Ifa III" rliiinoJ, inn iiiiii'fc'-' (ii(t nt inti ri i'ii ii.'?'. I ejii't niukr nut for Hip lire of mo ttliy Iki nhoiilil Imtr to ko An' tor boy ten hr In thin nlil sray limir, A-ii'f.lln' an' wnntln' h'r so i There m lcit of wonifn. It seeme to me, Vii'he" toy. aleMlout' Mn up, An' oin main huiiii-s, an eiitn I tell nn the very ItinrsnitK st Ihlnr 111 tbls ureal bin world to-day, Is a bo) of ten it hope lienrl In broke Caime hl mother Is noil away. Toronto Olob I.lfe Ii not one Kruiiil, steel mm at Cape Nome, A W'lrliltu man wrllhiK home from there eas. "Ileie lies the rolling feu, Tower ing above Iho reu nr the lie mountains, and tonerlm; alsite theni In the price of sniti " Iluibaml-I don't eo why )oii hnve aerouiita In many dry gtsid stores, Wife Herniate, my dear, It makes tint lil so much smaller Baiar, FISH TALES, 1'erny th. CuUlc TnlLs While (lie llnss lleelliif to lllte Cnlrli of the Itril I'lnnnel Shirt I'liiilsliliiritt if All rk II it in r, tin Menu Meoteli innn 'I'n rue t ShootliiM of Hie for riiiliien 'I'lii llentli Koim of tin I.oon l-'orent llomniiee. Z-0 MIK1USON th" guide, called r r Ferity for short, squat, niurcu J j lar riial brown, with smalt, I dark e)es pierhiR from under U a droopliiR biltii, sat on the middle thwart of the boat. In the i . miner i tt it Hound lake by placid Not a ripple etlukleil It Tluoe RleiU pints and lumhuks which giew to the walir's etlRo. wore motionless In the noon bent Over the whin ninl tnliiot-llke ev pause Ihi qtuiterltiR, walling ciy of the loon souudiit A blue heron stood uiiiint upon ii ttootjtd tmliit, waiting for his lunohooti lo swim by and nt the other end of the lake n mother teal led her browi. blood of set en by devious ways In and out among the rushes While uuu illy the wn tri rippled, us If ugnltiKl a htiiih, upon the lips of the Illy pads, on this tiny not a murmur nunc fnmi them Uittlct tin Ir shelter tho huge black bass lepotosl, tun might nay form of lure, lite ftog or min now, ph iiitom minnow or spoon, Hy or white suit pork, tempt hlin to come forth 'the othoi man In the boat listened while 1'ere.v talked lie pays Pergy $'J a day to haul hlni about Into sirret plates where the fish nre known lo be, nnd to hnndle the craft as only a master can handle It when that shooting wolf of the Western watots, the musknllotigo, tttrlkos the Momt nnd the battle for life begins It, addition to services as a guide, he oh tali oil fiom Kergy a w tilth of tomance of the forest and Held, for this boiitmnn Is cerlulnly the most gifted and ornate Hat to he found between lit eon Hay and tho Mississippi tlvei Whin pike, plikeiel bass and "inuskv" lefuse to sttlke, tt Is worth tho-moiiey to boat him. In nviduhit ed Milto, thone on of the way Iu which they have bitten In the i.ist, and doubt less will bite ngaln. Ills language Is sim ple nnd tlltict. unadorned with the graces of rhetoilo. iitiiuniird by the eilmplngs of Riniimar, the tinfettond, free, explossUit tonrue of Ihe vvlldorntss, tint birch bark slunk and Ihe logging tump. "Talking about INhlt p." said IViuy. th" other man not having spoken for half n't hour, "talking ubout fishing anil the fun ny things a man sees sometimes when his o)s .iln'l shut, tendinis nn' of a X'nw when I gut tlrtsl of loafltiR 'round Ho)d's hnti I, and wanted to do n do on my own reel I go down to Long hike and dump in) i If li.to n plroig, mid I go across and Iilke along Into the woods. I pike for .Vi yaids. straight as a teal Hies when It means lmiliurs, ninl I run bing against a little lake I bad never seen before In m life It lay there among the trees and tint alder buheH like a lr.oklng glass, not moin'n an note, nnd I wanter say It was broke from end to end with ripples niiuW hy the rmall-ninulbed bass. "They wns two million of 'em, or mnb H.ey wns three million, nn' It was nretty enough to make a man keep away from whisky ninl the gals forever and ever nmen. I dug my hands Into my pookets. nnd I didn't hnve no more halt than would tutrh u stimltiR minnow In n wash howl I thought hnrd for throe nrd a quarter minutes, nnd tl eii I out with the tall of my led flann'l shirt and lore off a hunk blR enoiiRh to wrap n penkn'fe In. I didn't need