The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
GOGGAN'S DREAM or HE'LL.

Kansas CITY Times.
Tales whose scenes arc laid In frozen
North which abound In descriptions OF ice
gorges and snow storms are relishcd best
when read under tho ardent conditions i'm
posed by the dog days, and by parity Of
reasoning the mind should entertain most
aereeably in mldwinter narratives which
recount the actions OF human beings per-
formed under the torrid influence of a
sophisticated climate. This reflection has
caused me TO think that perhaps the winter
solstice is the accepted time TO tell about
Tom Gogsan's dream Of hell.
Burly. and biz and tall. was Tom GoRgnp.
His 22S pounds of flesh were not distributed
ever his bones SO as 10 mako lines and
curves and proportions like those occrud-
tied to Apollo Belvedcre. His legs were
built up like tree boxes aud his body round
and compact, bulged at the middle Ike a
cotton bale with the center tie ripped of,
Tsm insisted that his hair was a "be-auti-
ful auburn" but II II was woodpecker's
topknot is your true Tt,iancSquo tint for
angels tresses, Tom had face like the
fun m5on. hucd MS is the Holsters when
the water around 1t bolls in the pot and his
blue Er,cnsh eyes twinkled when he talk
ed in merry way that spread the con-
tagon OF good humor all around him Cog
gan possessed high keyed voice ana n
pronunciation OF the English language
WHICH "oulu cover Win confusion ana
staihe any oiaiect WRITER no matter DOW
NoI eguin2eV VINO wvulu attempt 10 sue
coss.uhy Uansia'e IL INTO PRINT he WAY
80 utterly grotosque that he was iascina,-
ing.
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INC inoal inarusuc LOOKING human beihg
TO be met with outside a museum, he had
vet made q big fortuna ont of art. Hc had
c.ov, r,ch ,e,,,,r ,,aos ,i,,os n,,.-
e'V" s ''"''' '""'"' ""''
barps' mandolins and other musical 'nstru-
monts He was an alderman. deacon In
the cburcl, a vacb,amnp and arcounte,
"'"'se" 'he most suocesSlui drummer 'nal
ever survived the perlls OF the railroad
sandwich or hullod n slopnlng car norter
rNor,,s "contr,I N,,stooi ,,r,n,r,,,,, = At.
nv Nds iTpuu VI ua,,lhb ~ WaS III "nNeS,,
ION ana his raNehns snIesmeh operated
a., a. over .ne sou'hweSt huS nc reserved u,
nillvs noilh OF HaiVes'on, Wnleh ne OK
Of its b,,sinHss iealon,v ~ foflttc,s Oh
Town on the Cult"
In the swelierlng July OF so, four Of us,
-" -, H., eue,so' nHu ,'SuVu 1uu p''HPleu
and inrIes of fhe West nav on hoard bIs
yacht, which he had christened by the po-
cue eNpieuVe Catramho The three
oh ,ho tish wa nooI,i sn, iii III m"u sausm'
The sun was going down behind Doltvor
point. There was not pint of wind TO
nlanc q "i.nhio III 'ne sSlis me intense
noon Gave no aipn or ,o,,,n, in W,
nil tho sunnlv of heor bnd ,i,,,, ',,, ~
there we Ioliod unon tho hIlg,er',, d,,i ,,ith
nothing but nlain Ice ,yntcr "a Ono, a..
foyered Inns hooking across the len ,r,los
of watery rxnause towar1 tho sciroa ,tIy
that was filled win rorrnshmnnrs =, ii,
kinds and tnstinR the fortunes of 1,opta,,s
Three of Ms related cold wcntbor ator,a.
and Colonel Nick Wceke a lonr-leegcd
banker with scrnrgy hack heord sanS
song about a barkceper in tho Rock{rs who
woke IN one Christtnas mornins and sou,d
mis- barrel OF whisky frozen hard as d, brir,e
no matches In the house md Ma fIrawoot
! stolen The song rrcited how his ousto,n-
ers came around with axes. choppod nm
| their whisky and cnjoyed IL In solId form
Boys boys" said Tom Goppan knock
inc tho ,sbns ant 20 III ,,,o ,.,.n ~ ...,,..
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| Ni'lcu oh W contribute DIS snare 70 the
entertainment Il will tell you something.
| I'll tell you my dream. il only TO keen
! NicL Noels fror, r,r,i,o an No a., L.
~ '""'.,"s ~s' ~. y"
the pay ashore with another OF MS hcltneii-
! sh song.
zone night while in uouston las; fon.
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"N"' WV W." 'NN o''8 A'A''- W.
"ath the bohemian eIuo' We met the
| Left handed Fishing Club. The Bohcm'ans
took several with me to,k tbe ,op,.
number WIN The nohe,nians me Len
| handlers ,reatel the DohernIan elub. liz,
| latter rfrinrnratod scI ON nm for ham
! rbis inte,rhanys M hosnitaIt,ias u,ent o,,
for ,hreo hn,,rs Wont tn ne hot'I ,hont
| II o'eloef' threw myself across the bed
| with the windows omen and Fell asleep
.u,''s ,'',,I ~ ta,, ~, '''' Wv"
~ wos shot owav from earth like II
man on a toboaran, Fast AS i sid Kent
thinking thought: There now. rom
! Gorgnn' you're daad, Tho Lord win never
! haVc ,nv mercy ON you after yonr curry.
nv ""S ~ II yyS,hh,na