Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-15

had se1se notion 81 writing book
earIrled The Adventures OF Smith. /"
aad probably wculd have done 50 had
M a clever fellow named Hayden
Ca-rufh pu1 forth upon the world q
hrn0ro1s work entitled The Adyen-
tzres % Jcnssl- But Jones and Smith
are TIVE different individuals alrogeth-
e. Jones. IS pictured by Mr. Car
rurh Is a lar. whereas Smith would
m mere depart from the truth than
woaId the late George Washington
Smith . & most remsrkS bic product
sn7 I dcr~ in the least understand
hsx he cane 10 be upon this earth
HIS father made few millions in
rTnf. ara Smith Is his only sonI had
tar odd m4n en- my hands for three days
o1cr Il I01don. and a more awful
ra-ee Gays / never spent / wanted
- - kind e aim. hut we had no com
Esl ground on which we could meet
I 1afa'- care hang about pine lumber,
a. wasn't building house that year.
and old Smith didn't care \ hang about
snyrhirz thar was interested in l
took him 70 some Dickens loeallties-
and showed him GOIdsmirh's grave in
the Temp3s- tut the old man had never
hear 81 either Of them and didn't want
a. II was not until l carried him on
u 4 great lumber yard. where Amerie-
an and Norway pine Is piled in anaz-
ing quantities. that the old man would
admit that London had anything in il
worth seeing
am scme1imes amazed 20 see how
LITTLE brains il requires 10 become rich
Smith rad come over on the Teutonic
which Was the fastest steamer af,oat.
szd il aesually tooK me a whole day
q explain 20 him that there could not
pa=SIhly be awaiting him in London
Say letters from America He had
i 4 q VnnIe week out OF his busy life:
had taken the quickest steamer across
the Atlantic and the quickest express
train 70 london bs. eek was gone.
why fkerefore. should there be no let
ts-S awaiting him: They had prom
ISed a. write to him. he said every
day l think the old man never quite
understood why the letters Were not
hare aid be had a strong suspicion I
vas ka<dEinking him in some manner
OF Oteer He had come over. he said.
% look after his only son who. he in
4orneSt fDe, lad gone entirely wrons.and
refused 10 return 10 America TO take
charge q certain mills the overseeing
q which his father had designed as
the lad = future career He had eable(i
% the young man 10 meet him in Lon
don fH1t the young fellow had been
travelling n some remote part OF the
ceurIEeEt. and the word did not reach
him IL time. However. when the saw.
mill king. thoroughly sick Of London
had besn * the big city for three DAYS
hi SCH appeared. and greatly 70 my
relief. took old man Smith of nv
hands
The second day. when the old mar
Seemed to come 10 a realization thai
didn't want 10 make ANYTHING out OF
him. he became confidential and spok.
feelinsly Of the shortcomings OF bis
son He strongly urged me TO NEE
the young man, acquire an influence
over him il possible and use that in
fiuence for good: in other words. Try
to indufe young Smith 10 return Il
has sawmiH | had no intention Of in
terfering il matter that did not con
Germ ne, and furthermore. / had a
most ardent desire not 10 meet tbs
ss0n. who, II he were anything like his
father. would undoubtedly prove q
most unmitigated bore The meeting
however was not 10 be avoided. anC
i was only few minutes in his com
pany when ! understood that the saw
mill in the West would have TO ii.
along as well as IL could without hi.
supervision
smith. Jr., proved to be dreamy
gentlemanly. weIl-edueated young mar
who was quite evidently born 30
years after his time. He was filled
with GtTHlan legendary lore and 70
Dl1nee. and often with German wine a.
well. for both Of which he had a grea