Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-15

About aflosn yaars 80 ! 81 - shep
IS lawyer - yo1nR toun 3 Ae1Eas-
Ia. and tha perT IRA oa1e tnA4 can8 -
ne uaa one b deliRAa l1gyeEse he4kf.
An naed Wo<an named MaE9 cnaro1
had desded al heE ptoDez1F e ~ soa
william o. the gndaE1t1ndz1z 1eat ~
Uas 20 support h1E and Do 80 ard % fu1
fba resi 81 hsr life. Afler yssR q tue
b bseame enxioas % Eet rid q 1ers
beinR ViGuruualy cncoaRaGed b his Wlle.
and matters we're made 50 bet for tie
cid lady tha4 she eoul6 no l0n&eR Say
IN the house. kndend, she wa1 s1Kna1
cut Il Il, and bus for the charity af her
neiQhbora would haEa died Of kungaE
and exposure. While ste had q copy %
the agreement draHn IN LEGAL form and
Raod evsdenee IN q suit ncne q tie I'VE
o. Eix lawyers il town would eake her
casa hecanse Of fear Of the ecn- WilAla1
had Qiven Qua that be weuld xii any
lawyer Who maddiod with tha eases and
be had tho reoard Of being desperate.
FsEenQefnl man. Whea the 0otnef
same 10 ne she frankly warned me that
/ aust look ont for Bill; but when ] bad
looked into the case detefmined b BE-
eoms her counsel, Bill or no Bill NJ
first move vas 10 send foF TIE son, % zee
Il be desired 20 carry ont his eRreemanf.
BE came into my ONCE IN q swaeReEfng,
oeaank way, having revolver backed
20 him and three drinks Of whisky be-
hind his vest buttons. He cursed TIE
mother, me, the law and all else and
wound mp with:
Nov, then, Won 70 ahead. The min
ute goa make trouble for me I'll make q
corRss Of you"
. Andnow y 4 Iook hers. / answered,
e. ] bronRht q aix-ehootaR 70 cover his
haad; Pm II this case - the bitter end,
and Whenever you feel like ehootina
don't wait for me 10 begin
Bill vas Q boastsr and q coward Hl
turned uhita e houF, and became hum
bic e. q lamb. He vent ont Of the olaoe
lie q eur, bat ] knew she feeling raging
n his koaFt, and realized that be Wsnlf
bring about my death II be csuid do il
with safe.y 10 himself. / bad the PRO
Ger papers served and che suit opened
Bill made hin threats and boasts, bul
kept clear Of me. / expected be w0ulc
6lf up some day and come into town fol
3 shooting scrape, bat be had anothel
plan 30 work on. We had q sure case q
his friends informed me, bat be vas De
tsFminad 70 bluster Il cut.
Ny ofioo vas over store and Keaohet
BY outside stairs. There vas 8 from
and back room, and the latter, bsinl
q bachelor, was used for my bedroom
It was the fashion to leave AL the door
open during the day. and When LEFT
my sfiee on any eFrand. er 10 80 8
court, it was not locked. When iR Be
came known around that / bad takei
Mrs. 6haron's case and bluffed her sol
Bill, had plenty Of small business &
loak after, and was much Of the time 4
the Justices c0arta
One day, Just before the big suit wa
30 come to trial, vent into court on 81
ordinary suit aud was detained three Q
four hours. The office was left open, a
usual. As I returned 70 it three OF fou
citizens accompanied me. and &c v
reached the foot Of the stairs Ne hear
q terrible yell from the rooms above
Next moment Bill Sharon came fushin
down the Narrow sfaiFs hAtless. eye
starting from their sockets, and szch
lock Of terror on his face as never sa'
before or since. He rushed past q
shFieking and yelling, and it was onl
when be was clear Of ns that We mad
out the horrible truth. I've great rai
tlssnakes we're hanging 10 him-one b
ths right wrist and the other by the RICH
leg. They squiEmed and twisted an
Topped a. be ran, and his Screams an
exclamalions brought out the Who'll
town. He ran about a block, and the
laid down in the street and rolled ose
and over, Whereapon the snakes let z
Of him and were killed as they eFawle
aWay.
Bill had been bitten In thr,e places
The only antidote suggested was whisky
and q COED two quarts we're poured dew
him without the slightest relief. Il 0i
not IN the least stupefy him nor quil
bis excited condition, and 10 an hour b
was dead-hia bloated body and purpl
face presenting q horrible sight.
II did not take much headWork TO dis
cover how ID all came about. Bill wante
revenge on me, ana his plan was 70 leay
the mathematics in my bedroom. n
had taken them there IN q box, afte
seeing that the coast was clear, and hal
dumped them out on the door. The DO,
was there TO prove it. In bis haste .
be CONS be had been careless, and as th
seFpents we're Ioosened they turned o.
him and fastened their fangs IN hi
desh. Il was a Just retributi1n, bu
none Of as could help bat pity his hog
rible fate.