The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-06

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he had been in India. His brother
paid no attention at first to bis Graz,
telegram, thinking it was only one o
his loony jokes, but when severa
months had passed and they heart
nothing of him they began to fear tina
he might have fallen into trouble, anC
it was decided that one of them should
90 after him. This was tie second
gentleman, and his failure to return
brought out the third, under the ap-
prehension that the other had been
foully dealt with. Well, he was gone
about a week. and l began to believe
that he had gone up the spout, too,
when the first one came sDeeking into
my Office and said: Say if anybody
comes aronnd here looking for me just
tell them you don't know where 1 am.
Where's your brother?' said l. He
looked at me nervously and said: he's up
in the Comstock with me- Where's
your other brotrer?' Hes down
East NO he isn't l replied; hes
here in this town, and he's looking fur
you and going to find you.' Just then
the second one came in and said To
the first: Come on, Charley, let's
be going While l was questioning
him in walked the other and there
was a great handsbakiDg all around.
The whole three of them seemed to
enjoy the thing immensely. Well,
began TO think those were about
the craziest cranks | ever saw when
the last one said kind Of pityingly to
me: Its all right, my boy. Those
messages amt just what they seem.
A little cipher, you know. We've
got silver up here till you can't rest.
aud we couldn't be telegraphine
everythingP You see, / was young
in those days, and when two of those
Iunatics came at different times with
copies of messages, inquiring very
particularly after the men who sent
them, what was l to think? No
Philadelphian could come any such
game on me now, I'll bet you. They
al got rich, and when they came to
'ell out one of them made me a pres
INT of a silver brick worth about
s25."
The last speaker was one who had
10 hair on his head, but who said,
IN response to an inquiry, that no
knife had ever taken it of.
1T was just scared off, he exclaimed,
down toward old Julesburg. One
lay / was at my desk when the man
It Hooper's siding, ten or twelve
niles away, telegraphed down that
he was surrounded by red skins, and
hat they were whetting their toma-
hawks on the wires. L thought it
vas a pretty good joke until he tele-
,raphed that the station was in flames,
md that lot of the Indians had set
'ut for my place. Then l began to
Prick up my ears. There were not
many of US there just then, and We
we're in no condition to fight Indians
anyway. We threw up breast works
nd got everybody who had gun, a |
PISTOL. a club or a knife, to fall in. 1t |
vas about shutdown when we got al |
eady for them. While we were
Waiting nervously for the onslaught, |
ne of the citizens, a saloon keeper.
anne riding up in mad haste, and |
hou;ed that there were just millions
f them coming You fellows are
II as good as msssacred now he said.
There's only just one thing to do,
nd that is to telegraph up and down
he line for help Put it strong
row. he said to me. Beg, implore,
.xhort them Well, / could rattle a
rev pretty well in those days, and /
'verlastingly begged for help. l was
thoroughly scared, and i threw my
whole soul into the work. After
about an hour of agony Cheyenne
broke in with, oh, turn yourself out.
you big calfp what's the matter with
you?' This cooled me off little, and
looked outside and saw the people
yoing and coming as usual They |
lad put up gorgeous joke on me,
ust because l was Geographic ten
lerfoot. My hair fell out soon after
hat, and it has never grown since"
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