Show lost a million Dol dollars larz tom ochiltree is ia a good story toller teller lie ile tells the following on himself to show liow low near lie came once to making a million dollars lie Ife said 1 I was fit at a dinner at john chamber lins lina in washington and senator hearal jolin john rua sell young and several other oilier prominent americans americana at the table with me we gut got to belld telling stories over the walnuts val nuts and the w ine and senator hearst whom you yon know died worth several million pounds was wag riving his early experiences ile ho told how ho he Biri saed liis is great fortune and lie described the of 0 liia his early life ile he told how he be worked and saved to ket get enough money to take him to california ile he de his long and weary neary journey in in a wagon across the elaina plains and grew pathetic as he be spoke of his is hardships along the rivel in in nebraska when they came to this river river they found a flood had made it almost os t impassable and the they waited for days for the river to go alwn down the waters hoi overs evers increased instead of diminished and alje they v were in despair at last said senator hearst lle arat h four uror or five of us concluded to make a ri raft it and get across by it we tied it a lot of wagon beds together put our bedding in thain and finally had quite a respectable boat made then the question was to get a rope acutt across the raging torrent in order to pull the raft over no one of the party part could swim and for even the bravest swimmer it looked like death to go into the raging ragin flood wo we cast about tor for a time as what to do until at last a fat at little red b eyed hoy boy catine up to us ane and said that he could swim the river and that lie could carry the rope in his teeth he was sturdy muscular cular and courageous and we concluded t to let him do it lie he jumped into tile the riner aher and after wonderful exertions reached land two hours later e u ere on the other side and gentlemen I 1 never felt so happy in my life we threw up our hats and shouted for joy and I 1 never think of my my early life but that I 1 ieni ember that red headed boy I 1 have looked for him everywhere and 1 I cannot find him nad had lie he not been there I 1 would have probably ably gone back to missouri and my gratitude ta him is beyond description why IV 11 y gentlemen if I 1 could find that red it headed ed boy bov today I 1 would give him a million do dollars liars I 1 mean what I 1 say I 1 would g give 0 i o I 1 him 1 I a million dollars up to this time I 1 had bad been very modest continued ochiltree as lie ran his hand thi through ough liis his auburn locks and then brushed the bick back of it across oss his blue eyes while his fat rosy c heeks cheeks shone but I 1 could stand it no longer I 1 rose and said with tears in m my y eyes eves senator I 1 i was as that red headed 1 boy hearst II earst looked at me a comez moment t ile he then brought his fist down on oil the table so that the glas glasses aei rang arid and exclaimed with nith more emphasis than ihan elegance tom ochiltree you ire are a blank blank liar and so eo I 1 lost the million |