The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-22
THE STRANGERS BsDFELLOw.

AL cdSISlu ueWsPdPci piiatS Iuc koi-
lowing letter:
haven't dated this letter, because /
don't know where / am. l am about
nine miles from Julesburg, at a little
settlement on the South Platte river.
At daylight tomorrow I am to catch
some of the finest salmon you ever
saw. They will not bite at any other
time of day. 1 suppose they learned
this disagreeable habit of early break
fasting from the "bullwhackers who
navigate these plains. 1 am stopping
at a little hotel about 30xS0 feet. The
~scarcest thing is lumber, the settlers
having to pay ever so many dollars a
foot for all they use, besides what they
brought in valises.
The landlord is from Pennsylvania,
and seems to be doing a thriving bust
ness. BY dint of hard talking and lib
eral promises l got a room to myself.
1t is Just large enough for the bed and
a candle-boX set on a chair, upon which
1 am writing this letter. 1t is in one
end of the building, and separated
from the next room by a bedquilt,
which you must crawl under to come
in or go out. But it is my room, and,
after the jolting I have had upon the
Indian pony, l expect to have a good
nights
Was aver a poor pilgrim in such a
fix? Just as l had written Knights ="
| above, and had "sleep" upon the
point of my pen, 1 heard a knocking on
the outside of the bedquilt. Crawl
under, - said L.
Enter the landlords daughter, a
buxom young lady of II years of age, 1
should Judge. She opened her rosy
lips and spoke as follows:
mister, don't take off your clothes
tonight when you go to bed"
"Why?"
because l am going to sleep with
YOU"
We'll, if you have no better reason
than that -
"Hushl Shet upl- You told par that
you would not sleep with a man."
"Had rather sleep with a wet dog
"Well, l have given UP my bed to a
sick man. l have been hard at work
all day, and have to work tomorrow,
and cannot 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 bet
ter, that's ALL"
AS she said this she raised from her
uItSS pOChcO al lhlCludl JdCh-hulAc,
such as farmers use in trimming fruit
trees, and then it fell back with a
chug. 1 comprehended the situation in
half IA moment, and unto this maiden /
quoth as follows:
"Miss, young lady, your intentions
may or may not be honorable. I am
travelling entirely by myself. My nat
ural protectors are miles and miles
away beyond the boundless prairie, ig-
norant of the perils which may beset
their idol. Thus far 1 have not been
insulted by your sex. 1 am a man of
few words, but they are always en-
phatic. 1 will give you a part Of that
bed, and that's all 1 ear do. If you
attempt anything contrary to this firm
determination, by st. Joseph, my pat
ron saint, 1 will shoot you right through
the midriff."
AS 1 concluded, l laid a Slocum pis.
tol upon the candle box. A lowchuckle
outside the bedquilt gave evidence that
pater familias had heard and approved
the arrangement.
My antagonist laughed, and saying,
"Mister, l reckon we understand each
other,o bounded over to the back side
of the bed. There she is now, pretend
ing to be asleep. / can't do anything.
Talk about trials of the earlier saints
about being broiled over live Goals
about being flayed alive-about being
broiled in oil. What was all that to
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