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Show BOUGHT OUTJHE HOTEL. English Tenderfoot Was Game and Showed the Cowboy Cow-boy Camp What a Hot Sport Was. 'Of nil Ihe ens) tindtifii I who cur blew Into 11 tow ciilnp said Hie (Id inttlemin old A) hi for, I w is th -ns lest Hi wns a gi utlllti sun 1 1 nihil Hail a rial spedinin of in) it), and hi hud mono) inuugii tn sink riirpont Moignns j nt lit or buy all Ihe griiliig inuntr) ftnm Itin tlninde fit) to nil ', lings, Mont He wns 11 bird be wns a I miliar ilng-tulled squealer, und when h" I inded In lllg Springs wilh his bunch nf Hunks his gun casts, dogs and things with 11 nuek looking sk) pilot milling mi behind lilm I si)s lo Hank Miil.ulri' 'Hen Is wlure we get mini good Ihlhllsh uinne) ' "A)lisfnnl nnd the dominie went our to the Sprind I'ligle hot, I ami the sinnku was tint Illicit )nu olltd have cut It wilh a knife .Imkllowlis Milt Turner niul Doc Whllisldis was tln)lng II (.nine of dinw. nml from the wny the I hips wns rnttling. nnd tlieiussin gn-111' gn-111' nn, Iheie must hnic hi en something luippeutug M) hut th it ruRtlshiuun s ilmbes wire loud They was Ihnt strong )nu cnuld not sits i In Hie saine i.miiii with em If mu wuiitid tn be waked up at d o clock, nil )oii hnd to do won to pill Ihe llgget 1. lo Ihe 1 11 ket nnd the Jlgwasiivtr Will he wnlked up In Hi" desk nnd snld " I beg )niir pnrdnn. but cun we get nicoininoiliilions liere for the rest or the IllRllt '" '.llm Ilerry, lilm thnt wns kllhd on Horse f'riek by Ihe rancor fnr making II mistake In the night ll.ue nnd g-lllng hold of the wrong balK r, was acting ihrk and he said there was not a bunk In the house The Englishman looked bl ink for a minute, und the prenohcr man begin in edge up closer. I'lnall), llm Englishman said- " 'Aw, where Is the prnprletnr?" "'Over Ihere. phi) In' poket.' sn)s Jim Ho the Engllshluin walked la to wheio Milt Turner nnd the rest was hen they set c)cs nn him they nil went for their guns to tnke n shot nt him. but before the shooting Irons begin talking ever) Imdy broke out In n big lnugh "'Which of )ou giiitleinen In Ihe proprietor pro-prietor of this plnre?' nsked Ihe En-gllshninn En-gllshninn "I have thnt honor,' says Turner. " 'I rnwn't gtt 11 bed hero tonight, don't )ou knnw,' snys the Englishman, whllo the smoke wns nround him ns thick ns tlrks on a cow " 'Don't trnuble inc." sn)s Milt. " 'Whnt will nu tnke for thin building?' build-ing?' sn)s Ihe Englishman "Milt thought this wns a Joke, and ho sild llooiKI, a tlggir four times nn much as the dnd-bbiinul old place was wnrth The Knrllahniun fooled nround In his pocket for a nilnulo or so, and then ho brought out the money nnd counted It out In gnod, new gnenbneks Ynu could hnve knocked Milt Turner ov.r wilh a 1 In feather when Hint pliy enmo nlniiff He was that flustered he 1 ild down n pat king full nnd nvir J100 In Ihe pot Hut he wns gnme to the hir-gnln, hir-gnln, nnd nfter he had counted the money mon-ey he turned nrnund nnd said tn the En-Bllshui En-Bllshui c ... "'Old 1 in the shnek Is jours,' nnd Ihen he rive lilm n receipt "'Aw, I only want n lied fnr m)self and the curnte, snld the Hnrllshimn Ynu rnn b t the oilier gentlemen nccupy their rnniiiB1 "That was hnw we rnme In knnw Aylesfnrd He stnrled In the next morning morn-ing ns the nw nor of that hotel He inndo it free Ever)hndy cnuld go nnd slnp Ihere. and It didn't cost a rent Cnu-hnys Cnu-hnys would rldo forty miles for Hint feed he used to give on 8undn)s There wns