The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-17

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don,t send YOU money TO stay here:
W. arll do liz cried Beau, his eyes bright
+. ening, "and
YOU Will. GIVE NIB MONEY
3 to keep me alive until can gel answer
from my friends" ,,,.
dollar, telling. him 10 call on me every
morning for fyc days for like sum. Or
me sixth day he came, apparently with
great grief and asked for another dollar
sayinr he surely would getan answer thai
dey. On the next and the next BIO did thu
same; and when, On the tenth; i refused
hin flstly, he went of, and ID a little
while, came back ]oyfnlly; exhibiting g
lettef. which stated. $50. was inclosed him
and, ,on examining tie date, found Il sey'
eral days old, and that he had had the let
ter and money in his possession 90; Els i.9.;
FOR Ar1EAsrF ouRDAYs,
duripgw which time hs had borrowed ofme
Once, when he waa down on the bed
rock OF poverty, and really starving,
gave him q dollar, ;and, seeing me about
10 buy q cigar, he stepped up and said:
"Allow me, sir, to serve you,D and, tax
ing up two IS cent cigars, be presented me
one, and took the other, actually paying
hall Of the dollar Ihad just given him FOL
the cigars. 4IigM CiL4 > avG--..
"Besu," / said, ayou are extrsvagant. ]
can't afford to smoke 25,cent cigars -
zone must live OIL TETTA c.
| Iryp AaRNTLENAN."
he coolly replied.
Nearly everybody has heard the story
credited to him Of how, wishing to 80
! from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, he got
on the train, stuck his head out OF the
window, and kept 1t there until the Con-
ductor came along and tapped him on the
shoulder, when, suddenly drawing 1t IN,
he knocked his hat of his head, which
fell outside, and then became violently in
digusnt at the Conductor, and said:
"Sir. how dare you be so rude TO pas
sengers, and startle them as you just have
me?"
The Conductor protested he had not
been rudc-only tapped him to call his at
tention.
"Brt you struck me, and have knocked
of my fnc hst out Of the window, and
my ticket was in the band; and what am
I now TO do?"
The Conductor said he would pass him
to Harrisburg; but Beau would not be
pacifled, and finally, to quiet him, the
Conductor bought him new "a hat. 30
Beau got
NEW HAT AND A FREE RIDE
his sine hat and ticket in the band" be-
ing all asham.
On another occasion, Beau being on q
train without q ticket he took seat In
the cars, and alter the train had been In
motion some time, stepped into the next
car andy called out loudly, Tickets "
when every one, thinking him the Con-
ductor, held out their tickets. Bean only
took one of them, however, selecting that
Of poor, honest old German farmer, and,
passing into the next car, took seat,
sticking bis ticket in the band OF his hat:
In q few minutes, there was the usual
call again OF "Tlcketsl" and the real
conductor made his appearance. When
he came to the old German farmer, he at.
tempted to explain; but the Conductor
cut him short, saying, "Show your ticket,
pay your money, or get off the train" A
good many passengers who had witnessed
the transaction between Hickman and the
farmer, and wondered at the time why
their tickets had not been called Tor, now
clme TO the relief Of the German, and re.
monstrated, protesting that the man had
paid, and the Conductor, who had 1ast
passed through, had already taken up his
licked The Conductor. thinking for a
moment, said, an bet Beau Hickman Is
on this train" and sure enough, on enter
Ing the next car, there sat Beau, as large
as life, looking quite innocent. and his
ticket exposed to full view. pT
where did you get this ticket" asked
the Conductor, pullingit out Of Hickman's
hs,band.
art WAS GIVEN NE
by gentleman In the next car" frankly
replied Beau.
"You ought to be ashamed to rob q
poor old German farmer in that way"
Politest and cleverest people In the
world on your road" said Beau with his
inimitable smile and little bow. "Why,-
would you believe me, sir?-I only need.
ed one, but every man In the car; when
they knew soho I toas, rendered me his
ticket; and the ladies-God bless theml-
at least dozen offered me theirs" The
Conductor passed him.
Once Beau went over to New York and
put up at the ST. Nicholas. Knowing the
rules Of the house, he went early ON Mon.
day morning, and, as was customary, on
Saturday received his bill. Watching
until no one was in the office but an rather
innocent looking clerk, Beau went up
with the bill in his hand, and, In tower.
ing rage, demanded to know II 1t was the
custom OF the house to
rSsuLr IT'S GUESTS
by presuming they would not pay whom
they left, and sending bills like that
throwing his on the desk. The clerk ex.
planned, and, mistaking Beau for the ia
nous Pennsylvania Congressman John
Hickman, apologized, assured him no OF
Tense was meant, and that he could pay
when he went away. Beau was modified,
and presented the clerk with fifty cent
cigar. Before the next week was out, on
Friday, Hickman asked Gen. William
Baily; Of Louisiana, whom he knew very
we'll, and who was stopping OF the house,
TO loan him $500
FOR ONE HOUR.
The General did so, and Beau, getting q
$500 note, walked into the office OF the 81.
Nicholas and offered to pay his bill. or
course the clerk could not readily change
SO large 0 note, and Hickman, remarking
he was going 10 stay, and the bill could
be paid any time, passed upstairs, and,
handing Bailey the note, thanked him
cordially for the loan Of the money. No
bill was sent him the next Saturday, nor
the next He was now in the fourth week
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