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

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30. thereby compelling me to wait an
other day. ss-.r-a...
The arrival of . train was . diver
sion, even II a slight one; 50. when ,
Chicago tsaiA rolled in I ssnntesed thai
way to see what could sec, and tha'
is how I first came to meet Mr.. f
Marion Jerome. n well rs his friend
Rev. Gideon Josiah Underbyer. From
the sleeper.a s approached it. leaped tn!
Criuning porter. Followi1g hAeAme
tall. hollow-chested young 0U0WAh Z
pale. sickly complexion and long
straight, yellow hair. He wore glasse.
and a black string tie, which, with hil
rusty black Prince Albert suit, pro
claimed him preacher, or, at least, q
Theological student. Right after him
came another young man about twenty
years Of age, Of = decidedly different
pattern from the first one. Upon him
gazed with much interest, though cholk
ing with an intense desire to lie down
and laugh.
This one was little fellow, not oveI
five feet three. He, also, wore glasses
.-gold-bOwed ones-and they made Z
comical contrast to the rest Of his cos
tune. For, I had no need to be told,
he had been reading Life on the
Bloody Plains" or "Pink Tomahawk's
Revenge" or some literature OF that
sort. and had rugged himself out
accordingly for 4 visit to the
wild regions he had read 50
much about. His closely cropped head
was covered by q sombrsro about the
sase NJ a parasol, which wss loaded
with bands of tinsel and bullion until
it crushed his rather large ears down.
ward and outward. The collar of his
brand new blue flannel shirt came
nearly to his shoulders and was tied
loosely about the throat with . scarf of
rainbow hues. fastened with studied
carelessness. His boots were painfully
new. with bright red tops. and reached
high up on their owners fat little legs.
At his heels were little silver sPurs,
and a great belt at his side bristled
with silver-mounted revolvers of TWEEN
ty-two caliber, backed by \ bowie
knife of tremendous size.
But his trouseR were the crovvntng
glory Of This young mans apparel as
could be noted from the admiring
chances he furtively cast At them from
time to time They had evidently heen
made by IN eastern artist, without re-
gard to expense, and were, indeed. .
triumph such n is seldom seen in the
rowdy west They were made of buck
skin, indifferently tanned but wonder
fully fringed. and decorated at all
available points with colored beads, in
cracking profusion.
l think D. yoise gmaavsvho wore
them regretted somewhat that his 1
boots consealsa SO large portion Of
those trousers. and I am quite certain |
that their stiffness and the change
from cramped car seat to
terra firma rendered locomotiou
on those pudgy legs quite
difficult. rsut he managed to alight,
md, aided by the reverend chap and
the porter. who was suspiciously sober
faced by this time, he proceeded to
gather up his baggage. including three
or four gun cases, and strutted stifny
toward the waiting-rooms.
followed slowly. and presently met
TIE porter returning to his car.
smo,hcred my dignity and tipped him q
solemn wink. whereupon he exploded
with q rich Ethiopian burst Of merri-
ment, and almost collapsed
As. decidedly interested. I strolled in
70 the waiting-room I had seen thetwo
essterners enter, l almost collided With
sone one hurryipg out. 1t was friend
a mine from Denvoe, with who's
chatted : few minutes, As he moved
away, some one behind me spoke:
"Ah-er- pardon me, but did I pot
understand that gentleman = cap you
Mr.. Faber?" 1. -
turned, and aaw it w.s the .s6terend
young man. Eyes" answered.
"Ah. thsys feEtnnate.I was not
sure would reecKuise you. My name
is Underbyer. We met your friend,
Mr.. Penrosc. At Chicago the day before |
yesterday and he asked US tn say he /
would be here this afternoon about four |
o'clock
1 thanked him. and we fell into con-
versation on topics connected with rail-
roads and time tables, with the result |
that in few minutes We were quite
well acquainted. Presently Rev. Tn
derbyer's companion, who had been
having . displte NiiA tho hgKa6emen,
much to their amusemeht, entered, his /
fat, moon face screwed into . colnical
of disguat.
Say, Gidr. le burst ont. 'those FL
lahs say ouah trunks aren't heah vet.
tAdShot big fellah II they didn't pro-
duce 'em in an ouah I'd clean out the
ranch. ] guess that'll bring 'em to
time. The chap saw wasn't to be
trified WITH 1fotStG trrt
From my seat could ase two or three
Of the baggage men. They had been
quite busy, but had taken about Eve
minutes time in which to smile, and it
seemed as if they would have Mysteries
Rev. Gideon smiled Rravely and in
troduced me toths prospective terror Of
the plains. who ssid: Shake. pard.'
shook. Ny sides had been shaking
Interestingly for some time, but l man
aged to control my emotions.
From that moment Ann Arbor Ma
rion." Is the young man informed ne,
conhdeutially, he expected t. b called
''out- west" afforded me more amuse-
ment than ever expected to expert
ence in four hours- Iplead guilty 10
leading him on. and 70 basely ingrati-
ating mYseff iuAn his conn1eaoe-a feat
with very little diplomacy
but, with such anRmusingly innocent
specimen, whaf e. berexpesfcd in the
way of .forbsayance from the ~aweTage
per0N6s IA