Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-13

n VISA ouser gang ! bad or tuo /
DAYS aeo. said TIE eneine6E d Z 1
liIsle esealn i4uneh Is 6reenw0od /
iaks They were ali aeIl dressed +
New York boys. and 90 eaisk looklag !
lhaa y0u would haNa taken thea f0E
Sandy school committee q hnntEn9
loE . place 10 hold ; picnic. Bat at- /
ter they started they iurned ouf 90 Be
tbs most c0mic4l iog Of frauds ] ever
net. All 81 them lad fancy canes
s. ! there VS. where the biggest part
oE the frand came In. None Of he
sticks we're What they pretended %
Be. The fiFst thing l saw 70 nstonish
ne was wheu ore 81 the party sAw
ground hog sitting upon rock.
sGunr be said and another fellow
snapped canes with him- be Just
pulled tie ferruls from the end Of the
cane ana fooled with the handle for
second. Then be aims1 e the
ground hog. aad bang went the limo
cent looking cane. He didn't biz the
ground hog, but be made him jump
ard skip into his hole pretty quick
Meanwhile the fellow that traded
canes with him, had fddled with the
fefrule Of the other stick aud turned
& into fishing p0 e, with which be
began 70 troll from the stern Of the
boat ] was beginning 70 think bad
3 dry crowd cut with me, wheE hap
pened to observe one Of the most
sanctimOniOus fellows IN the lot tax
ing Z long pull af the bead OF his
case. sThat's the kind Of cane for
me, said ] to myself, and then / be-
gan 70 look for other peeuliarities in
the sticks. ! made up my mind that
they were al trick canes one way or
another. and that at least half OF
them were hollow and contained
something comforting. But ] was
not prepared for the next develop
ment. A sickly looking young Eel
low in the party made the remark
that the view was very fine down the
lake. and commenced to unstrap 3
field glass case he had hung over his
shoulder. He took out q plain look
ing opera glass, monkeyed with it for
minute and then raised Il to his
face. ] wouldn't have thought any
thing about Is II hadn't been watch
ing for something new, and noticed
the other fellows looking at him and
smiling. but ! was surprised when ]
saw him put the thing 70 his mouth
instead of his eyes, and 90 through
the motions Of drinking. Then !
thought be was foOliRg, but when
one OF his chums took out his watch
and took little silver plated drink
ing cup one OF the telescopiRg kind,
out Of the case. / made up my mind
that the opera glass was new fan
gled whiskey flask. was assured OF
Il when the owner handed il over to
the fellow with the cup, and saw
him pour out q good sized nip. /
caught on too, and II was very good
stuff was not much surprised
when one Of the dudes opened his
cane ct the band and sprung q cigar
out Of It like q cartridge out Of Q
magazine rife, nor when he opened
q cap on the silver head of the cane
and took out q match, but was
watching man who had an alliga-
tor skin bag hanging ct his side and
was taking great care of it. He had
a heavy wooden cane that looked as
II it might be split in three or four
pieces, and / was anxious to see what
Il was for. All of sudden be asked
me 10 stop for q moment near q boat
in which an old fellow was comfort
ably seated In an arm chair Ticking
q fy rod. The young fellow set his
bag on the edge Of the boat, lifted
up cap on top of 1t and another on
the end, touched q button and then
said, All right. 90 on / didn't
know what to make of Il until we
landed, and then found out that he
had q whole photograph gallery in
the little bag. He turned his cane
into a three legged stand and took
pictures Of the boat, Of the crowd
and of me. didn't see any of the
pictures, though, because he said it
wouldn't do 10 expose them to the
light. ] guess he was afraid to show
for fear they we're not good. l was
prepared for anything after that ex-
cept the real surprise / got next. One
OF the boys had nat bottle in his
pocket, and when he took it out /
surely expected that il was going to
turn into something else or prove to
be something different from what ii
appeared TO be. II was one Of those
leather covered pocket TASKS with
metal top and cup. He unscrewed
the top very carefully and l kept my
eye on him. / also noticed that the
other fellows were watching him,
and / really expected 10 see either
fireworks or az electric light come
out Of it. He pulled the metal cup
of the bottom OF It very carefully
and slowly, and then poured out q
drink of plain, every day whisky.
/ was badly fooled. because didn't
think any man 10 the party had any
thing about him that was what it APP
peared 10 De, and If any Of them had
pulled out gilt edged PRAYER book /