The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-24
Thought He l.aagAea.
Cincinnati Sasasaa, Night.


 IL sas a good many yeArs ago. wheu we ~cre more conscientious as tu the quantity than the quality oi the matte, that we furnished the newspaper with which ~e ~ere connected.
 Seated in railroad car VIC noticed tha, the individual, great. .hrad-shouldered. powerful looking man. who sat dirroll, m f'onsrot Us, vas reading copy ei our paper, and from the ~ay ,n which Il vas Asided we could tell ,ha, .,was one ot our own articles. a humorous sketch m which we took much pude. that ~As absorbing hls aucntsca
 scrutiny than he from the momen, oi thls discovery He ~ill like that" ~e sohi. oquised. "li will make ham laugh when he gets tc the nuh oi It"
 We almost cn,,ed h,m the pleasure that vas in store tof him. Presently he appeared to be chuckhng al grea, rate. wc could not SCI hls taoe. but h,s neck WAS sutia>ed ~ith blood Esldenil, he ~as enloytnE himsrlt hugely,
 Then the thoagh, oseuiied to us tha, he would be pleased ,o make the as- quaintance ni the author ei the skci, h and ~c leaned over, teueh he'd h,m on the ann and sad
 You appear to be amused May l ask-----e bu, VIC did no, finish the sen. teuCe.
 He turned suddenly and sco~Ied upon us in way that was altogether di>so our ag,ng.
 "heg your pardon. sir. thought you laughed. ~e added
 Well. didn't. Why should laugh , What difference iS Ii to ynu an, how, ,i | did laugh =
 Ne >tammcred another apology and he resumed his reading
 We fel, glad of that VIC were su,e that the article would hnaily hrng A,m around
 In about tao minu,cs he turned upon ns again. and ~ith face full oi mahg- mt, eAelalmed
 I've good notion ,o wring your nc, k tor you. You impuden, puppy.
 II palncd nS eA,icnel, te be addressed in this manner. but there was >e much oi casnes,ness and meaning tn ms tone and manner. and eut strong prcludiee in tasot ot un"iung nc, k vas so great, that wc reitained nom tesen,ug IL
 Then lie went on ~th his paper AEsin mc ~ete hopeful that ali would ' el le well sutely he had not tca, he'd the ;unnics, par, he could never withstand that. however brutal and unapptr, ,atNe he migh, be, Hut. alas. he finished the a,tltic without bc,Iaying the slightest sleam ot pleasure on the contrary his face seemed to grow hatshei and harde, | looking and he haaliy iolsicd thr paper turned m hls seat so ,ha, he could obtain d iall s,e~ us. and ss, ;hcte Flowefing s, us for fully half an hour.
 hefc Was | man sithou, partltfr ei humot ln h,s make up. We would have been interested Tn making A study oi hls face, ii we had dared wc would have pit,ed had we not feared hun.
 ITe,en,iy the ugh, set muscles relaxed and soon smile lit up h,s face. and he extended his hand toward us.
 "Ah. ha IL has fetched him at last, " though, ~e. l, vas our hfsi great tn umph. and we felt, in our exultaiion, that we could forgive cen hun. and ~e took the pIoficted hand.
 Then he spoke My boy" said he
 
 am satisfied now tha, you had no in,en. ton of being impertlaen,. You arr, can see. fresh from ,he plow. unaequaInted ~i,h the ways of the great world. and perfectly though,less of the fae, that |. man di,likes nothing so much as ,o be punched m the back when he is feadlng cspc, ially where he ,s being nearly hokes. to death ~i,h the asthma Al ihe tune iteslties. was m a very bad humot. any how, or l wouidnt have done II. Ton zee go. hold oi an at,i,le m that pape, ,ha, l was Jus, reading and such another piece C of idioey never came across m my born days. If there's anything m the world hate, it's a tool and if there's one kind oi A fool hate wor,e than ano,he, as one .of these fool wr,,ers. We'll, th,s rot tha, I'm talking about. made me 90 damn mad that forgot iha, was gentleman Here, I'll show II to you and, i1i venture 10 say you'll no, blame me for being Tn a bad humoT."
 Then he wen, down into his poe kes hauled ou, the paper, and pointed yes, pointed xt our gem.
 Did vt own its au,horshipt No. Ora, ven-iike, we pfeseaded 10 read il and then feebly rendered our verdict with his Told him that under such aggravation his conduct was perfectly enousable, ane a, his urgen, solicitation took the seal aIongaide of him. and ltstened ~sh re | apeciful attention for three hundred mile, l to A man whom ~e loa,hed. ] We never forgavs that man until th. other day when VIC happened on the ar | ,,ole and read II. and then our sympa thlez were si,h him.