The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-20
He "prnmm.d" Govcrnor stone.

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I and the street car"
He "Drumm"d" Governor stone.
Tho following story was told the writer
last fan by VIII Evans, who used to travel
Texas for the C. y. kellogg company Of
Chicago. now with GILMORE & Ruhl o; 81.
Louis:
A man who looks Ike merchant and
who stands IN tho corridors " the hotels
in ST. Louis Just az this time is liable 10
be "drummed l. e. approached on the
subject Of buying goods. no matter whether
he be governor or Napoleon OF finance.
And that Is Jus, vha, has happened. It is
good s,ory ton good 70 keer. Few
evenings ago group q statesmen who
travel In Texas were standing n The Ia
J ce5e hotel They were VIII Evans Who
travels Tor Gilmore q Ruhi q St Louis :
! Jack Gordon. with Ely 4 Walker Dry Goods
/ company, St Louis. and VIII Rgan. WIN
| Mer4srson. seasongocd 4 Co, Cincinnati
/ Tie corriaor had :e7 people IN T. put
among the few was Governor ". j stone,
Nno ,gas iaikiug 20 "a friend. Mr.. Harris u
tho Hafea9.re- NcKlttrick Dry Goods con-
uarr lust theu WIZ Neade who iraNcls
Texas Tor Bray & Laud-um q Louisville,
manufacturers o. jeans clothias came In
sfEHL around tt- corue7 and sieefei lot we
laclein Evans. Gordon aad Ryan khoW-
Ing Mcad.'s CHARACTERISTIC So vel THsis
,a,ne-S.d Bows. We VIII have some iun
,,,.f WseAe Now. Meade is q good TEL
low v!ff heart az big as TrNes sloer
III. me mos, lnvsterlte drummer o.
rg., ON earth. lie wU1ld drum aHfbol!
ori .a,k .be taps OF buggy wheel 70 %,
en- c-ie, H. Is i.he A yellow Jacket ana
aivsvx - his singer 0ut and goes AZ :.
Mad : -ait and under hish pressure oI
s.csr, alTars. j, he were N the puslp ~. n
he ,gsuN 'a-lle ;he Prince OF Neles
~, a .erh, 1- George Gould 10 sen nIl'
4 railroad 4 ought 10. ana 10 ao,,ne -
stand vali z!ih his house rs a'saNV - -,
~ ~, r,i4 well boys. anything Ne"
- SAD Evans there are very leN
-.,,cls s-5q-i. b.; there's good man over
- -sis3re to Harris indicating uo''
erno7 stoae with his thumb.
Who Is he?' asked Meade
ms name is W. j. Stone o. JeHe'soh
City" answered Evans, ,,4s
"a, Harris has HIM" persisted Meade
.Th.. makes no difference g said Evans.
,.yon go AFTER him He don handle 'It.
,;ne ~ dry goods. but he's dead STUCK o"
jeans pants. s,so,
said Meade , ~ ,,o,,8
Governor Stone and Harris, like an lnaian
ON ina warpath approaches the corral OF
a wagon train. He walked up to the desk
and looked over the register, all the urNe
watching tho governor narrowly ont Of the
corners Of his eyes. He walked back 10
Evans. Gordon and Ryan. who had step
ped behind the pillars n the corridor 10
conceal their laughter, and WHO were eaz-
ing ltstlessly at the ceiling when Meaae
reached them.
said Meade.
"Yct said Gordon; ITS because he's
good man You grab him the first chance
you get"
Meade started off on another circling ex-
nedition, and the boys" could hardly Keep
from exploding Just then Harris bade
tho governor good night and walked away,
and then-~say did you ever see an old
hen 20 after Juns bug? Well. that's the
way Meade got tho governor. He intro
1ucod himself and when he commenced
to talk The conspirators saw look OF
surprise pass over tho governors counte-
names. followed quickly by a twinkle Of
fun in his eyes. They could stand II no
longer, and Gordon md Ryan made for
he sidewalk. pulling Evans after them
Evans said: Boys this won't do. We
have gone far enough now" and he walked
IN TO explain matters. Just as he got IN
he door Mead had presented The governor
with his card, who as he looked at It. said |
Young man, / am not exactly in this |
inc"
We'll" said Meade come up and see
nc anyway. 1t won't hurt to look over my
Just then Evans addressed the governor.
whom he had met before, and explained |
hat he and HIS friends were having a lit
lie fun at Meade's expense, and introduced
Meade to Governor W. j. Stone of Mis-
ouri Poor Meade looked like he had let
bird go and even the governor looked
plagued. He joined in the laugh heartily,
lowever. and turning TO Meade said:
Young man. l am going UP to see You to-
morrow, anyhow"
Whenever Meade now sees this trio of
okers In a hotel corridor he bowls along
o another hotel as though he had started
here in the first place.