, 1879-08-23
AN INDIANA POET.
a Day in the Woods with
= j. w. Riley.
liz Tolls thu Story of His Wandering,
and Writing, and Waiting.
Tracking tin Author Of "Tom Jollnson's
Quit" To Ills n1dtny-rlnce.

TFfLp"I ApFFfHPHHHfHck Or 1HE ffthHnEs
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. .1.-f.ust week spent n
day IN the wouus with j. ". l:stoy, tbu ruet.
Maurice Thompson fays: "Ot the younger liz
diam pucls lie Is by fur the best." latclins Him
10 Eenlus." Alr. LonsfeIlow, too. has been
kird enougl 10 wr,lc su,us yerY complimentary
things of lin. 1sl,l Truw bridge Is even n,urc
euIuGtstsc thai Thotntson. But didn't go to
the Youtls with hun .,craasu u Is either ptct
genius. but ior t'ls better rcaAon that l,e lovcs
tue country.
"Gtve tins a grove koaIcd With s!attc." /" lu
said, rs We rcstsa under beech tlia. neither
sun nor rain could penetrate. title song of
bird, the t!uklu Of Il hril, t,c tn,1r,nnrk of II
brook ur thu bi.1l[g Of ts,c breeze III II pushes
lie way through ule trees, 10 certain 10 TT luz tic
lnsnIietl thought, wtriher lLe gtlt OF expression
cutIcs along or not"
"You rca john Burroughs, Of cn,trerl''
"ics, alai ctil"y him, nightly. But never
70 10 tllc woods to ubacrvc anything cIosrly.
] know tho tattics nf COMMON trees alnl birds,
anu always kill shakc whcu Zee Que. II II
list gets onto irir hook AMI don't get right oil
again, aasassinalc him, too. hut | don't
gu into tic details Is Burroughs at!L
Tliorcau ulIl Thompson 10. IL them
tllr study Of ttrda. nril f1shes,
ntltl flowers, and trees Il III Gt-tu ,nc they arc
only means to all cnil. Tie twlttrr of tree
toad guYc mo thought the o!,tr day which |
worked ont with Eoo4 deal of pleasure ana
toinc little satfstnctttn. hut ! should dislike
layinE u atadg II trcc-toad,"
VIEWS OF Hur.
Mr.. Isaac Herr, Ut the IKrnfd, accom- panied
us, nl,l satnueI Miller, buy of 10 years. b.
gan to anu'o3ize for taking The little fe!uw anl
thus rrUwdiug The carriage.
I'D ra!,tr wnlt than iearc him. broke in
Riley. ''Nn COMPANY bo.,na Tor tlu woods is
complete without smart, iu4nts!ttyc bor. A
bird luots bigger Hfter he has shouted, Oh,
see that lsawk,.--slou't ynu wish yuu
had d Enna' TIE warm walrr ln Il
s,reau tustcs eoplcr alter he has pro-
nounccd thirsty Judgment upon It. its
appetite hcips one to worry down an apple or
two lurrictly picked out of all orchard when
tic owners doE IS Ut dinner. To ln ot'o asll
is rs Euod ~ whole strfsl:. aiH! he mal;rs You
eorl.o'g'ad Tint vuu went fishing after nll. Yut,
Sec things through his ryes. 4 little green
snakt ts Us bi. As ah0a-cDnstrirtor. The only
thing in se Wouds Tint lUn!ss hMnt to him il II
lunch. No matter how big the basket. he al
wa, seeA 1t will atl Inverted spY.gluss.
50 VIC touli Sam with us, md bclure VIC had
fuirls reached ,sn .wuoas h leaned oycr to me
u,nt whispered, ~ l,tsr Mr. Riley"
"WHat tlo you like tlm fur, Ha.n.'' asked,
Wishing to get 6o. = ,l"u of poet.
"On, he cl;nows lots OF atorcs, aud he don't
talk nnythiiiE atOut faw!"
lnat lust sc.sc:Ire was M lnlircct thrust at
SANS tuLvr, partner u lieu. Lon. HARRISON,
hut tllG boy inll gnugel tlr nuct abnut right.
