Old-timer

We were sleeping, down on the Pahsimeroi, in the cabin of a character known as the Old-timer.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

We were sleeping, down on the Pahsimeroi, in the cabin of a character known as the Old-timer.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

We were sleeping, down on the Pahsimeroi, in the cabin of a character known as the Old-timer.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

The Old-timer said he had never tasted a mixed drink but he would try it this once.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

This was before the days of DDT or of bug bombs and the Old-timer had been raising the more hardy insects instead of cattle.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

We had come from Sun Valley, Idaho, and were a little softened up by the swimming pool, nights in The Ram, and the wheels of Ketchum; but the Old-timer fixed that.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

The Old-timer stayed home to care for his insects.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

We had come from Sun Valley, Idaho, and were a little softened up by the swimming pool, nights in The Ram, and the wheels of Ketchum; but the Old-timer fixed that.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

Taylor was mounted on a white horse and the Old-timer started to refer to him as The young fellow on the white horse.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

This was obviously impossible so I asked the Old-timer how old he thought Taylor was.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001