Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-18


walked upto big burIy miner one night,
and, without saying a word, pulled the
miners nose. The miner resented the
insult by curling the little fellow up un-
der the billiard table by blow from his
sledQehammer fist. He came from I'M
der the table with q broad grin on his
plumb, remarking:
"That is the first time ever viewed a
billiard table from that position"
In about Eve minutes he walked up TO
the miner and pulled his nose second
time. The miners arm shot out like
lightning, and the nose -puller vas waited
over card table against redhot stove:
When he regained his fest he winked
with the eye that wasn't hurt and said:
THAT was regular bungstarter."
The third time he pulled the miners
nose they had to throw water in his face
to bring him to his senses, If he yet had
any.
Shortly after the little fellows depar-
ture Colonel Stone came into the saloon
looking a. solemn az though he had lost
q wife or hot teddy. The Colonel parted
his coat tails deliberately before the stove
and asked whether there had been fight
there. He was informed Of the fracas
that had Just occurred, and the mysteri-
GUS actions Of the fellow who insisted
upon keeping other peoples noses clean
were soon made clear by the Colonel In
this brief manner:
LAST Monday" said the Colonel, "a
seedy little customer, claiming to belong
on the Klamath reservation, applied to
me for y situation M hostler. All he
wanted was his board, mind you, and he
has been with me three days and is $50
ahead OF me. The first day one of the
horses was taken lame, and he said he
wanted some XXX horse liniment TO put
on the animals limb. At the time was
standing in the stable door and he was
washing the buggy in tho alley. ] told
him there was q bottle OF liniment over
the granary door. He said there wasn't
drop Of liniment In the stable. Glano-
ING around, ! saw the bottle that / had
placed above the door just the day be-
fore he commenced work. II Was half
full. told him SO, Then he began TO
get angry and said he guessed he knew
what was around the stable and what
not, and he'd bet go there wasn't any
horse liniment in the stable. Thinks I
TO myself, III take the conceit ont Of the
smart Aleck, end put $50 in sight and
he covered It. ] got down the bottle.
Il was empty. The damned fool had
painted the lower half of it black. He
said that he always painted stable bot
ties that way, NJ he p0cketed the coin.
He had used all the Eminent that morn
ing. 49,
the stable and found the hostler looking
intently at two pigeons ON the roof. !
asked him whether those pigeons had
any particular fascination for him. He
said they hadn't, only he was wondering
which would fly first. We gazed at them
about minute, when he said he would
bet fifty dollars that the ono on the moth
end of the barn would fly first. took
him mp, knowing IL was no horse medi-
cine bet, a. stood a. good a chance Of
winning a. he did. The stakes were no
sooner laid ON the fence post than his
pigeon few. left Immediately for home
madden than . wet hsn, just 800 out of
pocket on the philanthr0pic hostler who
worked for his board.
II got to studying the matter over and
went back 10 tho stable. Tho philan.
thropist was not 10 be seen about the
premises. climbed mp in the haymow.
One look at the hole in the roof, and a
string dangling from the rafters with a
few pigeon feathers on Il, satisfied me
that ] had taken another dose Of horse
me1icine.
"This evening, when I went 10 the
barn, found the new hoatler looking
very gloomy. He looked a. though hiG
conscience was troubling him, and /
thought he would tighten his burden of
remorse BY Giving me back the money
he had swindled me ont Of.
"6ays !, sZack, what's ths mntter?'
feel a. though something dreadful
Wao going 10 happen 10 me, and u will
b sure TO strike before morning"
] really felt sorry for the fellow, and
tried TO oheer him up.
It's no use, Colonel" he aid. "I'll
bot go that / get knocked down three
umes before morning, and perhaps some
thing worse"
Put up your coin," says I; and no he
deposited two tweuties and a ten In tho
hands Of Bill Sykes, who happened TO
be passing by, he looked moro cheerful.
began to think the fellow had mania
for betting and hardly knew what he was
about. knew he WAS very peaceable
fellow, having seen him take all mann
Of insults from the roundsrs when he
6rst struck tho town.
well. / Ruesa you fellows know the
rest. ! met Sykes . few minutes ago,
and he said he had turned over tho stakes
TO Zack on the strength Of q disjsinted
neck, black eye and . two-inch cut on
his forehead. Tomorrow lack viii got
his papere. I'm down on cheap labor,
anyhow. Come mn, boys, and take . small