Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-23

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above the mans head. "Why do you
waste the water, Maria?" said Miss
Dickinson; "he is wet to the skin al
ready" But Maria knew what she was
about, and, standing the bucket on the
sill, emptied the contents down over the
besieger. A howl, muttered exclama-
ton, more vigorous than elegant, and
his feet were heard splashing down the
walk. 81 thought that kitchen fire
never would burn" Maria said as she
passed out of the room, "and that there
tea-kettle never would bile-but it did,"
Fortunately, Miss Dickinson has a
keen sense of humor, and even though
people bored her she would take the
trouble to draw them out. She tells of
one man, specimen of the Western
men whom Dickens describes, who took
seat in the cars and tried to make her
talk by plying her with questions, to all
Of which she gave monosyllabic replies.
Becoming discouraged, he dragged
some greasy bills and currency from his
pocket and said: swell, now, look
here; you'll never lecture in our town.
It's too derned small. But I'd like to
hear what you can do when your steam's
up. thought I'd get free blowout,
but ! reckon you weren't born yester-
day-got your eye-teeth cute There's
dollar, III that pay you for good
square talk and all the fixens?"
She had hardly vanquished this man
when another came strollipg in from
the smoking-car. 81 heard you last
night, Annie" he remarked, by way of
an easy and friendly opening, sat -.
l don't live there. l happened in.
Yes" he repeated, 81 happened into
the lecture" as though he were fearful
she would be too inflated at his volun-
tarily seeking the show and must tell
her how it fell by chance. Then he
went on to tell her that, although he
thought her smart enough, he did not
like her sentiments. With her ready
wit she answered him so well that he
was glad enough to escape back to the
protection of the smokingcar.
Then, again, she made some pleas
ant acquaintance on the cars. One was
Sister of Charity, who had served her
kind in the wars OF Italy, the Crimea.
France, and Germany. She was an en-
thusiast, yet practical; devotee, yet
full of interest in the things of time; an
ardent Catholic, yet a sympathizer with
the movement for the social and intel
lectual advance of women. These two
women had very profitable talk, and
Miss Dickinson says: 81 never met a
Sister of Charity without wanting to
stand in the gutter, if need be, for her
to go by dry shod."
Miss Dickinson tells of some of the
adventures she has had in keeping her
lecture engagements. One night she
was drawn across river on sled by
two mcn-the ice was too thin for horses
and sleigh-in q driving storm. The
journey took three hours. She arrived
at the "institute, teeth chattering, stom-
ach chattering lno nourishment for
thirteen hours), fingers stiff, feet like
wooden clogs. winter cold through and
through me-" Miss Dickinson has
heard that somebody once asked Mr.
Beecher whether a man would have
gone through that to have kept lecture
engagement, and that he answered,
"No; 10 man would have been such q
fool" And was "justitied in the say
ing" says she; "only he should remem-
Der that the world, in reasonable fash
ion, demands of woman that she do
twice as much as man to prove that
she can equal him."
Miss Dickinson is an undaunted trav-
eler, and would climb the steepest
mountain for view. She met a wom-
an on the top of Mount Washington
once who seemed very much disguised
with herself for having made the ascent,
exclaiming, Well, what in the world
people do climb all the way up this nasty
mountain to get dinner for when they
can feed a great deal better down to one
of the hotels beats mel"
Western scenery is Miss Dickinson's
delight. Out there she met a man
whom she describes as "horrid little