The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15
IKE DOOLII'ILE
|. IN A DETH TRAP
No Bones Broke but his Feelings
HUT considerable

The procuring OF saw logs for Snake
Bend saw mill last Friday almost e1ded
In the death of Ike Doolittle, and the
axident WIN always be remembered by
Ike as one of the most thrillingest ex-
capes witch ever took place IN his odd
job career. When Alb Woods made II
known at Hen Weathersby's store last
week that he wanted to hire two or three
men to cut and haul logs to his mill, he
could only get two men to agree to take
the job. While talking erbout IL Ike Doo-
little come in the store and was asst by
Alb II he desired job cutting and haul
tng logs, and Ike sed yes. only his rheu-
matisn had come back on him very sud-
dint and he would haft to refuse the job.
Alb sed he was sorry being as his wife
was a-going to fix up sumptious din
ner to take along for whoever would
agree to work for him, and when Ike
heard this he concluded that his rheuma-
tisln was better as he calkilated that he
would get square meal outen It and
that he could shove the work on 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 q basket for the three OF
them by Mrs. Woods and all started for
the woods full OF anticipation when
dinner time would arrive. They went
erbout q mile and han lords sawridge
Mountains and soon come up to the big
timber and tied the oxes and Lime went
to work with his axe. Heck also heIpt
chop, while Ike he set down on log be-
low the tree and offered SUGGESTIONS
as to how It ort to be cut and kept look
ing at his watch every few minutes to
see how neer dinner time It was.
Suddintly without emmy warning the
tree begin to fall right lords Ike. Look
re.4 1TN. 49,
loud as he could holler. But IL was too
late. Jest as Ike realized his precautions
posishion the top OF the tree hit him
knocking him OMEN the log and pinning
him to the ground In two feet of snow.
Owing to the fact that the top Of the
tree was full 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 to Lime and Heck for the
land sakes to take the tree often HIM
They asst him II 1t was hurting him emmy
and Ike sed no he wasn't In emmy pain,
but he was tired of laying in the same
posishion with his face In the snow. 1t
was a great relief to Lime and Heck
when they found out that Ike wasn't
suffering and being as they was turrible
exhosted and hungry after chopplnR
down the tree they got the basket and
opened 1t up and thot they would eat
bite to give theiz strength so as they
could lift the ire offen 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 SIGH
wicked things that Lime and Heck was
almost ashamed to set there and lissen
to him. They sed II almost took their
appetites away to hear Ike swear like
he done Jest after he was spared from
a ignominious deth, as you might say.
They tried to cheer up Ike by telling
him how good the pie was and that the
cold chicken almost melted in their
and that there was raspberry Jam
and hard boiled eggs and pound cake
In the basket wich they hadn't beginned
on as yet. Ike kept on swearing until
he was that hoarse that he couldn't talk
above a whisper while Lime and Heck
forgot all erbout him and the first thing
they knowd they had ct UP every crumb
in the basket.
Then after they had smoked their pipes
they took holt OF the tree and lifted It
often Ike. Az Lime and Heck helped
Ike to his feet more dead than alive Ike
snorted. NOW want my dinner" why,
/ didn't see no dinner for Ike in the
basket" says Lime. did you, Heck7''
Heck sed he didn't either, and when Ike
found out that they had went and ct
up his dinner and him helpless and fast
under the tree, he called them sich mean
names that II almost made them mad at
him. Lime told Ike he had no business to
Of been under the tree when It fell, ber
Ing a. they had 70 80 and strain their