Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04

manner of dropping his his" He found
faIlt, iirst with the piece Of venison that
was given hm--selested by the cook for
him as delicious tidbit.
Ere he bawlel, "tylle the blawsted
thing. away an Kill it. don't you knaw."
The turnkey flushed and picked up the dish,
which expected to see broken over the
mans head, but he went off and returned,
bringing with him another piece of the
Venison, and the Englishnan found fault
with the coffee which he declared to be fit
for nothing but 'blawsted 'ogs don't you
know"
Yer better drink it, then, freshly" cheer
fully observed one OF the men. as he got up
to leave. Yer ought to be jedSe Of hog
feed" The dude glared but said nothing.
just then a little fellow, some ten years
CID. perhaps. dirty and sticky from contact
Win the pitch in the pine woods. came IN
and seated himself beside the cockney. The
boy could find no spoon handy, 50 he picked
up the dish of baked beans in front of the
dude and raked off a generous lot with mis-
knife. The fellow immediately haWled Tor
a dish of fresh beans. The Turnkey started
to get them, the Englishman all the time
inveighing against such beasty provender
and the bad fortune that had made ii nee
eSSary for him to remain for a week among
such barbarians. 1T was beastiy ard on a
gentleman, don't you know" Suddenly one
of the tie choppers got up ana seated nlin-
self opposite the dude, laying big six
shooter on the table He was black with
pitch and dirt and looked like caricature
of a member of the Lime Kiln Club"
He Talked to the Dude.
See here mister" he said suddenly,
"Spose yer let up on that thar chin music.
Yer up to yer old game of posin' as gent
cause there's fen ales around, when yer
know blamed we'll that savin' present COM
pany you never ISOLATED with gent in
yer life. / know'd yer dad when he was
section boss on the Katy and I've knowd
you since you wore skirts. The old man
is workn' at car cleanin' right this mint,
while you go Gudin' round over the coun-
try lettn' on that yer a gent, when yer
never lad the first instinct of one Now
there amt goin to be 10 gun play While
the females Is here but II yer amt ct all
them beans an drunk all that conee an
surrounded the taters an plum dun by
the time they have went you ii have 10 pat
juber with yer feet between shots. QUEEN
sate?"
The Mortified dude unable TO utter a sim
gle protest addressed himself to the task
before him. and by the time we had went
he had SO far overcome his dislike to the
camp viapds and service that he had made
a very good meal. Out of curiosity i asked
his nativity and vocation and learned that
he born in Illinois and that his pres
ent occupation was prospecting for
job as timekeeper. So much for people
who like to Le considered somebody. At
hotel the misguided youth would have
made himself generally obnoxious and be-
lieved that he was 'impressing" people
with his greatness.
Nora mother was QeISntcl Win the
trip and was very gracious TO the men
whose duty IL was to show us about, while
her brother was attending to his business.
There We're three men of them and l fancy
that a good deal of history lies in the
wake Of their lives, most of which have
been spent on the frontier. Bat. though
they have been SO long away from refining
influences. they have not forgotten the re
spect due woman, and X was almost
pathetic 10 how they chung ID pets.
They had a menag cIie OF animals-rabbits
dogs, cats mountain lions, wolves and half
a dozen other kinds. They were all named
AMI some OF them could perform cunning
tricks. They had splendid collections OF
pctrifactions and curious stones and ores
and loaded US down with them, some Of
them being quite valuable One of the men
had a passion for botany and showed me
some rare specimens of flora. which he had
preserved between the pages OF old news
papers.
l found that the old fellow had a fine
classical education. and was a liuguist Of
no mean ability When | mentioned Wash
irgton he frightened visibly and spoke Of
having had personal acquaintance with
Douglas and Lincoln, and asked me If
there had been much change since fifty
eight and the early siNties"' ' tried to
question him about his residence there
but he fell back into the Nernacuar OF
the tie camp and dropped his mask again.
On the way back Nora's uncle told us that
ii was not an uncommon thing TO find
men OF education and culture leading the
road camps. They liked the life and lived
it from choice!
Great Get Up.
Speaking OF the man snob. reminds me
of the woman snob. who Is not nearly as
rare bird as she ought 10 be. a snob-
bish woman Is as unpleasant a freak as
1t ever is my lot TO meet. l always keep
away from them If possible. / don't like
to think III of my sex. and a snObbish
woman simply sours ali the milk Of human
Kindness in my nature. l met one last
week, when l had to take a day and nsht
trip "out toward the setting sun" 1t was
just after the bottom had dropped out Of
the strike and people We rushing west
to the mountains and the coast, and the
sleeping cars were all crowded. | had Sc
cured q lower berth and came down to
Lamy TO take TIE through train. Just
across the aisle l found New York
woman. she was young. Notwithstanding
that term as applied to one who has never
seen anything OF the world outside of his
native town-and she was rich parvenu.
She had on n trained gown of light gray
faille silk, with quantities of exquisite real
lace on tia dress that would have done
very well FOR carriage gown for the even
ing in the city, or for a CeremoniouS visit,
two-carat solitaires spanked IN heT ears,
five of their kin giinted on her ungioved
hands, hobnobbing with an emerald, three
turuuolses two rubies and an emerald and
pearl marquise ring. The laces at her
throat were caught with other diamonds,
her pearl studded lorgnette chain held
silver lorgnon; half dozen jingling toys
were suspended from chains at her side,
and her toe slippers had rhinestone buckles
on them. AS l remarked her ensemble l
concluded that l had found the woman
whom the railway posters always depict
as riding in a drawing room car In full
evening dress. the rays of the morning sun
playing with the powder on her bare shout
ders!
Just behind me came Of old woman.
One who must have lived much even for
her years. for she was very feeble and her
scanned face bore tia Marks of suffering.
She was plainly dressed, and the brake
man who brought her in almost carried her
to Mrs Snob's section where he set her
down and rushed OF. The seat was packed
full of Mrs Snob's belongings. And she
did not attempt to move them, so the old
lady edged in and sat picture OF meek
ness, while Mrs. Snob opened on her.
you've made q mistake, ma am, she
said raising her lorgnon. This section be-
longs 10 me. l bought whole section
when l left New York. SO that need not
be bothered with Objectionable people"
Il am sorry" returned the old lady
quietly Il am very sorry indeed that
mistake has been made. and will try to have
It righted as soon as ny SON returns to the
car"
ut is an outrage that ones money can
not give one bit of privacy when travel
ing returned Mrs Snob. I'm sure 1 paid
enough for nv accommodations from New