The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-15
PECULIAR EXPERIENCES.
why . weii-Kssws Cnises Decided
a C0uao Wexf.


.fes. an . pretty old timer" said q
gentleman yesterday who i prominent In
ressfie business tirses. .and never think
Of my home leaving o. nay srip srross the
piains. without amusement ! came 10
the coast In the sffiss. and VIII he'll yoa
Of how II happened oar home was oH =
fsrm in lows. and nay Esther vss one ofth
MOST nxrHopirxi sgs
You ever sa~. lie timed every movement
and governed all OF his actions BY method.
I wss generally getting into sfrsFes and the
governor thought wss pretty bad boy.
We boys used 10 sleep In an adjoining room
10 fathers and used often 10 lay awake
mornings and peek through crsrk In the
wall and see him turn out. He got up rs
regular ~ clock work nj . certain hour.
Summer aud winter, and KIways when be re-
tired ref hts boots In certain sp0s ON the
floor got 20 used 10 seeing him draw ON
the right boot snd then the iefs every
morning that what appeared 20 me - an
inspiration struck me One night after he
hsd gone " bed and begun 20 snore
ssEAxgD fxro MS Room
Armed with . screw driver, . screw and an
swi. II Was the work of . minute OF two
Ia screw that left boot 10 the no0r and lay
awnks the rest 81 the night laughing and
| imagining the old mans CONSERVATION in
the morning. had my eyes glued 20 the
crafk In the wall for sone time before he
got up. bsf promptly 70 the minute he
turned out aud began DRESSING. when he
taeklsd the boots Was afraid ] would
give the snap away by laughing. He pull
cd on the right boot according 10 his Gus
tom and then reached for the other. He
gave pull aud then looked puzzled; then
another pull and his perplexfty. increased.
! lie finaify put all Of his strength an II and
/ the sole pulled on aud remained fastened
| 20 the door, while
NE LANDED ON TIRE RACK OF MS HEAD.
The circus was over for me and scrambled
out OF bed. gathered my clothes in my
srms aud skipped. have never been back
since for knew the governor would never
forret IL That's how ! happened to come
dent I woGid probably now be an Iowa
farmer instead Of successful business
man Ia Seattle. Queer what little things
change the wbole course Of ones life,
l Isn't IT.
aWsll, Joined wagon train bound for
| the coast. and headed westward. We ran
out 81 fresh meat and decided to take a
sKIsMssA AHEAD or TIE TRAIN
In the hope Of shooting deer. Amer get
| ting tired out. finally saw what ! WAS
locking for, but when ] saw the animal
Was In NO exposed q position that ] sat
Gown quickly 70 avoid observation. had
scarcely touched the ground when | Was
y
jump Of thirty feet. emitting blood
I eHrdling yell ut the xafnr tiinc. OF course
that was the last saw Of the deer. had
sat down on one Of
THOSE PTsky FEicKLy pEARs,
And there was a thick beard OF the prickers
whefe my person had touched II. tried
81 pril them cut. but they broke of.
Finally pealed down my neither garments.
screwed myself around 50 could sec what
| YES doing. nAd iegsn shaving them OF
with my hunting knife. Great Scott, how
I IL hurt I will
SryEa roEsEr THAT sGosy.
I was vcry much occupied, n you may
/ imagine. but u finally occurred to me that
/ n Was about time for my companions 20 be
along suspended operations and looked
around, and ~ did NJ was greeted with a
yell as from a Thousand braxen threats.
The whole train had come up. aud all
I bands had been watching me near nj hand.
Well, did not sit down again until every
ono of those five million priekers had
( fcssered and come out
Il stopped in the mountains In Nevada
awhile. aud one day went out hunting
with couple Of companions. We ran
across n Young grizzly hear about a- large
as good sized pig. drew a bead on him.
and simultaneously my companions yelled
not To shoot, and started 10 run. Thought
their panic 81 ridiculous that fired my
charge OF birsishot Into the bear lust fo see
what he would do. did not have hong To
wait. II was just enough to wake him up.
and he soon developed
A PLAN ~ ACTION
I And his plan determined mine l began
/ to get scared aud started down the noun
tain. NY companions wersIutting in their
best iieks Just ahead Of -. Atseat half
way 10 the cabin aquintcd oser my shout
der aud what saw was not reassnring
] dropped my gun and Il ever | ran | did
then. When We got In sight Of the cabin
I the China cook was cut gathering tirewooi.
He saw the procession
RACING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS
And be got panic stricken. He LET a yeil
I out af him. dropped the wood aud ran into
the cabin and barticaled the door. Well.
the hrSt man IN the procession ran TO the
I door, feund II harrieaded. fitted around
the corner. jumped onto the roof and drop
I ped through the big iog chimney The
next followed suit aud 80 did I. ! foun,.
I the first man
fHr~fi<e THE cHiSsNsS
I IN the corner OF the cabin for locking the
doer, This fellow had dropped into a pct
Of boiling beans when he came down The
/ chimney aud be was the inaidest man
ever saw. The boar came 10 the chimney
ami We we're IN mortal fear that he ics,
[ would drup In that way lie didn't, ha, hs.
/ pstrnlea around thst cabin for ibrec iaorfai
I hours aud kept us prisoners Yes. | have
had some rather funny experiences