Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
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cordingly cur pipes were filled, and
after few whiffs' Inhaled into the
lungs and elected through the nos
trils, by way of example, | handed
mine 10 the Judge, who, in his anx,
iety 10 show all possihle respect 70
our customs. swallowed a large guam.
tity Of smoke, and being unaccus-
toned to the nse OF tobacco in any
form, he, in his eHdeayo.s 10 expel
it through bis nose, was taken With
such aviolent fit of sneezing and
coughing that Twas obliged TO give
him some severe slaps npon the back
before be recovered. When be had
wiped the Tears from his eyes I
pointed to him and said TO the in.
terpfeter, Ne. che chin. Chez mo co.
mon" The Specification of ~ hioh
theIinterpretor Informed him was,
that regarded him as worry good
man, and thought | would like him
very much.
The portly gentleman seemed
highly delighted at the compliment,
and remarked that he would not
have expected such refined courtesy
from untutored natives like those !;
and he desired to know why Mr..
Wildcat had taken such an es ecial
liking to him.
My reply through the interpreter
was that. if We had him down in
the hummocks of Florida. he was so
fat that | thought he would make
soup enough to feed the whole Semi
mole tribe, and that I was very fond
of soup. The Judge. shuddered as
he raised his hands. and exclaimed.
"Ihe horrible Canniball" g
Then going up to him and extend
ing my hand, 1 said. in English,
"How are you, Judge ?'' He looked
at me in amazement, saying, "Who
10 the devil are you, Sir ?" When |
told him Who'll was. be as we'll as
every one else present were greatly
surprised that we bad been able to
cor que our masquerade so long
without recognition.
Gu the following morning the
newspapers teemed with compii-
mentary notices OF our dramatic
powers, and we were urged to re-
peat the exhibition bu, after we
had made ourselves known the per-
formance lost ia most Interesting
feature. 8A W@ 0Sl
IL is a remarkable fact that, among
all tho numerous intimate acquaint-
ances we met with during the en-
tire evening, not one of them had
the remotest conception as to our
identity, with the single exception
of bright young son Of Mrs. c.,
who is now an eminent lawyer, and
who, after scrutinizing usvery close
ly for while, whispered to his
mother that he believed | was per-
sonating Wildcat. His mother re-
proved him sharply, and asked him
what he supposed my wife would
say if she know that such a horrible
looking savage had been mistaken
for her husband. After we had left
the house the boy reiterated the ex-
preston of his opinion to the COM
pany. very much to the chagrin of
his mother, who peremptoriIy or
dered him not to repeat it again.
Ny wife then asked the lady what
she would think If she were to as
sert that one of the Indians was in
reality her own husband?
She replied !: 81 0ould not believe
itr
Notwithstanding this, my dear
Madam, [ assure YOU that the person
calling himself Wildcat was moth
ing more nor less than my veritabIe
lord and MASTER"
Perceiving that she had been
"sold," and believing that had got
ten up the performance for her
especial benefit, she Indignantly re-
joined that this was by no mea ns
the first time / had humbugged her,
and that she would yet have satisfac.
ton il she lived long enough -Har-
per'S MAGAZINE.