The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-28

| @ttf day"
pinkish haired young man in correct
hunting costume, sauntcred over to
the Gre to light cigarette and re-
marked carelcssly to Bud:
mice nightF
"Why, ycs,p said Bud, "as nice us
any night could be that amt received
the Broadway stamp of approval.
How did know he was from New
York? Well, l figured 1t out as soon
as lie sprung those two words on me.
I was In New York myself n couple Of
years ago, and l noticed some Of tho
carmarks and hoof tracks Of the Ran
cho Manhattan"
found New York rather different
from the Panhandle, didn't you, Bud?e
asked one Of the hunters.
! Cant say that 1 did," answered
Bud. Anyways, not moro than some.
The main trail in that town, which
they call Broadway, is plenty Travelled,
but they're about the same brand Of
bipeds that tramp around in Chey-
enne and Amarillo. At first was sort
of ratified by tile crowds, but I soon
says to myself, Here, now, Bud;
they're just plain folks like you and
Geronimo and Grover Cleveland and
the Watson boys, so don't get all
fustered up with CONSERVATION under
your saddle blanket and then feels
calm and peaceful, like I was back in
the nation again at q ghost dance or a
green corn powwow.
I'D been saving up, for a year to give
this New York n whirl. ! knew man
named Summers that lived there, but
couldn't find him, so I played lone
hand at enjoying the intoxicating pleas
ures of the corn fed metropolis.
"For awhile I was SO frivolous aud
lococd by the electric lights and the
noises of the monographs and the sec
ond story railroads that forgot one Of
the crying needs Of my western system
of natur . requirements. II never was
no hand = deny myself. the pleasures
Of sociable vocal intercourse with
friends and strangers. Out in the terri.
tories when I meet man never saw
before, inside Of nine minutes I know
his income, religion, size of collar and
his wifes temper and how much he
pays for clothes, almony and chewing
tobacco. It's q gift with me not to be
penurlous with my conversation.
"But this here New York was inau-
gurated on the idea of abstemiousness
in regard to the parts Of speech. At the
end Of three weeks nobody in the city
had fired even. a blank syllable In my
direction except the waiter in the grub
emporium where I fed. And as his out.
pourings Of. syntax wasn't nothing but
plagiarisms from the bill Of fare, he
never satisfied my yearnings, which
was to have somebody hit. II stood
next to a man at a bar he'd edge on
and give Baldwin.ziegicr look as If
he suspected me OF having the north
pole concealed on my person. ! began
to. wish that I'd gone to Abilene or
Waco for my pascado, for the mayor of
them places will drink with you, and
the first citizen you meet will tell you
his middle name and ask you to take a
chance In n rattle for q music box. X
well, one day when I was particu-
lar laundering for. to be gregarious with
something more loquacious than lamp
post a fellow in cafry says to me,
says he:
".Nice dayr
"He was a kind of a manager Of the.
place. and I reckon he'd seen, me In
there good many times. He had a
face like fish and IN eye like Judas.
but got up and put ono arm around
Ills neck. 7
I. :pardner.' says, sure It's nice
day. You're .thesfrst gentleman in all
New York to observe that the infica.
cies Of human speech might not be al.
together wasted on William Kings.
bury. But, don't you thtnk, says ],
that twas a little cool early in the