The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-04
" PngrIm's' Progress.


After Pilgrims abbreviated experience
at the skating rink, his friends, who
thought to have some fun, invited him
to party. Pilgrim went early and was
subject to many queries by his friends.
How's mining out there p was
questioned
Its right smart, thousands of WELL
pawn mines For instance. the Ana
conda is well-payin' mine and the
company's expence is over $4,000 per
day."
Law me ! If We had just one days
expense"
Yes? You'd bust long before night"
Another query was prompted by some
friend who had read few five-cent
novels and who was anxious to know
whether the red skins are really danger
GUS or not.
Yes, Iniuns is bad everywhere"
answered Pilgrim.
Oversee many ?"
Yes yes seen more'n three thousand
to onct,"
Good gracious Don't want to 90 to
that country do we?" his friend ex-
claimed Wasn't you just saying that
children ride three miles or more to
school? That's likely story children
going several miles through an Indian
country to school Your stories don't
hang together"
No ?" retorted Pilgrim. why
babies is born in the saddle; they in
herit an immediate passion foradventure
and the first garments they wear is q
belt and sixshooter.
Another question was in demand and
another friend volunteered to to ask if
there are any churches out there.
. believe there is, ] know there be-
answered pilgrim who at once diverted
to personality and said, Be you con
nected with the Churches?
@No not exactly" came the creeping
reply.
Z knowed a Teller by that name AT
Silver Star he was holy terror from
Way back
Why what did he do?" spontaneous
~ erupted the friend who had now dis
covered Pilgrims diversion.
/" Well, yoasee, he came to our cabin
one night to stay, and as he did not
bring his blankets long, three Of US had
I'd sleep IN one bed. Bed bugs was purity
bad and to economist cover he slept be
} tween us with his feet to the head The
next moTnin' he was q cussin 'rOanc
cause his heels was sore, clustered like
and he couldn't count for 1t cause he
knowed he hadn't walked twenty step:
in month-always went horseback you
know l knowed all the time, bu
'twan't no use tellin' him, SEEM he did
MT AK me-"
What was it Pilgrim bed bugs ?"
No; that what it wasn't. Bed bug
could never done it, for the rind OF
his heels was as tough as rawhide
This is the way 1t was One of them in
formal de;ties whose business it is Il
torture old bachelors with hard dreams
got possession of me and the thing wa
all over fore knowed it want fact
made raise minin' and went to tn
States to enjoy my fortune. was rich
erin Rothschild I'd never been il
company mucn--that is, with whit
/, f0lks,-but reckoned that needn't max
no difference cause my money'd carr,
me through Ny first occasion to ente
society was to tend a bussin' bee--some
thin like this'n,--but here was so em
barrasssed that | melted right in m,
chair, dripped like tallow candle unit
/ went all to pieces and spread out owe
the floor The folks noticed somethin
on the floor and spread ashes on it ant
swept NE out of doors. The thermo
meter was way below freezin and sool
, collected myself but didn't tend n
more parties right soon. In some unaC
countable way got married to tn
sweetest little woman who wasn't more
one third my age. We enjoyed all tn
: good things of married life and lived il
. luxury and ease Twas made the haT
: pest mortal ON earth, reckon, whe
one day our physician announced tn
safe arrival of pair of twins. HoV
long my bliss continued don't know 70
| was gettln old and spent all my tim
nursin' and kissin' them twins, but tan
rate, fore mornin' | raised blisters o
, Church's heels, thingin' all the time
was the twins"
NJ +. BACHELOR.
r. s. "A htrle nonsense now and thel
: Ii relished By the wisest men.
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