The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-24

all the time. and finally he got an en-
eagement. 1t was in IA nearby town
where they were tryir- 70 buy a library.
they only needed Sste, .rere. and so they
rad decided to have Il cv,.rse of lectures
during the winter. TIT committee in
tended to have one lecture on The
Arctic Region arr How TO Avoid Going
There by al DID arctic explorer who
lad taken :, picked men lip to where
he could hear the north end of the earth's
axis sQueal:. .lad eaten the leather ends
Of his susi1-tders. taken the latitude and
longitude. picked some of his tenderest
men again and returned. 1t was also the
scheme to have a lecture on Political
Economy and How t Put Money in the
tGt.onal Pocket by a man who lived On
LIS sister-i,4-law and who WA clothed oy
, ~ c.i-ir.iaw. TIE committee lad ..ls1
t.aiaed to employ an alb theolcsi.n to
: 'cfule on Inside Facts Regarding III.
Tina P~ctrih@tiol' by "A man who had
;,.,~.l his whole l.Ir toas:uav of kindred
Subjects. Then j. 81 ,5@1y-n hume, ST
was to follow WI, :: l~cct,ig. o. - iTeld
Orators and Oratl... .-a>t ~ +. i.rtsef,t.
Last Of III. Nap ...0l pansborn, III,
Young fr.s1!d. WIS to lecture on Tine
Redslin and His Wrongs. The price Of
!le whole course ticket WAS only So. and
The public was on ti,e q we've. as yen
might say. to hear the closing lecture.
Napoleon had not been idle. Iin had
not eaten anything hut oatmeal for d"
and his lips We're bloodless ard - :.
tN-i,@,, L. g. L.. l.s-. 49, - Z
briefly and then mutteg"i pori.u,., -
ais lecture 10 himself.
'At last tie day aad t,ie EUt.r ":sf.4e.
He inserted his arm in his breas,. h
mad seen pictures III De:.n>,hcnc- It Ag.
and began ina low voice. y coa.sn man
with a cot,rse tickt yelled Louder a#d
Napoleon began or again. He wthi
on pensively 10 sle,.s If the lnait5., II
,helr purity and simplicity as they N;e.l.
found by Columbus. the Weather ones
perhaps clothed in the pelt of IA chip
munk. while the poorer one We're thinly
clad III atmospheric phenomena. aIt &c
on. Then another man. a wagon ms&ke1
trom Lower .~I.tsler. vino WIS holding a.
little child that was eating 4 cooky with
pink sus.r "a il. said il. !, gGIf voice,
Can't We speak SOS we can hear ye:
Never mind the gestures. Speak upl
Louder
Napoleon fetched a little kind of sob
and took a glass of water. Then he tried
again. beginning BACK where he started
out. but raising his voice higher and
higher till it was split and ruptured a,
the end Of every sentence. When he got
through, the committee told him they
thought that was Il pretty easy way te
earn *S.' but gave it to him, including q
lead dollar.
"Afterward the Fly-Capper-Sigh. OF
which he was a member, gave him a
banquet. They had previously invited
him. and SO could % well back out.
He went, though there was a wild,
hunted look in his eye as he started. The
banquet was not quite ready. for. as the
steward of the restaurant said, the Cove
oysters had not came vet SO Napoleon
sat in t! an;erooln. and people went by
and examined INN as if they were taking
. farewell look at him before the lid was
down.
He was very cold and quite hungry.
not having eaten anything since he had
to deliver the lecture, but they
put him at the cold end Of the room by
side of IA trapped president. who
made notes on the back of his menu and
out of Napoleon what little
intelligence he had left.