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The Spectator Revisited Mr. Dooley, of Ester creek, has been nicknamed "Wet Hole Dan." There’s a reason. Here it is. One dark night, Mr. Dooley, who knows every inch of the ground over which he was traversing, decided that it was bedtime. So off he hikes. BUT he hadn’t hiked far when there was an awful splash. Since then it’s been "Wet Hole Dan." • • • Do you know that I heard that Bob Jones had a corner on Fourth avenue real estate, in Ester city. Oh, yes. Bob peddles water as well as bull. If you don’t believe it ask him to peddle water for you. You’ll get a lot of bull with it. And it’s free—the bull is. • • • Billy Harp has turned teacher. and the funny thing about it is this: Billy and the pupil occupy the same chair in school. Between you and myself I think Billy’s in love with his scholar (I mean his scholaress.) • • • Ellis, the village blacksmith, is now on the forge at Billy Harp’s Golden Eagle. Yes, he is casting dice for drinks. • • • My old college chum, Billy Clark, is very much alive in Ester. Billy is running a barber shop in the creek town, and is doing very well. • • • That’s all right, I heard it too. Duffy is going to hook up with Miss Sullivan. You don’t know who Miss Sullivan is? Well, I am surprised. No she is not a society belle. Her first name? Why—her name is Maude. Gordon is one of the progressive merchants of Fairbanks. He doesn’t know who Miss Maude Sullivan is though. When Meade arrived on the creek the people in Ester generously telephoned the information to the local papers. And the local papers, one of them at least, published the news. To Gordon it was good news. Maybe it meant another customer. So the popular proprietor of the Glass Block is sending out his circular letters, addressed one to Miss Maude Sullivan, of Ester. That’s all right isn’t it? Certainly. It shows that Mr. Gordon has his eyes open when it comes to business, but really Miss Sullivan wouldn’t dare go into the Glass Block. She doesn’t even speak to the women of Ester. She won’t have a word to say to anybody. Stubborn, why she was born stubborn. Really Duffy shouldn’t hook her up. For she’s Sullivan’s mule, and her name is Maude. Another letter please Mr. Gordon. She ate the last one. • • • Note: William "Billy" Harp was proprietor of the Golden Eagle Hotel, after which the present-day Golden Eagle Saloon is named. | ||
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