The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-27


As could an when got within ten niles
! buried the hull on Il IN place ! marked.
'ceps the dfmunds. an about forty.nvs
ranch. an sent fur Pete an set him on
It with thero' bred cattle an horses, as ne
longed fur. Thar he j. now, an hes got
three wives an Is a big injun- cum nun
to make CELEBRATIONS.
After repIen.shing tho fire and filing
up again. l asked whether thai Indian
legend was not open 70 doubt, ne sAaa.
Now that's what ] hate in you, Anus a.
douhtin.' you're q natural born skepuc.
didn't tell yer seed il. an got some %
tie stun not two mile from here nurled n
rowed q sick Teller as he'd consumpsnun
around the islands IN Auskcky. an ne was
always reading aloud TO me book as ne
the ark angels a iieksn' Satan an MS
gang. an l believe the hull on 1t. Now /!
h'lieve comets is them bad ange.s. an
that air one OF ISIS was sneak thief IS
he'd hooked the door knob ofYen some gold
ian mansion up thar in che or them shin
in worlds as We see millions on ms mint
ings good angel p'liceman was chasin,
on him, an he Jest chucked that air god
ball SOS he'd git a better gait on mat
ho ro please aa s hm s sad tha. !, now looked
quite reasonable but what steps had we
better take. as I supposed our midnight
He said: IN course. an that's what l got
you here fur. Now l want you TO git up
a han bin. an say on top, in big Letters tiers
Il go recruits wanted" an say. sure
thing" an say "thousan' dollars month
an grub an fifty thousan' dollars
bounty at end OF enc years sarvice." an
say only good men wanted. sound in wind
need apply" An say $40 application Zee
strictly required" be sure of that now.
that's the main pint An, say "a soilm
name ar Gineral afterwards. an yourn
with Northumberland. You see there'n
De thousands apply an Wen weed 'em out,
but hang On to the $40 every time. an Wen
git Winchesters an gatiins an go arter
that gold. But what bothers me is that ar
oath. Now mebbe you could git that up
better nor me-
Here I modestly protested. although l
had heard efficacious words, both simple
ard compound. used to conquer balky
horses and scoiding women. Here he in
terrnpted me with. / don't mean that kind
or do you s'pose 10 want any help from
sech as you? What We want is sumthin'
to bind the, men TO our secret. and thort
mebbe you knowed how they done 1t In
some OF them secret societies.
II then admitted that in the green days
OF youth had made a study of srich mat
tiers. and that II was very likely We could
invent something sufficiently sanguinary
my memory to give him the reported rites
of the ancients. the Egyptian mysteries.
also mentioned the Druids. Baal. Odin and
other worthless as WELL American Indian
seemed TO please our old friend. l also gave
him hint of the powerful influence of
bread and salt, and drew up synopsis Of
the Nehme Gercht Of the middle ages that
Scott describes; but particularly dwelt on
the strength Of the exchange of blood that
seemed TO be common 70 NEST primitive
peoples as likely TO fiji the bill.
That's our huckleberry he said:
that's the dose TO give EN-. an We'll dig
up pile driver 20 stand EN- under an
keg Of powder underneath 'em, with five
TIN. ranfv. bod hv-n
volver AZ each ear. an I'll stan behind
with fresh ground scythe an you'll gin
'em each oath to swaller as II make 'em
our meat
Here l asked him IL he thought that his
weight OF years was likely to tell against
him In this great undertaking. and whether
he felt capable OF commanding such body
OF wild fellows as we needed? He was
just lighting his pipe with a brand. and
Jumped to his feet and waved his truncheon
aloft: then MS face looked fierce enough for
of men? cum of f.in' stock: my grand
sire was a French juke Of the name OF
De Leveur, an old family: my granddam
on one side was a Mohawk chiefs darter,
an I'm only 81 years old. an tough as
hickory. My folks was long livers; dad
was killed at barnraising when he was IL
years old. cause a durn fool hit him In
the head with pike pole by axident. when
he was driv.n' pins on top with twenty
four pound commander. an knocked him
off the plate; but he fired that sledge ~
the feUer as re Tell an Killed him. Dad
lit on pile of shingles an bruk his neck
an sot 'em afire. Ny mann died when she
was 1877 from fits what took her when she
was a-cuttin' her second set OF teeth. Nv
uncle At ag'in Boney in the Yankee rebel
lion. at Lundy's Lane. IN blood M TO his
armpits an they rolled 'em NJ like log
heaps an burnt 'em. watches an all.
was born with a full set OF teeth. an ct
pound of dried beef 70, supper. and they
he'd 10 cut my hair to make me look de-
cent when the w.mmen cum 20 see NAV the
first Sandy
"After a bit pacifed him and got him TO
lie down on his couch Of houghs after TAX
ing nightcap. and asked him TO talk no
more unless he gave me his scheme for dis
posing OF this immense store Of gold as II
would likely unset the financial world and
Is TO would be dead issue.
HE said: Gimme that air ag'in'-glug-
elug- glug-T'n tell We what TT do when
scoop that air not: I'll buy them govern
ment b'ildin's down to Cttowsy. an I'll
make a loonatfc ASYLUM on t. an I'll shet
them durr fools up as Is runnin' our ken
try an I'll paw the national debt. an I'll
plant a row OF elk hundred Founders all
along our lire ap'in the Yankees Test five
rods apart an TT shat 10 all the napers
as tells lies about Klordike an I'll be
boss an'-snnre--you shall he treasurer an
--snore-ef YOU know any decent fellers--
herrlock krot-as is friends Of vourn an
amt liars I'll let 'em in on the ground
floor Sawm.li IN full blast Mas was
asleep."-Toronto Farm and Fire side