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Show 1I0.W TO KKKl" A HOTKIfc ,A ma may beva (Irst-ratd feiipw,-us 1 .MaVPicl used'to sajf'Hd Jc iipt kndw howHb.kct it hotel;. If 'dblllty lb hotel fcccpliig ljd.ft fcstbl'a good felloWf there It Otife' triariv-fdii whom wtf pan ctrtulnly vouch M n mm of u gootT fellpw, , JU kerf a; liu'tilXir. cduhtty Mvttn, If you will,nwuy. urvlit the., fnttrtp'r of-'ArktosM Wluewlftre. 'Hid wny wo. lioppejiird ,t hear of:hun. Was Jthisf , . - ? ' Several" weeks .ago,- -tin)- w'clkupwn geiitkVert dl tliis dtjJ, went, traveling for thd. benefit of their health,, ind'coiiclmlcd to try the, fifnrt'us Hot Sprtfig bfold ItackcnBcU Tljere being neitlicr hver, rajtroad otcttbiil .toi lukd botly tj tlie Springs our tfaVelcrS hirid hpr'scSal thctr destiimtldiil Tliey unluckily ,dld,not,fot-low ,dld,not,fot-low thp right road, or else, there was no right rpiiil to follow? dtany rate they got lojitfumlf alter ,n futlguingv-.tlayM - ride jhrouglra liarrcn.and.iuhosiiltablo llder-nes, llder-nes, they cVmp la, a neat littlp Iniildiug siitHlingi!loiio;i!tr,thb,wodils;;Witl farming appendages urouud. Cmr'travclers baited bait-ed uud hallooed, .X' great tall, rdw-bob'cd giant of n fcllnjvfilcpped out., "Can we get lodgings, hero to-riightt'' nsked One of thef iiorscinen. . . 4 'Welt gentlemen; 1 rfekirt yot Wn? said (lie bigVne; "uiid-wclktm to boot. This Is a hotel.;'-. , ,. The.' travelers,- although they.'illd not like the cut; of tlie landlords jibi'dtsmouut-.cd,.wero jibi'dtsmouut-.cd,.wero relioycd of their horses, aud wire soon' tcgaling' themselves over a gqod country, supper of corn dodgers, bacon, milkj-lried chickms unit coffee. It was regplar.couiiuy .sujipcr, hut. wjtli their wlictt.ed.npLpcticV-ouf invalids' enjoyed It nmaziDgly,;,- , ., ,- .After' supper, ihp .gtganifc; latidldrd.sat pn'ihd"ttp'rch'wlth then,idlklug, laughing, pracklng; jokes aud "treating .occasionally toisome good old rye, of Hvhfph.he'tippcar-cd Hvhfph.he'tippcar-cd lb haye. a plentiful slockfi The, Invalids setliimjitijwii for .a, nignlar' "brick" niitl Wj're $tilt better plcbsell wlicbi llgbted: nt laSt' to nice, olt .feather, beds, "with the whitest nd-s.wcclett)fshcefe .. ext niorniifgjour tniivtlefs wcrexirotis-ed" wcrexirotis-ed" by their ugly bi't. affuWelaudlorilj and regaled ivilh n breukfast, if pbssiblev,tiiore appbtlzingahau liclasj 'night'isupperllad been. v' The howes were brought around, null it waSttiident that they too hud been Well .cured for. One ,oI thp 'travelers pulieil wt his wallet und saM tcf the big ener-taiue'ri ener-taiue'ri . . ' 'Well, tuiullonU.ypu keepa1 first-rate little hotel out here; better than we expected ex-pected to limj, Wi. nre mhch pleaM-d with itand Jipw we wiiut to. know what .the thuurtgc'bv"', Tlie landlord,, drew blmtelt "up, and pnl, ting on a very solum 11 look, .ihi: Ueiillenivn, t'ui' pfeascfl,.to'hcny -ypV sarkfitil. .l'lie bill is'" t o hamliid aud seeuty-five thjltr;rs.a- "U.'m- much did you say, fir?!' usketl the trayelers, both fctul'tttd.- The- big; ode, ilraWinjf himself up n' little bij-hcr, mul looking -still more-solemn, r-plied. r-plied. distinctly and, ' emphatically,' "Tw humlrvd dud seventy-live dollar, geiule-tneti,w geiule-tneti,w , - " ."' "Do I bear you tight, iir? tio you real-, ly mean to charge- us tw.o-. Immlrctl ami seventy-five dollars' for two meals and lodging, anil Imrsu feidif "Uetitlemeti," uid the Uimlford, with the utmostuhirming sang freiil, "that's n'o mistake. Two hundriil und keventy-Ot dollars is the bill'," ' . The iuvulids.gol scared. They did not feel strong ctiouglt to fight; and if tliey bad, could neveif liavo Imped to make any thiug out of tho ungainly gt.iut wbo stood 1.0 composed before thtim Without saying another .word, (lid traVelerwith the wallet squeezed It am. peeled its different, pockets, pock-ets, and succeeded Id. banding over the fuHnmouut required; The landlord thanked thank-ed his guest's politely, dtid, hOScd if they should overpass thai wy iigaiu, thatthey .would give him a cajl.- Tue traveler.-were jiow on their horses,.' and.prepared, like the famous cavaliers in James' novels to rcsuuie thcrrspiitary ride. Before gcttingiOff. however, the traveler who had to disgorge, turned in ids saddle and baited tlm landlord; ! "1 say,, landlbrd,",he shouted, "before 1 ! go, I'd just like to ask you one question;: a civil question; which you can't takei offence at," "Fire ahead, gentlemen,'' was the uii-swer; uii-swer; "yeVc paid yer liill, and yer wel-kim wel-kim to nk any thin', without offence." "Weil, how in the name of heaven did you come to clwrge us two hundred and seventy-five dollars for one night's accommodation, accom-modation, uot worth more than five or six ' dollars at the outside?" "Certainly, gentlemen, I'll tell yer and . wclktui. Yer see I keep a hotel; and i sometimes, I has customers aud sometimes I hasn't. When J hasn't J has to charge uccordin', and yot are tho firt custom-; ; I've bud well n gh on to a year, yer bill ,' wajt.iltttto nngcr than itiaout have been I Otherwise, The hot 2I has to be kep np geutlciucn, and when cuslooicni is scarce, ' I Ira to vhairij aceordin'." ' "Qoodmorning, landlord,1' ald both tho i.uvcifers, and they rode off satisfied. 1 They duln'tju to tho Springs, however. They took the back track for tho river, and returned to the city for more money, ; the big. hotel keeper iaviug pretty well cleaned them out, Uc-Sujipltcd with Vutids, '. thfj aru.now off to tlm Virginia Spring, bt'tug unwilling tu trust themselves nguiti amaug the hotels uf the Arkansas interior. : They declan-, though, that ihoJugtand-tord ihoJugtand-tord who tleeeed them is a capital fellow allsortsol alelloiv;'und.kiiowi.how tokeei. I a hotel into tlie barguin, A. 0. Urtsant |