Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-24

a flash of FURNISHED steel; heard for mo-
ment in the clash of arms, the blast O.
trumpets and the shout of conquest
crumbling into ruins as they vanished
away.
Ten, twenty, thirty centuries, they rap.
idly whirled along. l caught passing
glimpse of Joseph going into slavery, and
then the sound of the timbrel ''o'e1
Egypt's dark sea-" as, backward, time
swept away the dust.
''Think we have got him." said Edison,
as, far away over the plain, solitary OBJ
ject stood at the last outpost of human ex-
istence.
1t was Adam! He was sorting beans.
He shook hands with me, and invited me
to dinner. l suggested that we go at
once.
He said, ''No, it wasn't ready.'
was disappointed in Adam, but hop
ed the dinner would be all right. Adam
gave shrill whistle, and the hired girl
came out of q clump of bushes. Said he /:
''We are going to have Mr.. Slopcr to
dinner, Nancy; so boil nice cut of hip
popotamus, and warm up the elephant
stew"
''Yis, sor," replied Nancy; and by her
biogue l came to the conclusion that she
hailed from could Ireland.''
81 am glad o--see- -you," he continued,
turing again to me. IL have wanted to
talk with you for long time.'' He-apol-
ogizcd for the absence of Eve; she hadn't
got her suit, and was trimming her spring
bonnet. He--explained many things to me
that l never fully understood before, and
asked numerous. Questions. He wanted
to know if the cherry tree ever sprouted
after George Washington cut it down?
Giving sigh, he said that George always
reminded him Of his little Abel, and he be-
lieved if the little fellow had. lived, he
would have been President of the United
States.
"Ah, yes" said I, ''if he had only lived.
How old was he?''
''One hundred and seventy-two years.
acking few days."
We talked OF many well-known per-
sons.
'Mark Twain" said he, trying to refresh
lis memory. 80, he is king of the Sand
yich Islands, isn't hes''
mo, no." answered; she is the fellow
Who went with lot of other chaps to Wis
t you few years ago, and when they
old him You were dead, he jumpal up
licked the cotfee-pot over, and exclaimed:
don't believe it! Great Scott. when
lid he die :'-and then he began to hunt
or your will. and threatened to contest if;
aid he had evidence in his possession to
'rove you incapable of making a will;
ould prove insanity in your family
Well, Adam laughed heartily over that.
Ie then asked if Bret. Harte wasn't trav-
ling with circus, and 1 replied that he
1as.
81 never was much Of a man for circus
81 he said ''but always regretted that
didn't send Cain Off with. one. What a -.
plendid target Dan Rice's nose would
ave been for Cain. By-the-way, what
ecame of Billy Shakespeare?''
ooh, he was Hanged for stealing Sheep" :
The conversation changed, and men, ::
oned the walking match. ;,
"Ah, "..replied Adam, IL made the most
,lebrated walk on record"
''Indeed!' replied. ''When was that 2"
"When 1 walked out of the Garden of
den.''
You call that..a walking ma:ch?''
"Yes, Of course. What else would YOU
II it - he asked Ii
swell, / should call it Lucifer matcll.'' Il
Then Adam got mad and would not d
lk. He began sorting beans, and before ii
could conciliate him Edison had turned S
e crank, and Adam was twenty cen.ur- 81
away. Fl