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Dr.corailon Day Praftram.
On Sunday, May SI, all soldiers and
ha! Iocs of the civil and Spanish-Anicri-can
wars and members of the Woman's
Relief Corps are requested to meet at
the (J. A. 11. hall at 10 o'eloelc a. in.
From this place tncy will march to the
opera house where union services will
hi held. The memorial sermon will
be delivered by Rev. C. A. Wilson.
Music will be provided by the Baptist
church choir. On Saturday, May 30,
all comrades of the . A. It., the relief
corps, with all soldiers of the Ameri
can war-, will meet at the 0. A. It.
hall at 1 o'eloelc p. m.
liine of march commanded by 1). I..
(Sroatwili form on Webster street and
march southwest to the cemetery. I)c
tails will be assigned by the post com
mandcr and president of the W. It. ('.,
to decorate graves of e itnrades an I
members of the relief corps. After
decorating graves the line ot march
will form a hollow M.uarc at the monu
ment to the unknown dead. There
will be held the excretes of the relit f
corps assisted by tins children and com
rades of the (i. A. It. Benediction.
Columns will then march to speaker's
stand where the following program
will be g'.vcu:
Invocation by Itev. Crc-smaii.
Music by the' Rod ( loud band.
Song by the choir.
Recitation, .Vita Arga bright.
Flag drill by the children ot h
public school.
Music by the choir. .
Reading list of dead comrades by I'.
N Richardson.
Oration, Hon. Judge Dungan of
Hastings.
Music by t'.ic cho!r.
Benediction.
B Order of Committee.
The Alma Normal.
Stuto Superintendent McBfion has
uunounccd that six weeks1 attendance
at tho junior normal will be accepted
us covering the normal training re
luiroments for a second grade cortill
catc Tho work will bo so arranged
that tho fight weeds' work may bo
done in six wee'.s.
Since the law now requires that all
inexperienced applicants for feccond!
grade eerlificafos must have at least
ight weeks' normal training this will
iiuiko it eiy convenient eor students
Iireparing to teach next vear as woll as
loss expenshe than a course at one of
the state normaK
Many of tho progressive toacheis
and students of tho count rare intend
ing to tako the course at Alma this
suuitnor. Among them ate: Misses'
Wimfrod Cooper, Frankie Martin,
Lilllau Portetiier, Lcota Vauglian.
(itiido Rock; Udith Dickerso:i, Lena
Hernianson, R. 13. iHenn, InavalojMis.s
Emily Walker, Itltio Hill; Misses Kdnu
WlliiaUl, (Jnn ic fjoblo, Teurl Uiuo,
tlod Cloud.
One of tho attructhu features of tho
normal is tho lecture com so. Tho
numbers includo Dr. A. L. lii.xby,
Professor Adrian M. Noviens, Gov.
Sheldon, Supt. McIJriou uml tho Chi
cago Ci loo club.
Tho session begins Juno 8 iiud olusua
July IS. Information and bullotins
may bo obtained by writing the comity
superintendent or Supt. P. P. Bout ley,
Almo, Neb.
Wamku Responsible and ambitious
young man or woman to learn the
watchmaking and engraving trade.
After six moult. it will pay Sift per
week or more. Retter ihan shorthand
or bookkeeping, because hours are
shorter, opportunities greater and
wages better. Hoard earned while
learning. Hailroad fare paid. Ruclose
stamp. I)ntrjri. R.m.iiw im. Co..
!)ubiniie. Iowa.
Mr. Pucker, Mr. Warren. Mr.
West and Mr. Dow went to Hastings
Tuesday to take In the state (!. A. I!.
encampment.
The many friends ot J. I'. Male will
be pleased to learn of his success in
having opened a real estate otliee in
Denver, Colo., and that he i doing
well. He writes that his sou Itov
made the trip from Red Cloud in his
unto alio K. and that he had gone to
work for an automobile company after
his a i rival, l.uck to you. Jim
We arc pleased to note that the con
ception of .setting apart one day In the
year in honor of the mother of the
our country, originated in the brain of
a Nebraska man. Tho this is a new
movement Itev. Cressman celebrated
the day at the Congregational Sunday
morning. Rvcry one wore a white
Jl.iwcr. Mr. Cressman paid eloquent
tribute to American motherhood and
emphasized the need ot greater appre
ciation of our mother.
