The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-22
Fisk.


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r AnHpsIr M EnaEffe once.
Once. rwo sarrss ago. had occasion to spen
& an hour with Fisk ID The Erie Office, and Il
It cord of that hour then wrote out
II Yrhst oleneI Nas lsrIns sllaved rs 4 entered
! and his face was half covered with foauain,
|, lather. just then some one came in and tol,
him that Tie gentlemen Ii tIle pfice had nlad'
! lsip ptlfsesof $S4 10 be PRESCRIBED 10 little re
!; ter, Fisk,s favorlte little Office boy .Ai
/ right. said the Colonel smiling; and wipins
s the l4hyr ttsnl bis face call in Peter.''
/. III d moment little Peter entered with sfy
I look. and seemingly half frightened. ..Well
/ Peter, " said the yolopel. as he held the en-
7 veTope with me money in one hand and fIs
towel in the other. what did You mean sir
by absenting yourself from the Erie office.
the other day, when both MIR. Gould ard
II We're away, leaving the whole mass of btsi-
+ ness on Mr. Rueker's sshoul iers?ss Then he
frowned fearfnly, while Peter trembleti from
head to foot. BHt, my boy continued Mr..
Fisk, will not blame you; there may be
/ extenHating circumstances. Evil associates
may have tempted you away. Here Peter,
take this handing him $3f). and henceforth
let your life be one Of rectude-quier reci-
| tude. Peter Behold me, Peter. and lsunem-
Der that evil Communications are not ALWAYS
the best policy, but that honesty is worth two
in the bush.n As Peter went back to his
place beside the outside door, eyeryb dyl
laughed and Fisk sat .dpsyr. again to have the
other side Of his face shaved.
Pretty quick IN came little driefl-up old
gentleman. with keen gray eyes Surlnounted
by an oyerpowering Panama hat. The Erie
Rslilw \ olficegWas thenss't the old gent I9nan's
almost dali Y rendezvous Here Ne would Sit
for hours at lime and peer out from under
his broadbri1h at tIie wonderful movements
OF Col. Fisk. Cautious, because he could
move but slowly the. venerable gentleman.
who has made Wall street tremble.l hituhed
up 10 the gid indicator, all the time keep NJ
Dne c We on the quotations and i he sother on |
tie n. Iohel. ASA teeler, tie vetiturteito INK
How IS Lake Shore this morning, Colonely',
.Peier.'' said Fisk, with awful gravity
.con: .nul1ieate with the Great American Spec
,lator and show him how they are dealing
m the stl'eet!'' The old man chuckled.
Gould hiol a smile while smoothing his jetty
yhiskers, and little Peter took hold OF the
unning wine with Daniel Drew. WI Ii
During my stay = Journalist sent III his
ard .sAiIrigilt,' says the colonel, !" lot him
ONE in r then turning to the gentleman Of
he press, and SAID: well, sir, what is the
81, L. II
he news .sIhurderation you did. hey!
Veil, wish you would only tell as much
ere As YOU ~ right off and tsll,inlthe ne VS.
apers. If l thought you would, I'd say. !
iere, Peter, wind up the nickle reporter and
i him talk" ...iaq.s seem very busy to !,
ay.n remarked the reporter. resorting to the ! !.
rawin out process. Yes said Fisk smiling,
I'm trying 70 find ont from all these papers
here Gould gets money enough to pay his
lcnlne tax. He4eser has any moile, tact. F. E
III \ He aAtn Manted to borrow I'M ~
ay his income tax last snn,i,ner an3I1at s.
10, anu that ; ,,,sae 100! This .,col,e busi-
sss viii De the r,s;.i,l,ation OF Gould.' Here
sc venerable Daniel Drew concealed alaugh. . =,
hi aoula turned clear around, So that Fisk y
,uld only SET the back OF his head, while lis Z
We twinklea in enjoyment Of the Colenel's :
IN. IA . III s5 ss .7 s5s3@s 9f a8 II Z
There was good deal Of fuss about that :,
me between the Erie and Central. OH the re- j
action Of fares,so the, reporter asked ].
What win be theaeIid Of putting down the i,
lroad fares, Colonel ~ End? Why. we !.
iven't b gun yet, We intend to carry pas
myers through torChicago, -befere We get z
rough, two for a cent, and feed them on in
e way, and when old Van does the same, Cl
e public will go on his road just to spite -
u e "Ot course the Erie is, thebest road, 4 sd
nfinucd Fisk, in his Munchausen way. 1T | til
lbs faster and smoother. When Judge Por- wi
went up with .ale In the Directors car or
st winter, we passed 2JU cana boats, about a til
lesapart, on the delaware aud Hudsailearml Idis
le train went 50 fast that the Judge came hu
OK and reported that he saw oae gigantic iif
nal boat ten miles long, Fact. sir! We bl.
,nts, fast the Judge coul,ln't see the gaps il
ire the other railrs ads going to help you CHI
the tight?" asked the reporter. ..Why ISa
sand as fast as they are convinced that Eth.
are going to make a first-class fight. they cal
/ we will help you. but they Want 60 see en-
ilderblt tied fast tirst.'' Here the Colonel -
'ew himself into his. iavorite attitude
ming forward IN his chair with his elbows Il1
his knees. Then said he: ..Doyou know
lat these other half.scared railroad fellows
mind me OF n No, What.n They put
in mind Of the old Texas farmer wLcse
ghbors had caught noted cattle thief. g