The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-27


Ill vapidity and trifing. I'm the onl,
ellow here with purpose. Whiz, whiz
shug, chug, chugl"
ie was about to make some remark of
general nature, when I; was greatly re
iieved 10 observe my companion's 3 friend
Idetach themselves from the ratings, and
with slight bow and another shake o
the hand, severally retire. apparently Al
much relieved as m Jself My companion
Who had in the meantime acted as if ht
had discharged himself of q duty, said
FEThar oilers must be some one TO tend
to this kind o thing, or thar's no so
elableness. / took a deppytation into
the Cap room yesterday to make
some proppysitions, and thar's minister
OF the gospel aboard ez Crter be spoke 10
: afore next Sunday, and / reckon it g my
duty, onless," he added, with deliberate
and formal politeness, you'd prefer 20
al 40 it--bein 80 to speak, 8 public man -
u But the public man hastily depEe-
: Gated any interference with the speaker s
fuDctions, and, to change the conversa-
ton, remarked that be had heard that
there were party of Cooks tourists on
board, and were not the preceding gem
tlemen of the number? But the ques-
ii caused the speaker TO lay aside his
hat, take q comfortable position on the
dck against the rail- and, drawing his
krees up under his chin, begin rs follows ::
Speaking o Cook and Cooks tourists,
I'M my own Cook l reckon | calkiIate
aId know every cent that III spend
'wixt Evansville, Ipiianny, and Home
ald Naples, and everything Pll see" He
aused a moment, and, laying his hand
tmlliarly on my knee, said, ''Did | ever
| MI how ! EpVr, I'm frno o. brood 9'J
As we had never spoken together be-
1re, II was safe to reply that he had not.
lie rubbed his head softly with his
band, knitted his iren-gray brows, and
then said, meditatively. No. it must
lhev been that headwaiter. He sorter
iiavOrs you in the mustsche and gen'ral
get-up. | guess it war him | spoke to-"
thought it must have been.
well, then, this is the way it KEN
7about. / was sittin one night, about
three months ago, with my darter Loo
eEe-my wife bein' dead some four year
and | was residing to her out OF the
paper about the ExpOsiti n. She sez to
me, quiet-like-she's quiet sOIter o
gal, if you ever notissed her-I should
like 10 60 thar | looks st her-it was
the first time sense her mother died that
that gal bad ever asked for anything, or
had, so to speak, wish. 1t wasn't her
way. She took everything ez it KEN,
and dern my skin, if l ever could tell
whether she ever wanted 1t to KEN in
any ether way. l never told ye this
afore, did I?'
no l said, hastily."Go on"
He felt his knees Tor a moment, and
then drew a long breath. "Perhsps,"
ne began deliberately, "ye don't know
that Pm q poor man. Seein' me here
among these rich folks, goin' abroad to
Paree <ith the best O. them, and Looeze
thar-in the first cabin-a lady, eE she
is,-ye wouldn't b'leeve it, but I'm poor?
l anu. Well, sir, when that gal looks up
at me and ssz that hadn't but twelve
dollars in my pocket, and l ain the
dWned fool that l LOOKOUT sutnin' III
,sae-suthin' you know, away back in
ASS-sez, you shall? LOo-ey you shall !
- -TepeRtin' il, and looking
kxS51aor eyes. fsYou shall 90
80 euld you ever look in my gals
sye:"
psrried that somewhat direct ques~
tion by another, "but the twelve dollars
how did you increase thar
F. II raised it TO $3.50. got odd jobs |
o. work here and there, oveTtime-I'm a |
machinist. I used to keep this yer over
work from LOo-saying that had to see |
men in the evenin' 10 get pints about |
that-and getting little
money raised on my lie insurance, | |
sheved her through. And here we is. |
and frst-class-au through
that is, Loo is!''
"But $3.50! And Rome and Naples,
and return? ,Yeu can't do itl''
'Done it7''
"Yal, about the same, 1 reckon; I've
iggered it out. Figgers don't lie. l
amt no Cooks tourist; l can see Cook
and give him pints. I tell you I've fig
,ered it out to a cent, and I've money to
,pare. OF course, l don't reckon to
-ravel with Loo. She'll go first class.
But I'll be near her, it's in the steer
ige of ship, er in the baggage car OF
all road. I don't need much in the way
f'grub or clothes, and now and then |
Kin pick mp job. Perhaps you disre-
member that row / had in the engine
DOM, when they cbucked me out OF lt.?'
! could not help looking at him with
there was evidently ouly a
pleasant memory, in his mind. Yet |
ecalied that | had felt Indignant for him
md his daughter.
"WelI, that - fool of Dutchman,
hat chief. engineer, gives me job the {
,ther dav. And ef / hadn't Just forced
ny way down there, and talked sssay to
i'm and criticized his macheen, he'd
lev never knowed eccentric from
Do you see the pint?'
Thought i began to see it. But /
ould not help asS az what his daughter
hought OF his travelling in this interior
gay"
he laughed. "When was gettin'
lp some pints from them books of travel
read her proverb or saying outer
ne O. them, that only princes and
ools and Americans Travelled first class
You see 1 told her it didn't say
women for they materially would ride
rst-class-aud American gals, being
rincesses, didn't count. Don't you
ee 2"
If 1 did not quite follow his logic,
or see my way clearly into bis daugh-
er's acquiescer ee through this speech,
ONE light may be throwns upon it by
is next utterance. l had risen with
ome vague words of congratulation on
is success, and was about to leave him,
yhen he called me back.
"Did / tell ye," he said, cautiously
oking aro und, yet with smile of stihed
nioyment in his face, ''did tell We what
hat gal, my daughter, sed to me? No,
didn't tell We, nor no one else afore.
yome here ;"
He made me draw down closely into
he shadow and secrecy OF the round
ouse.
'That night that I told my gal she
ould go abroad, l sez to her quite chip:
er like and free, Il say. Looey,' sez I,
ye'll be goin' for to marry some o. them
cunts, or dukes, or potentates, l reckon,
nd .ye'il leave the old man. And she
y. sez she, lookin' me squar in the eve,
id We ever notis that gals eyer"
,sShe has fine eyes, - / replied cautious
ssThey is ez clean ez fresh milk pan,
nd ez bright. Nothin' sticks to 'em.
,h?'
''You are right
"Well, she looks up at me this way"
ere hs achieved vile imitation of his
modest glance, not at all like
er, land, leokin' at me, she sez quietly.
hats what I'm goin' for, and to improve
" mind He he he it's fack To
larry nobleman and improve her mindl
la ha hal
The evident enjoyment that he toek
! this, and theiquiet ignoring OF any
hing of moral quality in his daughters
sntiments, or in his confding them to
rangers ear, again upset all my theo-
hara fbo4 80 r.