The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-21
THE GOVERNORS MAD MAN.

unrest, said young man who entered the Arkansaw state-house the other day and addressed the governor. - I am a relic of the peripatetic school of philos- ophy and have wandered far from the covered walks of the Lyoean Apollo"
 Did you tramp into town.' asked the governor, lighting his pipe with strip torn from petition signed by six hun dred citizens asking for the pardon of a " blind tiger man.
 A restless spirit has carried me far from my college walls. Dialectic in my arguments. scorning the Eristc. have ba:,led.'
 .' Been fighting duels = asked the gov ernor.
 '' No. sir; seorn the man who would shed the blood Of brother"
 :" How abou, mere acquaintance:
 'l scorn anyone who sheds blood. My mission is one of wisdom. Aristotle taugh, the grea, Alexander, why may no, teach you:
 You may. If you've got anything that don't know. ou, with it.
 II have. and lwould have you sit a, my fee; and learn. Pia.o and Aristotle differed. Their modes of teaching were different. Plato, even in his dealings with great facts, was imaginative and pol ished; Aristotle stripped his facts of all establishment and gave them to the world blunt ard forcible. Ihave studied under both these gtea. teachers. One day would sii with Plato on the yves. Of Athens; the nex, day would s!t with Aristotle oa ;he eas, side. Wha: will you have"
 Tase , ;sday | yoa have i: handy .
 foa would 0t.ns ,ae r.,i.eale oi he gods dewn .aon me. lam IT no humor fas Iesans Ne are alone and stepping 70 ne dor he cioseJ ard loskea :. The governor regarded :he .s.,ot wl:h kind oi sta;e-;reasng-.nves: sating look and SAN tn: he was housed with a mad mar. The leng;hening shadows told ,ha; even ing was approaching and ;ha; the officers of the other departments had gone home. The porter. too. had taken his departure. The stranger was powerfully built. and as he stood. his aspect becom:n, iercer and tiercer every moment. the governor fel, sensations of fear freely oanvassing his system.
 -Wha, would yoa have me do. my friend 7"
 Il would have you si; at my fee, until morning By then. you can. wi.h the priceless treasure of wisdom. r.,ls over a grea, commonwealth
 And if refuse
 ' Then yu mus: de
 The governor sse. 2a.e aal ne Sead- lei himself t--alas: l ;a9.e
 "Ycu shall s,:. ani the strange. aFcw l :oas knife.
 Il; seems .ha; have seea you ae- fore. sad the governor vii. you please ,el. me your narne,'
 '' am stephen ". Dorsey
 The governor ;hrex Up both hands ami saled at the visitor.
 '' Come. prepare 10 s; a: my feet, and Mr. Dorsey began D remove his shoes
 Keep on your shoes. Nr. Dorsey. for if mus, si,-fo, heavens sake don, ,ake or your socks.
 If within i've minutes yoa dcn', si, down. l shall plunge ;i..s knife mo yol."
 Tae situation had oeco.sse terrible. The governor looked a; the clock and thought surred.y. An A-kansaw governor Is rarely a, his WIS end and .l,ere was still some hope Two ra.nuses passed. Dor 'y examined the poins of his knife Three minutes. An expression of horror ,e.-.ed on the governor's are. Four ninu,es. and the governors fce bright .nei.
 ''Nr. Dorsey" he calmly sad. point 1 ng % ,he ,ab.e. here is aa eacellen, los ,f writing material would yoa no, like o write letter ,c'sonle leading rspubli- ,an leader and .ell hirs wha; base in- ! ,rase he is:'
 'A would exclaimed the mad man. 'eilag a chair and approaching the ,ar ole- "Oh. wi2 tell him whl a wolf he i S Oh I'll dip my pen in gall and as he governor ,osk the key from the floor i shere i, had fllen. he looked over Dor 'ey $ shoulder ard read = John A. Logan. ,oc do no, know the Seling of geaar- [ DIS impulse. have eiocuraenss to psove - bu; the governor hurried away. fear lag 10 longer trust himself in the com pany of the great eSposer.
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 A STRANGE ATTACHMENT.
 Speaking O. strange attachments"