The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-12-10
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A Companion IN the Cars.
Il WIN. J.'Florenee..

[ Once, during I tour | In ini ahe Western States
an incident occurred In which rather Vtfinh
4 played the victim O! We were en- route from
Cleveland to Cincinnati, an eight or ten
hours journey. Amer, seeing nay wife com.
] fortably seated I walked forward to the
/ smoking cM and, taking the Only anoceupied
4 place. pulled ohtamy cigar cass sad offered q
cigar TO- my next yneighRer. Ill He was about
bsixty years Of age, gentlemaply In appear
ance, and Of, Q somewhat reserved and bash
fui mfen. He gracefully accepted the cigar
and In D few minutes We were engaged In
conversations. nodl ;tadt hrg ,roiyUlifsnqy
gE.oAre yop going far west9" inquiEeda
Merely 50 far as Columbus" Coinm,
bus, may explain, b TIE capital Of Ohio.
p4tAnd you, sirfn he added, ,interrogatively.
Bin 81 am sjmrpesiw toward Gipcinna.i7
| am q atheatrical man, and play there to-mor-
row night" was . young man then, and
| fond of avowing my profession. '"'1141
20 Oh, indeed, your faceseemed familiar to
me - yoa entered the car. /, am confident
ia have @ sc.sd II almost every State in the
Unibn,m said I, haiEpatronfzingly. IA Mrs.
Florence andI are pretay generally know N
| throughout the Northwest y bTuofs sream -
"Bless me |" said the stranger, In surprise,
~ have seen you act many times, sir, and
the recollection Of Mrs. rFlorence's Yankee
Girl, with her quaint songs, Is still fresh In
my memory" Observation-Disclosures ,id
4rpo you propose remaining long in Col.
ayes, for seven years" replied my com
panion. a.sub slliaaJ 81 ,hsus.gb fi'uoi'
| Thus we chatted for an hour or two. At
length my attention was attracted TO . little
red-faced man, with small, sharp eyes, who
q ~
himself by sucking the knob of d large walk
ing stick, which he carried earessingly in his
hand He had more than once glanced at
me in q knowing manner, ana now, and then
given 4 sly wink and shake Of the head at
me, as much a. to say, I" All, old fellow, 1
know you, toe" Iii tusmn79yun uuitrta9
/, These attentions were so marked that ] q
naliy asked my companion II he had noticed
them. - .l& 49, - - 01oo3- 3di nd aJHm :
= "That man acts like b luhatlc," said I,
SottO o0ce. D liIeG E2iTElgqE bus vmE2YiQu |
-" "a poor, half-witted fellow, possibly, . re-
| piled my feIlow-trayeler. In your travels
through the country, however, NJ Florence,
tyou must have often met such strange char
acters.f 9.lGUq9I 6 feiEdE3ss q -qmiG I
I'VE had now reached Cgestline. the dinner
station, and after thanking the stranger for
the agreeable way in which be had enabled
me ID pass the Journey up to this point !
asked him II he would Join Mrs. Eiorsnee
and myself atdinner.r9 This prodpced On
extraordinary series, Of Uimaces and Iwinks
| from the red faced party, Aforesaid. The in
Fvitatfon to dinner wss politely 9deeliped.
nThe repast over, onf train sped on toward
Cincinnati Itold my wife that IN the snp-
king car had met most entertaining gen
tleman, who was wen posted in 'theatricals
gested that should bring him into lnur rcaE
and present him TO- her. / returned taDthe
smoking car and proposed that the gentle;
man should accompany me to bee MS. Flor!
| ence. The proposal made the red-faeedn An
undergo spseiesiof spasniodic iconyubions,
which set the occupants of the car into roa ars
aNS' sbsnk you, I, IT, ssid by by friend. I'D
feel obliged 10 you for your courtesy but I
prefer the smoking car. Have you anoth hel
cigar ~ adi sso~0g IgaEo oinE9oO-q9uI | E
h. !: Yes" said !, producing another Parta. r :
/ again sat BY his side, ana once more op,
convsfsstions begun and we became quite
frsternal. We talked shout thssteEs sht
theatricals, and then ayerted, 70, political
| economy, the state or the country, hnance
and commerce in turn, our intimacy evident
~ afbfding intense amusement to the foxy.
eyed party near rs. Iui iGuugG 9i4 ggso 9
| Finally the, ,shrill sound Of the whistle
and the entrance or the conductor indicated
that we had arrived at Columbus, and the
train soon pulled up In che station noos
sts Comes" said the red, faced indiyidpa,l
now rising from his, seat a. and tapping my
companioR on the shoulder, "this Is youl
| sfXtfon. ala man. l. 10 1Eliub l9Y!Is 9AE
b aMyfriend rose with some difficulty, drag
ging his hitherto tconcealsd feet from sqnde,
the ssat when for .1e tlr,t time tdiseeysre.
pcharge or the sheriff, going for seven years u
the State Prison at Columbus. .,4caI