LII tossesscs fl.nh Of auert1u,t, ullI makes II
funny stncY out Of ANYTHING lie touches 4
l'tsio dissertation, IN the peanut " made us
tltsluccd Sam to furgct Tint huff dozen uppcs
weic still unrnten
BEFORE THE FopT-lLQuTs,
Tllta gtft has nlrrasls malls hin. q fayorsle on
thc platform. His Enwcr of imitation ss rcr-
eertaRly wonderful ,1 ag' ysar's trimming must
aaeator H @ % ii ' saras,eS. ~ m % so,r Ssf!' IL u ,c
"Crushcu " Tragcdian'' Is no: moru hnpny than
Riley IN his Iulltatiun Of Col. lnreraoIi, SCHUYLER
Culfux, a,Ih other popllar lecturers. lie ncycr
heard lngorsoll bae ollre, lie says, and vet In
lis style. l,Ile tolsc Of yoicc, the happy gest-
re, ant! the full, rolnd SENTENCES, flushed with
liz iausuase Of roctIy arg cupitd with an cx-
actnes, tut must IT, delight even tlts fa,nouss
0ratur httnsclk Without accusing ihe Colonel
OF ir indulgence of such islnrerity, Mr. RILEY
bucves 1t within ilIc puwer OF 1ngcrsott's
peculiar quality ot oratorr ~ taGu any topic, l,o
matter hoy inv'olato In sacred worth or
uppnrent success. In illustration, he sclccts
'fFrlrudslip," VIRTUE" nr aomu similar
tople, an! initiating lusersolrs' ,.sty!c, proves
uudIc,cu Ii wouucrtul-bettcr than WcnalinE
or Hwnig.
Al foccnt entertainment If "lome ar,ists,"
given al tie Gr4H'! Opera iousn IN this .dtv, lle
Although illc iaii was crowded with thu
frleuds Of other performers. thu pugt
was reluctantly let 70 utter the !oustll cufurc.
Al evensig Vt tue Saturday Night Club, 1t":
III ovation. Even Gen. Harrison was sccn to
npplaud, nnl AiaJ. Goraou was thrown into
What Will you do with this marvellous glft7"
aaketl Us suou Us could coutrol luy rls!itcs
ntsur hearing aUout - tllc pruHut.''
"Do with 1T Nothing but cultivate 1t. 1sup-
posv," lie replied, hts to,v rsllg,lE tU tile Mscl-
nnclloltc. ~ wish It would earn my I!vmg, tor
! a.n tired VI tue brush"
II @c 1ad inscn cult b1tl tie effect rou1t!
,lot have hvcn nIoru depressing. lilprc was 4
titga of salunas, too. IN Ills favc, while wlthtu
thrubUcu gre2t soul, restless, uMbIt1nus eager
70 rtnell nut ana grasp tile prize. yet tiutl a,,d
dlHtrusttut.
UNDER TIE srcAMonEs.
Wo drove UP Ihs river's bank eight or trr
miles and cantlietl under .ftl shaded BY nalf
duzen large syraln0rcs. 1t was a1realy Afch
nuUu, nlmi utter The culfee had boiled we washed
dowli u ceIl.lne luncll, prepared bv .lc urls wt
let hrllu4 IT, lhcu easns t!'e pIpes ind co,n-
fort
III tl,c clearing to orr right, the sur& was get
ting III its work al ltIa .fegrc"s. The friendly
foAtt was n lrstfts lfc hHlHS NGft ltt tlHlter,
and The air Acel1ptt rs ille 1rrath VI MI uypn.
lfuraca htnE l!mr heads, a,nl lln cattln r,yrh
dtse.!nsulatr, Wr pltlcI slr penu'r 81 ulicrtu..
III The cIt,. wllttu We. unly ten E1tra away, were
rcyclllE III the cnol sliaue, aIklu. aot eyru for
q lrIus III fce.wuleF.
Sum suggested that perhaps Mr. Riley knew
ana!ler ssosy; but sa1l mi yet fpr-
gotten ILLS reference to ,"I1a brllsll"
Nln naked TINT hs tell Hs something III l,s
own lfu-"whea yua wcru IL buy" uddcd Stu,
ui1csiv.
Yves, Isllsy, tell us II you wers ever born,h
md hu Ut lhu lirfu u a,nlu bcluuk 'lia.sef to ILLS
bic3ih,
TIE STONY or i rnET.
"Wcll, sir." rcs!!esl thu ptmt, I" MAS horn
tTenty'suseu trars art'. alnt ra'sed vt Grrt1l-
htA-a InollcrY llttIu uil t"wt,, nt wt,0se
auEoI.strm:s mn htiil tied. w;s seut IL
sctloul, tesnr.uber, at Il vers curly uec,-
and then sent ouetz again. At tin,
very beginning conceived u tilslku
fur sa Iron dlsrisltnc, whs'su sulc ubjret seetlc.
" bu u IIar1css every u.cMtai rnergi inl0 brutr
llka snh]erlhNl, ulMl then tIrivu ii Wsrrycr bld
bat.eyru Tyranny might suggest. Guild barely
baAnp1 inYsrll Oh 0lle tcg wllca | tr.,sh to
sklek In thu tEaces nnl was srcc.liy aorlcA ~
bad huy.f
My first tcaelcr was a fat ol laly will,
kiml speetncles, ~no taught twenty
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