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Having cauterized himself effectually, and returned the poker, he took his place in perfect serenity, without any show of pain, prepared to accommodate himself to the company. Some boys, awake with the bigness of the occasion, sat down near Johnny Appleseed, and gave him their frank attention.
Like so many of our distinguished men, he was not born in our state, but he came here in his young manhood from his birthplace in Massachusetts, and began at once to plant the apple seeds which gave him his nickname. Few knew that his real name was John Chapman, but it did not matter; and Johnny Appleseed became his right name if men are rightly named from their works.
"That's Johnny Appleseed," said Skenedonk, turning in his saddle. "What is Johnny Appleseed?" "He is a man that God has touched," said Skenedonk, using the aboriginal phrase that signified a man clouded in mind. God had hidden him, too. I could see no one. The voice echo still went off among the trees. "Where is he?" "Maybe one side, maybe the other." "Does he never show himself?"
No one laughs at him. The tribes on these grounds would not hurt a hair of his head, not only because God has touched him, but because he plants apples. I have eaten his apples myself." "Johnny Appleseed!" I repeated, and Skenedonk hastened to tell me: "He has another name, but I forget it. He is called Johnny Appleseed."
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