nlwn)s plenty of liquor, too, us h" bought himself a barroom so ho mull i,n,o ntcnti nf room to treat the bo)S Them was the times nn the ninge for fnlr Wo used In go dnwn tn Dig SpiliiRS nf n Haturdny night, when the work wns done and lllg l'ete frnm the Trl nnple Hindi wnuld play the ncrnrdinn. und llnvvley frnm the I.ny B wnull whistle Ynu talk nbnut Ihnt womnn whistler Mrs. Whalshernnme, who mnilo sin h n ronunollnn In foreign inrts, wliy she wns Just a rnlf besldn Ilnwley He could mnko a mocking I1I11I po ort ond die nf grief Aylesfnrd wnuld rnme out nnd pat his foot, nnd chip his hands, nnd nrdcr the drinks that regular thnt everybody would forget for-get the hour he went tn sleep "We got to railing him Mho Judge,' bemuse he looked like a Judge, he hnd thnt round smonlh fnco which belongs to a Chief Justice nr llio (supreme muri lie was n dead gnne sport at nny slngo nf Ihe pi i) And Lord hnw he did love lo spend tnnncy' lie onl) look In snme 8'ionfl In a mnnth nnd ho did his best tn get nw 1) with It He drifted nrnund frnm Jllg Spilngs to Colorado t"ty and Abilene ("olorido City wns the worm plieo thnso days There were r,S variety vari-ety shows some 200 barrooms and farn banks a few stnren and nno church Cow punchers from ns high up 11s the IT liar ranch wnuld rnme down In g(t In Hie game Ever) body had a gnod shooting shoot-ing Iron nnd tho supply of lamp clilm-ne)s clilm-ne)s nnd Hn shades wns plentiful I forgot In tell vein there was n rnuplo of dnll) newspapers In Colorado City, the Clipper run by 11 gangling lull hungr) looking chap from North Carolina Caro-lina calling himself fjenrge Washing-Inn Washing-Inn Pin) Ihe This same could drink more liquor than nny seven men In tnwn nnd Just bemuse lie liked a Joke he run the Clipper as n prohibition paper when It was rhoik full nf whisky advertisements advertise-ments every da) In the week Wnl as I wns s tying )lesford took n liking tn this cuss, nnd nno dny, lennlng over n hir sn)s to him Oenrg' nn )ou ninklng nny money with that blood) paper of jours'" fleorgo had to come to scratch with hln Inst chip nnd say he was all In ' Wal, sa)s Aylesfnrd, here s twenty twen-ty five hundred plunks send tho hloomln' pnpet 10 2r.C0 Englishmen nnd let em seo how well we nro doing nn this side' lie pulled out the money, nnd fnr Ihreo (Ids' the drinks wero on flenrge Wnshlngtnn Ho wns alwa)s doing thnso queer things Ho would glvo tho coat off hlB back to a man In tho hole 'Wo never did ask many questlnnn those times but we found out thn Judges story He had been 11 swell In I.nndon, ROlng lo levees and balls and 1 parties and things. Ho was a top- n it, her nnd hid In m , ut nut nf Ihe hum h foi n pr, nmi, n II,- una milling mound there un tlm v he ll ho found his wife had took up with a Prlnre nr some kill tn a I'llise Die Jlldke sa)8 in ver a wnid don t mi for his mui. nor Inillce an) pbljs rutin) people those l'lihllxh' If that had hapionid on Ihe plaina lltetc would have been ,l funeral s.nii. win re the next moniing Hut It Is ,i good deal In the wav a man or a steer Is bud and the Judge' wnsn t lining up to tight with a gun Mn he leaves the womin to the l'rlnce and pulls nut tor the row ooiintr) When-over When-over the roiidui lor nsked hltn where he was going he snl I he was rolnr till he got Hied Tluits how he got oit nt lllg Hillings nnd Hi it trip over Ihe 'lexns ft I'lldllc In those ,1,1) a nun ennugh tn tire ii snlnt All) how. he did his best to ti) and forget that milium He bought steiis