Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-03-11

There sat Booth Montague and Wdudin0.
Well. we, sailed all rI;it Jay aud al
that night Course we didn't really in
tend to make the Bermudas. What we
intended to do was to cruise around
along shore for couple of weeks, long
enough for the Stumptons to get back
| to Dillaway's, settle the copper bust
ness and break for Montana. We'd
left n note telling Peter what we'd
done and saying that we trusted to
him to explain matters to Maudina
and her dad. We knew that explain
| ing was Peters main holt.
That night me and JonaGab took
watch and watch. In the morning it
thickened up and looked squaily. So
we headed for place We'll call Bay
town, though that want the name Of
1t. It's a queer. old fashioned town,
and It's on an island. Maybe you can
guess 1t from that.
| Well, we run into the harbOr and let
go anchor. All at once ! heard oars
rafting. and | turned my head. What
l see made me let out yell like
siren whistle.
| There was that everlasting poet In
the skiif heading for the wharf. dou-
bling UP and stretching out like frog
swimming and with his curls stream
| ing in the wind like ROSTERS tail In
u hurricane.
| / laid into them halyards. and had
the mainsail up to the peak afore Jona-
dab got the anchor clear Of the bot
tom. Then jumped 10 the tiller. and
the Patience NJ. took after that skiff
like pup after Il tomcat. We run
alongside the wharf just as Booth
Hank climbed over the stringpiece.
Get after h.m. BarZilla"' hollers
Cap'n Jonadab. I'll make her fast"
Up on the wharf we went and round
tie corner into straggly kind Of road
with old fashioned houses on both
sides Of it, We took short cut
through yard. piled over fence
and come out into another road, and
Up ut the head Of it was u crowd Of
fOlks-men and women and children
and dogs.
stop thief" l hollers, and way
astern heard Jonadab bellering.
"Stop thief"
Montague dives head first for the
crowd and landed in what l guess was
the main street Of the place and right
abreast Of n parade that was march,
ing down the middle Of It,
First there was the band-four fell
lers footing and banging like 70 mast
hands on fishing smack in a fog.
Then there was a big darby tOting Il
banner with jenkins Unparalleled
Double Uncle Toms Cabin Company
No. - on it in big letters. Behind him
WIS boy leading two great. savage
looking dogs bloodhounds. found
out afterward-by chains. Then come
pony cart with Little Eva and Eliza's
child In it. Eva was all gold hair and
beautifulness. And astern of her was
Marks. the lawyer. on his donkey
The place Booth Hank picked out to
cross was just ahead OF the blood
hounds. And the first thing | knew
them dogs stretched out their noses
and took n long sniff and then bust
out bowling like all possessed. The
boy. he tried to hold EN-, but twas
no go. They yanked the chains out
Of his hands and took after that poet
as X he owed 'em something And
every one of the four million other
dogs that was in the crowd on the
sidewalks fell into line. and such
bowling and yapping and scampering
and screaming you never heard
Well. twas mixed up mess. That
was the end OF the parade. Next min
ute was racing across country. with
the whole town and the Uncle Torn
mers astern of me and n string of dogs
stretched out ahead fur's you could
see. Way up in the lead was Booth
Montague and the boodhounds. and
away aft'I could hear JOnadab yelling.
"Stop thief"
Twas lively while it lasted. but it
didn't last long. There was little hill
at the end Of the field. and when the
poet dove over tother side Of 1t the
bloodhounds all but had him. Afore
got to the top Of the rise heard the
awfullest pOwwow going on in the hol-
Ter. and thinks /. They're eating him
alivew
But they want. When l hove in
sight Montague was setting up on the
ground ut the foot of the sand bank
he'd fell into. and the two hounds was
rolling over him. tapping his face and
going on as II he was their grandpa
jest home from sea with his wages In
his pocket.
In minute more the folks begun to
arrive-boys first. then girls and men
and then the women. Marks came
trotting up. pounding the donkey with
his umbrella.
Here. Lion. Here. Tiger he yells
"Quit it. Let him alonew Then he
looks at Montague. and his jaw kind
Of drops.
"Why-why. Hank" he says
"A tall. lean critter In n black tail
coat and yaIler vest and lavender
pants comes putting up. He was the
manager. we found out afterward.
Have they bit him." says be- Then
he done just the same as Marks-his
mouth opened. and his eyes stuck out.
Hank Schmults. by the living jingow
says he.
Booth Montague looks at the two of
'em kind Of sick and lonesome. Hello,
Barney: How are you, Sullivan? he
says.
Hum" says a voice, a woman's
voice, and tolerable crisp and vine
gary. Hum. It's you. is It? I've
been looking for your
'Twas little Eva in the pony cart.
Her gold hair had slipped back SOS
you could see the black under It, and
her beautiful red cheeks was kind Of
streaky. She looked some older and
likewise mad
Hum" says she, getting out Of the
cart. ITS you. is 1t, Hank Schmults?
Well, p'r'aps you'll tell me where
you've been for the last two weeks?
What do you mean by running away,
you miserable, low ac,,,;,'-