Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-11-17

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in the face If a cliff.fifty feet high. This
cave. as il might be called, could only
approached 10y one path, as we thought
and as there we're three dogs in camp
none of the miners were asked to stand
watch. Running parallel with this path
to a point within thirty feet of the cave
was gulch, down which ran stream OF
water in the spring and fall. 1t was dry
at this time and the bed Of gravel was a
foot thick. Any one sneaking down this
gulch could come within thirty feet OF
the cave, but would be separated from it
by wall of rock about twenty feet high.
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gulch, and party gaining the crest of it
could look down into the cave, almost
could at least shoot down all who attempt
ed to leave it.
Such was the general situation on the
9Th day of August, when sour Fool
.made his appearance. He was man
about thirty years Of age, poorly dressed,
even for that country, and bis face wore
the silly look of born idiot. As be
came into the diggings he carried his hat
in his hand and grinned like baboon
over big stick of candy.
"Who ar ye, and what do ye wantI'
growled one of the men, as the stranger
halted before him.
"Te-he! Te-hel' laughed the fool, in
his silly way.
"Boys, here's a regular born fool!''
shouted the miner, and as the men gath
cred around the fellow swung his hat by
string and called out:
THE cow jumped over the moon-te-
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1t was plain that he was fool. Where
he came from and how he had reached
US no one could guess, but after talk
among themselves, the miners decided
to let him stay around until he got ready
to 60.
Our Fool was soon at home. He had
the appetite of wolf, and we couldn't
get a stroke of work out Of him. The
very first night Of his arrival, however,
he armed himself with club and paced
up and down the path like sentinel, and
We heard him muttering:
II see Ipjuns-they can't see met"
He paced up and down all night long,
and next night he took the post again
without a word being said. No one
thought him any protection to the camp,
and yet think we all felt little safer
in knowing that some one was moving
about and keeping the dogs active and
vigilant. After Our Fool had been in the
camp q week the Indians became unusu-
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ed seeing them on the hills around US,
and one night they certainly came close
enough to our cave to give the alarm to
the dogs. Up to this time Our Fool, Is
everybody called him, had slept most of
the day. and had been very quiet. Next
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