The Ketchikan miner., 1907-06-01
ClIRl0

-CarIo WAS. good many years ago. apprentice boy so the publisher of | newspaper, who afterwards bSs- came governor 0s i Territory, As a o.ay Cagio WAS credited wIth being able 10 coneoc. and aeeonlplish unore mischief in an hour than could be
 asoaed for in life time. As an apprentice 10 old Col.--. the reg ular routine consisted. principally, of being discharged one Gsy and hir- sd over again the next. continuing for ! long succsSsion of weeks and months. until line latter finally ran into yeag>- u is proper 10 state ln that connection that |. generally owed his frequent reinstatement 10 the kindly offices of The Colonel : wife. with whom. o.WishStAnSiing his miSehieso,lS propenSisiss. he was something of favorise. h iacs, he co1nmeuced being fav0rise with the ladies when very young. fact owing 10 doubt 70 the general olsseSiness which afflicted him ard melted their sympathy. The Colonel was s man 0t generous impulses. honest and conscientious. but quick to anger, and terribly pgOtane. Cario is ready to solemrly affirm that on one occasion when. inc colonel had written An article 1euunciasevy Q. the Initial iurasion of the medical profession by she female sex, and he sCurio} had charged several words. srau>po>eC
 ,he le1ars of others ard 50 disfgureSi she article that II ser the whole town io aa uproa-. aud the friends ard admirers Of ,he pioneer pe,,ieoat pill -s4ker began "a eongreg4le about the office with horse whips ard other instruments of warfare after looking over his syntax. as corrected 4n6improved by C.-with a single blast of profanity he raised Saeh smell Ot birthstone that even he .'davil' fed in terror from his uzesenee. a1d netsr ven.ared back. However. all things hare an end & well Is ] beginning. and the good old Colonel's kind hearted wife found herself unable .o protect ClrIo from
 ! final and un4pqealable dismissal
 The last hair broke the c2uel's back sbe laSt practical joke worked 8 dissolution of the tender relations of master and apprentice which had existed becwesn Curio and the Colonel, and they parted with the zdgiee and injunction of the one to he o,her-''go wes., ron olauke,y- blank young rascal, 20 west - and tte latter went. Ti happened in this wise. The Colonel lived n The sub ouyts ot .he town. where he had 5 .olerz5ly comfortable house and about . acre Of ground on which he prac- .iced his skill as an 2natuer gardener. Ills Horticultural tastes ran principally 70 cabbage <0 did those of 2 spotted e3E belonging tO 2 nos YerF dearly aelo7ed ue.ghbor. The latter pre- tsrrsd. however, 10 postpone an indu.- ge1ce ot her tastes . .1ae direction 1asi. me Colonel had R=l. nigh ex- l4ass=d hiDSelt ia nursarirg the ezbaage through 2 long pso;ractesi drought. and they had become large 411 tender enough so te pala.ab.e.
 That is 10 say. after ehe cabbage had gr'3#n sufficiently 10 give promise of ! 61e crop. the cow wcalJ come around early i1 sha morning and scale 1ae te1ee. and when the Colonel Agose he would find her calmly 1unching away al the iacipient sauerkrsoat. he had 50 ,enaerly reared.
 aad gpon which he hoped 10 see his apprentices grow and wax ta. during .hs ensuing winter. The trequercv of The cows visits. and she regularity #iEh which he was obliged 10 drive her ont The gate-@ha could never gs. o1t The same way she gos in-gre7r uo1osOuous. and he vaxed mor4 and 1ors prof4ne. But profanity didn't serve 10 say that cO~s's predatory wis it's z1g more than is stopped 2 leak in .ae water pipe for Curio lass winter. and finding hard words and red-hOc emphasis of ID avail. he deter mined 10 TT harsher means. Now. Curio slept q. The printing office, and took h5s hash a; the Colonel's mansion. h
 2 room next to the FriE. shop was stored 2 stand 0: old fashioned army
 m9skets which had belonged 10