The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-02

whisper to his friends. Ny companion in
voluntarily placed his fingers to his neck
tie to arrange it; the young man, in mock
cry, placed his fingers to his necktie. The
giggle through the room was less sup
| pressed. We gave our order to the colored
| waiter, who was also helping the general
smoker out. The young man, initiating
our air as near as possible, gave his order.
This pleased the other guests mora than
ever.
will confess that was put out Ny
companion, however, was nothing dscon-
certed He was something of sketch
artist and before the fellow knew what
was coming he had large piece of paper
out of his pocket and a pencil. He COM
| menced to sketch the young man. 1t was
a sight to see the effect. The young man
grew pale, shifted in his seat, rubbed his
forehead with his open palm, crossed
and recrossed his legs, shifted
again in his chair, raised his
eyebrows to regain his self-possession;
glanced at the dilgent artist. fdgeted and
grew very red in the face Ny companion,
all this while, was busy; now studying the
face before him acutely and then return
was busy at an excellent caricature. Oc-
casionally he would remark in soto
voice, now, if you will hold still till get
your hair-there, that's it-sO," and again
mot bad nose. but oh! that mouthr'
finally it was finished and the torture of
the young man had just begun, for it look
ed like him and my friend stuck it up on a
fruit dish in the center of the table. Our
young man could stand it no longer. He
threw his fork on the table angrily and
left the room in high dudgeon. Those at
our ia bic and many surrounding it burst
out in laughter very willing to turn on
the fellow they had before encouraged
when he received the worst of it. don't
think we were guyed any more doing our
stay in Manitou.
There is a story of Wichita man who
recently visited New York City for the
first time and while nobody guyed him, as
they rarely have time for any such recrea-
tions in a large city, before he got
onto the ropes, as the expression goes,
he must have felt himself that he deserved
to be- His action was not so much through
unsophisticated rusticity as that of a
prominent couple of this town whom a
Wichita man recognized on their bridal
tour walking down Broadway, affection
ately hand in hand. This particular per
son of whom we are speaking, got off at
the Battery in New York city and started
up town TO see formerly of Wichita man
who is a reporter on one of the papers. He
had with him a cumbersome valise, which
it would have been better to have left at
some hotel. With this baggage he took
the elevated railroad. After he had ridden
ten minutes or so, he inquired of the con-
ductOr at a station, how he was to reach
the W office, and received the response,
Get off and take the next train down"
So he got off with his small Saratoga and
waited for the next train, which he
boarded. Again after some miles ride, he
asked in regard to his destination and
again got the direction, "Get off and take
the next car down" A third time he
hoisted his baggage on q crowded car
and was whirled away and was again
directed to "get off and take the
next train down. He began to
grow a trifle suspicious by this time and
blankly told the conductor that that was
the third time he had got off and taken
the next train down and he wanted to
know when he was going to get there.
The conductor saw his mistake and told
him that he had passed the W office on
the first train he had boarded. He must
get off at the station, go down and come
up on the other side and take the first
train going in the opposite direction. The
valise and its master by this direction
rode back across the city and finally found
the w Office. He inquired at the count
ing rooms for his friend. They had never
heard of him. He told them he thought
he WAS reporter on their paper. They
sent him up to the city editor. They had
hundreds of reporters. So he went up and
the city editor relieved him by telling him
when this particular reporter would be in.
So he climbed up on a table and pulled his
big valise up beside him, and when the
formerly of Wichita man found him he
was in his element, telling a group of
errand boys a lot of western ''Injun
STORIES" But everybody in the Office
caught on TO the stranger with the valise
and the 'Injun stories" and the brother
reporters still challenge the Wichita man
on his western friend, who got off and
took the next train down"