Show STORIES OF COL OCHILTREE many vitty witty aneldo e are C edithl to he the lov cv al dirge hearted tenas te nas statesman when a man gains the reputation ot of iveing bei being a wit and a story storyteller teller and when he supports this by constantly appearing in those ex and ex places where many people con gregath it is not well to inquire too closely into the authenticity ot of the stories that are credited to him especially was this true of the late col thomas P ochiltree native ot texas cl ci izen of the world A good many of col ochiltree s best stories were not his own but some were in of his manufacture he ile told all stories well however which may be a sufficient excuse tor for tion one of col ochiltree s favorite tales was supposed to po nt a moral when he was a youth and joined the texas A rangers his father gave him a bible with the suggest on abat it would do the youth no harm larm to read it occasion ally tom took tre tte bible and prom ased to do as his parent suggested when tom returned home some months later the judge ailed ed him it if he had read I 1 is B ble and tom vir declared that he had and frequently also he had brought the bible back with him to show how much he pr zed it whereupon my father asked to see it col tom went on in his narration he ile carefully opened it turned over a few pages and drew forth a twenty dol lar bill for weeks I 1 had been broke and ha I 1 s offered foi the es of life wl AV en I 1 disco discovers verel 1 that 4 hd hm been carrica carri cg money ac t we me all the time I 1 t I 1 would collapse and tae worst of it was that I 1 couldn coulden t say anything the old gentleman had me in a fix where I 1 couldn coulden t wriggle he ile showed his api recitation recia tion of the sit ua bat t on and went oi 01 turn turning ing 0 01 er the leaves caves presently he to fo nd another tn t enty dollar b 11 which bich he folded with the arst ard placed in his pocket it s a great pity taomas he sa d dryly that when ou read the bible you didn dian t happen to open it at the places where I 1 planted the bills during the inaugural at on of president hanison Far ilson col ochiltree was thrown horn a pennsylvania Pern sylvania railroad cab and broke his eg cg he sued for 50 damages some months afterward he walked v 0 t of a I 1 otel and met prest dent thomson of the pennsylvania load wao asked him to go to lunch eon I 1 cant walk v alk salci salu ochiltree I 1 ve forgotten my britches cr itches thereupon he N v albed up a flight of stairs to secure them tom I 1 thought yo i could get along aitho t those things said mr air thorn thom son when the colonel returned I 1 can was the reply but my law yer has ordered me to wear them i act rt I 1 my suit against 3 our company is 19 sett ed it was settled that day col ochil tree getting 5 |