The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-06
PARTY'S Pepper.

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hate roughing it, simply because l
had known what really roughing it
meant Tor five years, and after five
years experience roughing ito use
an Notwithstanding come to kinder
pail.
was not sorry to wash my hands
OF America, of its dreadful climate,
and of its dreadful people. I do not
want to be ungrateful, but the whole
OF my time in America had been pass
ed IN tiretail canyon, and the people
| met in Firetail canyon were decided
ly dreadful; and when l turned my
back on Firetail Canyon and meta
phorically speaking, shook the dust
off my feet against America, was de-
lighted; for was tired of the brutal,
uncivilized sordid life, and the ex-
ceedingly brutal, uncivilized, sordid
people whom it had been my misfor-
tune to have to associate with in Fire
tail city.
The fact is, l had been engineer to
the Uncle Dudley silver mine, and
having, to say-speaking in quite
an humble way you know-made my
pile, l was coming home to England
on six months leave with the inten-
ton of bettering myself, if possible,
and of not returning to America, Fire
tail canyon nor the Uncle Dudley
mine ii l could help it. l carried my
little fortune af GO, 900 on my person
in thousand dollar notes. 1t was a
stupid thing to do. did it to avoid
loss on exchange.
had four delightful days on the
Bithynia. l need not describe the
Bithynia-you all know the Bithynia.
These four days We're peculiarly de-
lightful, because they were passed in
the society OF Parthenia Persimmon.
Parthenia was 8. She had lips rud-
der than the cherry and ripper than
the berry; they were arched like cupid s
bow, and on her cheeks the lily and
the rose and innumerable dear, de-
lightful dimples struggled for suprem-
ious golden brown-but | need not say
any more; it will save your time and
mine ii / state that Parthenia Per
simmon was q Duck of Diamonds.
You know what l mean? Exactly so.
If you ask me how Parthenia and |
employed our time during those four
days, | fear | must reply, an delicious
dalliance," which is a poetic phrase,
and expressive. We had never seen
each other in our lives before, and my
Party's pepper was lying in his state
room very seasick, indeed. Parthenia
is such mouthful, you know, and she
has hidden me to call her Party, on
the third day of dalliance. Copper
always calls me Party" she had OBJ
served. l may explain here that pop
per is American for father.
AS yet l had not seen party's pop
per, but on the fourth day OF dalliance
gentleman of so, looking very green
indeed, about the gills, was intro
duced to me by Parthenia as that
relative.
Party's pepper was evidently gen
tleman. Hewas very quiet, he dressed
unobtrusively, he did not talk politics
= and he spoke particularly well, throw
ing in an occasional archaic word OF
flavor q nd picturesqueness to that
clear, cold genuine English of his.
| was rather sorry to see Party''
pepper. No more moonlight walks OF
the saloon deck, l thought; the days
of dalliance are over Perhaps IN
would ask my intentions. | did no
mind that particularly, for my inten
tons were strictly honorable, but
and it was a very big but, indeed
had no idea in the world of the posi-
! ton in life of Party or Party's pop
y per. That is the difficulty abou
- travelling Americans, it is impossibl
to Judge of their position by thei
clothes, or their luggage, or their tall;
. OF one thing alone can you be Gel
: tain. If an American man or woma
Y sports jewelry save at n ball or hi
:; dinner, then you may be sure that h
% or she is "shoddy." There was notl
J. ing "shoddy" about Persimmon or hi
daughter. The father sported a thre
II and a half dollar Waterbury and
It, steel guard. That gave me courage
% 81 don't want money" | thought t
myself. 81 am desperately in low
"a with Parthenia, and | have 96,OOC
b I'll propose to her"
- / did propose to her.
~. GU KNOW llOliilllH VI -siCi wi.
7. John, she said in establishment. ST
- said a great deal more. So did |. III
;. interview ended by her telling me t
c. see as much of her pepper as possibl
- and to try and get down his back.
I. / understood enough of the America
= language to know what she meant.
Mr.. Persimmon and l grew ver
friendly. We saw good deal OF eac
other, and in the evening we went int
the smoking room and we played
poker. When / say 1--WE" 1mean tina
l did; for Mr.. Perslmmon declare
that he did not "know enough abol
cards" / confess that | played a i
tie higher than / could afford, wit
the idea of dazzling Mr.. Persimmc
and so creating a favorable impre
sion, which is what Parthenia meal
by Getting down his back.
If had hot been so taken up wit
Party / might have discovered
time that Colonel Jabez jackpot
Senator Pat Straddle and DIR. Cla
perton Fudge were professional shar
ers. On one fatal night they won fiy
sixths of my little fortune, exact