Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

HOW TON OCHfLIREE LO5E A MILLION.
During the dinner the conversation was spicy
and lots OF good stories were roll. The subject
Of money-naking came up, ard Tom Ochiltree
said:
Ibid you ever know tina. came within m
ace Of making million dollar? Well / did
and lost IL through nv reputation for exGggsr-
alton. Il was ~ a dinner at John ChamSern's
IN Washington. and Senator Hearst. john Rus
sell Young and several other prominent Au2eri-
cans were at the table with me. We get 20
telling stories over the v.lnuts aad the wine.
and Senator Hearst. whom YOU know died
worth several Million POUNDS. WAS giving his
early experiences. He told now he anlasstd his
great fortune, AID lie described the struggles Of
his early life lie told how be worked ard
saved to get enough monev To take him to Cali
fornia. He described his long and
weary tourney il q wagon across the
plains and grew path tic "a he spoke of bis
hariships along the Platte river in Nebraska.
When they came 30 this river they found
food had made ii almost imra-sib and they
waited for dave 70. the river orO down. he
waters. however, iAc-ea Cd instead @. diminished
and they i'll despair. AT last. said
Senator Hearst. -four or i've OF us concluded
TO make a raft and get across by il. We tied
lot Of wagon beds together, put our beddln- in
them anu finally had quite Ie-Vectab!s boat
made. Then the question was TO re, "a rope
across the raging torrent IL order TO pull The
rat over No one OF the party could swim.
and for even the bravest swimmer IL looked
Ike death 20 go into that raging food. We
cast s5o1: FOR some tirae - VIVA: TO do until
~ last fat little red headed. blue-eved boy
came uD 10 and said that he could swim
the river and that he could carry
the rope over in his teeth. lie was
sturdy. muscular and courageous and We
concluded to let him do IL. lie jumped into
the river and after wonderful e1erUions reached
land. Two hours later We were on the o;her
side, and. gentlemen, lneye-felt so hay % in my
life. We threw up our hats aad shouted for
(oy. and never think Of M early life but 'ha,
1remember that red headed boy. have look ed
Tor him everywhere AID / cannot ind him
dAo ne not been N re iwoui have probably gone
BACK 70 Missouri. and M gratitude to him Is
Beyond description Why. gentlemen. il
could and that rec-headed boy today | would
give HIM million dollar. | mean what sag ,
would give hin a mI.iion dollars
Up TO this time [ lad been very nodes :"
eoDtinred Ochiit-ee. IS ne ran his hand through
his auburn lock- and then brushed the back OF
u across his blue eyes while his Fat rosy checks
shode. Bot l could stand 1t no longer L rose
that red-headed boy
Hearst looked at ms a moment He then
brought his fist down on the table so that the
glasses rang and exclaimed, with more en-
phAsis than elegance. Tom Ochii,ree YOU are
Q blank bia1k bar, aud so lost the million -
s-oRr OF BRET HARrE AND CHARLES DICKENS
heard two good stories of Bret Hsrte the
S<her day. One Was respecting his consulship
y Glasgow. Bret Harte was made consul. but
. the story goes he spent most of his tune at
London, and though lie was drawing his salary
- his Glasgow consuiship he hardly knew the