Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-14
Nine NOBLE NIMRODS
NAVIGATE NORTH
The Editor And The Chef
Make The Party Num-
Der Eleven

When j. Caeser crossed small
stream and cried "Veni; Vedi;
Wei" a number Of years ago, the
said j. Caesar had nothing on
eleven "good men and true" who
started out Of Portage harbor last
Saturday on the Nc Lean yacht
"Klat-a-wa," in search of the land
of wild ducks and wampas cats !!
Armed with rifles, knives, and
pistols the braves went forth con-
quering and to conquer. Like
Sellers, or the Count of Monte
Cristo, the world was their oyster.
With food stored away to satisfy
the palate of Beau Brummell ;
with sufficient shells to wing
every wild duck on the northern
coast of WILDLY Island, and half
the tame ducks thrown in; with
bowie knives sharp of edge and
trusty at the hilt, to measure
death to the wampas cats; with
every mucle of mind and body
taut for the great adventure-we
again repeat this noble band went
forth
The fawless yacht seemed to
catch the spirit of the occasion,
for she glided out and away, DER
the waters of the deep blue sea, as
eagerly as a race horse champs
the bit for the contest of the track
and rope! With Skipper Sherman
at the Wheel and Host Nc Lean
hither, thither, and yon making
everybody happy-dull care was
left behind, with family, friends
and kinsmen-and once more let
it be repeated, this gallant body
of Knights of the Wampas Cats,
like Columbus of the Golden Past,
went forth to discover new
worlds, and open up new records
of daring and adventure.
Duncan Newman was ably sup.
piled with pen and ink sketches
of the very latest scientific dope
on wampus cats, and after dis
cussion of the subject by all pres
ent, it was decided to take our
life in one hand and our fame in
the other, and face whatever fate
or fortune might hold out to the
aforesaid crew-pledging to each
other our lives, our fortunes, and
our sacred honor. To add one new
page of scientific investigation of
wampas cats, and thereby have
the history of the world record
such original investigation, would
be sufficient glory for any one
small crew-but it was unani-
mously agreed that not only
would the wampas cats be investi-
gated, but it was hoped even to
discover some "ninnies, pities and
even a hundorgan or two" Again,
in order to keep the record
straight for future historians, let
it be said lastly and fnally-the
eleven men went forth, bent on
beating back the darkness of
ignorance, apropos wampas cats,
ninnies, pitieS, and hmdorgans.
While well on the way, in the
first burst of enthusiasm at
sight Of the land wherein lay the
hidden source Of the adventure,
much light was shed upon the un-
dertaking by Banker Van Olinda,
who pointed out different places
of interest which he had explored
in a former incarnation. The
amperes and kilowatts of salt
water, in latitude and longitude
such as the crew was sailing in
was clearly explained by L. NJ.
Moore of the Vashon Light and
Power company, and Y. B. ALI
son proved the Q. E. d. (Which
means quad erat demonstrandum)
from small Ford he had aboard
in case of an emergency He care
fully examined and explained the
dufmny, thingamagig, thinkum-
bob, tlimfammer, and nuxvomica
of his machine, so that all could
be ready to act at moment S
warning. Two men from Seattle
were asked to join the party, in
order to eliminate the opprobrium
of it being a small town under
taking-so Messrs Yenawine and
Cascarden were induced to merge
their fortunes in the perilous un-
dertaking. Lest the yacht should
also perish under the united at
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