Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-09-30

hailed into the lungs and elected through
the nostEils. by way of example, hand
ed mine TO the Judge, who, in his anX
iety to show all possible respect to Oul
customs, swallowed u large quantity o
smoke, and being unaccustomed to the
use of tobacco in any form, he, in hi'
endeavors To expel it through his nose
was taken with such violent lit o.
/ sneezing and coughing that L was obli'
I ged To give him some severe slaps upon
| the back before he recovered When
he had wiped me tears from his eyes
, pointed to him and said to the interpre-
ter, "Ne-che- chin, Che mo ko mon. ~
| The Specification of which the interpre-
ter informed him was, that 1 regarded
! him as very good man, and thought !
would like him very much.
The portly gentleman seemed highly
delighted at the compliment. and re-
marked that he would not have expect
ed such refined courtesy from untutore,i
I natives like those; and he desired to
! know why Mr.. Wildcat had taken
such All especial liking to him.
My reply through the Interpreter was
that, if we had him down in the hum
mOcks of Florida, he Was so fat that 4
thought he would make soup enOug to
feed the whole Seminole tribe, and that
| WAS very fond OF soup. The Judge
shuudered AS he raisef his hands, and
exclaimed: The horrible cannibal"'
Then going up to him and extending
my hand, | SAID, in English, "How ar.
you, Judge?" He looked AT me in amaze
menl, saying, "Who in the devil are
you, Sir?" When told him who Was
he as we'll AS every one else present wer,
gr atty surprised that We had been able
TO continue our masquerade so long
without recognition.
On the following morning the news
papers teemed with complimentary no
Lices OF our dramatic powers. and we
were urged to repeat the exhibition; but
after We had made ourselves known the
performance lost its most interesting
feature. ....
1t is remarkable fact that, among
all the numerous intimate acquaintance
we met with during the entire evening.
not one nf them had the remotest con
ceptinn az To our Identity, with tile sin
gle exception of bright young son o
NJ. ). c.. who is now an eminent law
yer, and who, after scrutinizing US very
closely for 2 while, whispered to hI>
mother that he believed | was PERSONA
ting Wildcat. His mother reproved
lIn sharply. and asked him what he
supposed my wife would say if she knew
chat such Notwithstanding savage had
been mistaken for her husband. After
we lad left the house the boy reiterated
the expression of his opinion to the
company, very much tn the chagrin O
his mother, who peremptoriIy ordered
him not to repeat itagain.
My wife then asked the lady what she
would think if she were to assert thai
one of The Indians was in reality her
own husband?
She replied: II ,Oou!d not 6eLieUe yOttr'
"N0twithstand,ng this, my dear Mad
am, | assure you that the person calling
himself Wildcat was nothing more nor
less than my veritablt, lord and master
Perceiving that she had been ''sotd, F"
and believing that had gotten up the
performance for her especial benefit, she
Indignantly rejoined that this was by
no means the first time had humbug
ged her. and that she would yet have
satisfaction if she lived long enough.