West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-30
PENALTIES oE ZANE.
hth Nyc rclls OF a Narrowing Episode ~
the Days OF His Youth.

n'h Nyc rcus OF Narrowing Episode ~
tho Days OF His Youth.
Some Years ago, when was Younger.
! was very easily approached by
strangers, especially if they intimatcd
that they had met me before The
most dOwntroddon and offensive human
failure could borrow my watch and
chain then. if hc went at it right. and
it was a cold day when wasn't called
upon to feed some great admircr''
of mlnc who had footed it through from
Boston TO the coast in order to shake
hands with me.
am npt go much that way now.
would ratpo, b famed for paats than
TO pant iov fame (slall-fcd humorl
When a palc-cyod tramp takes me by
the hand and tolls me how he has
lourncyed from Nova Scotia To see me.
pcrpctratc Il little coop al, tat on him
10y asking him if hc has a dollar in hi,
clothes that | could borrow till next
week. After that there j, "A lul in the
conversation that you could cut with
knife.
Many wears ago there was n red
headed conductor running No Z over
the Shcrmuu hill. whose name was
toiI--at oaSt, tha.s near enough
No. 1Wa>n' really a train of vanished
cars. 1t Was an cmigriut train, but
bad omfDrlab'c Caboo>c on behind
with lcathc-covcrcd seat, and an oh
scrNatory ON top and oil paintings In IL
painted by Michael Augclo Prang, aud
used to ride over the mountain with
Boil, IN the o0boosc quite frequently.
One night there were several of us
coming over the hill, and we were hav-
ing good fair avcrags time smoking
Alex Joc,maH's cigar, and telling
storic, ag we pokcd mp the heavy grads
Of The Union Pacific road from CHEYENNE
west After awhile BoilS went through
the train, with srli-cockng punch,
and made the usual asses mcnt Then
he came back and told me that there
was lady i'm one OF the cars ahead who
had heard in some way that | was
aboad, and was very anxious To meet
me if | wished | rose maivsticalh,
felt of my mustnchc, TO see if il was still
there, aud then went into another car
where Boil- introduced me toa corpu-
lent woman about cighty-scvcu wears of
age who's teeth were made for some one
else. She couldu' hear very well either
The train mad some noise. and SO
when She wanted very severely TO hear
what | said, she would lean over on my
shoulder, with the cold and somewhat
sOiled rim If her ear close to my face.
so that she could catch my word, as
they fell
ssh said she was Just returning from
the Centennial.
'Ah, said /, "whcrc do YOU 20 TO
celebrate your ccntcnnial- uowadays?"
"Oh, down To- PhiludelphyN she said,
as soon as She had collected my question
into her Jumbo ears
u should think YOU would go to the
Acropoli-. ] said, gct,inga little weary
of my companion, cor to Pomp,ii.
where YOU could hayc Kind Of reunion
u ruins
Yes we went to Injinopols, too,
she replied.
And We chattcd along up the hill.
While the boys back i'm the cabgosc were
having nice joyful time / was there
yelling playful byH mo's and such things
into the rcccsses Of an old emigrani's
ear, who, ! afterwards learned, thought
] was foreign missionary on my
charge via Frisco.
Finally, / asked her 10 excuse me. as
] had to 20 back to attend to a friend
who wa, dying. II took me a long
time 20 work this polpable fal,ehood
through the labvrinths 10 her mind. but
finally she seemed to grlppIe it all
right.
Then she wanted TO go, too. told
her no. it would certainly hasten the
end.
How ! wanted to get hold Of BoHs
and bHag him 20 a head, Al last got
away from the aged conversational ST.
AMI went back tO the caboosr.
10 was locked.
J stood ou' ON the platform i'm the cold
all the way down The west side Of the
bill to Laramie whore we arrived at "a
little past midnight a. the train was
late.
never felt anywhere near even with
Boiis until q year or 80 afcrward. when
the general superintendent wrote and
asked him If hc Wouidn' Q be j nd enough
10 iEu, SO as to give the stockholders
chance He toll Bo.ls chat If he
would resign and lc Job ON a rival
road, and bc a- CcOuomica. about turn
ing in cash fares a- hc hal been with
him, the company would present him
with "a goid-hcadcj cane. -BW NVc. IN
S. Pun NcruId