, 1889-02-14
The Tale of q Young Man From
Harrington.
He Took in the Elephant and
What 1t Cost Him.
a Young Farmer Vista ths Fsi,s City In
Search OF wonders apd Finds
Them Plensifsi and Costly.

0letflCt5s 20 NENIEW IepOfteI ~ tue
Northern Pacific depot yesterday.
He vas rather . good looking fellow,
not more than twenty or 20. but his eyes
had . far.away, dreamy look painful to
behold.
The reporter gave him the desired In
formation and asked him why be spoke Of
being charged for II.
"Well, / find people don't give any.
thing away in Spokane Falls, and during
my visit OF three days here have paid for
almost everything saw or heard, and a.
I'm broke nov, naturally tried to give
lyon must have been taking in the
town." said the friendly reporter,
"Wel, don't know about that" he
replied, | rather guess the town took me
in," and melancholy smile crept over
his countenauce and the far-awayer look
again settled in bis big brown eyes.
travaaant fear. and have not
held onto your money % you should
when visiting large city, " remarked the
reporter.
igsl con, only I've got beyond him, for ]
70 al my empty stomach. II hasn't been
my fault, though, for IL I'd been left to
myself Id have been economical enough.
Come TO think Of IL. 'tis my fault for ell.
It ell comes of my not being able 10 say
no. But never could. do honestly be-
lieve that II girl were to ask me TO marry
her couldu't refuse her, eveE il were
engaged 10 another young lady"
..The beRRars took charge Of you, ehP"
me tell you about It. It IL. my frat visit
- All. II - c;tS ard I cacna In fnr a r,ood
Hms. When I'm home I shave myself
Ny beard hadn't got twenty'four hours
old. but my hair didn't seem 10 Get accord
Ing to the style had noticed on the cars
and along the street ~ walked, grip in
hand, 70 the hotel. So stepped into
one OF the tonsorial psrlors and took va
can't chair, ct which stood . rosy.cheeked
Asll0w with q baby mustache, hair parted
In the middle and lisp In his voi.e.
When be had cut my hair---and, a. you
-. be has cut 70 close TO the scalp that
III not need comb for three months--he
wanted me 70 stand . shampoo. said l
telling me that be knew OF this, that and
t'other one who got the cancer, bald
head, scald-bead and other troubles
fron failure to keep his scalp clean, and
added that mine was In the worst condi.
tion OF any pers0n's he ever saw. told
him 70 70 ahead. Ill cay nothing Of the
pain OF that operation, for Il 10 over now,
and shall never try IL again. neglected
20 cay that he talked constantly, never
stopping for second. He then forced
shave on me, that be did. Bay rum.
STRIP be asked when he had carried me
through that torture. ! nodded. Then
he wouldn't release me until l had &C.
quiesced in o demand that have my
moustache dyed. Most people would think
. fellow would be satisfied with that rob.
berry, but ne wasn't. He literally forced
me into taking q hair lotion, cake of
pomade, and bottle Of bay rum.
iurned two shades whittier than the powder
be- d spread so freely on my face when /
asked for my bill, which was &l7.
'.Oh, thatll never do" objected the re-
porter.
''That's what said, but the boss Of the
lotion. pomade. and bay rum were IS, hair
cuts rs cents, shampoo the same, shave
25 cents, bay rum on face 10 cents"
"Why, they committed highway rob-
bery on you. You we're played for sucker,
surs," said the reporter sympatheticallv.
That's what | thought" replied the
young fellow with sickly smile as be in
dulRed In . retrospective thought
But that was only the beginning.
live good appetite. Work on a farm
in the summer time and teach school in
the winter. ] lost my school, just before
Christmas because whipped the SON of
one of the directors. That 10, he pitched
into me because forbade his speaking to
HE girl during school hours, and think
I got the best of the Hght. To be honest,
Others amt Of my opinion. But about
my appetite. am good eater, winter
and summer, and just after leaving the
barber shop ] saw restaurant Sign.
When got in things looked pretty nice,
and the waiter was awfuIly polite, taking
my overcoat and hat in one hand with
bow and scrape, and pushing my chair
vhen toe bill Of fare was handed to me, il
sorter upset me bit. To tell you the
truth, twas the first time ever saw one.
I've been used to having the food put
before me on the table and eating with
out any questions.
''And you told the waiter to bring you
all Of il, did youp''
THAT wasn't my object. l read over
this and that, trying to make up my mind
just what did want, but took up so much
lime that the darky rot impatient and
came to my rescue. Said he: Porter;
eaessed it was; but. bless you, 4 didn't
have any acquaintance with It. Seeing
hssitsted he SAID that some folks liked
broiled white feb. said ] supposed
they did. Then. looking over my shoulder,
BE- Thought that julienne soup was very
eood. didn't deny that proposition,
either. What do you think Of an om-
eiettep asked the African. told him ]
supposed it was very digestible. And
vegetables. be continued. ] declared
th0ueht vegetable. wsre very useful To a
husery person. This made him smile.
and uhen told him be might bring .
NeW England dinner and half pumpkin