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CHAPTER XXXII. JIM SCOTT.

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 By advice of Mr. Bradford, Paul selected the Chicago, Rock Island, Pacific route to Omaha, where he took passage on the union Pacific road as far as Cheyenne, in the southern part of Wyoming, known as the "Magic City of the Plains." He was very much interested in what he saw from the car windows as he rolled over the prairies of Illinois and the fertile plains of Iowa. He gazed eagerly at the Mississippi River, of which he had heard so much, and was somewhat disappointed to find it so narrow at the point of crossing.
On again from Omaha, five hundred miles and over, till the train halted at Cheyenne, and he got out at the station.
As he stood on the platform, while the train went on, he was accosted1 by a roughly dressed man, who might be a miner to judge from his slouch hat, his loose-fitting clothes, and his long and rather ragged-looking beard, which seemed a stranger both to razor and scissors.
[Pg 227]"Goin' to stop here, young man?"
"I shall stop over to-night, I think," answered Paul.
"And to-morrow I reckon you go to the Hills?"
"That is my intention," said Paul, guardedly.
"I don't know but I'll go there myself, though I did calculate to stay here, or hereabouts, for a time."
"Have you ever been to the mines?" asked Paul.
"Have I ever been there? Well, I should smile," answered the stranger, expectorating profusely2. "Why, I own a hotel in Custer City. I left my cousin in charge, while I made a run down here to learn the fashions."
This he said with a grim smile, and a glance at his rough attire3
"Have you found them?" asked Paul.
"Well, I haven't followed 'em. Where might you be from, youngster?"
"From Chicago."
"I was there once, long ago, but I drifted on to California, and lived there up among the mountains for seven or eight years. Somehow I didn't get rich. But, one day, I heard of the Black Hills, and dusted for 'em."
"I hope good luck came to you there," said Paul, politely.
"You bet it did. Why, youngster, rough as I look,[Pg 228] I consider myself worth to-day from fifty to a hundred thousand dollars."
Paul looked at his new acquaintance with respect as a successful man.
"That is a good deal of money," he said.
"So it is. Sometimes I wake up and forget that I'm rich. Seems to me I'm the same shiftless vagabond that lived for years among the California mountains, but there's a heap of satisfaction in findin' I'm mistaken."

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1 accosted 4ebfcbae6e0701af7bf7522dbf7f39bb     
v.走过去跟…讲话( accost的过去式和过去分词 )；跟…搭讪；（乞丐等）上前向…乞讨；（妓女等）勾搭
参考例句：
  • She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger. 在街上，一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
  • His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him. 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 profusely 12a581fe24557b55ae5601d069cb463c     
ad.abundantly
参考例句：
  • We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture. 我们搬动家具大费气力，累得大汗淋漓。
  • He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely. 他一直在努力干活，身上大汗淋漓的。
3 attire AN0zA     
v.穿衣，装扮[同]array；n.衣着；盛装
参考例句：
  • He had no intention of changing his mode of attire.他无意改变着装方式。
  • Her attention was attracted by his peculiar attire.他那奇特的服装引起了她的注意。
4 behooved f11e341cc573a8a7eb3e0a34eac41597     
v.适宜( behoove的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • For whose behooved is this done. 做这件事为了谁？ 来自辞典例句
  • He spoke courteously, as it behooved. 他应该谦恭地说话。 来自互联网

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