Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-16
- PAS MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

- any yaseiine,'' said the bad boy
.Ioo,oeery man, as he went into the
cne cold morning, leaving the
.re,,. and picked up cigar stub
"a been thrown down by tie stove
- tecan to smoke II.
.,sns thar door, dunn you. Was you
.sotf no in a saw mill You'll
= every potato III the honse. No
sns.,,,, got vaseline. What do you
". "a yaseline? 2" said the grocery
40 he set the syrup keg on chair
= he stove WIS re 1t would thaT out. :,
.Wsn. 10 rub it on pas legs" said
4. foy. rs he tried to draw smoke
ss,,ngt, the cigar stub.
awby. vhat il the matter with your
- hos? Rheumatism
swnss ror rheumatic" said the boy
~ threw away tie cigar stub and
- s,pe cider IN a broken fes cup.
..pa has got the worst looking hind
=. Won ever saw. You SEE, since there
- ixeu so mary fires pa has got awful
1 ssss,.d ard he has bought three fire es-
e.. - made out of rope with knots III
~. and he has been telling US every
Z -. how he conid rescue the whole
4 s..,,iIv IN case Of fire. He told us to be
scai vbaseyer happened, and to rely IN
I'm II the house got on fire We were
II to rush 10 pa, and hewonld save u.
w.u last night ma had to 90 to one of
II - ueicbinrs. where they was going to
s B 80 twins. end We didn't sleep much,
Sscsusa ,ps, had to come home twice ia
~ nioht TO pe. saffron, and an old fan
Is ~ rs,ticost that | bToke In whtn j Vas
I'D. cause the people where ma went
a;d moi know as twins WAS ON the bill of
fs,e. and they only had fsnnel petit
scefs for one. Pa was cross at being
iept awake, and toll mn he had hoped
rbtn all The children in Milwnnkes
rere horn, and got grown up, she would
iake in her sign and not 20 around
4 NIGHTS acting as usher To baby matinees.
n says there ought to oe a law that bs-
Res should arrivo on the regular day
frsips, and not wait for the midnight
express. Well. pa he got asleep. and
4 hs ,lept till about S o'clock in tho nom
I jpQ. and the blinds were closed. and it
va dark in his room. aud had waited
for my breakfast till was hungry n
wolf, ;nd the girl told me- 10
4 wake pa mp. so | weat up stairs. and
don't know what made me think OF IT,
! but had some of this powder they
mako red FIRE with in the theater, that
mo and my chum had the 4th Of July
and | put it in wash dish in the bath
room, and touched it off and hollered
fire. Twas going to wake pa up and tell
him 1t was all right and laugh at him.
3 guess there WAS too much fire or
yelled too loud, cause pa jumped out oi
bed and grabbed q rope and rushed
through the hall toward the back win
dow, that goes out on shed. Itried I,
say something, but he ran over me anc
told me to save myself. and got to tbs
back window TO tell him there WAS M
Ore just AS he let himself ont tho win.
dow. He had one end % the rope tiet
70 the leg of the washstand, and he wat
climbing down the back side of tn,
shed by the kitchen, with nothing or
bot his night shirt, and be Was the hor
riblest looking sight ever was. with bii
legs flying and trying To stick his to-
nails into the rope and the side Of thi
house. don't think man looks vel
in society with nothing on but his nigh
shirt. didn't blame Abe hired girls fo
being scared when they saw pa and hi
legs come down outside the windo.
AID when they yelled i went down 1,
the kitchen. and they said crazy maj
With no clothes but n pillow case earcunt
his neck WAS trying to kick the windoy
in, and they ran into the parlor. and
opened the door and let pa in the kiich
er. He asked me If anybody else wsi
saved, and tbenI toll! him there was m
fire, .nd he must have dreamed he Wal
in hell oI somewhere. Well, pr wa
astonished. and said he must be wrong
in the bend, and l left him thawin,
himself by the stove while | went afte
his p nts. and his LEGS were badly chilled
but gaess nothin WIS froze. He lay,
II all to ma. and Says il she would sta,
at home and let people run their OWL
baby shows, there would he more com
fort in the house. Ma came iu-with Q
shawl over her head, and bowl full oi
something that smell.d frowzv. and
after she had told us what the result oi
Fer visit VIA she sent me after vaselint
to rub pas legs. Pa SAYS he has dem.
onstrated that if man is cool and col
lected, in case of fire, and goes deliber.
ately at work to save himself, he will
come out all right"
swell yon are the meanest boy svel
heard of" said the grocerymaB. "Bui
what about your pas dancing clog
dance in church Sunday. The minis
tef's hired girl was in here after some
c0dhsh yesterday morning, and she said
the minister said your pa had scandal
lied the church the worst way"
"Oh, he didn't dance in church. Hs
was little excited. that's all. You SET
pa chews tobacco, and it's pretty hard
son him to sit all through the sermor
without taking chew. and he gets ner'
vous. He always reaches around in his
pistol pocket when they stand mp To sing
the last time. and feels in his tobacco
box and GETS out chew, and puts it III
his mouth when the minister pro
nounces the benediction. and then when
they eetgout doors he is all ready ID spit
He always does that. Well. my chum
had present on Christmas of music.
box, Just about as big as pas tob ,ccc
box, and ell You have To do il to tonch
. spring and it PLAYS "She's Daisy
She's Dumping l borrowed it and
put it in pas pistol pocket, where he
keeps his tobacco box. and when ths
choir got most through singing pa
rsached his hand ia his pocket and be-
gan to tumble around for chew. He
touched the spring, aud juss n every
body bowed their heads TO receive the
bsnsdiction, and it WAS so still you
could he ar a gum drop, the music box
began to play. and in the stiffness it
bounded as loud as n church organ.
Well, thought ma would sink. The
minister heard it, aud he looked towards
pa, and everybody looked at pa, toe,
and pa turned red, and the music KEEP.
up "She's a Daisy" and the minister
looked mad aud SAID "Amen," and
pvople began to put on their coats. and
tne minister tola the dsacoa to hunt up
me source of that worldly music, and
sney took pt into the ronn buck of the
pulpit aud searched him, and ma stys
p will have e. be churched. They
Kept the musis box. and Ihiie got ta
larry IN csal To get motey enough 10 buy
ny chum new music bax. Well. 1
wall have To Ro and get that vas~ellne
" pas leg will sntfvE Good dsy."
Our x5 Calf b OF for Men cannot be
g 4 on the coast. C,il and see thcm at
Aattelfs Bargain Store.