The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-06-16
OIR MIDNICHT IlNTOR


My father and Digby sti,E - the
4 scene q the wrecx, but walked over q
GoFilelnains 70 reassure silaiars inlno
q tothe Apialrlllon a. the Whlavw' ne.
opinion, when ! tod hef MI colnclaso
with mine that perhaps the crew Of the
brig knew more a0ont the stranger fnan
he cared tor. we agreed tnat shoulo
Aeep y close eye upon ilih wistio ~ 'e9''ns
hun know ilat ne was wa.ehsa
@bnt on, Archie. she sac, ~ uiuhuA
cess hun Or anger nm whiiF ae carries
tlieni awin weapons. ieinann De douce
md SAT- and no galns:ay nun.
anghed and pEo'nlsed ner 70 % very
lrnaent, wheh re'sssuteH net Z ntue
Otl FuiiaItou walked oack Win INC IN
the nope OF plcklng Up piece OF llmper'
and both ne and my iather patrolIed the
shore Tor many days WITHOUT however,
hnding any prlze o. importance, TOT the
undercurrent on the winners was very
strong, ana everything mao pr0oaniy
'lrifted rlgnt around 10 LAmiasn oay IN
Z Arran
u was WonaerInl now qulcky inc
stranger accommodated himself 70 o9F
insnt'r ways. ana now nselul he naae
Himself about the homesteadlng. Witnin
Fortnight ne knew the lslanu @l'"''st ~
we'll rs ala myself had u nVt osen
for that one unpleasant reconection OF
iFs Sii'pwreck which rankled IN my re-
nleDDrSncs could nave round u IN my
htsIrt 70 become iona OF MIN. ms nature
wis . tropical 0ne-nercely oepresseo NJ
Times, bat Sunny as rule pursuing CON
tinnally into jest and song from pure IN
stinct, m manner Wnlen Is UNKNOWN
among Us nortnernerS IN ms sravsr
moments he was . most interesting com
panton. taisins shrewdly ana eloqnent
ly Of men Had manners. and his own IN
Vulnerable and strange adventures:
have seldom heard more brilliant
eonverSatlonlst. VI an evening ne womb
Keep my father ana myself spelIOonnd
BY the Kitchen hre Tor hours and
hours, while he ehatted away IN adesul'
tory fashion and smoked his cigarettes
I seemed to me that the packet he had
brought with him on the hrst night must
have consisted entirely Of tobacco
noticed that IN these Conversations
which were mostly addressed to my 10
TIER. rsrd uneonsc:ously perhaps to play
nlsyn the weak side Of the old mans IA.
ture Tales OF cumming, OF smartness, Of
vET'ons ways In which maaE1nd had
btth cheated Hnn money gHlned came
must readliy to bis lips. ana were rel
isitd by an eager listener could not
help one night renarkins npon u when
laughing bo7rSriy and vibrating with
ainn-euient over sOlne story o. how the
Bi'e'tyan peasants will strap lanterns to
abuliocks horns, and. taking the beast
some distance inland on stormy night,
will make II pranee and rear 90 that the
slip. at sea may Imagine i % be the
lights Of vessel and steer feariessly in
that direction, only to IND themselves
on rOck bound coast.
.'Ton shouldn't tell such tales to an
old man, said.
MY dear fellow, he answered very
kindly, "yon have seen nothing o. the
world yet You have formed hne ideas,
no donbt, ana notions OF dellcacy and
such things, and you are very dogmAtic
about them. Is clever men OF your age
always are had notions or right and
wrong once, but It has been all knocked
ont Of me IT'S just a sort OF Varnish
winch the rongn friction OF the world
soon rnbs OH ! started with whole
soul, bat there are more gashes and
seams and scars in It now than there are
IN my body, and that's pretty fair. a.
you'll allow with which he pulled open
his tunic and showed me his chest.
Good heavensr J said. "How on
earth did you get thOsef
This was . bullet" he said, pointing
70 deep blush pucker underneath bis
collar bone. 81 got II behind the barri-
eades 10 Berlin In eighteen hundred
and torty-etght. Langenback said It
Just missed he subelayian artery. And
this. be went on, indicating pair Of
curious elhptieal seats upon his throat,
was bite from sioux chief. when ]
was under Custer on the plains-Fve got
an arrow wound on my leg from the
same party. This ts from mutinous
Lascar aboard ship, and the others are
mere scTatches--Cali vaccination
marks. You can excuse my being little
ready with my own irons. though, when
I've been dropped 90 often"
whats thisT ! asked. pointing 10
little channels leather bag which was
hung by strong cord around his neck.
sit looks like charm"
He 6uttoued up his tunic again hasti.
y. looking extremely Disconnected ut