St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-06

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headed for Omaha, and were the center
of an amused throng of passengers who
were much interested in Mr.. Jerome,
| much to the satisfaction of that gentle
man, who told brief but bloody anec.
dOtes in a gruff, "ba-ad" tone of voice.
and decided that he was making quite
an impression.
To properly record all that Apn Ar
Dor Marion ,(hc did not call himself SO.
but had merely said he expected 1.-THE
boys" would give him that desiglntion)
said and did between Omaha and Dem
vcr would require the pen Of sMarlk
Twain and volumes Of space: hq kept
US all In ''touchy" state Of Ei-sup-
pressed merriment ,fron the tine We
boarded the train until we left him at
Denver. Penrose and l.. aidet and
abetted by two Leaaville meA Wild
were in the car, encouraged him to
talk, and filled his credulous heal with
LIS that would have floored 10; Aul-
hNttNb while the reverend, in ssQ,,iet,
serene way. blinked at MS appPeviRgly,
havinSfsseeived the drift Of affairs at
oAxkt!Fstae of the game, arsd con-
cluded thae the lesson might prore val
liable.
We pointed ont. after getting iSto the
castle country. the careasses of Saimals
killed by the trains and otherwise, in
forming our victim that they were buff
falocs which had been killed py the
Indians. An occasional group Of horse
men. or q stray cowboy, would: be re-
ferred to rs Pawnccs, and thrilling
stories related of their fe. ocity. Zone of
the Leadville men told of terror he
knew who killed a man regularly every
week, and Penrose dilated on tire ter
rible characteristics of . mythical per
sonage he called Utah Pete, whose
habit IL was to shoot, over the lSft eye.
any person who was so unfortunate as
to offend him; and he was very easily
offended, indeed.
All this was not hundredth lpsrt Of
what that poor boy was regaleS with;
and 1t may be imagined tina, when
we reached Denver he IVES overlaowing
with excitement and anticipatiop.
The big hotel seemed to daze him, as
did, no less, the mptropclitsn ali Of the
city and the factN that people The saw
seemed quite civilized. OF course he
attracted . great deal of attention, and
duly appreciated it: and rs no enc was
SO un<ind rs to show him the s. ,rcastic
about him, or to explain why the small
boys on the streets followed him, he
was, when Penrose and I tsols our
leave. quite puffed-up with ;ense Of
his own importance, and had Learned
not . few expressions new to use in
Conversation with the natives. And 50
we left him. and went back TO camp,
where, until we forgot him. we enter
taincd the boys with anecdotes of the
wild and woolly young man from down
Ann Arbor way.
Over q year passed. when. one even.
ing. rs We were loafing ut NE post
Office, Old Grimes came in, and joined
the group about the stove. This was
70 unusual fer Olds Grimes
(who, by the way. was not bid, not
having yet reached forty to do that
some one expressed curiosity, snd was
informed that Grimes was expecting
his NEPHEW on the stage, ~hercet
curiosity subsidized Z.
Presently the stage came up! and in
! moment in all the glory Of his origi- |
nal toggery, or something very'lil it,
entered no less . person than Ann |
Arbor Marion, Is plump and rosy and
lnnocent-looling rs ever. Old; Grimes |
hoped back in his chair. with q pro-
fanely surprised ejaculation; tie other |
fellows aarod Is they might ut some |
curious animal. recovered &-st, and |
went forward 70 greet the newcomer,
who remarked. with several: dashes,
that he was glad to see me, after which
he proceeded to shake hands with Old |
wheld4 .nezane in .,shering
him ont into, the night. toward bis
a1Afterss q 4 HE5 % assYeHN
Mr.. Jerome ~ 'rMss ID the boys
1t Penrose-, They had seen anil helped
70 entertain ordinary tcnder-fcs't galore,
but s.ssAsaie Molly, IS tbeys y, once
dubbed him, ~ss I regular Golccnda Of I