The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-06
HE WANTED TO KNOW.
Derrick no,ia. m saa Franc sse Post.

 ing- no, to say growing --through Europe writes us ,he following touching expert ence:
 had been for about half an hoar, he says, sitting on the deck of one ef the miserable l,sle packets ,ha, ply be- tween lover and Calais and exaspera,- ing my fellow passengers by refusing ,o lein n the carnival ot sea sickness sosng on around me. when tuddy-taeed. white whlskered, hiuif looking individual who had been eying me far some ,imc stepped up and said:
 " Hes pardon. I'm sure; but atc yoa really the Amerteaa
 $ gA< Ameriean@ replied ,hete arc several. believe.
 oh. cf course. Ia he sure. 1 meant the one on board. saw Gsstss 4. s..sHs, .>aa t'sls. tsa'. ss.ife' alsa. painted cn some ot ihc baggage, and 1 p,cked you out nigh, away as the owner" And the stranger inspected me rom head to tce, suh as vivid 1, curiosity A II I'd been a w,ld man ot the woods.
 Well, 1 finally ex, tanned, l" l am an American. Whs, can ds iot yo0
 Why CT nothing tha, k ue ots fcnsc. l hope. and you arc al,ioiuian. toey' he sad. rubbing hss hands as though he had indeed me, atsta a,,s. :" Eyer >cAlped Ny Inc Indians. eh
 Fl think not" i replied
 You've >salped some oi them though. haven, yen ?" persisted my tns,ulsier
 Concluding tha, ,nasmuth IN VAS ia tot being made a side>how oi l might as well indulge 'n some ct the circus poster soi, ei ihiag. l looked my luestene, calmly in the eyes and replied, Some men,yssS or seven, forget which l have the tally nioked in the haadle ot my other sCalptng lniie 1 eary only one bowie m this county sa seldom one runs across any ian over here, ysn know '
 Killed many white men z asked the stranger, who appeared ,o hc actually auivering wi,h eSei,emen, and eutiest,y.
 "only c,gh, Vt ten. i,cpiied careless ly You sec. ,n California there is a sort of close season now to. shooting white men. Tam, like the good cid man for -hreakfast times. \ fellow is only allowed ,o gun around rfomiscuons like iout months m the ycai SO n's hard work ,o keep ones hand m. don, you sec"
 Well. tdeels,e" :" said the apparently AihtfiCu man 6itA tt4f tnAp NhtzhfiA l" how about Cinnamon
 oh. we kill oh,namea all the yea' round. when they're fat" l explained. = Hut. then. there IS lately some sott oi an ordinance making II a mtsdemeanot io shoe, | pigtad unless hr is m the shady >tde ai the sueei ot gets III your way eiks aie getting leo internally paftie ular over that, ,ot a fact
 ri been divorced hnslly said tho s'taaeet whose eyes ~cge ms stie king out hAe peg en | hattsek.
 x nc tiurs. ,hruk sajd In itt E | nlrns.ed to have been again when passed Chi5 ago na my gay over but thc frata onfs stopped eleven minutes. tni 'hrie wasn't ttne enoagh fo tush |, through takes tWen'ytso inmates, you snuw
 ,hough, 'hi. had knocked him ou,. ha, aiet ies piautcs' besildered cog .tai4an he rei insd ia the thafsc nnee more
 lstfoaly tlc that all An,eus an, wcaf fhcst pfoios tors and ea nothing but ns =
 Wcll, you sec. he iact ts thai Ame,i. ans aae. As yoa know snch ffiEhailiy busy people 'ha, they haven't tnc ia st dosn aud cal stVNe meal. like you Inglsh. They mast have something portable something they can cary about ~lth them and nlhlle on Inc sl,. ,ell you. sir. ! looks like b4s,aess whea you zee forty CT tti,y men all hanRing on to the straps oi q street CT with one hand and eating ~i,h tho other
 shoald rather think so," mutmu,ed the sttangrr
 "As for the ehes, protectors. ooniin- oed, they are really nothing more than poeke suspended around ,he neck. and large enough io cary a whole pic. winch Il keeps warm st the same time A good hot miu,c pie slowed away m ,hls man nef no, only imparts a gentle and grAtc- ful warmth ,o the entire system. bu, keeps A whole days faiions always lsn', il =
 We'll. I'm blessed - sad my iaIly pafslyted lnterrogatof. gaiing at my hiid- like and lngenunus faa. siih profound ave. Would rf would you oblige me wlih one of your ards z" he sad. " van, n show !, to my iAmily. or they'll never believe ~ofd of this never. Thanks heres mine. and as sr had landed, he walked up the gang plank and was s~aiIo~ed ip by the mob Of m sane rem cabm-n
 AS stepped ehs' king into my osn eonparfneu, glan' ed a, the ard Of the stranger l, read. . /alA5 4 /nd4ins, sH frFa t=fo, Ga3.
 have speu, about eighi hnufs day looking fpf that man ever Nnce. There ~tll be b.oodshrd ou, of this yet mark my words.