The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08

6efor0e4 8o0naew No4e 80 ~
Festng ~ . Phystetan.
s%, AisINC sha waEs4~ said :he re-
tE( formed voxn1sr. is . pre6seEa
Inn taaas assen eonsroa.s ne-4 wao
have besn cut GA txo or tAres
| aays racket. asa4 tie rsearss that wegs re-
sorted 10 ey soxns fellows I used 30 kncw
Essofs l sttlisa down wE-e iasens5s1s
enough 10 have been sortay CT better
!. czA-sse saan the ussse satisfaction u Al at
normal craving Ter drink Gxse case re-
Hs sssfser IA nay osn sxggrssnce Was rather
unusual. and 1 eoa's mind telling you
about IL"
Somebody touched the bell. and after the
drank3 had been brought and We bad sss-
teEas1 TO short dissertation by TIE sx-
FOUNDER On The bszsssssfa 10 h-e derived from
sticking 10 soft ssasY." be began his story:
VOC remember. that Is some e yeu in.
asad the rest have 10 doab, bean ted II
often ersctigs." SAID the narrator. that far
tso or three years / h!s up a pretty lively
pace arsaun1 town I had q ncuher cf
queer adventures during that time. bat the
Gre that impressed .ss@If On my mind is
what I'm about 30 tell you u. II hap
pezaed al the end of spree that had lasted
about snur days. during wniS1 time We fnsy
companion WAS an sx pf.zesig ntsrs Tad gone
down the une leaving q weii-hiaxsd trali
Deatsad ~ We had been isariy arrested
fog attempted fssass-bgesktng On account
OF Eftie mistake ahoGf a street and num-
bar. and had bssn ejesies srou, az aI-asght
restaurant because the proprietor Gs3a't
think we showed sufficient respect for his
glassware.
Our experience Included scrap with a
cabman, wao tried 10 oyercAarge us. and
one OF his pals. Ny puglistic friend toos
a distinct delight IL finishing CT both ot
TIC ;sEus with but slight assistance from
rae. although | remember that at TIE time
/ assumed The greater share Of the tn
umph Of The victory. Wen. We flnaHy
wound u2 in Tenderloin saloon ana be
, gan 10 realize that our finances were at a
iox sbb. We had each Of Va started agst
with a pretty respectable roll. but you
know how money goes when you re knock
lug around.
We he'd a consultation. the upshos OF
which Was that We decided 10 go 10 a
Turkish bath and sober up We had jlzs
enough moBey isf. to pay for our baths
ard few drinks. AS you may suppose.
i; didn't take las long 90 go completely
broke 10 The bath We kept on ordering.
| however. and began 10 figure on now
were going to get some money 10 pay our
continually increasing score and carry Us
along fer while after We LEFT the bath.
Finally We decided that a certain man
We both knew would be sure 20 stand for
"a touch. so we coliabora;ed on an inpa~-
sscued appeal 10 him by a messenger boy
As almost invariably happens IA such
cases. the messenger returned with the in
formation tina; he couldn't find the parry
We haA no money to pay the boy so we
wrote another r5te 10 another friend who
we thought might help Us and sent him or
again. Things were beginning 10 lcck des-
perate by this time. The manager of the
! bath wouldn't serve Us any more drinks
on credit. and se were in a condition tha,
! made drink every fifteen minutes or 80
| seem Indispensable.
| 1T was Just al this point that the luck
! that takes care Of drunken men came 10
| Cur aid. You know my name is the sarle
| as THAT OF a weil-known physician tn town.
| and In those days / was known 10 most
| OF my acauaansances by the nickname Of
| Doc-
| We'll. Just after We had started our mes
senghr boy on his second trip. a big. fat
| boosmaker. who had nothing bur money,
| and whom we both knew by sight came
/ III from TIE hof roam. As he etarte8 20
step down into ths plunge his foot siipss@i
| on the marble and be took the fight ef
| steps on the small Of his back. A couple
| OF raoeers fishssi him out and helped him
IL q couch. where he lay gr2anarr and
swearing. He had been pretty baby
] shaken up and frightened By the fall. AMI
| wanted a doctor. The rufsbers had heard
| fny friend call me Dos. and also by my
last nanse. 50 they jumped to the coneia-
sSSTs traf L was the real thing.
They told tae tssokmakar that DR. ----
| was I'm the hath AZ the moment and ina,
| they would call him. We had overheard
| the conversation. and my friend SAT-; 10
| ne: Now. II yoa don't BLUM tals out AMI
| pun BITS leg for some dough FRA done with
! sdu+ JAss then tht rubber came ap ana.
asketi me II wasn't Dr. -~~
Why, yea.' l said, what's wartear
| Tas r1zizsser explained. ard | went over
| Amer humping and mailing the book
| maker IN what / considered n very profes-
| Esonal manner. told him thAi ns was nos
| internally injured. but that he had Received
| a severs shock, told alma thai plenty OF
| the steam roam and Massage would bring
| bin around ali rsgat We'll. aocew' said
! he. wtsrl | had finished my axaraissafi ors
! what's yosr feEs'
oh, my regular charge h $50 said /
/ alrsiy. 'ass in esse like this T. 'Nou~
| sense salf the hookmaser. he aea, To-
| the drawer IN which as Ys!ualslss xsra
/ locked, When Il arrived De took out a ron
/ a. tag year arm and ha AIDED over 2 a.,
note. l may say. rareu.he fseaiIy that h,s
! wss about fun IA xe were.
we dressed Fight away and, grlng 1egn
| 10 the desk. setsiAsi our hsfl. Tras. manager
| nearly threw q 81 when we flashed thn "a,
| We didn't sose any time getting cur. as xe
were pretty SIRE he wouldn't stand for ne
| aoctor game II &c haari ahons IT, ON taa
| SOS. again empty handed We ya4a hin
nni lei him SO Waiter. take the orders
/ Mines TicaY and milk York Fsvsa-