The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-11-12

would Uud me wanting.
 .But Che winter of iS55 cured mo Of moouiue By Che middle ot No ,embcr snow was twenty feet deep lnd suu coming down cvcry day There was no run oi dsh that all and starvation staIkoI rampant u tbe village and thcu is when ceased w,rbHnr for Che benefit of Ento- moioey sarah. It was uo time for affairs of tbc hcart except whom per- .onal interest could bc iur,hcrcd At isa.t that was tbc way tho situation tcIl to me and Che rc.
 ult was hat directed my hlan- iishment toward Side Wheel Eliza be.h who had fully haif tom of dried salmon Iclt over from Che pre- yious yoar. She lcu for mc and has besr my meal ucsct over since. She know when she auucNcd mo chat , was what might bc termed % warm rl.oycr proposition. but she m.d her motto vas .prncnics non hom.W which was her way ot expressing h.r belief tbat it was Che duty of c,cry souaU to support buck. w.th which theory ! never bothered Go taEc issue snc Us a better weather n-onhe, than am and she says thcrc win bc hivu snow between now and ame for matns u One spring and
 h.t s why abc ls out tbcrc u thc tsrt on Che beach preparing for what .hr |. certain Is coming So sure |. the s.dc Wheeler Chat hard and lon- winter is u store chat J feel would bc e.dcstoup.ue my duty d'd
 uot advise nat au mon. either brown or white see to it Cha. tbcr
 luava uy in eNta supplies of ash.
 -I have spoken"
 While hc s.roucr has no desire to create any fears OF sensations .ou.euue Che weather chat win bc experienced during Che coming threc months hc does fccl however. tMt .t I.a duty hc owes his readers Col
 muar. to thcm amy advance inform .lon ho may have on Che subject
 ud it is in trt discharge ot h's .bfrauou to hI readers and Che public generally chat che foregoing Is given. It may bc that Che old nore.tban-ccntouar.an may not bc mthor.ry or Ono subject on which hc|
 peaks but Che fact that ho bases his nro-rosu.arors on what hc has siarl from sdo Wheel Elizabeth .eaIs Che Stroller to orInc chat there Is something tn what Che old man
 ay.
 Whom One Stroller had icr Che old ! man altcr taking notes ol what hc| ..d hc dropped into Che ten, where .
 Elizabeth was cumeeI Iu hcr ash . .r. eruue processes aud read ,o hcr ! sh1, ne old man had aId Wuc. realizing chat bc uas starting some l. .bre
 .Nos1 vu.I hu.a uaua .cta Euhu ! .s Dd hat old hunk Of LImherrcr .I you thaue' Couuuu.ue EIza- both emitted quito a lengthy umdc .I which Che following Is n literal. translation. !
 .Why Che o'd lour-1ushor' SO .. married mc for my dried dsh. dId .ee Wou IUke chat and especially . .ro- have boon rubbing bs joints . ah goose grease for sixty years
 md uorm.ne and iryus salmon for .m to kcen him from starving an . r... yenr. And while ho has been . auu- my f.b suppose hs heart . has boon with Entomology sarah . be An right hc shah explain to' .e ater And for him Co presume . % s.t himself mp as weather .
 arh.H What uuc bo knows . hort weather br got from me. as. .r.I as everything o'sc But that Is. u.t usc hIm an aIb and mo work . n act he h.s never performed any .
 ork since ha shoyclej Sarah out . f Che snow eighty years ago. Co hcar| Im talk ono would think hc was Che. amHy muI ticket, But ho don't. ut anything over on me. Not . much know him. Don't h.nk . or minute tb1t have been put- l ing mustard piaefers ou hts chest . or s.zly-Gyc years without getting line ou him Lici Thorc is not a !. word of truth iu anything he Gold . .ou The next amo you want Ina . ormnuon concerning thc weather or anything cIsc that happened from .ty to ninety yclu ago. come Go .our aunt Elizabeth and not to chat oneIomcatIon Of dccayed substance hat nya hc directed hts b'and.sh- ucn,s towarI me on account of me .v.ue half "a ton of dried fsb. Why he Crhc. blank space represents EunbcthH. dosing remarks. but they werc de- Iyorcd SO rapidly and m such !. .croecbiur tones that Che stroller was unable ,o follow tbcm lteraliyl . lut as hc slowly wendod his way up Inc hm from Che bench Che words Of 0nUue concerning tho female oi Che .Dc0Ics courecd through h.s mind . and he wondered. lu lact hc is suu . Eonder.uE.