Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-20

beat. The party escaped Oineer Hat
ton, On IN adjoining beat. met 0eddo
returning from the bush, and also ear
| she sAoeA The s1pekintsndsnt Of 20
lie attaches little importance = the %
corrsnoe, and implies that the Offices,
Who IopOetod The matter voee dsaWin6
on their imagination for their faoes
In the vicinity Of the grove thege il Z
small lake and Is u asserted that tn
shots we're fired BY spoFtsmen, Who 90
oa600ally ahooe muukraiD which
abound sheee. A Toronto detec:iv,
states that one man Is under surveil-
lance, and an Arrest might be expected
within the next - hoau, which would
throw light on tle mysterious move
mento.
Tu8 OUCklSG T1DT.
lew I've CsssseA Men settled IN Ar
Eals q Ne 0eass.
Horace GArdsll. . colored man, viii
smile like that Of a four-month's-old
calf, pat his bead in q bucket Of water
yesterday at Eighth and LOMBARD
seroota, and w0a charming little mu-
la4t0 wife. The peculiAr way in which
ho gained her was owing 10 the fact that
. bitter contest has been going on for
her hand for several months bet ween
himsslf and George Smith, Q oolored
gentleman Of peculiarly olive white
tint. who lives on Dugan serost, above
Pine, and hawks boobies and Yaao fc4 Q
nvinQ. Il Vas neoeonaxy ~ asetlo the
matter somehow, o. the maiden regard
"a both aspiKAnts With equal favor.
0ardeal lives in Baltimore, and Smith,
tksgofore had the advantaoo of him to
Q certain extent; but the latter ia not at
all handsome, and says he can't hello
snickerinQ" in . very Questionable
way when he looks girl in the face.
Smith Was % anxious that he should
not appear to be jealous that he gave
0arden carte blanoae TO come to Pnila-
delphia at any time he liked and stop
q his hOuse. Is can b imagined how
b felt wren his rival came up every
Saturday evening and stayed till Mon
day, thus havinQ almooe % much 0ppof-
tunity ~ himself 70 win the girls aAec-
tions. The maid heeuelf 10 Nettie Tack,
and she was until recently engaged in
the domestic profession ON Spruce
street, above Twelfth.
On sunday last the men camo 20 the
eonelusioa shat It voald b we'll 10 have
the matter fixed up. once for all. Gar
dell WaS especially clamoe0us, - he had
Just inherited $50 from the estate Of q
diseased aunt, and wanted some one to
help spond e. On tbs othsR hand Smith
tried 70 oouutesbalance this BY repre-
sentinR that b. WAS manipulating cor
neI in the rag and bottle market, o.
DOp0thtnQ OF that spgt. and VoDld oOQn
nee several dollars. 0t1o Taek, DRESSED
IN red and green, with blue festhers ITO
match" told the pair frankly that they
we're equally ravishin9 70 her eyes, and
that she could not for the life Of her
deoide which 70 marry.
"6et ~ some task, aid Smith; 'slet
% prove 70 you IN tangible way that
10 love you. Then she man who proves
the 'tanGbles4' oan be your husband"
Gardell assented, but demanded that
the tax should have no reference to
bottles and rags. with which. he said, he
Waa by no means familiar. inen smith
proposed that the fishing profession pre-
delioti0as, With which the other man is
ideuti6ed, should DO excluded. Gardell.
Who once worked for . diver, suggested
that the man Who could swim under the
Delaware for few miles or % without
breathing should have tie prize. Smith
disssnted. on the ground that this had
something TO do with fishing. Finally,
The men got down to buckets Of water,
and the farms Of the oonteet, - u Was
held, vsrs formally put and carried BY
The fOIIoUtng v0eo: Ayos-Noetia Tack
and 0ardsll; nO-Smith.
At ten o'clock Yesterday morning the
thru intneo0fad uoRouna aooompani0d