The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-10-20
How n Newspaper Man was
S'COrraHe1'' by q Landlords
Daughter.

'SCOrrnAAeOY ny q Landlords
Daughter.
Correspondents ofth Louisville ExpressI
I haven't dated this letter, because
don't know where / am. ] am
above nine mites from Julesburgh,
little settlement on the South
Platte River. AT daylight to-mor-
row, am to catch some of the finest
salmon you ever saw. They will not
bite at any other time ofday. sup
pose they learned this disagreeable
habit of fearly break kfastfrom the Bull
Whackers" who have navigated
these plains. am stopping at a
little hotel aboat thirty by ten feet.
The searcest thing in this country is
lumber, settlers having 30 pay ever
so many dollars q foot for all they
use. besides what they brought in
their Valises. The landlord is from
Pennsylvania, and seems to he doing
a thriving business. By dint of hard
talking and liberal promises, got q
room To myself. It is just large e.
nOugh for the bed and candIe-bOx ct
on u chair upon which l am writing
this letter. 1t is in one end of the
building, ana separated from the next
room by a bed quilt, which you crawl
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my room, and after the jolting have
had Upon the Indian pony, I expect
70 have a good night's
Was ever poor pilgrim IL such q
fix? Just as l had written "nightSs''
above, and had slept on the point of
my pen, | heard a knocking on the
floor outside the bed quilt. "Crawl
uRder," said I.
Enter the landlords daughter, a
huxom young lady, about seventeen
years of age, 1 should Judge. She
opened her rosy lips and spake as
follows:
''MIster, don't take off your clothes
to night. when you go to bed"
,,Becouse am going to sleep with
you"
"well, if you have no better reason
than that"
"Hursh! Shet up! You told par
that you would not sleep with a
| man." |
''I had rather sleep with q wet
dog"
.'Well, I have given up my bed to
sick MAN. I have been hard at
work all day, and have to work hard
! all day to- morrow, and can't afford
to set up all night. That bed is wide
| enough for us both. shall stay on the
back side, and if you don't stay on
your side, you'd better, that's ALL
AS she said this, she. raised from
her dress pocket an internal jack
knife, such As farmers use in trimm-
ing fruit trees, and then let it fall
bick with 3 chug. l cOmprehended
the situation in halt a moment, and
unto this maiden quoth as follows
'Miss young lady, your intentions
may, or may not, be honorable. ]
am travelling entirely by myself
| My natural protectors are miles and
miles away beyond the boundless
prairie, ignorant of the Derils which
may beset their Idol. Thus far / have
not been insulted by your sex. / am
q man Of a few words, but they are
/ always emphatic ] will give YOU
up q part of that bed, and that's all
j will do. If you attempt, during
the silent watches Of the night, any.
thing contrary to this firm determi-
nation, by st. Joseph, my PATROL
saint, / will shoot you right through
the midriff."
As /, concluded, 1 laid q Slocum
pistol upon the candle-box. A Low
chuckle outside the bed quilt gave
evidence that p0ter5dn1iLids had heard
and approved the arrangement.
Ny antagonist laughed, and say
ing: Mister, reckon we under
stand erch other" bounced over I,
the backside of the bed. There sht
is now, pretending to be asleep.
can't finish this letter. I can't d.
anything. Talk about the trials O
the earlier saints-abOut being brOil
ed over live coals-abOut being fay
ed alive-about being boiled in oil
What was all that to all this