Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-06-02
THE MoULrINa SEASON
IT. n W. in North west Magazine,

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class, so Western as to be within SOUND
Of the boom of the Pacific, when
the land boom subsidized sufficiently
To allow one to hear it, began my very
auperfc;al acquaintance with Mr.. Anda-
rews. Mr.. Andrews sold me a PINK
slab of salmon for breakfast and there
WAS but one fish on his STALL had not
seen the man in town before or should
have noticed the aldermanic figure, bris-
ting moustache and equally fierce eye
brows that could not shade the holiness
Of the eyes. If had gone down to meef
the incoming boat the evening before, IN
company with he mayor and other male
citizens of Edensport, who turn out III
force each day to see what eastern capt.
alist a kind providence has brought TO
town, I should have seen the family
man. wife and child-leave the city oil
Edensport with other investors. Mr.
Andrews contracted for bis stall that
n;p.,t. and invested part OF his dollar
and half OF capital in the salmon, get
ting it from fisherman at the wharf.
of the wife and thin-legged daughter
know little, except that they lived in
room back of the stall
The next morning Andrews had REIN
vested, and beside salmon, ne had
bucket of fresh CLANS, with bead on
them. The third morning an exquisltely
elittering heap OF tiny American sardines,
more CLANS and more salmon. After
that the resources OF the stall increased
with all the regularity of "the house that
Jack built" Eggs, chickens and wild
birds we're gradually added. Mrs. Anda-
rews. woman Of determined aspect,
cleaned my ducks for me and plucked
nv snipe After a month, when fruit
from California and butter from certain
ST. Paul creamery were on the other side
of the stall from the fish, Mrs. Andarews
told me politely that she could dress nc
more snipe for me, they took too long
AS in Edensport we have no servants
fbis was knock down blow, and afte
that skinned my own snipe and wal
less enthusiastic about presents OF game
One afternoon, about two months ate
this. | was down town and noticed tina
the stall was closed up; few minute
later saw the Andrews coming towar'
me. They were walking hand in hand
husband and wife linked by the it'll
pirl. They moved slowly along the mai
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dead and dying attracted their interest
Mr.. Andrews wore suit of well-cu
gray cloth, a high SLOUGH hat and car
ried cane; Mrs. Andarews cloth dres
and close velvet bonnet, and Miss Anda.
rews cracked in white dress and petit
coats, violently starched. They saunter
ed with apparent Inconsistencies past
the closed stall, far down the main street
where it merges into ruin Of fre-black.
ened stumps.
The same evening they left for Seattle.
knew this by the Seattle Post from
which clipped the frllowing paragraph.
1t was not, as hoped, in relation to the
real estate outlook of Edensport: "Mr.
l.. ID. Andrews, late of Edensport. ia
now staying with his wife and daughter
at the new Occidental Hotel. Mr.. Anda.
rews is well known for his shrewd min
ing ventures being himself an EXPERT
mineralogist. He is now preparing for
an exploring expedition into the mining
region OF the Okanogan Country, where
he will prospect for iron, and he hints at
reasons for expecting to find We. more
valuable metal. Mr.. Andrews is man
OF wide experience-was at one time
sheriff Of Nye County, Nevada, where he
owned large mining interests, part of
which he sold last year to Senator Hearst
for fifty thousand dollars. After this he
met with unexpected reverse in the mat
ter OF the Diamond Dew mines, and for
the last few months has not been active
iy engaged in the profession in which he
teels.such an ardent interest.
mr.. Andrews has kindly promised to
send the Post all the information about
his present undertaking that will not be |
actually prejudicial to his interests. We
confidently hope that he may be the
means Of discoving and the Post Of max
ing known one more great resource to
add to the endless list of natures boun-
ties to this favored region"
To Estimate Width OF Streams.