that mttrh, but I wnnled Hsh. nnd the other guides had plenty of shlll" nnd we nil bunked In the sumo nibin Now, a tittle pi ee of nil flannel nln't Un most eatful thing In the world, but. s.iy, them llsh witK cm)' for It It hadn't touched the wnter when twenty-three of em made a dish for II, nnd one of 'em Unit wilghtd four nnd a quarter pounds got It light In the left gill, The-i begin the dnilhlngedost hurroosh what ever "The line was In the air most of tho lime, going In or rnmlng out, and many n time n Hsh would miet the Hnnnel two and n half feet above the water I'd ief It Into him the second he struck! he'd be hooked by the time his tall touched the lake, and I jelkrd that old quadiitple mill tlpl)lng so fast tbnt he'd come tu standing on bis flukes, with mnybe bis bind Htt Just tipping the water now nml again. I never see such llsh. Nobody never did. "I fiitehod sixty-one red-eyed bass In slxtv inlnuN Hut. Then my light arm was so tiled that I had to lift on the. string with my left hand, nnd paddle home with tbnt hnnd. too. I nln't ceiialn but what they was slxtydwo. but Antolne Oririihh.iy come down to the boat to meet me nt the hotel Indlug, nml he was the worst flsh-thlef tint ever made n ttack ble rnougli for two falr-slred nun. Un wns drowned last year, logging on the lb.niheau, nnd I nln't much douhl tint some meat wns on his tint es mule hy one of them red-eyes That oiitch weighed I.'i2 pounds II ounce, and they want bin-mouth In the bunch." Kiigy had never rend Dean Bwlft, and Is unaware of the great doctor's habit of embellishing bis yarns by Ihe use of mlnulne, measuring n wah bowl of tin. IlrobdltiRnnglans by the dome of HI Paul's, nnd so for lb: lut be hns th genius for detail that marks the accomplished prevnilrator. and backs his statements with such wealth of little things that the listener Is farced Into mute aoqulescnrtr If l ot lulo outepoke.i belief. "The meatiest guide I ever bumped agin," he went on, "was Aleck Hume, lie was a HcnUhtnan, with Kroneh blood In him and a dash of I.eecb Lake Indian. 1 don't know where jmfil ro to find a meaner cross than tbnt. It was his grand mother on the mother's side that give hlin the Indian tinge, and he got the French from hi father's grandmother. 11 smoked mv tohacker and broke my pipe, nnd told the guests nt tho hotel that I w'n't no good. One day on Pickerel laks mo an' my man wns nut of bait, nn' Aleck an' bis man was down the shore JJOO yards from us. Aleek bad the big bucket halt full of frogs, sitting behind him. and the man wns In the sttrn. I can outswlm hh fish that ever Jumped a llly-pnd to reach June bug. when 1 try, and I said nothing to my man. I Just went over the stdv without n splash and slipped under the water. The tlls'oncn was Itt'i yards, and there was it big rullle on from the wltuT. 1 got a good slait about eight feet under, and I enme up Just behind Aleck, as true as a bnlr. Bay, you couldn't hear a rip ple. I put my band over tho gunwale, lifted the frog bucket, went under nRtilti, nnd the next thing I saw, I wan on tht far shin of my own boat, holding up tint frogs for my man to see. Hay, I thought hn'd roll off the seat. "Comtnc back was a little harder than going. I wns afraid to take too deep a IF NO FISH htealh, Aleck might hear me In a tilth) while his man lost tho frog off bis hook. They saltl It was it w Iloss hook, but It got caught In the puds. Just the same. They nln't no vvevdleris hook, suie enough, except one I made, nnd I'm lr)lng to got it patent on 'It Well, the linRWItlgo that went over that lake when that itmn nrsktl that guide for them frogs wns Just won derful Aleck swore thoy wits b"hlnd hint nmlmitc afore. Ills mull nsketl siilkasllc ul what brand of llcker he was dt Inking Then Abck he saltl he was as uober " any dude that ever oome out of Chlcniro, and his man said that Aleck was a 11 ir. Then Aleck got sulky ninl turned the hunt round ninl made for the pottage back Into Mason laike, and mi on lo tin holol, and tlevt thiy Ihe hotel niilli that gave hlni Ills grub to hung uinundatul guide for the guests t.'itl hlin over two counties A tree 1 in f-tt high nnd ll feet ' Inches thick fell on hlin last winter, up Iu Hula