Show STORIES OF COL OCHILTREE many witty anecdote arc are credited to the jovial large hearty ta state sn when A man gains the reputation ot of being a wit and a story teller and when hw hv supports eup porta this by constantly appearing in those expensive and ex pans 1 places where many people congregate gre gate it Is not well to inquire too closely into the authenticity of the stories that are carted crr 41 tea ted to him especially was tills true ol 01 the lato late col thomaa thomas P ochiltree native ol 01 texas citizen of the world A good many of col Ochil trees beet beat stories were not his own but some were indubitably of his manufacture lie ile told all stories well however which may bo be a sufficient for appropriation one of col favorite tales was supposed to point a moral when be he was a youth and joined the texas hangers rangers his father gave him a bible with the BUggea Uon that it would do the youth no harm to read it occasionally tom took the bible and promised to do as hia his parent suggested when tom returned home rome sorn a months later the judge asked him if ha he had read his bible and tom virtuously declared that he had and fro fre quent ly also ho he had brought the bible back with him to show how much he prized it it whereupon my father asked to seo see it col tom went on in his narration he carefully opened it turned over a few pages and drew forth a twenty dollar bill for weeks abad I 1 had been broke and bad u 4 ii fortha ahn ne caare at life when I 1 discovered that I 1 ba had been carry lus 1119 money about we me all the time I 1 thought I 1 would colleps colla pep and the wont worst of it was wag that I 1 couldn coulden t say anything the old gent gentleman lemarl had me la in a fix where here 1 I coun count t wriggle he showed hia his appreciation of the sit nation and went on turning over the leafed presently he found another twenty dollar bill which le to folded with the first and placed in his bt its a great pity thamas he ile said dryly that when you read the bible you happen to open it at the places I 1 planted the bill bills during the inauguration of 0 Preside president zt harrison Har rleon col ochiltree was thrown from a pennsylvania railroad cab tab and broke hilt leg he ile sued for 30 damages some months afterward tl bs h walked out of 0 a hotel and mot met prel pres dent thomson of the road who asked him to so go to luncheon 1 1 I I cant walk sala bala 1 tree forgotten my crutches cru tchee ta thereupon h walked up a flight of stairs to secure tb them em tom I 1 thought you could get along without those things mald mr thor when the colonel resumed 1 I can was the reply 11 but my law la yer has ordered me to wear the then until my suit against your company it Is settled it W was settled that day col pol achl tree getting |