The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-12-04
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Az Ea'seSs w 20 oot for St. Lou;sY'
,;nh. . e.e, 0 cock cad thirty miuu.es 10
tns s",' ro,a,, s,' was was the geut'enanly reply !,
;, "hleven O'Clock and th;rtv m;rr,,s
10 20 Iexas! Wbv ;l's ,eo 'u1cs .h.a
,n'nu'e: '''l BET my boo.s aaaiost , ;e.| ;soi
A'' nc morning express is off"
YES, s'T, 1t has been goce half q,
2".y ;, ia r"i'rc a'do't you ce. ps her,
fooa5h to b cak fellow all 10 smash :
, rou 'een hon in Chicago, puf;pg ana
p,oW,ns We bcea told tleg Keen /,
fesotr SIX hundred hose steam nows'
asi 'ee While rann;og, 10 blow rhenselvc,
.p ~tp' aod pick tee pockets Of ewes,
.a'e'ef 70 pay .he 4, emen and epr;n.
GERS Well, | guess can stand i: Tv,
'weoty that has never been broke.
reckon that will put me through. Why
d'an you fire up old bra..-piye Won,
o'a moss another peek OF OATS. | tell =,
US .our'eea bou will koock NV ca.
cu'atlons in;o .ho middle of pext
week. '''A'
very sorry, sir--we've doue our bcsr:
1ue rs wea"e not cle~ks Of the weather,
l bone you VII not lay tbe m;s;So-,uoe
TO our accocnt. Snow drifts aud tbe
thermometer sixteen degrees below
ze'o, are enemies we can't readily oyc,.
! come"
"lhats so,' said the first speaker,
with b Dad emphasis, and good pa.
tured, 'ofgiving smile Fourteen hours
/ 10 Cn'cager :"
lhe stentorlan voice, sounded like q
trdnnet, II aroused cve~v slceper from
eiys'ao dreams into which he might have
fallen after his long tedious, cold nights
travel Every bead was ,rrned, every
eye was fScd on the maa that had thus
broken the siIeacc. lie WIS standing pv
/ he Stove warming his boo.s. To have
warned bis feet through such a mass Of
cowhide and soleleather woold have been
fourteen hours operation. Six feet
four or five inches he stood in those
boots, with shoulders Ceased in a fur coat
that looked more Ike bearing up world
than You wiz meet, ordinarily, in bali a
life time. His head Websterian. his
hair black as jet, his whiskers to match,
his dark, piercing eve, aod his jaws
eternally moving, with a rousing quid
between them, with a smile Of cheerful
good humor, Notwithstanding his seem
/ Jog impatiencc, attracted every ones at
! tea ION. .....
"Fourteen hours in Chicaeer, eh
Well | can stand it if the rest can, if
twenty dollars won't carry me through,
III borrow Of my friends I've got the
tbiocs ,hat1l bring EN-. That's so "
! And he thrust a hand little less in
size than common spade. down iato the
cavernous depths of a broad striped,
fashy pair OF pants, and brought up that
great red hand. full as it could hold, OF
/ shining twenty dollar gold pieces.
Don't You think can stand these
ere Ghicagers for one fourteen hoursy'
I A nod of assent from three or four,
and 4 smile of curiosity from the rest,
answered his question in the afirma-
/ tive.
you must have been in luck, strap
GER" said an enyious looking little
man you've more than your share OF
gold"
II have ch? Well, reckon not |
come honestly by il: that's so. And
I there's them living who can remember
/ this child when he went round the
p'raiies trapping pray hens and the
/ ike to get him nights lodging, or 7
pair Of shoes, to keep the massassau-ers
/ from biting nv toes. I've hung myself
up more nor one night in the timber to
/ keep out OF the way Of the wild varment-:
best sleeping in the word in the crotch
of tree-top. Now | reckon you
wouldn't believe it but I've gone all via
ter without shoe to nv feet; and lived
on wild game wnen | could catch 1t.
I That's So
/ "Didnt it stunt your growth p said 4
voice near.
"No. bit of it. ltbrought me right
up, These p'raries afe wonderful roo,
my. | thought one spell | would let my
self out entirely. but me and mother had
corcus and decided that as she was get.
ting old. and blind like, ii tux too LONG
and cost too much to sew up the legs oi
my trousers, and so put stop to it
and concluded that six feet five would do
for fellcr that couldn't afford the ex.
pensive luxury Of vie to make his
brooches. II was enly my love for ny
mother that stopped my growth. II
I'd had an idea Of a sewing machine
there's no telling what | might hay'
done"
"You have so many gold pieces II
vour pocket, YOU can afford to get vou'
trowsers made now Why eon't you ane
vour mother hold another corcus. and SCI
what you can do II she would let yor
exnand voc sell, you might sell out e
Ba-num, and make fortune travelling
with Tom Thumb, aud take the old wo
man along
uStranrer." said the rough, grea
no, and bis whole face loomed up VIII
= mingled expression Of pain and PRIDE
"s.raneer, I spoke wo'd here | didn
mean to, slightly word, ike about my
mother. would give all the gold 10 n.y.
noeket to bring her back for one hour, Y
look upon this country as i. is now sh'
had her cabin here when Chicager wa
nowhere; here she raised her boys -sh'
couldn't give them larnin,' but sh'
..,ght us better things than books car
I've. che taught US to he honest, anf
rssfa, and industrious. She taught u
TO be faithfulandtrue; to stand by i,'eh' M
and be generous to an enemy. It's tn.r., M. :,
wears stranger, fince we dug her grave
by the lake here, with our own hanas n,
and with many a tear aud sob turnes