The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-16
MIR. T0UIEY'S EXPERIENCE.
TIE KIND or P.fSSENGERS he FOUND
on me UNION PAtIEIC.
Listening tn tho hneotinu Tale or Drovcr
from Texas who was Taking Cattle to
sIdney-Other Passengers also Listening.

hands Of threc-car1 monte men ON the Union
Pacific Railroad. aud lost sum u money. ho
,ays he has been Ia this country over thirteen
months, and has always considered himself up
10 n few days Hgu. a. fully equal To the ordinary
tricks Of sharpers. Tie tells his story tlius
=" | was Ia the smoking ear. and an odd-look-
Ing genius came ehuillng M the aisle and sat
down In front Of he. lie did not seem to take
ANY notice Of any one ia the ear or Of his sur
roundings but was all the while chuckling to
himself in a subduod tone. There was no mis-
taking him. lie WAS cattle man. His general
makeup. to say nothing Of the odor his pres
ence impaired. confirmed II. As he troubled
no one. nobody troubled him. About tho
pamo time there entered the car two we'll
dressed men, apparently commercial travellers.
The twain seated themselves opposite the sup
posed cattle dealer. and convcrsed between
themselves n a low tone Suddenly tho cattle
arover' ceased chucking and turned round
until looking me square in the face. and. with
broad grin on lis dirty. unshavcn visage in
luired in a ~queaky voice. pitched in high
key: Hullo. strangerl Where mout you
ways made Il O. rule ,t9 DO sociaGie
nntly away what might otherwise prove a
tedious Journey. There was nothing IN the
so replied, From New Yawk,' / kun from
Texas, did. said the supposed drover. an !
bring ny heap Q cattle to Sidney. Just sold
10 Omaha last night an having a good time.
some iellers over to the hotel thar cleaned
slick, The old fellow seemed communicative.
and determined 70 pump, him, particularly
and SAID fhe Old eoyc's been ei,i rdped against
the old thing. monte Yes. put in the drover.
overhearng the remarks thets II. thets what
they called it-monte. They wanted to bet me
couldn't pick out the odd Indy" You see they
had three cards lost like these. lpro:
respectively. / 2, and 3 and says they, throw
iRf t@s SGads foR RE opt b the
eial like. III hct YOU two bits kin" One on
,,em slick felcrs brushed mp and says: ~
better keen il Tor yiitals.' That made me Kind
o'mad an SAYS 10 en-. Il reckon as how I've
AMI seard ES et S s you Se em i've
hundred. and they throwcd the kcarls around.
and darn my ski, ci ! didn't lose. ia bet en-
bought these here kcarls. and I'm agoin to take
,,em down TO reXas an win heaps o money
During this harrlnruetLc cattle drovcr con-
tinued 10 throwtho cards clumsily about break
vent 20 that peculiar chuckle he had first IN
dulged in, ana 70 eNuectorate liberal quantity
Of tobacco Juice. he'll on one Of his boots, and
the other Lat under the scat ouIosii'. My tel
low passenger. y, ken 81 before, by way u a
banter offered ~ II the drovcr he could pick
out the old lady, The two commercial travel
lers then got NJ and came over g. where the
- d as. LODI ,4a lp
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ing than, ' .nf INN i'', rU ,r ""' ~
the mem or Ia 4, Nm w. ~, 4, c.'it
readily w. ~. kslort from tho othar tSvo. "a
soon as the irdtar hnl iinad ne afain tho folisr
of thc fw, aontninrii,! ifaynll,rs whom ,ve vii
cali Tanner s. / .a,i. " We"
- say. iii nan lets 500 YOU throw those
cards again. W III 4 you ANYTHING bu, |
can pick IN, IT, winning card every time,
"'WNH i're Size r.a.-l g answered the droyer
throwins ti, ...r's n l,i D., n aui.sr n,rnner as
70 expos T., Ii.eu consmutiy. OF course cap
5ove w. IL" i IrS en- in ih' 'Rt Ills a. psnt
the other camp r ifr,,l - iet half A dGllar h.,
TOO. could ri 1. 6u,.tE. NH CAL Tie Jroy.r
woniinf .c.,ff Ill. n't Swim M ron
Dor No 1 kn.n t,n .. rf gnI v1uli fsu <,
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T. Ii.krnf.. y..r I'm ,.,ty r.r nm rh.
card, V.',a in .,.t.v tl..',yn I'M VIII, n
oauper y 2tr Il liz .arI II rns IA"
sLisld III A..o,, ail tf.a i,',,,
chucklcj .Dl|iy AZ 90 POINT NV fail uw PMS
s'HL''is 10 IT'D ll" i. g. .'l ~ suspicion iut