Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
Wise Men of the East-or of the West.
either, for that matter.

FRIDAY morning i was SdkSu Oah W
the Park again. and to the new Wash
iugton University grounds. The build
Ings. now mes ring completion, are the
graudest have seen for many q day.
/ will not attempt to describe them.
and could not, if / would. One looks
upon them with wonder and pleasure
so massive in structure and extent;
so beautifully designed and proper
toned.
Twas then driven to the residence OF
VIM. 81. Thomson. Esa., having seen
more of the elegant residence part OF
the city than | had heretofore had
conception OF. At Mr.. Thomson's ]
was welcomed and Hospitality enter
tanned, as Is the manner of the family
Mr.. T. was down town." but the Ia
dies made il exceedingly pleasant for
me until the noon hour, when, in re-
sponse to a cordial invitation from
him, | rode to the Boatmen's Bank and
there lunched. In the evening l re-
turned 20 the residence and dined, in
company with nine young people-sev-
en- of them ladies. Mrs. Thomson had
gone to Arcadia that day, and the hus-
band being booked to follow on the
night train, was too busy to dine with
US; so was the only elderly parsonage
at table. It was light-hearted, jolly
company. and cannot recall pleas
anter hour than ensued to that dinner
call. To me there is nothing more
| grateful than the presence of young
people in the flush of life, with their
flow of jest, quip, reportee and '.small
talk" On such occasion am good
listener. and 1 profit By it, for is leaves
me newly impressed with the loving
kindness of Him who created a bright
world and peopled it with bright spir.
its. As Tiny Tim would say, s'God
bless, Us, every onei" so / ask, has he
not blessed use
In the evening we all went to the
Columbia The show was all fun, and
we saw it from box procured by the
thoughtful head of the house. /, be.
ing from the country, and all too much
unused to the delights of the stage. en-
joyed il, of course; but think / ex'
tracted fully a. much pleasure from
the bright. happy hearts about me, a
from the mimic life behind the foot
lights.
After nights good rest. and ar
early breakfast prepared especially fol
an heir to the house and myself, l de
parted. having said goodbye" the
night before to the other members o.
the family. At the Union Station
again met Barney, who introduced me-
to the conductor of the train which
was to and did carry the fortunes o
Caesar to Louisville on his way to thiI
"Lsnd of the Sky"
Ats O'Clock We pulled out and
bade adieu-or, rather, au revoir,
hope-in earnest to Old Mizzoura
After crossing the bridge, / sought th'
privilege-at fifty cents per-of th'
parIor car. When duly seated noteG
that there was only one other occupant
a pleasant-iaced. intelligent-lookinG
lady of about thirty-ive or forty years
according to my guess. She was dill
gently reading one of the current mag
azines. but gave furtive glance q
my august parsonage as l entered.
seated myself on the opposite side fror
. her and two or three chairs to the rear
? / pulled out q book and also bega
reading it. But my thoughts 500
wandered far from the text. and
/ longed for some one to talk to. For
time interested myself in the heetin
, landscape; but the dead level of prairi
: surface, though highly conducive
I agriculture. speedily grows monotoE
GUS TO him who has no immediate an
personal interest in the crops plante
= or sowed, or matured and ready fc
q garnering. Then dozed q little, bI
e the day was too early and too brigi
= 70 induce sleep or excuse 1t. locke
/. lover to the lady; she had laid hs
4 book in her lap and was burnishin
e her eyeglasses, carelessly the viii
o noting through the car window Il
9 swiftmoving panorama of helG. doc
g and grove. ! saw, among the oth'
e packages on the chair next her, Il
q regular feminine lunch-holder, viz:
e green pastebosrd box-and thereupc
/. argued that she was q long-distan'
}: passenger; though, indeed, it needs
If not this evidence. since your lady
> maturer years does not often give I
!, her fifty cents, or any other sur
'r where she will not get the fullest pc
l. sible rsturn. Men are not usually
, hampered by judgment. Now. q
Ir journey from East ST. Louis TO Loui
,, Vile begins at A. II. and concludes
yl6P.M. That's ten long hours, witho
1t break, Ii We except the thirty minut
d or so devoted the buffet Were Ne
J. the lady and myself-to sit out all &c