The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04
HE TOLD TOUGH YARNS.
How . Nebraska Youth Sought to While
Away Time on 2 Train.

How . Nebraska Youth Sought to While
Away Time on q Train.
81 was travelling from Chicago to
Denver several weeks ago" remarked
young Nebraskan to some friends, as
they sat at a table in an uptown cafe.
when there came into the car and sat
beside me sanctimonious individual
whom | thought looked particularly
gullible. He was dressed in gray and
was evidently-so, at least, | thought
some itinerant clergyman.
We'll, was feeling pretty good, and
to while away the time I started in by
telling him some of nv western warns
He was very courteous, and listened
to umy hairbreadth escapes and In
dian stories with evident interest.
That he believed every word / ut
tered ! didn't for one moment en-
terrain doubt. He finally asked me
where ] lived. and ], selecting a
town in Idaho at random, replied that
my home was at Arrowville; that ! was
born there, in fact.
II had but just returned, told him,
from German university, where I had
taken a course in mining engineering.
He appeared very much interested and
] went on to tell him more about my
self
"My father, I continued, had settled
in Arrowvillc early in the ffties, had
stolen a young Indian squaw after kill
ing her buck had married her, and |
was the result Of the union.
'Iou hardly appear to have had
an Indian mother, he remarked. glanc-
ing at my blond head and light COM
pleXion. I thought he was growing
more interested, so ] continued to pile
it on.
my father said /, is the owner
Of the Red Dog mine. and is, | suppose,
worth as much money as any man in
the territory. He really built the
town, you know. or. rather Won would
know if You should ever happen to stay
in that town over night
MY companion hooked me over scru-
tinizingiy, and / continued: why.
there's the town of Shasta, right near
Arrowville. 1t was raided by the In
dams four years ago. They had an aw-
full fight over there, assure you. NV
father alone killed half dozen of the
painted demons with his trustv rifle.
A great town is Shasta. Bound to be a
metropolis some day. There's an En-
glish syndicate going TO invest several
millions of dollars in land in that vi
cinity.'
Here" continued the speaker, "my
friend in gray looked out of the win
dow and an amused smile st1le over his
features. Finally turning toward me
and looking me squarely in the eyes, he
remarked:
ut is very strange, young man,
that have never heard of any of these
things before. ! have lived in Arrow
vile, Idaho, for the last fifteen years.
j am the mayor of the town
Gentlemen" observed rthe disciple
of Munchausen, II was the worst
broke-up man you ever saw. Take nv
advice: never judge a man by his APP
pearance-at least not on a railroad
train. IN. Y. Herald.
THE easiest way for a man to pack a
trunk Is to get his wife to do it.
If sorae of our heads were not so big
our hearts would hold more love
THERE are still some men on earth
who keep the devil on the keen Jump
every minute.
THAT man has reached high state
OF grace who never blames his wife for
his own mistakes.
THERE is something wrong with the
mans head who falls down on the
same banana skin twice
THERE is one good thing to be said
in favor of the hornet. He always has
an aim and generally hits it-Ram's