Douglas Island news., 1906-11-21
A Stroller Story.

pale nag for which the rapids just above town was named has been dis covered and the cause of the sudden departure of Dave Early from White horse two weeks ago has been revealed. The two explanations are connected ln this way:
 About the first of September Dave Early left here on sort of a"Piigrlm Joe" excursion through the Kluane dis trict. On the road he met man lead ing a grey horse. The horse did not boast of Hamiltonian, Berkshire, White Leghorn or other illustrious ancestry. On the other hand the horse wore sad, faraway, dim and distant look, as though he had skeleton in his closet or broken limb on his family tree.
 As Dave gazed on the sad-eyed horse his bowels were moved with compass sion aud he said unto the man leading the horse:
 "Ownest thou that crowbaitH"
 And the man made answer, and said: "Verily, the steed which thou art pleas ed to designate as a crowbait, Is mine; likewise, also, is the halter mine"
 And Dave, after looking in the horses mouth to see if he was spawned, said unto the man; Name the price thou wautest for the animal and will do business with thee"
 And the man did chuckle within the realms that were beneath his vest and thus did he reply; If, peradventure, thou desirest this noble animal, from which am loath to separate myself, thou caust acquire him by the pay ment to me of thirty dollars"
 And on hearing these words David's heart rejoiced within him and he said unto himself "Howbeit, 1 can take this horse back to Whitehorse and sell him to Bob Lowe for fifty dollars" and he laugh cold and clammy laugh, for David had read David Harum.
 And David delved into the interior of his pants and brought forth thirty bucks, which he handed unto the man, saying: Make me, 1 pray thee, bill of sale that the world may know 1 did acquire this horse by lawful purchase"
 But having nc parchment whereon to write the man promised to make out and forward to David at Whitehorse the desired document.
 And David started with his lately acquired horse toward WhitehOrse, and as he journeyed little bird seated on the ridgepole of his heart warbled a merry lay. and before mile had been covered David spoke unto the horsey saying:
 "If Bob Lowe desirest, my pale beauty, to annex thee to his stables he must come down with seventy five co pecks."
 And asthey journeyed they came to mud hole in the highway into which the horse sunk to the extent of foot or fifteen inches. Neither was he able to extricate himself.
 And it came to pass that David did pull, push and lift most violently, but his efforts availed not.
 And wayfarer journeyed tbat way and he lifted up his eyes and beheld David laboring to e1tricate his horse from the mud, and he did say:
 "I say, old chap! have you gone and bought old Matheusalah? His late owner told me yesterday he intended to lead him out this morning and shoot him."
 And what David said is not found in any book kept in Sunday school libra ries.
 And David paid four dollars to have the horse slain and his remains dragged from off the public highway that trade and traffic might not be held up.
 And he made haste and came to WhitshoTse where he put bis house in order and left on visit to the outside, for unto himself did he say:
 If the story of my horse deal gets to town before get away will be kept buying till am all in."
 And it came to pass shat when David had been fled week or ten days that the following bill of sale did come to town in care of one of bis friends;
 "This is to certify that l, I,--, of Skagway, do sell to D. P. Barley, of Whitehorse, one grey horse known as Jumbo, about 2S years old.-E. J.