lit fine) prhes nnd gain Hum nwti) lie iHiught fnucv dogs In Europe nml gave them tn row ho) lie had n ileum or more of lino guns hi ought over ns piesents for his frb nds I hat Is the kind nf u It ilrpln he wan ir )ou dl, In t see what )ou wanted, auk for II 'Hut that Utile preacher be brought nlong with hltn wns a itickon lie hnd it sluclc he culled (l clupel und he used tn go then and pieurh to lilinself nnd prty b) himIf for the Judges soul Ihe Judgi used In pay the pi either man handsome, and they t.ll It nut there thnt nfler the ludge died Ihe sky Pilot went back tn the nld enunlrv nnd Is llvlnr on the Interest nf his in mey However nnjlsidy could seo the Judge i was tr)lng to forR"l some trial, nnd we helped him fnrgi t till wo knew hnw Wo wns grenl on the beverige In them dn)s, nnd used tn forget every four nr five dnn The Judge nevir liked tn bo by himself 1t wnnted tn run In thn hunch, and ho did It Ho used tn krep Ihnt old hotel at lllg tprlngB, alwii)s full, and nobody could pi) a cent Ynur bill wns pnld before )oit got there. "The llrst two or three weeks tho Judge wns there wo puts up nil kinds nf Jobs on lilm, like selling the sune huiiih nf steers twhe, driving thi in Ihinugh the g-ite, over a llttlo rise lit Ihe prairie and bark Ihrnugh tho gito ngiln This makes nno steer good for two Thnt wns tho usual wny In rnme It over u tenderfoot, nnd mnny a steer brnught twlre nn mm h rnln ns ho would have brnught If the man heeling nnd handling the buying end nf the tiansacllrin was nnlo his Job Hut wn llnda ut tho Judge Is com fed nnd up lo the grade We finds nut Ihnt nil ho wanted with lunney wns tn thrnw It nwny nnd If he wns plnclud fnr n few hundred he didn't let on Of eourse. ho knew Wo finds out nflerwnrd thnt ho wns mnre running than any nf us, hut Just let us think we was pulling n hldo over his riiro Then we lets up nn tho brace game prnposltlnn What's the uso of hunknluR n linn who Just sits Ilka n steer with a fever, nnd tells ynu tn bring nn another gsme, 'cause he's Rot bits more money which uln't never been spent? Anyhow, It was Just us easy to get his money without the brain gamo as wilh It hoinehnw or Honi"how else, oil the Isiy fell In wlUlithe Judge Ha tnld us stories about Iindon nnd En-inpe En-inpe which made us ull want tn enlist ns enmmon snllnrs nn the next catlle-shlp catlle-shlp going across. He wnoked n tlpo nil Englishmen smoke a pipe but ho never could learn to cinch i ruddle like It ought tn be done He could kill n bird nt n hundred ynrds off with a shotgun, shot-gun, hut couldn't hit the side of u meetlng-hnuso with n Colt's. lt nil In lha wny a ninn has licen lining up. There U those bom fnr lowpunchers nnd thos horn tn sit nn a slool In a ofllre. Htlll wo liked the Judge, and hn used tn my he rot mom for his money nn the plains thnn he ever PH In Ixm-don Ixm-don He sold there was much limn wnsteel on tho start In London, nnd lots nf times a man could only sp.ak tn his friends on the street comer, whllo in the cow rnuntry nno man was as good as another If they wns iqunll) quirk ul getting hold of tho guns Tho Judge Usui to tide nround and wntdi tho boys nt work nnd Inlk In 'cm Just tho same ns If he wns part nf tho outfit There wns one funny thing nhnut him. Hn wnuld slt at n crude fnr n thousand pesos per spit, but ho wouldn't play tho lunk und the one nr twn limes ho got lassoed Into poker ti lines ho made tho limit so small It look u man with n spygl iss In pen It." New Orleans Tlinca-Democrat. |