Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-11-24


Rev. +. f.. iioip
One Monday morning as sat in my
study thinking Of the services Of tho
last Sunday and planning for those
OF Lhecoming one, young man of
unique but prcposscssing appearance
opened the door and walked in.
IN answer To my questions as 10
who he was and what he wanted, he
said: My name, Sir, is Ralph Good
enough. ! had the pleasure of listen.
ing TO your sermons yesterday. and
feel sure you are the man to whom
ought to tell my strange story of the
discovery and the civilization of The
Land of A>.'s wish you. sir, to listen
to my tale. then to tell it to your PEG.
pie from the pulpit. and then by
means of the press to give il to all
the world
assured him as graciously as
could that my attention was his for
the morning, and then and there
learned What am now about to re.
late for your entertainment. instruc-
tion and inspiration. He said:
II was on my way to the Pacific
coast. one day in the dining-car
fell in with an atfablc Englishinan
Interested ina ranch in Montana. /
became so well acuuajnlnd Win him
and So rnrinns to, ""'' roi Nh VIII MN ',l
s,opncd oil n, mo s,atinn nt ' nv,
friend. This wn.at Cnster II va.
late n, njrht when vn arrived ,,"d
HE nirht was stormv A. tho rnnn,
were many ioIlv snid;nr. fro,, i'y -
United States fort nnnr hv.,,,y, III i,' :,
the coming Of some new trnnns =
Newt norni,ar ,bn . ,,o,,tIo,,.,,.
team took II, TO his home rn ,,vi n,;;os
distant Far several d,v. 80 ,. IN. .,lI
;Ibsorhcd hy the many Str,noe ~" ,i;,'' az
of this far western ,rnntinr 49,
One morning yr,,ti,rnd nlnnn hn,nni
The ranch limits in c,,a., ~ ~ Az, NV
coycrics Erinr sy:it, nf Goo, M
loup-niud.d soon mn ,.onsidorah M,
distance between mvsn}f aad M" nav.
newly acnujrcd home Nov, ~ ~ ,n'
getting hungry and ,irnd a,d !
would gladly rr1rocr NV sf.nu h,,i
alas, knew no, wbirh ,v,,, ", -, r,,
turn. WAS los, mo sams.,,;an -,
lostncss aro,,sca mo IN nr,v nwer,i W
and | walked as never md u.,li'oa
before Niuhi a, l,St ,,,, an n,i i'' =
nv ,rnmp. l1y mo down hnt n ra,,i ~
moi slren arose ,bc nay, mor,; ii,r
and viii ma hr.,L.f,., NJ, ~, ,,,;. ~.
drink from a neiphhmrinr snr;n, NC 70 -
.sumnd nv w,vvurd w,n1 .rIn1 I.'s' y.
For three dnvs and nirhtH lo,,
IN this worse than useless wandarinn,,
On the morning of The fnurth d.,y i
found n wrll.tr,ynlcd ROAD ! i n,,s
now that | was safe Maine c ni'I
a halt: law down ny Inc ro,dlidn
and silent. How lonG law ,hnrn :,
know moi. | was nwa,,cn"d nv snnn
farmers DRIVING hv ,old then 7o NV.
experience in few word. and n.L,n .l
t},nir holm ,Tbov l,indl,. ,,,'i. 49,
intn,hnir w,onn ,,d nn,,.o,. ~ nv
the civ whittier they wor, Gn;ng In
front Of n hotel ihnv sinnncd
aljphted went in mid lar. ,i,t,,,,
board for ;hr,r davs arc nv ~, H.,
meal went 10 he'd NJ noo,,.dny viii
Instructors 10 Tho c,nrL IN ,,v,l,an
meat every meal limo. and fnr ,nro.
dav, and nights did nn,himr NM
eat and ,lcrp. ear and slnnn NM, ,he
normal en,lilihrium of nv ' .ror,' nv.
dpned nature was fullv restored On
the morning of The fnlrth d,v Grew i
anxious Ia know mnthin" ~ M.
inland CITY that has been snrb '. ,n
unexpected bu, blessed Good S,mar.
ilan't0 me. $3.50 ''''' NO
| was 4 tl1V Will all p1Ddnry N,
movements and -, /, r,sm ,oI'. in y ,,l,.
did not seem any different from am, N,
other Western civ ~ re $40 I'm I'M M
land in which if was located ,y.,. nln m
ioyely and cyccndin%lv fa ri t'' !,
was indeed a real a rrsi;a INC SI.. !, ~ !
was 50 fertile asto MEDIUM for ,i i",r'
Of itself wheat ia rlov and " ri, .,ie. ~.
did the land of the ancient Cvrlone "s
/ soon discovered thai thcw v.oro
ankle anyo,hcr nenrla ! IN ~, "var
heard of ancient m! mndorn IN 49,
waysof life " ''> ~ ~ ''''''
After sumner ono ovon;,o 7 VOC, 81,
tinron The Hotel nnrch VIVA, :, T hnn s..
hack Gentleman came and Nd ga, I hnaido
mo Nc soon nnt"rnd ~, - cn,,, ,.u.
sation as In th,t romn,,,n ,i" NM Eind
ing WAS \ STRANGER and ono intn .u
-estcd in INV nrcSrnt nn nu or,u ~ Lo
hcrnmr lnnunrin,s and fr" "r" ~ a ~
settler ic,rnei "' rho 'o ori,, i,,'e ",d
reason for thcir nraSont life =" ''''
Yrar. AGO in ,hn city nf s pic,n,o,d
Indiana there was . min;ster ' nf ,hs
vosnc' learned va" cnnsricnfi i - e .Le
Srnnt ,,nn,i.r III ,,uci a..o.';, elo