The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-28
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g..s~s,y~r- on the Maine Ire STAN
ers frequently notice in the pasos house
a tai ssrszssr nan, xish hong gray
beard ard the general aspect OF re-
tiress sseasnbcat captain or something
ns thai sort He seems to take .
eAsuas Interest In ne rsysSatsor OF the
.e~ses. a.x. Il eyi entity en- t2Enisiar
f.sessirg msifs the osklcer- oE { boat
Occasionally be asay invite ssssiae ssEFf-
sgsss 80 sxfaser inso the hstEtaSl-s sss
see the e.ssnpsss or to prep through
tra~ glasses. With such E4e vii chat
snsers4aniaeis at-gst ss4ips- slas ocean.
The x@ash~r or Any esaer ordinary
soRjec. Incidentally IL will probably
s.es1se ous thaf be - president u the
lire. End be max mention fnsf fae Is
s!ss, ia the slieEofh hG>lges- Ia S-s
York thssagh hrs home * III Maine
He i. fall of thoughtful suggestions
abgas fs best ~ay 10 avoid
ssasge knees. the best sfssers3uis
10 try 10 get for the return
trip. aud 10 .,.ser matters rsasfsnS To
The comfort .sf the trip. The pa->efs-
ger ~ o has l,<en iortnnst- enough To
fall in vita hiai concludes thai the
Maine line has q most accom- modal
ing gentleman for its pr siaent. and
talnk< ii eoasd hire its president IA
sail GA every trip and make things
pleasant for tie patrons.
-'tiolng 10 stssy over Ia Portland and
come hack with as next lTii'. are
you he said 10 s euufse of sus aeefs
recentfy. We'll. how, dos, { yoa stay
in Portland; go over IA Gashings
island. 10 the hotel there. ia. Ottawa;
It's The only one there J., ard You
can't miss IT. Ii'li ONLY take half an
hour or 80 90 10 there, arid you can
stefad one night and two days there a
gooi deal more comfortably than you
can in Portland. just mention ST the
hotel that ! told you 10 eorIie-Ar-
Bailey. president ut the steamship
lne; II wen do you any harni-
These two passengers were more
than ever impressed with the renlaiiis
OF the Maine lines president, aItd they
took his advice. They had The best
room AZ the hotel, ard received other
attention that made them curious a.
20 where Mr. Bailey got the pull
that that hs evidently had with the
hotel proprietor. They asked some
one who this Mr.. Bailey was.
Bailey? Oh, president OF the
steamship line? Why, that's Charles
;. Bailey Hes the richest man in
Maine. Worth ten or n.;een
millions. and made it all himself.
He was about the nrst oil
cloth manufactured In the country.
and Is the biggest one vet. lie most
owns the steamship line and u lot of
other thing. Close a. chestnut
burr. too, ABOUT business, but does an
almighty lot % good with his money
on the quiet. lie don't go much on
chErChes, bar he has d fancy for
helping young men studying for the
ministry. or young preachers. tie ii
put up al. the money they need right
along until they get 10 mixing
IN politics and temperance. Then he
shuts dogn on EN- right OF. Says a
ministers bti iuess Is 70 DO good 10
humanity, not 10 talk politics or pro-
hihition. Hell DO most anything for
Il man he takes a fancy TO. | knew
young man Who went 10 him once
and asked him for 5000. He got il,
ana vas gong To give a note for it.
Never mind that, he said, II you re
honest you IL pay me without 1t. and
II you re dishonest you won't pay me
any how; you're word is all want. ,
That's the kind OF man heis, though
you'd never suspect il If you had any
business dealings with him. You
don't aiean to say you were talking to
him and didn't know who he was
Reckon you don't know much about
Maize there amt many pies down
Eastways that he amt got finger
in"
The two travellers made up their
minds that they had reversed the
usual form. and hal been entertained
by an angel unawares.