The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-17

stretched KY head out o. the curtain
...w four other heads a eagerly
.-.ched out from other berths 70 hear
t1e conclusion OF the story One
aea1, female one, instantly dlssp-
paarti on ny locking around, but
certain ;remulo1sness Of her window
cur;a}a showed an auaba;ed interest,
The ely two utterly dis,uteres,ei tncr
y er- tae Oar Nm and the Other Man
Ia OGe Nan Idctaching himself
isn.asliy t9s.e the window - Cy
Duui!sm.
VS., Cv teyer he'd he'd either con-
sictlo,.s or Professions. | ster &c,
drunk an4 60 ronni with permiscous
women. Scrisr like tha proiigal son,
on.y li,tIc n.Jre SO. ez fur ez kin
Judge from the facks II stated TO me-
Weii-Cy one day petered out down ST
Little Rock. aud was sent up yer for
in,ermeu. Tue fammer!y, being
proud like. Of course didn't spare any
pains on that funeral. and it waz-
now between You and me-about ez
sharply aud first-class and prime mess
affair ez ever saw. Wilkins he'd
put in his extrys. He he'd put onto
that prodigals face the Al ,ouch-hed
him fixed up with Christians hope.
Welt was about the turning point,
for there was some of the members
and the pastor hisself thought that the
line ought TO be drawn somewhere,
and there was some talk II Deacon
Tibbe.'s about reg'lar conference
meetin' regardin' it. But it wasn't the,
which made him unpopular"
Another silence-no expression or
reflection from the face of the Other
Man of the least desire to kaow what
ultimately settled the unpopularity of
the undertaken. But from the curtains
OF the various berths. several eager
and one or two even wrathful faces,
anxious for the result.
The Other Man (lazily recurring TO
the last topicl--Well. what made him
onpopalary
The One Man quietly Ex,rys. l
think-that is. suppose not KNOWN
cautiously all the facts. When Mrs.
Widdecombc lost her husband bout
two months ago Though she'd been
through the valley of the shadder OF
death twice-ths bein' her third mar
riage. keyrn' been John Barkcr's yid-
DEF
The 9th Man with an intense ex-
PRECISION of interest No, your re foolin'
me,
The Oue Man (solemnly EFF l was
- appear before my Maker tomorrow.
yes she was the wid1er of Barker
The Other MAXWELL. swow
The One Man Well. this widder
Widdecombe, she put up Il big funeral
for the deceased. She he'd Wilkins,
and tact Undertaken just laid hisselt
OUT Just spread himself. he did.
ontortunately-perhaps fortunately IN
the ways Of ProvideEce-oue OF Wild
d"coGibe's old friends. doctor up thar
In Chicago. comes down 10 the funeral,
lie goes up with the friends TO look at
the deceased. smilin peaceful sort of
heavenly smile, and every body sayin'
he's gone To meet Ills reward, and this
Yer friend turns round, short and sud-
den Oh the widder settin' in her pew.
aud kinder ,iloyin. as women will, all
the compliments pail toe corpse, aud
h. says, says here:
What did you say Your husband
died Of. marmy'
Consumption. she says. wiping
her eyes. poor critter-"Consumpt,on -
gallopin consumption,
Consumption be id" sez he. bein'
proiane kind of IA Chicago doctor,
ard not bein ever under conviction.
The man iiei Of strychnine. Look at
that face Look at the coutortion of
them facial muscles. Thet's strych-
nine Thet's risers .Sdrdoa,cus, {thcts
What he said; he WAS always sorter pro
fame.
Why, doctor" says the widder,
"thet--is his last smile Its Chris
.ain's resignation"
"rhet be blo~ed; don't tell me-" seq
he. Hell Is full of thet klud Of resig-
nation. It's pizon. And Til"
Why. dern my skin. yes we are: yes.
it's Joliet. Wall, now, who'd hev
thought we'd been nigh unto all hour
Two or three anxious passengers from
their berths: Say; look yer. stranger.
Old mau whats become Of
But the Oae Man and the Other Man
had vanised BRET HARTE.