About forty men gathctcd at the
court house last night in answer to the
call for a mass meeting of the school
district, lt soon developed that the
real object of the meeting was a north
ward caucus. T. J Ward was made
chairman. When the object of the
meeting was disclosed most of the
south ward delegation retired. A res
olution was adopted by a two-third
vote which pledged those taking part
iii the caucus to unite on the block of
ground west of Mr.. Itetla Miner's
house for the location of the grade
school building. Candor and friendli
ness characterized the meeting.
Real Estate Transfers.
For tho week ending Tuesday, May
10, furnished by the Tort Abstract Co.
L. II. Fort, Manager.
James F Harding ctal to Henry
B Boyd, so 17-4-11, wd 1'JOO
Martha Matto to Charles II
Minor, lots 10, 'JO, 'Jl, "J, ,:.
I'attuor'.s Sub Div to Red Cloud
qcd
Horace 0 Sawyer to John I.
Knight, lot 1ft, Hlk 'J, Sawyer's
add to 1 navale, wd
Oustav Kopeseh et til to Albert
ICopesch, lot .'I, Hlk 1.1, Blue
Hill, wd
C F Cuiiil to Johann l'ohl, lot .'.
Hlk. 1. Hluc Hill, qcd
(Snide Roclc Cemetery Asso to M
H Ashpole, lot!.'. 111k 171. (Stiidt
Rock cemetery, wd
Waldo 1' Crowcll ctal -to (Scorgc
McAtt'N lot :i. Illk 0, Vance'
add to (iuidc Hock, wd
Waldo F t'rowcll to .Scorgc Me
Ates. lot 1ft. Hlk Vance's
add to iuidc Rock, wd
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l.VJ
-.ii i
I ft
nil
i -.no
Hurt Kile to A II Alexander, lot
I. nil; 10. Rladen. qcd I
Mary A llobart ot al to James II
McNcw. sw 10- l-i, wd
Mortgages Hied. S.TMI.IIO.
Mortgages released. "Iftfto.
mmin i of i i.Asr u:i:a.
(Scorge McAtec to l'dwiu B Burr
lot?!, Hlk 0, lot i:,. Hlk S, Van
ce's add to Ou'ulc Hock, m1....S '.'0(m
hydia J Knngh to I.aRoy HTait,
lots ft, (5, Hlk 0. Smith - Moor-'s
add to l!ed Cloud, wd
;o
Lester C Cone to Alice M Crow
.....,, . .
part 3-m, wd r,ou
Jacob Uoll jr. to Jacob Schcuck.
lots 1ft, 10, iT. Hlk ti, Hohrer's
add to Hluc Hill, wd mm
Hdward Thnrtou Foe to John
Myers, lot I. Hlk 1ft. Cowles wd
Otto Metier to Andrew Arterburn
se 'J-a-lO. wd
Oeo W Swigart to Harriet lirowu
(,' lot 11. all f.', U. II. Hlk. '.',
I'owles wd
Harriet I'rown to Hdwin T Foe.
eu. lot 11. all i. i:t, li. Hlk vn
,.-,
M)o
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t
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Cowle. w. I -.'io
1 rahiu treas.. io A N l-.thly.
lots to. n, T.Ik :, Richardson's
add to Red I loud, tax deed. . . I '
Robert Dauierell and Mary to .
Ucorge II Raul, pt lot :t. all I- '
ft. ii. 7. . Hlk ft. Red Cloud, wd -.MftOO
S:ii:i-,'0
Morlgages tiled. tn0lft.
Mortgages release I, S'.'OOO.
LIN !
Listing corn is a thing of the past.
Sowing alfalfa is the order of the
day.
John Whitwcr put up a wind mil! on
the Sherwood ranch last week
Rev. Malon Points preached at the
MeJull school bouse Sunday to a large
ami atleulie congregation.
William Vanl),kc was the guest of
Mr. Duckworth Sunday.
W. D. Raskins lias built an addition
to his house Hix'.'u. ami a porch around
two sides of tht' house.
