Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-15

The Mild-Mannered Adventures OF
Richmond vacationist.
Q'or the Richmond Dlspateh.)

Jeremy Faggus is not the whole thing.
neither does he present a pleased and
polished whole, but he Is a second ely
thus, and Chesterfield as well.
Jerry. for, of course, that is his nick
name, and, from all appearances, he
takes great delight In being so dubbed,
Is comparatively little known TO the otner
boys In the neighborhood. because, being a
newcomer, and somewhat reserved. and
moro fond of older companionship. he
has not made their acquaintance. jerry
and i have been staunch friends since
our hrst meeting, year ago, at little
way station In the deep woods OF the
Old North State.
Autumn was In evidence, and on every
side were conclusive proofs OF the wane
OF summer. Every revolution OF the great
driving wheels OF the iron monster put
me at a greater distance from home,
and now, in the depths of the pines OF
the Tarheel State, thoughts OF the dear
ones In the good old State OF the mother
OF Presidents, came down the long vista
Of my aching memory, and, despite re-
peated indulgencies OF ambergris, the
evil spirits known as the blues were
not driven away. A dear. old LADY, appa-
rently a spinster, gave me the ambergris,
sIccumb for the sake of politeness. OF
course, L acknowledged the medicinal
powers Of the kind gift, still, she looked
at me out of the corner of her eye as
If she thought bromo settler would nave
been more appropriate. The sun had
long ago sought its repose In the golden
West, and now the moon, in all ner
glory, was rapidly ascending from behind
the aforesaid pines, and here ana there
In open spaces and through sparsely filled
groves, the silver guardian OF the
Silly hours could be seen. AT nome
1 had not been giving much attention
to the state Of her Moonship, for had
not contemplated any fishing expeditions
before my sudden departure, neither had
1 the pleasure Of planting seed in the
agricultural or floral line, nor had
any corns or bunions Go trim, In fact
nothing in which the neon would nave
been an important factor. SO was quite
surprised when / saw we had full moon
and wondered If my dear, old iady
friend across the aisle would gaze on
her with q bromo settler suggestion
The moon and the train were apparently
engaged in q race, and woods, larm-
houses, corn and cotton-fields were each
in succession rapidly left in the fadlng
distance. Cinders fell on the car-roof
like showers Of hail, and the beaming
face of the rival racer would. from time
TO time, be totally obscured by the dense
volumes Of black smoke. Al last one
long, shrlll blast from the locomotive tolo
me, in accents sweet, that we were APP
preaching our next stop, and cipher at
the name of the station on the timetable
implied in accents still sweeter that we
were TO have twenty minutes for sup
ton of the air-brakes, the engineer
brought his train to a standstill and
placed in position the necks or the pas
sengers. which had assumed the curva-
lures of a Richmond manipulation OF the
horse-hide. and acted i'm an opposite dl-
rection TO those who had been setting so
very dgnified, and using every effort not
to succumb TO drowsiness, ike a certain
great inventor, who is trying to accnstom
himself TO do without sleep. L was too
much imbued with thoughts of prooaple
good country supper TO sleep, for no
moor. suffering Cuban could have sur
nassed me in appetite just then. AFTER
denositing n tub of cinders in the car
aisle, and first seeing to my dear ola iody
| friend. l Joined in the mad rush Oh COM
mercial tourists, emigrants, ana otherS'
| for the car door. 900,
Leaving the dusty car, we were sooi,
brought in close proximity to the typlca,
| little railroad eating-house by the iouu
| changing of an immense cow-bel. en-
tered. gazing In mingled apprehension ana
| hone and. assure you, had no time Tor
| s,yannine. horses. With q bold plunge
| made a centre rush at the scantily-sup-
nlied lunch counter being confronted py
a man of wonderful avoirdupois. soOh
| made known my state of semi-starvatloh
| with bated breath, and baited appetite,
| hut the handful of patronizers were equal
| 70 n regiment of Cuban allies making O
| dash on one Of Uncle Sans supply trains
| and before / could secure room the more
| fortunate ones had devoured the greater
| portion of the layout" Hastily APP
| neasing nv appetite with whatever
| came in contact with, / in some way re-
| plenished the inner man, and also sent
| tea and crackers to the dear old creature
occupying the seat across the aisle rom
| mo. A veil of ''all aboard" was sufficient
| for me. and with a slice OF pie in one
| hand and a hunk of cheese in the other
| made desperate run for the now MOVING
| train With a gulp 1 swallowed the PIE
| i'm order to give me free hand to grasp
| the platform railing. With the cheese !
made for the smoking-car, where i
| thought, after partaking or the rest oil
my meal, 1 would join the emigrants and
| section hands in a smoke. Being man
cially embarrassed, the luxuries of Pull
| man could not be afforded. The cheese
would have kept the Pied Piper's collec-
| ton Of rats supplied with rations for
| thousand years, and must have been a
niece of an heirloom cheese from the
"cheese regions" or Switzerland, where
| am told newly married couples receive
among the gifts from their friends an inn
mense cheese, to be used as family
register" and upon II is carved the fami-
| ly's history, such as births, marriages,
| deaths. and other Incidents worthy OF re
cord. / am quite sure that this was a
piece that some of our ancestors brought
| over about the seventeenth century. Be
| ing through with as much as l could
| stand. the cheese and severed our
friendship, taking my departure through
the door towards my car and the former
| flying out of the window, and 1 am not