The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-08-10
.oLYvER SUDDEN" IN TEXAS.
souds the Sentinel one of His Quaint,
Irnisgae and Humorous Epistles.
SAN ANToNIA, Texas,
Aug. the Red hot-th

lpss Oft-t1m6b ncaTu tDdO Oou'"k o'o-Vo
oost their shadows" l was very forclbly
r ;mrnressed with the truth Of this adage
an AMI INV arrival in Memphis, en- route hith-
=. NV intention was to travel IN cog,
and quietly, without attracting any at
.a,tinu whatever. But one Of the pen>
slt;es ofgreatness ia an impossibility to
escape from the scrutiny ard criti-
c;um of the public. ] should have been
aware Of ali this, but I was not ct an
prepared for the demonstration wnicn
awaited my advent in the Blum CITY. A
large procession Of carriages, Dusses'
street cars, policemen, newsboys and 9th
Or hoodlums had assembled at the depot
in honor Of my coming. I presume the
conductor had wired them that ! was :.
coming event, and thus was the shadow
cast and the truth of the Taxim Illus
| trated. -.
When the truth Of the situation hrst
a,wued upon me, l very naturally ex-
nectcd that I would have to make q snort
sneecn Of thanks for the unexpected hon.
ar shown me. reached down in my
Intellectual eripsack for an impromptu
oration suitable for the occasion, but as
had had no earthly inination OF such
an emergency and had not prepared any
impromptu speech for that special oc.
casiou. Of course there was none there.
While was vainly endeavoring to corral
nv struggling intellectual infants, the
procession began to move OH, joined py
number of the passengers who came 10
on the same train with myself. rms
was quite relief to me, and | gladly
LET them depart in peace, without one
word of remonstrance, or reproach.
While waiting and watching them de-
mart in rect cars and peace and quiet
nde and buses and other thing, l was
Approached by gentleman, evidently
Of Hibernian extraction. lie wore a
4 high hat and buggy whip, and with a
veTy obseouious air offered me the use OF
his carriage, to any part OF the city.
oNIy noble son of Erin, said ], II can
not very conveniently express to you--
that is-adequately express the deep ana
grateful emotions that surge upward
from the very substratum of my anato-
NV for the unlocked for, though not
unappreciated 'honor you have done, a
mivate citlzen"- ~,
FuOh Javzus! Coon off the roof! Will yer
80 saving he turned upon his heel, and
left me standing. with my grip In one
hand and an unfinished gesture on the
terminus of the other. He was succeeded
nv n fifteenth amendment citizen, whe
wore the same uniform and addressed tt
me similar proposition.
To him, thus replied: "My sable sor
of Senegambia; there must evidently bt
a large sized misrepresentation cavortlnl
around in this precinct, fr and un-
trammeled. This same mis- apprehension
which should be immediate, y apprehen,d
ed and promptly and securely confined.
il doubtless solely and nirely response
BILE for the gigantic misconceptions an
colossal complications which have al
ready arisen in this connection. AlloN
me to further remark in my own behai
that am not Jay Gould roaming aroun
seeking another railroad that l ma
deyour, neither am ] John l.. su.liva
dodping from Governor Lowry. l al
simply private citizen of the soverelg
State of Mississippi. ! am not gong
visit your city but am going to Texas ft
my health" L.,
eyes boss, but does You want kt
riage?" Il,
ness touches me deeply, Dut cahh
avail myself of 1t T..
He turned off silently with Oil
satisfied air, and | was finally left
nursue undisturbed the even ten
Of nv way. After leaving my ,gr
with Harry Coltart at the NJ. q
denot. I boarded street car and start
down Main street. waited while
the conductor TO come around and gait
er in the tickets. but he failed to con
Everybody else who came aboard arc
pd nickel into the missionary ..
bu- myself The engineer kept maxi
,iyns tome but didn't want to undt
stand.
Finally he stopped the car and J
formed me that hadn't paid my IA
told him that was we'll aware OF
fact. that had the cash to pay
way. and was not trying to travel u.
IN any but the regular railroads.
then wanted to know why ana NJ
nv fare in the box, and ! told hll
didn't have to. That I was ready !
willing to pay it t. some person auth
lied by the company to collect It
then offered to pay it to HIM but he
the company wouldn't allow him to
ceive il. He then informed me that
didn't want any more monkey BUSH
and that must pay my fare or get
the car
He started the car up as ne spt
and the passenger next TO me Offered
receive my fare and deposit it IN the
asked him It he was authorized by
company to receive fares, and he
he VAS not. | then thanked him tor
kindness, but declined to take advan
f.it. BY this time q policeman
taken forward berth with the epgir
The engineer soon informed him Of
status Of affairs, and he came back
volunteered the information to the g
that must pay my fare or get of
ear. / told him / was fully prepare
nav and entirely willing to pay my
70 any one authorized by the CONF
10 receive it. He then Offered 10
il and deposit it in the box. l q
him il The company had authorized
to receive it. He sal not. l thai