The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-13
LANETTE.
CHATTER I

CHAPTER I.
Captain John Hablett, In who's
truthfulness we all have implicit conf
dence, relates the following story:
One night, several years ago, 1 wa
passenger on a Missouri railwa
train that was mercilessly robbed by
party of jeering young wretches wht
not only deprived US of our valuables
but who, during the outrage, subject
cd us to their low-fung raillery.
was not burdensomely encountered
with money, and gave up, without a
pang, the small amount which l had
but when one of the rascals told me to
take off my watch, filed my motion
for an appeal. The watch, aside from
being gold time-keeper of finest
make. had been presented me by a
dear friend.
Look here" said I, ''can't you let
me keep this watch. l suppose you
have often heard such request not
at all strange in your line of business
but which by granting would exhibit
your remaining dregs of grace, and
winch l 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 at once gam my case, but the
villain, graceful of form as we'll as
graceless of morals, bowed profoundly,
and replied:
My dear sir, 1 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 am accommodating, and willing
to grant hearing to any one dissatis-
he'd 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-off
OF times hurrylng moments. So long,
sir. wish you safe journey"
CHAPTER 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 gray-haired, and the governor
willing to excuse, l had little hope of
ever recovering my property. Arkan-
saw, although state in which frequent
train robberies occur, makes 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 a ten
der sympathy.
About two years after my experience
with the robbers, L went on a summer
vacation to Wisconsin. One day, while
threshing little trout stream, / met q
young gentleman to whom as he was
engaged in the same pastime, and as he
had caught nothing-I became at
tracted. He was a tail, graceful
young man, quick-witted, and with
face impressively handsome. We sat
in the messy shade and ate lunch to-
gether. We talked for an hour, and
then, like American citizens, intro ,
1uced ourselves. This is an American
An Englishman must
know your name before he will exhibit /,
the slightest interest in you, but an
American must become acquainted
with you before he cares to know your I
name. ,
my name is Robert Gosman." said
he, when l had delivered my cogno-
men, ''but l am known as Wild Bob. l
don't know why, for no one ever sees d.
NE in hurry. Here's some very fair (;
cabbage pickle" 8
Call you Wild Bob becase you are
1ot wild, probably" replied. The
of a certain bar in Arkansaw, d.
,all me Coldwater John, though l
lon't now remember that have ever
hown any marked prediction for
old water. Pickle is first rate"
Say, Hablett, l live about three
niles from here. You haven't any
hing to do particularly, have you?" }
'.Well, anything have to do, do it
>,
81 mean have you anything particu- 7
,rly to dop'' :,
NO" L
''Well, suppose you go home with
lie. You will find the folks to be very !,
greeable. It's no clearinghouse, un- h
As the clearinghouse which 1 bad :,
'cured was hardly up to the stand -
ID of appetite, to say nothing of asso- b
alton. l agreed to accompany MIR. h,
Osman. -,
CHAPTER III. 10
The GOsmans lived in a larpc brick al