The morning times., 1896-10-11

HIS KINGLY ATTIRE.
1t was noticed that his legs shone bare,
for there til e baggy coat left off Besides this
baroness it was like wise noticeable that
he wore what appeared to be female
garter, with an erstwhiIe scarlet bow. the
effect of which served to invite atten-
tiOD to the anatomical peculiarities of his
neither limbs.
The peculiar location, or. better, disloca-
tion of his calves, was quite striking; they
obviously having possessed themselves
of the position In tn C human anatomy Usually
occupied by the shin.
His skin was OF that lustrCus black which
shines as If profusely and freshly oiled.
and his face was closely shaved, except
for two tufts of short hair, which shone
like snow against his black checks. He
wore an old and very quaint beaver and a
pair OF large, old-fashioned, silverrimmed
spectaclcs, which gave him an air Of por
teDtous dignity.
He was leaning on q long eccentric-look-
Ing hickory stick, which might have been
his staff of state, and his face was set in an
expression OF superiative Impotence. .
An inquiry regarding the state OF his
health pierced the atmosphere of mystery
and grandeur which he seemed 70 gloat
behind, and produced profound bow,
which he executed by making a step for
ward and bending with graceful preten-
sions nearly TO the ground.
The introductory ceremony aud its ef-
fects over with, Bowie lead the way to
another little clearing, where stands, OF,
better, perhaps, leans, reciines. aud SINKS
into the earth the habitation he calls a
palace"
The most striking thing about this abode
| is its size, or Jack OF size. the observer
being Immediately filled with wonder re-
gardng the processes enpio yed 20 get in
and out OF it. There is an orifice lie calls
do but you could not find it 10 an
hour unaided- The visible portion IF this
bewildering bit OF architecture is cormcd of
strange confusion OF tin, pieces of rappy
looking mating, bits of oil lcloth and car-
pet.
1t is A-shaped and about five feet long,
being less than half as wide Bowie is
nearly six feet long and thrice us wide as
the structure.
AT sUNDowN.
NOW, suh," he said, cxplaaatorily.
when de sun done sink down shin' dem
hills yonder tpointing westw ard 10 where
abloomiDg haze was already nesting down
on old Arlingtoul Il des' does s-l,'' and.
suiting the action TO the word, re pulled
on bit of rope dangling from tue apex
or his dwelling, and a door sliding up and
down revealed the point Df ingress Be-
meath tins roof-for such it proved 20 be
there is cellar four feet ieep and lined
with leaves and pieces of carpet the
couch of royalty, where sleeps poor Bowie,
and where lie passes the time when The ele-
ments are rife over his dcsoIlte domain
and where some day old Bowie ,.ill possi-
bly, be found dead.
When asked why he chose his prese q
mode of existing he !~,gan thus:
You see, hit cum about dis away. Now.
sub, hits de Lo'd's truf jess as done tole
you; my ole many was de on vest be gotten
do'tah ub a African"
Here the reporter protfered q cigar and
otherwise sought to change the subject, but
with ill effect, the halluination was al
Turing and attractive and he stuck at 1t
for twenty minutes, torturing his form and
countenancc with all sorts of rrightfully
| grotesque contortions and grimaces, as he
told with dancing eyes ami trembling frame
| how his old memmy was the loved daugh-
ter of the dusky potentate with the ex-
asperating length of name, and how he
ruled in splendor in the may long ago
| Ger the very territory now held by grand
son proud of his noble ancestry.
What will old Bowie do when the snow
! flys? He declares that he lived in his pres
ent abode through the whole of last win
ter, but how did he manageit it?
On all other topics Of conversation save
his favorite one he is fairly intelligent
and somewhat philosophical. A specimen
of his dry lngicis given in his own language
| In moment of quietude he was interro-
gated as to his reason for leaving the
world and attempting his present mode OF
existence, he replied thus phiIosophically:
"All nah life ben 'customed to heah
folkses what was in a po' way 'scuse dey
| self by 'markin' 'Ebery daug mus hab he
day. till l got clean sick Oh heabin' hit
and ! sOt down one day ,thinkin' it all
out. Now. you know men and daugs is q
urely different kin ub animul. Daugs
is one thing an men is luther.
| 'Heah's big, fat, robus' man done
gifts out o wuk. comes home to he wife
| an family an sots down in de house tc
keep sayin' and a-sayin' bout dis 'ebery
daug habbin' he day He 'ventu'lly gifts
To be like a daug heselr. an 1 done seer
so many ub jes' sich men. specially durin
desc haud times dat Guides dey is get
tin to be too many of desc yer daugs an
: not huff days to go round.
$50 heah I am down heah awaitin' foi
some OF desc kaynineses toe worry an
stahve deyse'f to def a-idlin' an a-fret
tin way dey time thinkin' bout hit all
an waitin' To- dey time wot amt nebbe,
| gwiner come"
| The sun is dropping behind the purplins
| Virginia hills, and Arlington looks slostly
The bug chorus takes on greater volume
OF tone. The pestiferous mosquito quit
! buging and bites aud bugies alternately
| What will become OF king Tom Sam
hobo" when the snow tiics'