Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-01-06
AM EvgNIMo RArH.
Made Into Terror by an unsympa-
thetic Besst Of a Bog.

OF the Columbia yacht club, during
post-prandiai seance on the clubs
wharfboat last summer. says the
Chicago Times. He didn't look as
though he had gone through any
particularly narrowing experiences.
but the Colum bian fellows are a rood
audience till 2 tale is done and so
they listened and he continued.
'.l1 been out sailing with certain
member Of this club whom / won't
name, but who is the only man in it
capable OF keeping d bloodthirsty
bulldog on his boat and the
racontcur directed q fierce glance
into the foF'ard starboard corner 81
the club barge-''and as we we're
shorthaaded I'd worked like fore
mast hand on u lumber hooker All
afternoon.
1--WE got into the basin late, furlcd
sail and made ali snug, cooked us a
bite, and sat on the afterdeck smok.
ing and resting. That Internal dog,
was fawning around me in the most
friendly manner and / was feeding
him scraps Of meat in the fond belief
that ! was sealing a friendship that
might some day prove convenient if
not valuable
Well. the gentleman who owned
the ship and the dog being too law
torow ashore decided to stay aboard
all night, and asked me TO stay like
wise. ! live away ont south. and
was tired and the friend does have
comfortable quarters in his cabin
and so | consented. Al iii o'clock
we decided to turn in 1t was a
beautiful night. It had been bit
cool all day, but a south wind had
blown up and it was a case or August
weather again. / got about ready 10
turn in-he was already under
blankets and snoozing like q cook
boy when looked out the coInpan-
ionway and over the water Ii
looked awfully inviting so Inviting
that | forgot how chilly it had been
all day and for several days past
and forgot several other things. in
Guiding that dog which had disap
peared somewhere up forward and
gone to sleep.
'.Anyway, with the spell of the
beautiful night and the convenient
water beside me. cnucked or ms
clothes, put rough towel on the
seat in the cockpit turned m tile
blankets of my bunk. then went Oh
deck amidships and took header of
into the seductive blue water SHIN
mering in the moonlight.
Well. say, I've fallen through the
ice while skating. but the sensation
wasn't in il with that I experienced
when landed in old Michigan and
my cuticle nerves had = chance 70
communicate sensations to the rest
Of my system. Cold? II must have
been near the freezing point. Icame
up and struck out for the bot-stav
about Is lively IS / ever did any
thing, and when / grabbed the rat
lines and hoistcd myself out Of the
water that baIray south breeze
seemed to have changed TO northcr.
! didn't lose any time climbing up ID
the bowsprit, ] can tell you, but just
as ] stepped on deck there was rush
and growl and that cursed dog
made dash at my bare shanks will
his mouth wide open and all the
bristles on his neck on end
Il was freezing by this time. Ms
teeth were chattering and the wire
stays were cutting into me like
knives. There was only one thing
left to do. had to yell to my late
friend understand. / say late To
come and call his dodgasted dog OIL
Oh! he came out--afser ! had re-
sponses from dozen different vessels
around and the life-saving crew were
burning blue lights TO ice where the
agonized howls came from Yes, he
came out and went into q paroxysm
Of that inane, driveling. blithoring.
idiotic laughter that betokens pri-
mary paresis. He had siege OF it.
1T lasted half an hour Oh So Then
as nc heard the sailors on the Mfchi-
gan called to quarters to rig search
lights and lower boats nc caught his
breath and called his ID dog of.
What do ! want? Whisky; lots
Of it. I've got the quiuine ia my
pocket and p!asters all over my per.
son. IL ! escape pneumonia mayn't
have anything worse than innamma.
tory rheumatism, but either Of 'em's
preferable to hydrophobia, and that's
all the choice | had "