The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-21
SOMEBODY IS SLIPPING
 ONE OVER ON 4 BACHELOR

Seward, Nov. 2l.-To the Editor Of the Gateway:
 "A good bit of news, though it's publication has through somebody's neglect or carelessness, been delayed, is appreciated. It is greatly lamen- table that am episode so intensely in- teresting as one that occurred in the neighborhood of a month go, should pass unEoticed and un-talked-of into sad oblivion; and especially is this true when it is taken into considera- ton that the person whom it con- celns is one of the most distinguished bachelors in our midst, one Dan Cor choran, tool inspector on our Alaskan Northern Railway.
 Dan, like the great majority of our companionless bachelors who have no immediate object upon which to lavish their supcr-abundant affections. crav- ed the companionship of somebody or something that could in some degree show an intelligent return of affec- ton. He found the pcrsonifcation of all these desires in the "person of a very vivacious and bright-eyed DOT cupinc which he soon had transported from its forest haunt to the domestic life of his Seward habitation. Their friendship increased, and with their friendship their confidence in each other, and especially Dams confidence in the "porky," so much so that Dan, one day upon his departure out the line, surrendered his whole domicilc to the safe-kecping of this new and supposedly harmless inhabitant.
 "ln this land of the North, where separations last beyond ones expcc- tations, men have acquired the habit of providing their household with plenty of gasuonomic comforts for the long period that might intervene before their return. And so it was not altogether an original idea that struck Dan, when, upon his departure. he left with his prickly friend, a twcn- ty-fvc pound sack of potatoes, hindquarter of beef, some bread lit- tie water and a pot of molasses.
 Several days were spent by Dan in the comforts of camp life along the A. N. R., in sweet forgetfulncss of his porcupine pining for the re- turn of his departed captor.
 "The day of reunion came; it was a bright one. with a flood of sunlight, and delicate breeze which gently agitated the trees along the trail, and the hair on Dams brow; and he was in a mavellously serene mood. He approached the door to his cabin with faltering steps, in the fashion of one who draws near to the person he is fond of He opens the door, enters. Presto! There the porcupine, with ouiIls pointed like daggers, has turned from a friend to an unmitigable ene- my.
 "Then, but alas! too late, the provi- dential bachelor, who had supplied the "porky" with so many goodly comforts, had it forcibly brought home to his mind his absent-mindcd- ness in mistaking the habits of the porcupine for carnivorous, instead of vegetarian; for the "porky,' without mourning momentary risk of star vation, had at once proceeded to scale the wall and commenced to nourish its appetite on the more indigestible furniture of his house, initiating its mischief by first clearing the walls of all it's pictures and crowning it's oper- ations by leaving his bed in an mrec- ognizable and unavailable condition.
 Dams memory immediately grew keen, and there was not an epithet in Greek, Latin or Spanish in any near or far-fetched way applicable to the 'porky,' which Dan did not exhaust on the dumb butt of his abuse.
 No intimation has been given the public of the fate of the porcupine, but it is suspected that, putting aside all antiquities and animosities, Dan made a friendly pot roast of it and ate it.
 jEs "porcupine" no bueno para hombre blanco?"
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