The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-12-05

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II wasn't born cross-cycd nor cl
ootcd," said the mnn from Montai
3 he made vicious bite at the e
Il a fresh cigar, "and things have
airly we'll with me In q business
nut yet there is one thing which II
,omes up to me that don't feei d l.ls
/ committing murder. My father named
ne Bonaparte. AS child was, Of
'ourse, called Bony, but Ms soon MS old
/ enough TO get out into the street the
boys shortened hat TO Bones and
Bones I am to this day. I'm telling You
hat no man who is Bill or Joe or Tom
,ver gets up in the world beyond n GER
.ain point. He may be, known us n
rood fellow, but your familiarity with
ais loses him your respect and you un-
iervaluc him. Let n man get nick
name after he has conquered fame and
Il helps him, but people are not hclylng
JacIs and Jims and Petes to congress
'ional honors or governorships. That
name Of Bones excited ridicule and
contempt. licked so different kids
for loading II onto me, but IL stuck.
I went TO Sunday school and day school
rs Bones. i went TO college and to
business rs Bones. II my name had
been George or Reginald or Harry peo-
pie would have considered that I had
feelings, but as II was any old thing
was all right for Bones. No introduce
tioD was considered necessary. Being
n'med Bones I must be n good fellow,
and good fellows never stand on cere-
mony. The name kept me back at
school and college. and though fell In
love with aozen different girls before
| was 20. they all gave me the shake on
account of the name.
81 finally packed up and took skip
Of a thousand miles for the sole purpose
of getting rid OF Bones. ] simply used
the initial, and after three months I
was way up In the new community.
] opened store, began TO corrt girl,
and the people insisted that ] take the
postmastership. I'd have had Il and
probably n wife at the same time. but
for the advent OF one of my old ac-
quaintances. He dropped into town
and called me Bones. and Il knocked
me into the middle of the last centuSy.
Nobody had any use for n man with
such name. There was no weight, no
dignity to Il. II would have been all
right for n Digger Indian or n China.
man, but even the Hanks and Sans
and Abes scoffed ut II. AS matter of
fact, II was man known to everybody
as Snub-Nosad Bill who started the
move to freeze me out. In 60 days I
took another jump and settled down in
n new place. ] was almost Immediately
asked to run for the state senate. had
accepted. and the campaign had opened
with certainty of my being winner
when I was given away again. knew
how II would be. Within "a hours I
was asked to withdraw. and another
candidate was put up. The local papers
even tried to make II out that ! was a
villain for having played the public.
"My third skip landed me In Montana.
I'm there yet. Pm Bones to every man,
woman and child for a hundred miles
around. I'm Bones to ury cowpuncher
and Bones to every tramp who comes
along, and I'm given the throw-down
for no other reason. For the last
month I've been working u political
racket which was designed to land me
in congress after awhile. II has cost me
u good deal of thought and considerable
money, and this forenoon I was dead
sure OF success. But Id forgotten my
hoodoo, you see. An hour ago I re.
ceived this telegram from one of my
workers. See what he says: NO use.
They got on to Bones, and the deal 10
off, IN. Y. Sun.