The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-10-24
A FISHERMAN
COMES TO TOWN

He was dressed in a hat and
other clothes and drove into town
few days ago. 1t was evident
that he came from the Oregon side
by the piscatorial odor the out fit
emitted. He hitched his team be-
hind the depot, and went over in
the shade of Isham's Opera House
to discuss a noon-day snack.
The cannon ball came thunder
ing along at the rate of two or three
miles a month; the team took
fright, broke loose and split the air
at 1.3o gait. They didn't lool: fast
when they were fast, but there was
in them a surprising storage bat
terry of speed. He saw the game,
made dash and caught the rear
endgate, climbed in and while the
outfit was splitting the air, and fly
ing from one side of town to the
other in a terrific way, he worked
his way to the front, but the lines
were down, slapping around the
horses heels and melting them to
nobler efforts. Presently they took
a straight shoot down Main street
towards the red head light. Al
Butts saw it coming and with reck-
less disregard of life and limb, eros
sed himself, and jumped into the
breach. He got the nigh horse by
the bit, but could not check the
onward course of the avalanche.
He was bumped and swirled
around in a most uncermonious
style for about 100 feet, and had
commenced to yell like Populist,
for some one to come and help him
let go.
George Dew is from Boston and
hadn't had a chance to distinguish
himself since he came west. The
blood of long line of Bunker Hill
ancestors surges in Georges veins
and when he saw it coming his
mind was fred with thoughts OF
Paul Revere, Stonewall Jackson,
} and old Thermopylae. On came
the frightened hurricane of madden
r ed horses and bouncing, bounding,
> skipping, humping vehicle. Pale
as death, with hair streaming and
, a look of inexpressible agony upon
< his face. sat the man who was being
hurried with terrific speed and GER
: tainty into the valley of death. He
: had at home a loving, patient wife
;, and a sweet little baby whose COO
S ing notes were held back for papa s
/ coming. George had 'em, too; and
mighty, noble resolve took posses
:" sion of him. He said, What tol
have l been umpire of the Caldwell
Base Ball team, that should trem
). bic and shrink from a thing like
:, this? Meantime the man IN the
wagon grew paler and Al Butts was
) hopping around like the loose enc
J. of an fashioned fail. George
nerved himself, made one terrific
high jump and landed next to tn,
off horses ear. He grasped 1t, and
at was swept from his feet. For tn
A. space of 80 rods, he and Al Wer'
= irving to out do each other at thu
p fail business. One of the hame
l. struck George on the cheek ant
n furrowed it. The neck yoke tool
h. him one in the groin and paralyzet
- his right leg. The off line switch
IL ed around and the buckle put on
N of his eyes out of business. HI
o. hat was gone, and there were larg
as rents in his Office clothes, througI
6 which the air whistled right mer
- rily. The team stopped: Georg
l. hastily said little, "Now l lay m
el- down to sleep" collected hi
m thoughts and other appurtenances
D. and turned anxiously to see abou
in the poor man in the wagon wh
49, had thus miraculously been save
nc from the Jaws of hell. George ha
er made up his mind that when tn I,
be noor man, overcome by gratitude
ire would offer to give him his tart
and team and wife and baby, b