The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
IKE DOOLI'I''FLE
TN A DETH TRAP
No Bones Broke but his Feelings
Hurt considerable

The procuring or saw logs for Snake
Bend saw mill last Friday almost ended
in the death OF Ike DooUttle. and the
axident win always be remembered by
Ike as one OF the mcst thriIlingest ex-
capes wich ever took place n his odd
Job career. When Alb Woods made it
known at Hen Veathersby's store last
week that he wanted 70 hire two or three
men 70 cut and haul logs 70 his MIL. he
could only get two men to agree 70 take
the Job. While talking erbout il Ike Doc
little come in the store and was ast by
Ab If he desired a Job cutting and haul.
ing logs. and Ike sed yes. only his rheo-
matism had come back on him very sud
dint and he would haft 10 refuse the fob
Alb sed he was sOrry being as his wife
was a-going 70 fx up a sumptious din
ner 20 take along for whoever would
agree 70 work for him. and when Ike
heard this he concluded that his rheunsa
usm was better as he calkilated that he
would get square meal Outen II ana
that he could shove the work OF onto
Lime Peterson and Heck Andrews, so he
sed he would go.
The three left with the OK team last
Friday morning The dinner was all
packed into a basket for the three OF
them by Mrs Woods and all started for
the woods full OF anticipashion when
dinner time would arrive. They went
erbout mile and haR lords SawridEe
Mountains and soon come I'D 70 the big
timber and tied the oxes and Lime went
10 work with his axe. Heck also heipt
chop, while Ike he set down on log he
low the tree and offered suggestshious
as 70 how 1t ort 10 be cut and kept look
ing at his watch every few minutes 10
see how neer dinner time it was.
Suddintly without emmy warning the
tree begin to fall right lords Ike. Look
out, Iket Rum Rum hollers Lime as
loud as he could holler. But II was too
late. Jest as Ike realized his preearIous
posishion the top OF the trea hit him
knocking him often the log and pinning
him to the ground in two feet OF snow.
Owing to the fact that the top OF the
tree was fun OF soft branches and the
snow so deep. Ike wasn't killed out
right. but was pinned firmly to the
ground so as he couldn't move
Ike hollerd 10 Lime and Heck for the
land sakes to take the tree often him
They asst him if it was hurting him ennv
and Ike sed no he wasn't in emmy main.
but he was tired OF laying in the same
posishion with his face in the snow. Ii
was a great relief 20 Lime and Heck
when they found out that Ike wasn't
suffering. and being as they was tiirrible
exhOsted and hungry after chopping
down the tree they got the basket and
opened II up and thot they would eat
bite to give them strength so as they
could lift the tree often Ike When Ike
seen them set down on a log with the
basket between them and begin TO pitch
into the grub he got mad and said sich
wicked things that Lime and Heck was
almost ashamed to set there and lissen /
to him They sed Il almost took their |
away 70 hear Ike swear like
he done jest after ne was spared from
a ignominious deth, as you might saw |
They tried to cheer up Ike by telling /
him how good the pie was and that the \
cold chicken almost melted in their
mouths and that there was rasberry lam i
and hard boiled eggs and pound cake \
in the basket wich they hadn't beginned |
on as yet. Ike kept on swearing until I
ne was that hoarse that he couldn't talk
above q whisper while Lime and Heck /
forgot all erbout him and the first thing |
they knowd they had ct I'D every crun.b /
In the basket
Then after they had smoked their pipes
they took holt OF the tree and lifted II
often Ike. As Lime and Heck helped
Ike TO his feet more dead than alive Ike
snorted. Now 1 want my dinner" WHY. |
I didn't see no dinner for Ike In the
basket" says Lime. did you. HeckH''
Heck sed ne didn't either. and when Ike
found out that they had went and ct
up his dinner and him helpless end fast
under the tree. he called them sich mean
names that It almost made them mad at
him. Lime told Ike he had no business to
OF bean under the tree when Il fell. be-
Ing 81 they had to so and strain their