The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09


boy. cannot. no, / cannot
WHY. doctor. you're hyasterical. SAD
+ Nobody wants you 10 SO hack On
voafr government We understood all
that the other night. Am | trying 10 rob
your government Are y9a. II yoa 30 as
! suggested No. We are simply acting
in way that VIII, I trust, prevent few
AMBITIOUS rsn cntng thing they VIII
later regrst. for you and | both know
they czunat triumph. They car only pre-
eipitAse 3 war that will he for tiEae a
naaxar-s Of whites ~ Indians; later tae
expulsion Of al British from this region.
perhaps from all Canada, and retaliation
On the Indians. England couldn't whip
the states seventy-nSe years ago nor thir-
~ wears ago Sae cant 90 IL row. WY
. let these hstheadS place her N din1cuity
where SIZE is bound 10 lose and you IN
position that means everlasting as
grace and infarny? Vow. you've
been breeding over THIS thihx an
the time we've been away. You've
weakened. Here is case where
he who hssilafes is lost II sou think l
ara adyis ug you wrongly. call tn Mckay.
/ haven't heard him say word about
this matter. but Iii trust 20 his horse
sense. Shall send for him."
No" groaned the doctor. No! Don't
SEND for anybody. III do what YOU sug-
gested. but this diplomacy husiness-ihis
double-faeedness--boy don't like that.
Faith. an l DON'T"
why, doctor. you're sorry you made
such an explosion at the table the other
night, aren't you? And you can tel these
men so, can't your"
NO. I'm nos sorry. me boy. I'm sorry
] didn't bitch me Lord Peel out the win
dow. He insulted me. He
Doctor. l won't hear another word.
For man holding your position. you
made a id fool of yourself the other
night. and /, your best friend. tell you OF
il to your face. II was TO the credit OF
your manhood. I'll allow, but 1t wasn't
diplomacy. Now, / don't want any more
high ard mighty moral explosions
from you. I want diplomacy. Do You
go straight and say 10 Capt. PARK ana
Lieut.. Peel that You were nasty the
other evening; that you have tnonght
! il over and have decided to send sealed
answer TO Capt. Gordon; that you de-
sire they bear this message 10 him.
and that no account must they
interfere with affairs in your territory
until they have conferred with him.
Yes But what about my answer TO
him? Faith. boy, an when they know
the substance Of that, won't there be an
explosion?'
Suppose there is. You won't hear it.
doctor. You'll be too far away. Mckay
| and | will be in danger, not you. Now
go. Tel them the message Will be ready
tomorrow morning, and be sure you ex-
| act from them a promise TO not discuss
this matter further with any one save with
| me until they have seen Gordon
A little later Park came up to me on
| the old parade ground, where was
| pitching Quoiis with one Of the clerks,
| and drew me to one side.
| What did you say to the old mann
why, captain, / gave him a talking
| to-
We'll you must. He's as crawfshy as
| you please now Actually seemed sorry
| for that huIlabaioo he made the other
| night. Says he'll have sealed answer
10 send 10 Capt. Gordon ready tomorrow
/ morning. oh, and by the way, you and
| Mckay are TO accompany Us. You were
| not slow to arrange matters so as TO
/ bring yourself 10 the attention of our
! high officials, / see. That's right Get
| On when you can. That's my motto.
| / made no answer save 10 shake my
| head mysteriousiy, laugh and wink at
| the captain. and he calling me a shrewd
/ one slapped me en- the back in patron
! iging way and strutted of.
| We got an early start the following
| morning and L could see both Park and
| Peel were in great haste to reach the
America and deliver their message. We
were going overland. and although We
must travel $50 miles or more by canoe
and trail l knew would not be more
! than eight days going. for the reason
that We went by canoe SO much OF the
way. going north down the Columbia 10
: The C0wliz, thence northeast up that.
! then over the divide sixty miles TO the
! Nisauaity. and thence down TO and up
! the Sound 10 the vicinity of WILDLY
/ island, where the America lay. In the
/ frs. rapids OF the Cowlitz I managed to
fall overheard and by this trick delayed
| the party three or four hours while 1
| built fire and dried my clothes. The
| next morning two Of our paddles were
| missing let Park, Peel, even Mckay.
| think some skuiking Indian had stolen
| them although | myself had arisen in
/ the night and sent them adrift down the
/ river I would have sent a canoe, but
/ that / knew would be seen and stopped
/ ~ morning. 1t was nearly noon when we
| completed the new paddles and started.
/ ON the trail across 10 the NIsquaily l had
so many sick spells We were i've days in
/ making that sixty miles. which could
] have been made in three In one way and
J another l managed II so We consumed
/ four days more, or twelve days altogeth-
er. In fact IL was late In the afternoon
Of the twelfth day that sighted the
! America lying at her anchorage near the
mouth OF the Snohomish river near the
/ present site Of the city OF Everett and
/ with the high. rocky island. now known
/ as Gedney. lying between X and WILDLY.
/ when we came out Al the mouth Of the
/ NiSqually. Park wanted 20 go back TO
Tumw8ter. near the present site of oym-
pl4 the present capital OF Washington.
and see q chief named Kitsap. who was
encar,p+d there and opposite the present
site 90 ;h. City of Seattle he wanted 10
stop aad hold conference with Sealth. or
seattle. then the most powerful chiefta!n
In that reg or. bat ! was not feeling any
better than had soon after starting.
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