Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-24
JIMMF'S ADVENTURE.

DOyi DOf1l anu Drcu III lldJ great,
noisy, rushing city.
Had you asked him any question
about streets, museums, geological
gardens, the busy markets, or the best
places in Central park to skate in win
ter, you would have been surprised at
the wisdom displayed by this little
fellow in regard to the great metropo-
lis.
Jimmy had seen the great Atlantic
steamers as they moved slowly up to
their docks, unloading their hundreds
Of passengers, people from those far
off lands beyond the seas, and he had
often wondered and asked innumera-
BILE questions of Uncle Joe, who dearly
loved the bright little boy, and found
pleasure III answering his many ques-
tons.
Jimmy's only knowledge Of these
far Off lands was gained from wonder
full tales from his elder playmates and
such stories as he was able to read and
understand.
His father was a wealthy gentle
man; his mother an educated and re-
fined lady, who knew little of the
trials Of the poor.
Jimmy was just 10 years of age at
the commencement of my story; was
the prospective heir to large sum of
money.
His little sister, Ella, was just 6, and
more beautiful little fairy it would
have been hard to find.
Jimmy was quite fond of her, and
considered himself quite a man in car
ing for her.
lie had innumerable toys and al
lowed Ella to join him in all his
sports. His rocking horses, hoops,
drum and marbles were always at her
disposal, so you see Jimmy was not
like some little boys that | know, who
are ashamed to be seen playing with
girls, and their own little sisters are
sometime, [ am sorry to say, snubbed
No wonder the world looked bright
TO Jimmy.
Hc often wondered and longed to
know Of that wonderful land called
the "far west" of which he had read
stories and heard tales of its trackless
prairics roamed over by Indians; of
its great stretches of desert land, and
conjcctured that it was only inhabited
by Indians, buffaloes, bears, panthers,
etc. AS he looked at the western sky,
illunined by the descending sun, Jim
my would draw pictures in his imagin-
alton Of this far away country; how
TO get theNc, what he would see, and
how, mounted on wild stced" or an
uugOvernable bronco" he would
dash over the prairies, hunting, lassoe-
ing wild cattle and horses, and in
dulge in all tho sports of that wonder
full land if he lived there. Jimmy had
seen q few Indians in one of the mu-
seums and had once seen an encounter
between cowboys and Indians in
big circus tent.
Alas, poor Jimmy! how soon your
boyish dreams were realized
One day, soon after a romp in the
nursery in which Ella joined. with
the rocking horse a wild mustang,
ella an Indian, mounted in rocker
with two spaniel puppies grizzly bears,
and fierce encounter with wooden
guns, Jimmy's father came home with
a pale face.
A long conference between his
father and mother took place, and
Jimmy was finally told that his father
vas ruined Through the baseness of
a trusted partner in some large invest
mcnts in a wonderful speculation
which promised large returns, Mr..
Weston found himself in bankruptcy.
Jimmy heard of the disaster with
little dismay. He was too young to
realize his fathers distracted air or his
mothers pale face and tears. In few
short weeks the house was in the
hands of strangers. Nurse, with her
wonderful fairy tales and goblin stor
les, discharged. The pony cart,
Jimmy's pride and joy, disposed of,
aud one bright spring morning found
our young hero on the road to the
"far west.
Jimmy's father remembered an old
friend who had gone to California and
who had written back glowing de
scriptions of that golden land He was
now commander at Fort Yuma. Thith-
or .'immy's father determined to go.
Il am going to be cowboy and
fight Indians and show them what a
New York boy is made of" said Jim
my to Ella one day.
But Jimmy, Injins will shoot and
cary off little boys and girls and eat
'cn,
Eat emu oh, Ella, nobody cats
folks but cannibalsl Injins amt can
nibals. Uncle Joe said Iniins was just
wild mon, who had never been civil
lied and lived in tents and never been
told about God, nor nothin'," explain
ed Jimmy.
II don't care, l don't want to see no
mjns; | want to ride, but don't
want 10 be cat up, said Ella, who be-
hcvod fully in the carnivorous habits
of the noble rcd man.
'Shol i'll show them what Jimmy
Weston is made of, and I'll take care
Of yo,, too, Ella; so don't you be
afraid, said Jimmy.
Ono beautiful day along in the car
Is summer our party found them
selves ct 81. Joe, Mo Here the weary
journey was TO begin. Civilization
was TO he a thing of Tic past, and even
Jimr,y's eyes grew larger and wider
open al:en nc saw the long strings Of
covered wagons the great strong mule
and OK teams the guides and scouts in
their buck5kin suits and fringed leg
g,ngs, with their long hair and their
bolts stuck full of knives and pistols
.heir keen, piercing eyes, and listened
% their wonderful stories and hair
breadth escapes
I'm going 10 be a scout now, that's
what Im going to be, said Jimmy
one day, after eyeing one of those
worthless and listening to his tales.
My son, you may have work for
scouts before Fort Yuma is reached,