S. R. shuck shipped a car of fat
cattle to Kansas ity this wet k.
l.ee Parsons made a cistern ft.rgran.
pa Hicks last week.
John Stokes is tanning Jim Oouhly's
place this year.
.l.lllll Alll.l.vl...., i. I.nw, .....!.,., ,1,,.
' ". p,
road near the river bridge this week.
Kd Mouford who lives on the (.'has. I
Hesse ranch on west Penny creek has
lost so head of bogs bv some kind of
rtisc:isi.
Irank SanD.vUc wascallinj. .... "Id
fnen.ls iu lane this week.
Friends received word from Mr.
shannon sa.v.ng that he ,u not know
" '" " "v " " r,m" """" ' j
i.randnia il.is of liartiehl was tliej
guest of her .laughter. Mr. Fisher on ;
the Sherwood ranch last week. '
Mr. Ilolingrain ot Red Cloud the!
Seiuiole medieim- man was in Line last
week. '
,
n.(i.m..h .r - ? i '
N.tlce of Apple. Ion Rr Salow License,
to U.e lionorHlili- It.mnl of toinitj rommW I
ieniTh.f Weiisiert oiinit. Nei.rni.kH: j
I lie ititinn at ilm in.lersls;riel rebitlfiiU of
tlu'OHiccriol. i.ri'fiiiei or WVi.sit'r eouiitt. No '
iirjikkit. rPKpi'cifiiil) rcprrsoni
I iiht-lluit iliej .ire re-iilem frceluililfrs of
i hi- said link t.'nt'k. i.reclni'1. Wi-bner county,
Nseroiuf ihi-i ,u,..'. Uuiij ,... mm uvlM
to sell mull, hjiiritnoat hii'I unoiib litiuorn wlitt
la tliccHl.l iircclart fur l loi'iikiiliiKieitrniHybc
Knoui'.ltoJohnll. Kohniptscher. Mil.i r.unhirM
lobeeoinltKio.l In h one hlory frnmo bull.lliiB
Itiintp.l on lotcluteii ill), block twelve (f) of'
n"y iiiKopf Jo;einoiitiiir.Hi.iprcciiit'i.
'llilni Ilmt sal. John II. Koliinotxeher Ii a
rehl.tent of the statu of NcbrnnkH uml I "n m iu"
of ivsioutnlileciinrAi'teriuul MniiiliiiK i
Mi.l h la duty bound ihcy will ever .rnj '
oilre In hereby ulven .lolin II. KonipikiOwr I
iihs men in inu ontce or me comity clerk of
Wi'bklcr county. Nebraska, tlilr, -JtKt tiny of .Muy
nubcroV&.i$ ," """"""'I
R. v. ltoh". count CJcrk.
. 7700
io'.i:i.;tn
Base Ball
By THE TRAMP, in The
rty
IF there is- anything I lovo most, it ,
is to climb inside of it freight car on n
dark night, when I am tired and sleepy
and find some other "bo" thoro who is
a crank on base ball.
Nobody can sleep around a baso ball
fan. or. for that mat tor. do any thing
'',() , olso but listen while that worthy prat
tles on. like a ningpio at :i barbecue.
That was my t otio night last sum
mer at Hisinarck. N I).
' A Northern i'acillc freight was going j
' west, and I decided to go west with '
j liur. Hut I hadn't moiu than landed!
j .safe on tho inside, when some one said:
' "Hollo. Bo! The Tigers won today." I
And he kept up a base ball clatter
I mm there In Boi man, Motit., night ;
and day
1 IIo to! 1 mo that his name was Milli-
gai'. alio iu;ii ii'j wu.s i i-ui jiuu .suit.-
'man from Bctroit going out west for
h
lis health, and that was all that kept!
no from killing huu. '
mo trout Killing
I never did hear so much base bull
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When the train got to Bozoman 1 j
I'elt that I iut couldn't stand him any
lo mrer. an I toned out.
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out he felt that ho .simply could not '
, , , ,
give uio up, uecauso i was suuii a goon ,
'Hstuuor, and loped out with me.
i I says, ".Stfe, here, Milligan; I've got
enough of this baseball trance of
j yours. I'm going to look for u .job in
Uozennn, and I want to light iu the
store w hero you are not". There aro
, two good firms here; tho Fisher Mer-
eantilo ( o. and Wostfall v t asoy.
