Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-24


Chicago. DO you know anything about
The Internal climate there? Well, In
Chicago ! used 10 lose my voice when
ever 1 caught a cold-sometimes for
weeks together. So they began call
ing me Whispering smith. and I've
U.sn awe 70 SNAKE the name.
CUu' ,Su out came out 10 go
,"'V 'ie iea' estate business 1 was
,OONi"e 'O' Sonie soic-oearihs farm
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N''-'O'' N''"''i''i' WASH IL
wanted 10 nave evening clothes.
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And Tor once in my life two pairs
oi suspenders--a modest ambition. but
a snawinE one Would YOU believe it2
Before / left Bucks Office he had hired
me what ] could do. and ] admitted "a
little experience In handling real es-
tate. he brought his fist down on the
table and ore I should be- his right
of-way man
How abou, he mining"
Whispering smith waved his hand
in something OF the proud manner IN
which Bucks could wave his prssi-
Dental hand. My business Bucks
said. need not interfere with that NOT
in the least: he said that / could do
all the mining wanted 10 and
have done an the mining wanted 10
But here is the singular thing that
happeneo- opened mp my Office and
mao no'"'ne 10 40 'hey DION seem 10
wan any r'Sht OF way Just then. /
N'p' s'''iut my 'neck every month.
A1u va" uo'ne manu- turn out nd
80 '''' "' country ana snoring
JACK 'I"oD''s. hu'' LORD love this
'ou"' "lu you KNOW used 10 be
= - oS 81 'ue mountains years ago.
iNeeN "'u' Know IL almost as well
you 10 Hlhea more or less In
'ue mean ''ie' occasionally would
so 10 DUCKS You say you don't know
nm 700 otd anu ten him, candid
WASH uolhe thing TO earn my
ss"iy' ~ such unes ne would only
ash me now / hkeo the JOB. and
WHISPERING Smlth heaNy eyebrows
rose IN mld surprise At the recollec-
non o"e DAY Wnen vas talking
M'" ne "S"ueu me telegram
"Ou' tue ueSe'' saying mat night
traitor AT iohell station mad been
sn"1 1uu s"l'ch misplaced and
IAN nearly Wr'cNeo. lie asked me
Nna' 'no"Snt OF u. discovered
nav 'ne GOT i'i'o" Aad Shot himself
~NU 'u '"e Gnu We hao 10 put MIN in
the insane ASYLUM 10 save him from
the penitentiary-but that was where
my trouble began.
1T ended In my having 10 organize
the special service on the whole road
TO look after thousand and one
thinls that nobody else had-wcu let
Us say Time or inclination go look aft
er Fraud and theft and violence and
AN that sort of dlsacreoablo thing
Then one cay the cat craWled our OF
the bag Nhat do YOU think2 That
man who is uow president OF this road
hac somewhere seen a highly-colored
story about me in a MAGAZINE. a ten
cent mag8ziuc. you know. lie had
spo,ted nae The first time / walked into
his Office. aad told me long time
afterward IL was just like seeing a
man walk out of book. and that he
had hard work TO keep from falling or
my neck lie knew what he wanted
me for: 20 was just this thing / left
Chicago 20 get away from il. and this
is the result IL is not all that kind OF
thing. ON. no! When they want 10
cross a reservation 1 have a winter in
Washington with our attorneys and
dine with old friends in the White
House, and the next winter / may be
on snowshoes chasing a band of
rustlers. 7 swore long ago I would do
no more Of it-that ] couldn't and
wouldn't But il is Bucks. / can't go
back on him He is amiable and /
a crown and harp for me some day.
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