The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-07-14
THAT CITY CHAP.
The Story Of q Country Girl and a
Dude.

The train on the .'Monon' route was
flying merrily through Indiana, and
had just got myself comfortably cuddled
down in a seat in the smoker, and was
congratulating myself on my good luck
in getting a whole seat to myself, when
we pulled up at little station, stopped
half minute, and were away again.
scarcely glanced out of the window
and went on reading The train had
not got fairly under way before my
dream Of comfort ended. A passenger
had boarded the train at the little sta
tion, and in his search for seat had
sspied my seat, which was plainly APP
parent
The newcomer stalked up the aisle
istic OF the inexperienced traveller, and
rs he came opposite me, stopped. For
m instant he hesitated and looked in
quiringly at me, but was too good a
traveller to be polite, knowing that the
offer of seat would at once brand me
rs from the country, and unaccustomed
10 the ways of the travelling public.
The hesitation of the stranger was
but momentary, and my lack of what,
In distant ages, was called common
courtesy did not have the effect that il
usually does, for he very calmly pro-
ceeded to stow my small belongings in
the rack overhead and my grip" on
the floor. This accomplished, he sal
down, after carefully pulling up the
legs of his shiny, black and anciently
fashioned pantaloons, to head off bag
cling at the knee.
BY this time had resolved TO ignore
my new travelling companion, and by
30 doing, show him that I resented bis
encroachment of my sacred right to a
whole seat, If every other person in the
car stood all the way to Chicago. Again
counted too much on my power to an
initiate the native of Indiana with a
look, for, after glancing around the cal
and looking me carefully over. he said
"Purty bad weather"
As this was an indisputable state
ment, maintained an asserting 81
1ence, turning over page of my book
with distinctive insolence that hat
noticed in former fellow traveller, anC
had acquired by much patient practice
in the sacred privacy of my room. Pres
emily my would-be friend made another
essay at conversation.
''Be you goin' fur?"
The proper thing for me to have done
at this juncture, according to the un
written law of American travellers
would have been for me to give tn,
questioner u sweeping glance and theI
resume reading; but was not har
dened to the point of this and surren
dered ANONYMOUSLY by answering: 'T'
Chicago"
''Mh Ever travel much?"
Not extensively Ireplied. II hav'
only been around and across the Unite,
States few times
"Waal, he drawled. 1--WE travele,
good deal in my time. I've been t.
Injunap'lis an up the cauam to Wayn
when was boy, an after ] grove,
up went around good deal, an FIRE
kently l was away from home for
week an my felix's hadn't no idee wher
was. l was purity bad sort of DO,
in my younger days, an there wasn't
hoedown or shindig in ten miles that
didn't go to. i was allus cuttin' aroun,
the gals an all the warnin's of the oil,
folks didn't do no good whatever.
lest took my pick of the flock an tn
BID folks could whistle. Girls is funn,
critters, now amt they?"
While my companion had been talk
ing occupied the time in ''sizing hin
up" He had on a suituof broadcloth O
style in vogue twenty years ago; hi
boots were of calfskin, square toed an,
carefully patched. He wore an oil
fashioned high collar and his tie wa
made of a square yard of black silk
His face was clean shaven and shining
from the application of soap. He ha,
pleasant smile which swrinkled hi
face into leathery ridges which extend
ed away from his mouth like waves il
stagnant pond.s Seeing he was ben
on talking, ! concluded to humor him.
yes" said, girls are sometime
peculiar in their likes and dislikes
Now suppose you're married your
self?"
..Of course" he answered, ignorin
the inference that might have occurre
to a more suspicious nature, IAN nc
tice my own gals is just as queer a
their mother was at their age"
ANY of them married." dueried
Zone on EN-" he answered, IAN sh
picked on the allfiredest man You eve
sot eyes on, too"
I'm what respect?" asked
why he's the durndest dude yo
s,,a T. Il
That's too bad" said /, sympathet
cally.
"Waal, I dunno" was the answc,
ms If he did not entirely agree with me
there's different kinds O dudes"
''Oh, yes" l assented, 1--we notice
that some of them were really human
but not many"
"l'll tell you how it was" said tn
old man. along jest after clover ha,
vest last summer this young dude cam
along on one-e,uthem are bicycles, al
he happened to git to our house lie.
before a big rain that turned the dus
In the road into the very wust kind
slop, an he wanted to stay over nigh
He was sight to see, an told hin
he could stay He was a leetle snip {
q Teller an he had on knee pants al
cloth shoes an the durndest most use
less cap you ever did see. lie told m
he had come out from Chicago on a,
count Of his health, an believed hin
for he was lookin' awful pinted, al
was as pale as a ghost His hair wa
as curly as girl an his hands war
70 bigger than opf Kittie's. lie SCENE