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Milligan didn't appear hurt at my i
Ui'L'lhlOll to CUt Dim OH Uiy normiinoUC
'visiting list, ami said that ho would ,
takoachauco.it Went fall Casoy-'
's?y hinK " liishman. ho thought I
nun uu woimi oe iuioreie(i iu uase-
ball, and Ilia it would be a good .place
to woi k.
We both landed.
Milligan got a .job in W. , C lino
leums: and Fisher hired iiiq to put
thtough a new bargain basement for j
liim.
Vuu Fi10l. Vlls H thero was to I
that mercantile emiimiiiv. Ho was the !
ninni,.m-.w- nil li.-ht. hiiiI a dmidr tn'.'Jl'ftW 0U m lor expenses,"
j -.. .-. w v . -, a v .. .-'.
work for.
Bui, my! how he hatod Westfall A:
Casey. And Milligan told mo that his
bosses had it in for tuj old man for
fair.
So, with this informutioii, I think to
mysolf, that I will be frioudly with
Milligan, to work him as a soft nut,
and learn all 1 could about V. A. C.'s
bniiifcss.
You know that was a funny go.
Whoievtr Westfall met Fisher, '
Fisher met Caey, they would shakf
hands and jolly each other like tin:;
wore only brother, just coming bnok
home.
And all the time they felt like Ui !.
ing each other for living.
For myself, I never could hand th
glad mitt to a man I hated, and it
wasn't long before I got to hating W.
, C, as cordially as Fisher did.
( That was because 1 was working for
Fisher, I suppose, lor Westfall A"
Casey were both all right boys.
U"U J'ou know, thero's nothing like
loyalty to your employer, if you want
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"""in. UIF, .111.1 It WHSII. ItMIK """
was the main cheese with Fisher, and
that now bargain basement was tho
talk of the town.
Milligan was doing very woll, too, in
I i ti 1 1 io linoleum stock, and out) day
when Casoy was sick Casey attended
t0 . .ltlvei.( Wn1 ,,. lloi. ,tl.I1)() ,10
, hem fo. MIK1 , W.,t0, ,, ,,,
XoW) ,mt (() y,m thh,k of ,,,,.,
,,,, ,.atc kMn.t ,.U()W H1 l(, ,.,,
brass baud cadenza.
Hut ho wrote it. A whole page of it.
And when 1 picked up the morning
nanor. thern it, was: A uhalluiurti to
tho Fisher Mercantile Co., to play
baseball with Westfall A: Casey for one
hundred dollars a side; tho winning
sido to donate the hundred to the
Bo.eiiiati hospitnl.
T tl ,,,, M
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ronstod the Fisher Mercantile ().. to a
Hnish in reeoliu-bnsobnll slnni'
I,nis"' '" '"h""" oasooau siang.
Fisher was iu a fume when I got
. t n . , . .
ilown to tho store, and we went into
consultation at once.
It was plalu to be seeu that wo had
. i . i . ,.-ii.
to accept that challenge, tor Milligan
was so busebnll nnttv that, be bad writ.
oitsuuau nuiij iiiiu. no nan win-
ton it out so wo couldn't rofuse with-
. . , , ,
out ackuowlodglllg wo were cowards,
nd acknowlodi?iiiL' that dopsn't lm
" ' "fc-ow'01r,iiiK mai ootsu r go
in Hoitiiian.
Fisher and 1 tlgurod it out that, our
Peon,n know Just ns ,mi0 ftbout l)lHy
iug btisoball as W. & C.'s peoplo did,
at Bozeman
Dry Goodi Reporter for May
W
unless Milligan was u professional in
disguise.
I couldn't play baseball, and told
Fisher so, mid l said that I'd see that
Milligan wouldn't pluy- much and
Fisher told me to write an acceptance.
My head-line read:
"Wo accept (ho challenge of the
Curs" and then I proceeded to paint
the tlrm of Wrstfull A. Ca-ey u nice
yellow green.
When Fi-her read our announce- I
menr. tho next morning, he was do I
lighted, and appointed our hoeman
captain of our team,
linth stores boing closed up at 1:30
It Itt Jk1ll Itl tf t lift I WYU UlAlllr)
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If looked a if both stores were
going to hnve good advertising out of
it, anyway.
