Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-29
WO0DrlCK WILLIAMS STORY
lBill Nye, in Puck. I

ave had about "a ornery and tritiin'
| a crop of kids in Calaveras couuty 80
years ago as You could gather in with a
| fine tooth comb and a brass band in
| fifteen States. For ways that was kit
Il nsome they was moderately active and
abnormally protaberant. That was the
prevailing style of the Calaveras kid
when Mr.. George w. Mulqueen come
there and wanted 10 engage the school
ut the old camp, where l hung Up in
the days when the country was new and
the murmur of the six shooter was
heard in the land. George w. Null
queen Was slender young party from
the efiete East, with conscientious
scruples and a hectic flush. Both of
these was agin him for promoter Of
school discipline and square root. He
had a heap of information and big.
sorrowful eyes. Bat the kids of the
school they didn't seem tn respect liter
ary attainmsnts or extensive knowledge.
They Just simply seemed to respect the
genius that come to that country tn
died shovel and bloodshot tone of
voice. George had weak voice, aud
they kept at work at him till they
uION0 lutO thOumbhtu lever. anu
finally int metallic sarcophagus. II
seemed kind of tough to me, and
couldn't help bismin' 1t onto the school
some, for there Was half dozen big
snoozers that didn't 90 to school Ia
learn, but Just ~ raise Ned and turn up
Jack. Well. they killed him, any how,
and that settled IL.
"The school run kind Of Wild till
II.
tenderfoot, with a fist like mule
foot in full bloom, made an application
for the place, and allowed he thought
he could maintain discipline IL they'd
give him chance. Well, they asst him
when he wanted TO take his place as
tutor, and he reckoned he could begin
10 tute about the week follering. Mon
day he sailed in about . "A, m. with his
grip sack, and began the discharge Of
his juties. He brought in big buncn
Of mountain willer. and, after driving a
bic railroad spike into the door casing
over the latch. said the Senate and
House would sit with closed doors dur
ing the morning session. Several large,
white eyed holy tefrurs eaxed al him in
la kind OF dumb. inquiring tone IT
voice bat he didn't say much. He
eccthto CtuSsuViuUiV IrrffNtu ~ W tie
plan Of the campaign. The new teach
er then unlocked his alligator skin grip
sack and took out q Bible and a nev
self cooking weapon that had an auto
matte dingus for throwing out
the empty shells. IL was one
of the bulldog variety, and had
the laugh Of a joyous child. He read 4
short passage from the Scriptures. and
then pulled of his coat and hung il ON
n nail. Then he made few extempo-
rsneous remarks. after which he sail
waited the palm of his right hand. took
the self cooking songster IN his left, and
proceeded to clear out the gads over the
various protuberances Of his pupils
People passing by thought they must be
beating carpets in the schoolhouse. He
pointed the gun at his charge with his
left and manipulated the cad with his
right duke. One large, overgrown Mis-
souriAn tried To- crawl ont of the win
dow. but after he had looked down the
barrel Of the shooter moment he
changed his mind. He seemed to real
ixe that il would be n violation Of the
rules of the school. So he came back aud
sat down. After he wore ont the foliage
he pulled the spike out of that door, put
on his coat and vent away. lie never
WAS seen there again. He didn't ask
for any salary, but just walked OF uui-
city, and that summer we accidentally
heard that he was Geo. w. Mulqueen's
brother"