Hit lib s cairp. and uushiil hint Hatter than n lad) bug. but that don t gliiiiu back my lobatket "Tho)'s ii funny tiro right baik of ti up on the hill then You couldn't llud It un less I took )oti to II, hut It's a w omit r It stands !IJ."i lods fiom whote we an sil ting, northwest bv ninth. I run itKiilnst II one dny when 1 wns out hunting for wasps' nesls Thoy nlu I no halt for has like )ouiir wasps some times of the )em Tho tree Is a silver birch, unit It nln't inor'tl throe Inches IIiiourIi I noticed II. because about ii fool ami a half from the ground then was a bhue on It two hit bos square, Ilk. some feller had thine It with nn axe. I didn't see what a hi ire was titling llii'te. unit so low down, bioause there weren't no trail an) where nmr. and I wont up lo hate a look at It Mivheou won't believe nut when I tell )ou that It hntl thlity-thrce pork) pine quills sticking in It. Just like little airets 1 never see anything like hat before, ami I hutiR mound for an hour waiting to see some I mote I knotted the pork)s was pji to I , nr i sumothlUR Hlmeby I sit two tonu on Ihe woods, waddle up lo the tie" nud llur, waddle nway fiom It ubout two ymds I meiirured the tllslunoe nflirwiiul, aril Ii was six feet two bit bos, incy tooKc n, ,.- ai.o.n,r "-' n.,,1 scorned to be argu t.g .....it -.in j Ilihig. Thev weie Jus plain hlaok pokv , pines, and I see ii.i their quills was till. - ; nor than they oughter be 1 biallv one ot em switches hlss.lf mound until he was i hroilillib- to Ihe tiee, plvo hls-elf a little Jeik and n quill went II) lug mid Muck In the tl co. a half Inch nluvc the bhuto nud u quatler Im'i Ii tho left The other one sorter snickered, took his poslsh mid bind od Insld" the bias!., nn Inch below the cen ter. The) was xhnulliiK at a in ilk that'e. what they was doing but what they hud bet on It I don't know, mid If 1 knew 1 would not toll, at. the song says. "The first on-, wh'cb was Ihe biggest, lookcd soiter mini and tiled another shot He Rot pietty olo-c to the tenter but tin oilier one heat him with n biiU'Mi The) tried nnnlhcr shot apiece, hut the 11 1 1 lo one won fiRiihi. He yo'ler limited iihou1 on two loss for a minute ot tw.t, nnd then the big one Riilhi'teil htm Hay, ou tnvr see nny loaves Hy like them leuves flow Theie wns a cloud of 'cm v. hilling about nnd In the cenlor of Ihe cloud was tin two porkvs. The Utile oi.o wasn't st sttoug ns the big one. but he was selenoed for keeps I never See it little feller light lllte he did 1'hlee times the big one got him down, nml throe times he broke nway. ninl Hie way liny slung the quills Into each oilier was infill. You could a ho'iid 'em rnltle 'i quaiter atlli awav. "At Ir.st th- llllle one vlte n hiilf-whlrl Jumped it fool high, passed over the big one's buck. Ill six Inches fiom hlin. Inir turned nml sot k-d his Ik lb Into Ids lliio.il where no quills ilon't glow Hnv, It was ICnty bar the door then. The hlg one lot out a squeal like a )i.in.g pig. ami In half a minute ho hi clod otor on hit rddc nni, lay sllll He didn't hnve life enough left Iu hlin to roll up Into a hall, lln Jut din! ileuil The llllle one looked at hlni for n while, then he went over anil looked in 1 the mnrk tiny hntl been shooting at. He sorter sized up Ihe pnslsh of the quills sticking In It, and then he went nway "I toilld akllled him with a club, but I didn't, hnve the heart to do It. He sure was ti gnme llllle tighter. When lhat fight ended them two pnikvs didn't hnvo n doen quills I. piece on Vm that growed th re They hail ued up most of their ntiiti million ioi-Hiir the shmp pints Into each olhir. The one lhat lived looked ttke he had boon In a wind that blnwed bit qulljs the wrong way. and the other one what was dead Just bristled with 'em. II nln't nn use for people to (ell me a porky can't throw his quills, because I see 'em tin It nud do It mighty accurate V.l I could shoot ns slralght nccoidlug to m) sire, I wouldn't have to RitMe nobody for a living. The dead one weighed five pounds ami thiee outlets. "And talking ulriitt bass nml porkvpli'es, I see some loons do a funny trick once I wns over on I.lltle Price lake trying for some California (tout the fool gover'tiient