The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30
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III ~ look at has belly, yeu
IL will see that IL IL col
ored yellow. just like
gold, and that there are little yellow
knobs Ont he end 81 every one Of ther1
little prangx you 80 sticking up ever his
back. New. LEI me Tell you something"
Tie words came from q returned kicn~
0aksr who was standing IL front of
the window az a railroad office on
James street last week. and with
several others VIE locking ~
bag In small batfie OF alcohol, labeled
- kloaaske gold bag" The KIondlksr
xesumse: s0ne 81 those little creatures.
that scHk Nike the buga you sec on cab
baee Ieavsa back in Iowa--sxaetly the
same as that ia tho bottIe-was worth
mere 70 me last summer than any farm
J ever saw
..it was this way: One day, after had
Seen uorktnS hard for a week on small
eprtng cI>An-up. ! look a notien would
stay In my shack and rest II was
warm day. and the sun shone Through
the door ard over the nsor. 1 was lying
In my hunk looking at nothing Ia partic-
MAR. when my eye caught one Of them
bugs cfawitnK over the dtrt~~I didn't have
any boards on my floas--foward the cen
Ter OF the room. He was going slow; and
having nothing elsa To do. thought I
would watch and see what he would do.
Well, the critter shifted around awhile
and then started TO dig straight down In
the ground. right toward where had =
couple Of small sacks Of dust cached.
You ought TO have sesn NY eyes stick
OUT But thought, No. II cant be that
that bug smeit that gold and is digging
for It.. But the thought was enough go
make me give the sarusint a trial. So !
took him w and laid him on the table.
Then dug up one IT them sacks and
buried IL agnin. this time In a different
place. then put the bag near the door
and let him begin his crawling again. Do
You know. that bug walked right over
The sack l had just covered with dirt
and began 20 dig down again.
THAT was enough for me. and you
couldn't have bought that bug for thou-
sands. I lust took him np ard ont to
where thought there ought TO be a vein
OF gold below and set him down That
was IN tho saornifg, and 4 stayed there
TIL pketfy ~ A. dark watching HIS capern.
He must have crawied over 10 40 feet
In thai time. aud lust "a I Was getting
ready 90 give III, the sob and the bug with
Il. hs started 10 dir, I stayed up all night
watching that spot. and the next day got
my shovel and commenced 10 follow the
hnie started By the bug I hadn't got
down mere than eight feet before I ran
Into = ledge that was cerker. and.
dent mind telling you. friiers. didn't
come out from the kiandike broke this
time"
Il NAN was al,tAg In . comfertabis
chair the ether day al the Hotel
Northern. He WAS N the front part Of the
lobby. facing one Of the big plate glass
windows. After the fashion OF the genuine
American irsye.er he haE propped his feet
on the window all In his hand was a
hoax. the latest and most thrilling novel
Of tire das, Now and then, as he turned
= page or came to the end Of chapter.
he glanced ont nj the cr9wds going by on
The street aud sidewalk. and r he thought
81 them at all Il was TO contrast their
presaie lie with the glowing romance OF
the book he was reading
A stranger came and sat down near him
lie was = snaas 81 msciam height. with a
well knit muscular frame. a CHAR. steady
eye. a face tanned and hyonxsa by sun and
wind. and mouth whose Arm INES we're
nos altogether hidden by the tawng mus
tashe fie wore a plain business salt OF
eetaa rsush ~eelen stun. pair Of stout tan
shoes. Ills bat Was la his hand. and bis
hair fell law over his forehead. As he
drew BIS chair TO the window, the novel
seaier glanced al him. There IL no fo-
nance IN that man. sssf the novel reader
That Ia where tac novel reader was ms-
taken.
Fur that plain. strong mar had Come To
tae hetes IN The morning fresh and glow
inK with the hepe ot \ great happiness,
AMI = the evening he had eene back worn
ard sad 1t heHfs. Ne himself told his
story 20 the writer, ard II lest nothing IN
the telling. Five y~are agu he ifyea IN Sc
stsie. Here he ssast a tssssns AID beautiful
ksel he fesi IL love With her. ass:i BIS
lase was retnrael TEey sgsemt many hap.
py TsVs together on the bay or by ths
lake shee@. "a tha PARKS or IN her modest
hone tias he wss fsoor ana they mist
wall. An cRparfaniss cane - hsna 90 20
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tTHsst assurances. A. m@mshs aud wears
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mise that snsAs him 81 uss3senaxe An
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