The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-09
BEFORE AN OPEN FIRE.
A Westerner Relates n Bunch of OdA
Happenings, East, West and
in Europe.

the pipe said nothing, but looked TO hi
sister for the defense.
"Why DO you think SC? ?" she asked.
"Well, my mother was here owe,
Easter Sunday when we came from Eu
rope, and she said she went up Fiftl
avenue purposely 10 see the famous
dress parade, and il was all rubbish"
Your mother spends too much tim,
In Paris and Chicago TO understand
New York." said the sister. The ia
nous dress parade is out completely.
know a western woman who came here
and judged everything by certain nov
els. She looked upon Madison avenue
as literary shrine because some of the
characters lived there. l urged her to
g. TO Boston"
"My mother met New York woman
in Rome retorted the westerner, who
said she didn't want TO go into the heca-
tombs. She knew she couldn't stand
the sight of an ancient oesophagus."
His host applauded, pipe between
teeth. go on" he said. Wipe out sec
tional differences. Let there be no east
and no west. Tell some more"
The westerner smiled gratefully.
"One time out in Montana" be said.
''they had to stop the train we were on
four times in days run to get fellow
Of the cowcatcher. He liked to ride
there through the tunnels, he said. and
feel the hailstones and Goals of fire
raining around him. He was the son
of an English lord seeing the country
That same day tramp was bothering
the train folks by crawling in under the
cars and getting free rides. At last
they combined and put him off a
water tank in the middle of 40-mile
stretch without tree. At first he be-
gan cussing them for leaving him
where there was nothing TO drink but
when they pointed to the water drip
ping from the tank, he whined and said
If there was even cracker and cheese
grocery anywhere it wouldn't be so in
human. Next day but one saw him
TO the English lords son on the
platform of the station Of large town
] 900 miles nearer the Pacific ocean.
He had evidently caught on successful
iy when the first express train came
along. | asked the Englishman what
ths tramp said to him. He had mono
Gle, and he clapped it into his eye and
answered.:
Pom my word, ii was most extraor-
dinary. you know. He asked me if
copsd give him the address of the best
hotel in the city! You Americans have
the name of rising from poverty to
lffluence in an incredibly short time,
but this fellow had not even had time to
change his clothes!'"
go on" said the man with the pipe. |
TELL another"
The next one is New York brand"
miled the westerner. II saw a sign,
Up near Central park. too, oil Paintings |
ind Table Board SO I went exploring
ver on the east side to recover from
he shock to my Chicago culture. Twas
n queer little shop over there. half
I'D clo' and half dressmaking and tai
oring. and little wizened-up o.d man
anne in. peripatetic genius. who had
! bundle of things to sell to the pro-
'rietor. He had long hair. parted in the
middle behind. and combed up over his
ars in the most fantastic way. One lock
lad fallen down. and all the time he was
rving to make his sale kept feeling
IS if ought to say: Miss. your hair is
oming down. and offer him hairpin
rom the head of the lady be was try
ng to sell his things to. He had some
Id ostrich tips and shirt wais; and
ineD duster, about the size for a girl
2 years old, which be exhibited in tri-
mph as "a grade bargain. whole dress
only 25 cent The proprietor told
i'm there were no children about the
lace TO wear such thing. even if it
-asn't cold weather.
Dots pity be said. doing the
athletic and sympathetic. Dots big
ity. You too young got little girl of
our own. but you no got little sis
.r2. Dots too bad. You mooch better
. adopt girl 10 be your sister to ge,
,och bargin as dot. whole linen
ress for only 25 cent"
-You see some funny signs over on
le east side. don't your" asked his
3st's sister.
II don't remember any. remember
ice in Chicago seeing Tobacco and ,
,riodicais' at tombstone store. and
1der it Ladies and Gents Shrouds Al |
ays on Hand But. OF course. that !,
asn't funny. What was the funniest ;
ing you saw in Spain?" with polite
ference TO his hosts sister. who likes
talk about her Spanish travels.
nNfif" she said. refiectfveIy. "There