Btr, besides that, both firms wore,
(loafl het to wll)-
1 hey hatod o ich other so that ucitu ,
1 or sido would have lost tho gume for
Hvo hundred dollars.
t
iivo hundred dollars.
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none but employes or owners of tho
storts would bo allowed to pluy, and
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the Boeman ball team loaned us their
park for that afternoon.
1 attended tho practice of both teams
" and it was a cinch that our boys were
tho bost playon, o.xcopt
i That exception wns Milligan.
i Milligan was going to be pitcher,
I unci I heard from several sources that
I ho used to pitch fur the Detroit pro-
, ,
fossional
I never si w him at practice with W
.t C.'a boys, and they told mo ho was '
80 B00(1 ho (liail.t neotl to pruclice
Thn fno.t. wits that lubber hurt ii i.r .
tuumb thftC bo na(1 ,nasI0d with a
tack-hamunr, and he was trying to
cm.0 it up iu n mrry bv tho time tho
,,umo came off.
Tho noi.se that Milligan was a hot
pitcher got circulated so strong that
Fisher camo to mo and soys, "Tramp,
you can't play bull and I want you to
see that your side-kicking hobo don't
play, either. 1 want you to take him:
out the night beforo the game and get
'm so ora-eyed that ho can't do
nothiu' but stay at home allduy. Just
Well, that looked protty soft to uie.
That was good times ahead, for fair.
The game was to come off ou Friday, j
and both stores wore to close in the
aftoruoou.
lvjoh tlrin got out .swell invitations
to the affair and had banners about it
swung across tho store fronts.
Admission to tho public was to bo
10 cents per head rccoipts to go to
tho HoeniHti hospital and the stores
hired u brass ban 1 to lead tho teams
to tho grounds.
On Thursday evening, down at the
boarding house, I gets next to Milli
gan, and begins to talk basoball.
Well, you know Milligan thought
that I wns at last interested in base
ball, and that was enough for him, and
you couldn't, have torn him away from
me witli a rope and tackle.
A fur supper wo stroll down to Bar
ker's l'laco and played pool until
eleven o'clock, and all tho timo 1 was
having Darker servo us the ''Happy
Water,' good on J plenty.
by eleven, wo wore both tired of
standing, and rook chairs id a table,
and Barker's cook served us up a
dandy supper, with four kinds of wine.
I had a hundred dollars of Fisher's
money, and ot dots to spend it. which
I did.
About twelve o'clock, 1 suggested
that wo order a cab from tho livery
stable. and take a ride with the top
down, which chair ti Milligan jumped
at, and I had Barker to put a quart of
bug-juice under tho seat with a bottle
of Maiiitou water mid sugar, glasses
and spoons.
We let tho cabby iu on that deal,
and that layout of liquid rcfreshmots
didn't last twenty blooks.
Barker keeps opou all night, so we
drove back for supplies.
1 tips it off to tho cabby that I am
paymaster oft ho whole shebang, and
that if ho helps me get Milligan good
and spilled, it is double pay for him,
and all that he could cat and drink.
After that cabby was my right
bower; for 1 sees that I will have to go
ou aqua pura diot to hold out, and I
needed holp.
But tho "jolly water" wis weak
enough for Milligan, so we drove and
drank, and drank and drove, until 0
a. m., when wo hitchod in at, Barker's
place to get, breakfast and a new cabby
the old one got so he wanted to set
on the backseat all the time, and let
tho horse go as it pleased.
All four had breakfast together,:. 'id
wo openod two bottles of chnmpmrt.e,
one of which Milligan drank nil ly
himself.
Oh I ho was getting spilfod, all rigbt;
so much so that ho didu t want to J(m i
Barker's Place any more, for foai of
losing it.
Bo wo put tho old cabby upsttnie to
bed, and tho thrco of us ployed V'kiI
awhile,
Water got too cold for me, so 1
switnhed to black coiree, whilo Milli
gntt and cabby made .sandwiches' of
booze and Khino wine.
