The Alaska citizen., 1915-06-14

"6ere jim baTUntl ndu one
Is The of the surprises of his
IA, Now? life when he was com
ing from the Tolovana
q few days ago into town. The
story of his surprise and the unique
incident that caused it came to
light when Nj Gardner appeared
here hareheaded.
The trip from the Tolovana made
by MIR. Gardner was on foot. and
alone He carried in one hand a
small % calibre rifle. while on his
head was soft hat. over the
hat was a mosquito veil. lifted from
over the face, but hanging from
the sides and back of his hat 10 his
shoulders
Mr.. Gardner knew that he was
alone and that probably for many
miles there was not another per
son But suddenly his hat was lifted
from his head There was no wind,
and the sudden removal of his hat
was a surprise that almost bewilder-
ed the traveller.
Looking upward 10 see where his
hat had gone, Mr., Gardner saw it
sailing away into space, clutched
tightly in the claws of a fish hawk.
While Mr.. Gardner watched the
bird it sailed away higher and
higher until finally it was lost to
sight in the sky. Until that time
condition, wondering if he would
ever see his hat again and vaguely
wishing that he had some way of
getting hold of the thief. But as
he lost sight of the bird and the
hat. he suddenly came to himself,
and looking down beheld the gun in
his hand He had failed to realize
that the gun was there while the
bird was within shot.
1t seemed evident that the bird
had mistaken the hat for something
to eat, but Mr.. Gardner doubts that
the fish hawk mistook him for fish.
Good Sometimes when a per
Deed son thinks he is doing
Fails someone a great favor,
it develops that he was
doing something wrong, and instead
of getting complimented for his eff
forts he is criticised. L. X. Pratt.
the local attorney. had an expert
ence of this kind a few days ago.
Mrs. Pratt is member of the
Womans Civic club, and it was
while she was attending the meet
ing Of that organization last week
that Mr.. Pratt decided that he would
give her pleasant surprise Mrs.
Pratt mad planted some flowers and
it was decided by her husband that
he would weed the flower garden
in his wife's absence.
The plants We're only just begin
ming to come up out Of the beds,
but the weeds We're threatening to
crowd them out, so MI Pratt care
fully eliminated the weeds, and. &C
cording to what can be learned, was
thinking how pleased and surprised
turned from the meeting and saw
what had been accomplished.
But Mrs. Pratt was not the only
one surprised, for after she had eX-
amined the work Of her husband,
she failed to present him with the
expected compliments, but. instead,
she told him she wished he had not
bothered with the wedding. Explain
atoms proved that Mr.. Pratt had
been ignorant of the fact that his
wife had some ferns and flowers
growing that resembled, when they
started to grow, some of the weeds
in the garden. They We're rare and
the seeds could not be replaced Mr..
Pratt had hoed these up with the
weeds, and had really spoiled the
most important part OF the garden.
Local Few people in Fair
Cars banks, probably, realize
Counted. how many motor cars
there are in this yicin-
ity. The question Of how many
machines there are here came up
few days ago, when somebody
found a clipping from an Outside
newspaper, in which it was stated