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Then another new-comer , as distinctive from the average settler as Jack was , diverted talk into another channel , without , however , reconciling the people to their loss . If the history of Little Rivers were to be written in chapter headings the first would be , `` Jasper Ewold Founded the Town '' ; the second , `` Jack Wingfield Arrived '' ; and the third , `` John Prather Arrived . '' While Jack came in chaps and spurs , bearing an argosy of fancy , Prather came by rail , carrying a suitcase in a conventional and businesslike fashion . Bill Deering , as the representative of a spring wagon that did the local omnibus and express business , was on the platform of the station when the 11:15 rolled in , and sang out , in a burst of joy , as the stranger , a man in the early twenties , stepped off the Pullman : `` What 's this , Jack ? Back by train -- and in store clothes ? Well , of all -- '' and saw his mistake when the stranger 's full face was turned toward him . `` Yes , I am sometimes called Jack , '' said the stranger pleasantly .