Well, wo kept that up till noon
Mi'Hgan forgetting all about going to
the store to work i.ttd at 11 o'ck .-k
wo had another dinner with v.kic
While wo woro lingering ovor tho
layout, wo hoard tho "toot, toot" of
the band: And down tho street they
came, Fisher's nine, anil W. .fcC'siiniej
whilo tho band played 'Annie Lautie.'
Well, sir, that band v.ol.o Millie tit
right up ho had forgotten all ate i(.
the ball game and ho was gofcg o it,
forthwith, but I urged him to t'nko
one more on me, which he did, and it.
was a full four lingers.
Then Milligan says to me: ''Thranp
lsh got to pitch, today. Shorry I can't,
sthay longer. Bring shomethiug Jo' n
to the groundths with you."
I told Milligan that ho conlj t'nd
mo under the grand-stand at any Id
timo with a full supply, and he bolted
out into the street, waving hie hit,
and bringing up tho rear end of tho
ba'l team procession.
I put a gallon jug in the cab, and
then Cabby and I had u few of tho
jolly waters, just to settlo my colfet.
When wo drove iuto tho grouude,
both teams wore practicing; all but
Milligan.
He was sitting under tho grandstand
waiting for mo and that jug.
I turned him loose on the uo-zle,
and wont to toll Fisher that every
thing was our way.
It looked liko tho whole state of
Montana was thero to see that gan.e,
and such a noise as they did keej) up.
Tho other storekeepers of tho town
had given way to tho excitement, and
closed their storos, too. and it lo jked
to mo liko somebody was going 'o -two
a grand time.
Tho umpire called the game, and
Milligan camo out iuto tho diatnoml
like a locomotive with its front vrliei!.
broken.
Ho and Wostfall anil Casoy i.ad a
confab, and they tried to get Ike; out
of tho game owing to his condition-
but Milligan said he would pito'i ot
break up tho game.
So they let it go at that.
Our boys wont to bat first-Mi'.gai:
in the box and Casey as catcher.
Tho very Jlrst ball that MiK.gnn
threw cauic dowu tho stretch liko th
planet Mars turned loose.
Our man fanned it, and Casey Mop
pod it, with his stomach.
Thoy had to put in a now or.tchfr.
then, aud Fisher brought Casey back
under the grand-stand, for me to doc
tor up.
It was plain to be seen then, 'lia!
that gamo was a lead pipe ciu?L fo
the Fisher Mercantile Company.
I didn't have timo to watch if. 1 m:
so busy keeping Casey from jluy
but I could toll when tho out teuu in,
for then Milligan always camo a- ;tu.
for another swig at tho jug.
Tho '.core was 13(1 to J7 in bu . o
Wetfall A Casoy.
Tho reason it was so low was wt i,ac
made a ruling that nothing but J.jin
runs would count.
Our team never hit Milligan ;.-u
and if thoy had had a catchet ,vh
could stop his balls, we wouldn't : av
made a score.
1 didn't have the nerve to gj urns
to the store that day, for fear of raee'
ing Fisher, so I waited up a: th
boarding house for Milligan.
Milligan camo in about seven 'i ,c
when 1 was at supper, aud motio:.i!3 1.
me from the oflico that ho wauf.i t
! sue me.
"Cut it out, this cheap supper" h
said, 'and come down to Barker au
I'll luy something swell."
And down to Barker's wo went.
At tho tablo Milligan said "Trarup.
want to tell you that I cannot tin.
words to show how much 1 upprcQlat
your generosity in getting me spiffoj
last night. If you hadn't have Jon
that, wo would have lost that game. '
never pitohed a ball beforo in my life
aud couldn't have done it if 'I tnr
been sober. Wostfall A: Casev ai
overjoyed at results, and think I at.
tho bost over. Thoy gave mo a pro
ent of two hundred dollars this evei.
ing, and have made mo manager c
.their house furnishings department
"Now, if it hadn't havo boon for you
Tramp, I novor would havo landec
this, so I'm going to split this tWw
hundred with you," and ho shorou
ovor half his roll.
Wo staid around Barker's all tlm-
night at Milligan'a e.spouso, and a'
0:.'W I lit out for tho tracks-1 nevi-
could look Fisher in the face after tha
-leaving Milligan, Fisher aud Doze
man behind forever,
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