The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20

ness in reading Because Of the evil nature
OF his fast be could not read his Gaelic
Bible. 50 he ferrsTed up bundle OF DR.
Dunlops political pamphlets and slowly
spelled out az much of their meaning Is ne
could About the middle Of the forenoon he
opened on the arsztrary Canada Company
and rallied at II with fierce Celtic eloVience.
Betsy listened cutifugiy and in the mean
time dressed chicken for dinner. She put
II on TO stew over the open fireplace and
made light batter for doughboys. Gideon
talked constantly and waseFed every move
meni with wcl.lsh eyes. Tie odor from the
bupoisHg POI set every nerve in his rebells-
Gus digestive system quivering. and when
Ann and Sarah came home for their din
ner II was torture TO see their enjoyment
or the meal. He never realized before what
ravenous and expensive eaters they were.
Finally. his anger broke loose. and as ne
seeded his iron gray wfliskers bristled with
rage OF course he talked In Gaelic. and
al who know the vituperative power OF
that language can realize the narrator's
sorrow al being obliged to eonfine himself
toa feeble English paraphrase.
Doughooys with saieTatus in them. and
saleratus costing a dollar A pound. Is IL
any wonder l haven't been able TO make
the last payments on the farm with such
extrayagant goings on? You used 10 be
now nothing hut sa.eratus will suit your
white bread as If wheat wasn't worth s.
bushel and sait-salt with every mouth
fui, though il costs so barrel
We ali work hard enough. father, to get
our board" said Betsy, who. as acting mo-
Their Of the family, could take the liberty
to reason with her father, and IL your
heart was not full OF foolish anger you
would be glad TO see us eating
Silence! he commanded in a voice that
made them all tremble. for he was a true
Scotch father and his word was law. Then
feeling ashamed OF himself, he set them
the example OF being silent
For supper the irritating Betsy cooked
potato cakes. Gideon's favorite dish, and
as they Drowned in the oven pan before
the fire the smell of them made him pace
up and down the room like a mailman.
Betsy and her sisters were truly sorry for
him, but he Yves bringing ii all on himself,
anu their sympath!es were rot as deep as
they might have been They ate their po-
tato cakes and cold ham without undue
osteniation, however. for they really feared
their fathers temper. When they had fin
isied their supper, they stole away to bed,
and Gideon did the same.
1t was in vain that he tried to take his
mind from the gnawing in his stomach, and
MS steep was broken by Wild dreams. for a
starving man will see visions be he fool or
mahatma. AT first he dreamed over the
wild voyage of forty days that brought him
from Scotland to the wilderness. The
waves were tossing about him YEARLY, and
then came the terrible news that cholera
had broken out among the passengers Hor-
ror piled upon horror until at last a huge
ship bore down upon them. cut their
schooner in two and impaled Gideon
through the stomach with its howsprit He
awakened with scream that brought his
daughters to his side. but he sternly babe
them to return to bed.
He must have found an easier position
the next time, for his dream was happier.
Once more he was on his beloved Scottish
hills, far from the lonely forest covered
levels of Canada, and was hurrying home
10 his mothers "bothan." She. was at the
door TO greet her wanderer and kissed him
on both cheeks as she led him In. She
brought out the huge boiled brake ham
and the oatcakeS and because he was so
weary and faint jug OF good whisky and
a cake of dry cheese. While she sought for
a horn cup she crooned love words to him,
as If he were child again. and he waken-
ed. The tears were In his eyes, and now
there was something tearing at his heart
strings as well as gnawing at his stomach
After this he slept from sheer exhaustion