The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-30
LANE'rTE.
CHAPTER

LANEITE.
CHAPTER I.
Captain John Hablett, in whose
we all have implicit conf
dcncc, relates the following story:
One night, several years ago, / was
q passenger on a Missouri railway
train that was mercilessly robbed by
party OF jeering young wretches who
not only deprived lis Of our valuables,
but who, during the outrage, subject
ed us to their low-fung raillery. I
was not burdensomely encountered
with money, and gave up. without q
pang, the small amount which I had,
but when one of the rascals told me to
take off my watch, l filed my motion
for an appeal. The watch, aside from
being gold time-keeper of finest
make. had been presented me by q
dear friend.
''Look here,' said l, cant you let
me keep this watch. suppose you
have often heard such request-not
at all strange in your line of business
but which by granting would exhibit
VI ur remaining dregs of grace, and
winch might say, may in time prove
to be the fruit meats of repentance.
was young member of the bar at
that time, rather liked to hear the
sound OF my own voice, and thought
that this little speech, SO applicable
and delivered with such emphasis.
should ut once gam my case, but the
villain, graceful of form as well as
graceless of morals, bowed profoundly,
and replied:
''My dear sir, like to hear you talk.
and under ordinary circumstances
would listen to you with only mod
crate degree of impatience, but on this
occasion | am really pressed for time.
While lam accommodating, and willing
to grant hearing to any one dissatis-
fled with the manner in which l con.
duct my affairs, yet must insist that
you pay more attention to prompt de-
livery and less to oratory. Ah," tax
ing my watch, ''jeweled checker-ofi
of times hurrylng moments. So long,
sir. l wish you safe journey"
CHATTER II.
The robbery created great excite
ment throughout the state, but as
train robbers in Missouri are rarely
captured, and if at all, after the suffer-
ers are haired, and the governor
willing to excuse, had little hope OF
ever recovering my property. Arkan-
saw, although state in which frequent
train robberies occur, makes a spe-
cialty of capturing the outlaws and
bringing thcm to justice, but in the
great state of Missouri, robbers appear
to have made so many friends, per-
formed so many acts of charity, that
people at large exercise for them ten.
der sympathy.
About two years after my experience
with the robbers, went on summer
vacation to Wisconsin. One day. while
thrcshing little trout stream, met q
young gentleman to whom as he was
engaged in the same pastimc, and as he
had caught nothing-I became at
tracted. He was a tail, graceful
young man, quick-witted, and with Q
face impressively handsome. We sal
in the messy shade and ate lunch to.
gether.. We talked for an hour, and
then, like American citizens, intro
duced ourselves. This is an American
characteristic. An Englishman mus
know your name before he will exhibi
the slightes. interest in you. but al
American must become acquainted
with you before he cares to know youl
name.
my name is Robert Gosman, sa;t
he, when l had delivered my cogno
men, "but am known as Wild Bob.
don't know why, for no one ever see
me in hurry. Here's some very fai
cabbage pickle"
"Call you Wild Bob becase you ar,
not wild, probably" replied. ..Th
members of certain bar in Arkansaw
call me Coldwater John, though
don't now remember that have eve
shown any marked prediction TO
cold water. Pickle is first rate.'
Say, Hablett, l live about thre
miles from here. You haven't any
thing to do particularly, have your"
"Well. anything have to do, I do
particularly
81 mean have you anything part;cu
larly to dop"
mo"
| "Wen, suppose you go home wit
me. You will find the folks TO be yer
agreeable. It's no clearinghouse, ur
| derstand.
AS the boarding house which l ba
secured was hardly up to the stant
ard of appetite, to say nothing of asst
citation. ! agreed to accompany MI
Gosman.
CHAPTER III.
| The Gosmans lived in u large brio