put In there to feed the muskles 'bout five )enrs ago. They's lots of loons on Utile Price because nf Ihe small Hsh In It. I was late starling back, ami twilight had got plumb Into moonlight i.fore I look up my nnrhor. Just then I heard a splash, and about it hundred unci ten yards away I see n loon come sv noshing down nml hit the water ketblop lie gave tli3 signal . cry, and another nnd another came In un- ' III I ni.i.tr 0 eighteen of 'em sr.lmmliig I ii round In a circle. Then thn first one raised his head and ninth a long cry, and the others took It up In i hoi us. Thuy swum slowly round and round ami kept up their crying. It sound cd like n sorter loon squalling match to mo at first, but pretty soon I begun to phk out the different notes One feller d squall 'way down do.pmi.1 another 'wa) up hle.b, and (mother sorter In the middle, and the others Joined Iu Hrst here and then there, nud I vee that It was a slngliiR bee, Thai's what It was, as sure ns the I.nrd made little apples, Th Hist looii wns teacher and Iho others was learning firm hlni "Well, say, that noise got to be pretty ncrecnhln nfter a little while, It had a sorter tune to it, Hlmeby the ture got to bo strong nml lUiln. I never hiurd no tune like It, and I'd been hitting the fid dle for twei.ty year, but It was u tune nil rlfht. Then the lender waved his bend thiee times, nnd one of 'em came swim ming slow out of the bunch nnd took station five yards and one font aw,i)', I Iu rulsed Ills head, nnd his voice came nut sorter sweet and clear and thin, like the note you make op the little string when tho pitch Is high anil )ou draw the bow soft untl even. Then the big feller that had more white on hlin than ho oughter, rolled In with a biss, that wits like the wind booming In the pine trees of winter nights. Two of 'cm, with middling hlcri voices, chimed In, nnd the others Wept nn mum ns mice nnd swum round nnd round. It wns n loop quartet, nud the music was bcnutllul. "They sung and sung .and the old one In the ft'iilir looked like he was going to faint. Ills hill would drop down until It tested en tho water ,nnd then hr'il bring It back with u Jerk, Just like a man sitting before n Hie nfter a hart) dty with thn Iors, ui'tl nod ling. Ile'tl roll from side to side and drop his bill, nnd pull It back, and wave bis tall baikwnrd and forward, qithk or slow, In time lo the music, nud rveiy now nnd then lied rise nlmiett licit of the water and stietch his wings like he was yawning and the music wits so good If made him lnr.y Finally 1 notleeil that when his hill wont down each time ll'd stay n little longerr nml seemed heav ier when ll come up. "Then, towiiid Ihe last, nil of the loons Joined In the leading of the quintette. ( never hoard n stower or more sndstnpa tune ll iiltniM made me cry, because t briflti to see what this wns all nlmut, fllict a feller told me about the snnc ot (he dying swan, I see a ninny Bwnns tiles I shot a many of 'em myself, but I never hear 'em sing none, litre, though, was it loon deathbed, nnd this was thn loon It) nut they sing when one of 'em gotlet go, The muIi got slower and morn end like mid the old loon In the middle flnallv louldu't got his bill up ul nil. Then ho gave a last kind wiggle with bis tub, sorter turned lo one shin nnd gave up his sjnnrt The others sing n slave or twi-, anil thin give It to me loud and ghtdsoinn for rt bit, then they raise nil fit once and Hy nwity, Jiut us nolsetes nnd swift as spooks I i minted 'tn ng'ln when they left, mill thoy wns Just seventeit of 'em. "The dead one Hontid for a minute ot two. but when I slnlted toward him to pick I Itu up mid see what was Ihe mitlter with Mm, n Ii'k musky rose under him, with his bull bead pointed straight up. t see Ids Jaws open, anil that was the hist of Mr. le-Min, Tbnt musky look lilm down like he tvein't no hlRgcr'n n bnlf-growed leal. I wanter say I was mighty shivery, ami going home I totk the boat clear out of the walei everv sniilih of the oars." Tho man It the stern of the boat said Ii did not think Ihe bass would htle nt nil that dav. and Fergy said they imver bit when the wnter was sllll and the sun was shining, unless a fellow could gel a piece of )onn.' fawn for bill a piece weighing tiree nnd u milliter ounces foi preference The mail. In the stein tilled his plpo with ,u . , lll( ,, , ,m,k..l t his guile and ' , ,)pm, ,.,,, n ,,,,,, -J pri)n),)U) lhl,, , .... tt U ' ',,., .,. ,- .....,. witter .... ,.,,.. ,.., ,.,, ,,., ,,.,., ,MO nt ! ,,- .... - - windmill was iWe fo t eight Inches Iu dl itinotei Thou the) went slowlv home ward -Flllfhl (Wis) Ctiitespontleiue New York Hun AIIHX. Ot It COtll'KTITOIlM, iiK-rloiin lot eollons IInIIiII.ik '' I'orrlKii urlooltnre, American Invention has been utmost ns helpful to ngiloulti "t ns to tnui.ufiirli.r- lug entetpt los. It us miide practicable ihe cultivation of much InrRsr areas nf ' Innd than would else hae boon possible, j It has Inctoaseil tho output and decreased i ibe cost of food pioduots. This has been lint case espet hilly us regmils Ihe cereals ami lotion lint while our Inventors hnv In en adding to the protlts of our farmers ami simultaneously giving nil consumers cheaper food, they hate also been build lug up, Iu other countries, it strong com petition wllh our wheat-growers. Amerl ran i.gtlciiltuiiil machinery has been a vast benefaction to tmlvcisnl humanity. Argentine Is steadily Inclosing her rxpnit of win at. as a lesult of tin- I ut-o or All.erlt.iii inventions, in irni I she ox.i.illeil mil) J.l.ntm,KMI bushels, but her expoils for this enr will, It Is repoited, iiggregiile 7.1,(H"i,tHi. Our wheat area ciiiiuol he greatly Increased, exotpt by Iho costly menus of Irtlgalloii, but Argentina bus Immi nro nrtns of rich soil inimitably adopted to this crop, which lime not .vol been btought under cultiva tion She has a mild climate, low wages, anil cheap subsistence, Most of the lab- ii t-r is ate Unbans, and a majority of tin-in gi t but ,M) tents n day-not mi eight, or nine, or ten hour day, but from stin ilse to sunset, Thus It Is easy for Ar gentina lo Increase her wheat export, ten ugaltist the heavy handicap f high freights -three limes as high for trims Atlantic tinnsportnllon as our shippers pay. Hut that Is not a permnnenl feature of the situation. There will eventually he ii great .eduction of freight rates from Houtb Aincilcnil pints to Hurope, Hut we need not be grout ly disturbed oter this competition, for the time Is lint far off probably less than fifty years when wo shall need all our wheat for hoii.it consumption. Mennwhlle, will It not be practicable to so develop our corn trade us to fill the Impending void? Washington Post. '.OT OVKIIItr. t'HINl. Itiissla's HhiiiIs tre Full In Develop liiK the Vital Itesourers nt Hllirrln. The mllltury HtrriiRlli of Russia In Mum bin Iu tit.d on the I'aclflo count cannot be estimated, but It In doubtful If (the could muster, nt the maximum IlKtiti'. UHl.tfOO Uooiih. .That Mich n fr.tc tun (opt with icstloHsness In China, cHpeclully when communication In by i nml only, Ih Impossible. Russia ban her luinilN lull In the t'cvelopiiieiit of tb vast loroiiuett of Klbel'lti; lieie. mill ions of coloulMft must be nbmibr.l In fill e nnytliltiK tun be ntlendel to It Cliltin. Meanvvblle, notvvltbsttitull'ig lb-ice iriK'tlou, inogri'ss niUHt Innvltu bly i;o mi In China, solhllf.vlnR the iniiHMes nf tin iieoph. II Ih ii pioblem vvbetber tin ntitlonnl spl.it of the Chi nese will in t anon be unified to such nu extent an to be able succesHfully to re- pJuij. ..jlllHlUlat u ( i(J Umt ;.t.UUlc luwH ,)U, Ktioil tbut bemuse Itii.sslu bus been able to absorb and "IlUHSlunlze" the Ht'iiil-tiiuiiuillc tilbeH of Contrul nnd Northern Aslu th(t Hhf will l" equally Buciessful In denllng with Chlni'st. Hut the luindlliiK of Immense iiiubso.s of population that have a Rtuttd pant Irotn which to Ruin individuality, Is quit -lf-. fetenl fiom (ivernvvliiK weak unJ HMt telotl tilbea. Nutlonul CieosriiphlcMl MnKiizlne. Minn I'lnUle's I'orellio'Kttt. Juno That Mr. Hhallowpnto h at the the door. Shall I tell hlin you aid en RiiRed? MIbh IMnUle Show hlni Into tho pnr lor, Jane. , "Yen, tnlas." "And June, after he has laid his tm of chocolutoH on the innntloplcuc t 1 lilm I am out. KxcliaiiRe, Knmo fool HPCin too ttoft to do ft, foill'itfily IIiIhk. 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