The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-04-22

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their seats. IA big, fat fellow who
sat ia the middle, and who seemed
To be proprietor, then said: SIN
ner, from the outer world ad-
vance r. I advanced. "Wil you
give up everything to JOIN US p
"Not If / knowed it, I said,
'sthere's my wife and fourteen
Hra -
Another party here told me to
say eyes, / give everything. The
fellows IN the towels then groaned
and said, "'tis weH. "Do you
swear never to reveal anything you
may see or hear this evening to
any human being, nor your wife 2"
I said "pon my word / viii not.
They examined my teeth, and felt
my muscles, and made me put out
my tongue, and then groaned again.
/ said, S'if you don't feel well, I
have got little bottle here that
The fat man here took the
bottle from me and told me to shut
up. He then In voice like thun-
der said, "Bring forth the goat r
Another fellow then came up with
a big cloth to blindfold me. No,
you don't Mr.. Mason" I said mo
tricks on travlers, if you please
I don't believe In playing blind
mans buff with a goat. I'll ride
the devil if you like, but I don't
90 it blind. Stand back or I'll
knock you into snithreens." They
we're too much for me, however, so
I had to submit and be blindfold-
ed. The goat was then led In, and
I could hear him making an awful
racket among the furniture. Ibe-
gan to feel that / was urgently
wanted at home, but / was IN for
it, and couldn't t help myself. Three
or four fellows then seized me, and
with a demoniacal laugh pitched
me on the animals back, telling
me at the same time to look out
for SQUALLS. Ihave been In a good
many scrapes, Mr.. Editor / have
been pitched out of fourth story
wiindow-Tve gone down in a rail-
road collision, and up in a steam
boat explosion, but this goat ex-
cursion was a little ahead of them
all. The confounded thing must
be all wings and horns. 1t bump
ed me against the table and the
chairs, and the stove and the cell
ING, but / hung on like a Trojan.
I turned front summersaults, and
rolled over and over till / thought
it was all over with me. ] was
Just on the point Of giving up, when
the bandage fell from my eyes, and
the goat bounded through the VIM
dow with q yen like Comanche
Indian giving up the ghost Twas
in a lodge of Masons. They were
dancing war dance around q big
skull, and playing leap frog and
turning handsprings, and the big,
fat fellow of the ante room was
standing on his head in the corner,
finishing the contents of my little
bottle. Order was soon restored,
and / was led up to the desk and
told to stand at ease. The Chief
Engineer of the establishment then
put his thumb to his nose, and
stretching out his fingers IN the
shape of q fan toward me, COM
manded silence. The rest OF the
brethren did likewise, and were 81
lent. The Governor then address
ed me;
Brother Knobb, you are now
one of us, you are now q member
of this institution that has lasted
over ten million Of years. From
this forward your constitution i
sound. You ara impervious to
hght and heat, OF any other atmOs-
Dhmic influence. You are water
proof, fire proof and over proof.
with impunity drink aqHafortls,
rya whisky, wahoO bitters or any /
other poisonous substance. You