The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-06-24
NEWS FROM ABSENT FRIENDS.
p. y. Braud Writes Interestingly of the
Visit of Fred. Lintie and Paul
Wutke to San Bernar-


Wutke to San Bernar-
dino, California.
SAN BERNARD1No, Cal, /
June IL, 1905.
CHEF, Donaldsonville, La.
my thanks for the marked copy Of
the Chief, mentioning receipt of a card
from Fred. Linde with an arrowhead
pointing to the place where P. J.
holds the fort.
II had promised both Linde and
Wutke to send home marked copies of
the Times-Index relating their arrival
here, but, although kept my promise,
newspapers Of the size and character
OF the Times-Index are such confounded
impersonal affairs that fear the &C.
count of their admiration for Califor-
MIA incidentally and San ernardino
principally was not exactly what would
interest the people at home, defect [
will now remedy if your columns are
not too much taken up with recom-
mendations OF Newt Blanchard for the
Job Of Ringing Norway, those heathen-
ish Norwegians having evinced an ap-
palling ignorance as to the merits
Of old man Newt as a champing
king.
II had no idea that our friends
were in California, much less in San
Bernardino. This is a rather biggish
country, you know, and sometimes
people as small as Fred. Linde do
manage to squeeze through without at
tracing overmuch attention from the
police. But such combination as q
ieweler and plumber travelling to.
gether could hardly have been ex-
pected to escape attention.
Imagine my surprise, then, when
Fred. walked up in front of me on my
return to the Office at about $3.50 in the
afternoon. The door to the editorial
Office is very close to my desk, and I
paid but little attention TO its admit
ting two men, as visitors are frequent
at that time OF day. [ continued look
ing over the paper had in hand, but
Fred. planted himself right in front of
me and stared. don't remember
exactly what | said, but he thought it
was the biggest kind Of q joke, where
upon | exhibited my deputy sheriff S
star and placed the pair OF those Ca
dians under arrest.
''Mind you, they had been il town
all day, but as [ had been in and out
up to press time, and they did their
roaming In the residence district,
never once caught glimpse of them.
In the Office, every time they came
they asked that / be told nothing of
their presence, as they wanted to sur
prise me- They did that same, all
right, but the next person from Dom
aldsonville who hobs up in town
where I am holding any forts and de-
lays the surprise until have only
one hour left in which to entertain them,
him, her or it, is going to get shot
muy pronto. That's general orders.
''Those two Migrants had missed me
from hour TO hour, until their stay
with me was limited to one hour, they
claiming they had to meet somebody
at Los Angeles. Fred. said it was his
daughter, and, of course, I had to be
polite to my guests, even If they were
prisoners.
AT any rate, we found time TO call
on Mrs. Jack, who was quite as aston
ished and delighted as I was to see
faces from home. OF course, she wanted
them to stay to supper with us, but
although I have made quite a few
friends among the railroad men of
this country, they are not yet SO
amenable to my pleasant smiles as 20
delay the departure OF trains for more
than . half hour or SO, besides which,
Mrs. 2. L. Thomas was waiting for
her papa at Los Angeles, 81 miles
away, don't you see.
But in the short while that we en-
joyed with Fred. and. Wutke, we found
time to talk Of nearly everything and
everybody at home, not forgetting the
fire department, which was having it's
annual festival at about that time.
81 am sorry our friends did not
give me day in which to entertain
them, as would have got a furiough
and showed them more California
than they could have seen in a week
alone, although Fred. boasts
that he has been here before. It would
have done you good to see Paul
Wutke. Even Jacks exclamation OF
delight, oh, all the way from
Dixie, failed TO bring him to. He.
kept telling me about the strangeness
OF having snow up on the mountains
when it was SO warm in the valley,
and how beautiful the country was,
and how much he would like to live
here, but Fred. did most of the talking.
"This was the first time we had any
visitors from home, and You may be
sure the call was deemed all too short
Wish we had little more OF Donald
sonville out here.
"PEE JAY.n