The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-10-16

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They relaxed their gtaspl6f each othera
hands and sat down together, while tn
others gave every attention
''My father is dead" began the young
man.
What" said the sire at his side
Yes, my father, end the companion o
your younger days is no more. He passet
away four years ago, aud on his dying beS
he gave me the instructions am now car
rying out. 1t was the one wish of my ia
theirs latter life to be able to take the east
ern trip to Rochester to meet the other two
members of that party you have told of
It was on his mind q great deal
When my father died he was one of the
most prominent men on the Pacific slope
He had figured in all the great political
events since 1860 and occupied many posi-
! tions of public worth. He was attracted
| toward California by the great gold panic,
and had a very venturesome, yet not un-
pleasant, trip overland, for it was before
! the railroad came.
He became early interested in the fish
cries OF the northern coast, and during a
visit to those grounds was taken captive
BY a rowing band of Indians and held for
over year He finally succeeded in maxi
ing his escape, but was in the mountains
for months; at last, and by the meress
chance, getting to the coast again, and SO
on back to San Francisco. He became
cashier in bank, and while in this posi-
ton married the daughter OF the banks
president. 1t was not long after this be-
fore my father found himself president of
tie bank, which was the largest institution
of its kind on the Pacific coast.
TT was then that my father began his
public career, and he continued to rise in
worldly station until his death came.
am now one of the officers of the bank of
which my father was for years president,
and have large and pressing interests to
oversee, yet have left all for time for
the sole purpose Of following out the
tEishes-L nay almost say lsst wishes-of
my father relative to this trip to Rochester
and the hunting up of the other two of
that original little party Of forty years ago.
I have some mementoes with me that
father put aside for those be expected to
meet this year at Rochester, and now lam
afraid that we will have TO unite our pow
ers in an effort to find No. 8 of she original
party"
Just then o violent stamping was heard
in oneof the little stateroonns on one side of
where the narrators and their small body
of listeners were seated Then two or
three sharp kicks came against the door.
followed by:
''Consarn it ST I hadn't got sech internal
tight boots, jest t. go down t Rochester In,
I wouldn't hev t. kick th,, internal legs of II
me when wanted t put them on. 2
IL
THAR, by golr'
Immediately thereafter tall, thin,
straight haired old fellow opened the door
of the room from which the noise had
come and, minus collar and with one
trowser leg caught on the top Of his boot,
he stood in the dim glare of the oscflIating
light and looked with bewilderment toward
the wondering ones about the table.
ken any of you fellers tell me eff I've
been dreaminY' he inquired after q mo
ment or two had passed
Il don't believe we can. uncle," said one
of the number.
''Hev you fellers been tellin' yarns?"
be again asked, without much attention to
the answer just received.
The little old gentleman ventured to say
that they had been considering some old
time events.
"Then amt been dreamin'; | knowed
| was awake. Say, which one of you was
tellin' that last storyf" he asked; and upon
the young man acknowledging that he was
the one the old fellow said.
Put her right thar, then, for knowed
your dad;" then turning toward the grour
1 he inquired:
'sNow, who was it thet told th' first yarr
1 bout those three chaps?"
The little old gentleman hobbed up, pre-
pared by his former surprise to have al
most anything happen
Then" calculated the .old fellow, hi.
iisheveled hair and sparkling eyes indicat
ing much excitement, ''f'll be dubbed an<
skinned fer sneakin', wild eyed rattle
snake ef I amt ther missin' link. Pm ONT
of ther same crowd thet separated at De
! troit away back thar in ~, an Pm jest OF
my way-M 'linder m I-downt' Rocheste
| f'sshake hans all Ground ag'in. By the
great whale that eat UP tibet feller Job
but this is er coincerdence.
After further expressions of surprise OF
the part Of each the tall old man wa
Gained down sufficiently to tell his story
which was as follows:
/ *Wall. boys, I jest went back a few mil
an set right down on 100 acres of as fin
land as lay out of doors. en- thar I've beel
a-settiu' ever since, except when I was get
TIM bout a ciearin' off all tn timber
pullin' out tn stumps, an fencin', an
buildin' house an barns, an doin' tn hun
dred things tibet come IN a feller's way o.
FARM OF course got me wife, an she'
right in thar now, a-listenin' to every wor
say. She's smart woman. too. I wan
to oell you" said he. slyiy wfnkine at hi
hearers. SA
wall, as to happenin's Of any sort %
consequence, guess We amt he'd none.
am a thorough mossback. yes see HEY bee
one for forty year, an know but little Q
anything else.
"As to fortun' hev that farm, with a.
thet's on It, an thet seems to be about all
ken handle An for that matter, don
know but what hev all ! really ker
about I've got ten boys an six gals, 81
eff had million they wouldn't be satis
fed. So. when go. tharu be only tn
farm, an thet won't be sech greet thin
fer sixteen to fight over. Otherwise ma
say thet Che world has used me tofer'bl
we'll I've never went t. bed hungry, as
ken remember, an hev always he'd q goo
shelter from th' storm. Take it all erounf