Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-16

not escape the Keen observation of the
crowd. There was redouhlcd interest
at this semi-rccognition of one of our
most influential fellow-citizens. At
once a confirmation Of Sect and an in
dorsement of the strangers-a sort OF
passport 20 the familiar recognition
of every lody.
Not necessarily Il friendly recogni-
ton. take notice. gentle reader.
Somowhere. or rather in many places.
have read philosophical vaporings to
the general effect that some people
seek tn sparscly-settled frontier sim
ply because those scanty and Isolated
communities are ready and eager TO
welcome any body. thinking only of
the accession Of strength against the
surrounding horrors of solitude!
Never was there an error of theory
So gross in effect and SO readily con-
futed 10y experimental tests. The city
passes the stranger UNDECIDED. The
village puts itself upon an armed
neutrality, ready to develop into active
hostility. which shall continue in I'M
firing vigilance until the intruder is
driven out, or has fought his way to
an acknowledged position of per-
manencc.
Even ut this instant, and whist the
entrce of the two distinguished
strangers into Sandtown seemed &c
bristle with good omens, l overheard
old Dr. Daily saying to a group OF his
satellites:
"Thattair young snipe nv Teller,
May, is plum tuck UP with than
bosses. Some these days he'll find
out at he haint near as purity as he
was; but a blame sight smarter. ef
know any theng bout Mt y
This speech had reference to young
DR.. May. the new rival of the old doc
tor, and who had started down to the
"barn" with the strangers. theil
horses and the host. There was lin.
tied chorus of coarse-voiced laughter
at this speech. But the interest now
so completely ccntcred in the two well
dressed gentlemen and their phenom
email team that probably no one took
the slightest notice Of this Suddenly
sprouted germ of antagonism to the
new arrivals and all that pert:,ined t<
them.
AS to myself and other young strip
lings of fifteen to twenty years, u,
had made Il discovery. The dozens d
curious eyes had made separate obser
vations, which, whon turned into tho
common stock. amounted to this:
had seen black fiddle-casc care
fully taken out of the carriage by the
older man, who was short and almost
fat-and who carried the concealed
instrument very precisely into thu
house.
Buck observing the tall, dark. smil
ing, merry fellow, that had exchanged
"chafr' with him about the horses
on his return from the barn saw hin
cut beautiful ''p'geon-wing' upor
the very threshold of Boguses ENTRY
In addition to this. Sect Dairy. tho
big blacksmith, the authority on "thur
BREEDS" being also the foremost dancer
in all the contributivc TERRITORY n
Sandtown. had been y witness to the
!; "pigeon-wing" and had publicly an
nounced that that fellow was the
masterest dancer he ever scer' AND
volunteered the statement that ''thcy'd
be some purity dancc'n at Bogusses to-
night ef than two fellcrs wasn't tard
ont with thur days drive"
realize fully how utterly impossible
1t will be to convey to the reader OF
these days of uncnding safety yer,
faint impression of the fever of excite
. ment and impaticncc into which
!, this opinion of Seefs throw us
Money could not have hired the score
of BOYS of Sandtown to remain away
| from Boguscs one precious minute o.
that evening. After all. can the mere
human creature experience more thar
a fixed and detcrminatc amount o.
pleasure? Am ut this time the con,
vcntionM frequenter Of tho thcatel
more to escape the vast pressure Of
social burdens than to find enjoyable
pastimc? And would r OF the vigilan
antagonisms of Sandtown even be AZ
. acceptable interruption to the endless
labor of amusement that il an i'm
portant part Of the business of the me
tropolisp
To be continued.