Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-23


On Sunday afternoon Senator VIM. sharon
Sauntefed down Carson street in search or a
parper shop. The tonSorial establishments are
ss rue closed at that hour, but Mr.. Sharons
LUCK did not desert him, and at 500 y. %. he was
fortunate enough 10 find place open. He was
soon stretched ont In the chair, and the bar
UT seI Lao 10 sooner lathered his face than he
Stocks. ~" ~
!" DO You hear anything new about Un,on?"
(Slap dab with lather brush)
" Haven't heard" said the man ir the chair
IA Navada.T
perhaps 1t does"
Times have been mighty tough down here
TOT 81 eH, and il stocks don't take walk up
The grade pretty soon Im dishei slap dab1 ana
you can bet on IT,. Don't you buy stocks?'
Never held share In my life"
The devil. Must be from the east. What
state are you from? a.
I'm from Califor- ali. hem, Nevada
rep pl1 the Senator, recollecting just In the
What DO you think of the senatorial hsht?"
Haven't kept track or it."
Wen, sharon, he's In the field. and the boys
say Uncle Jimmy Fairs going TO run" Here
TIE DafDer swept the steel down Sharon's left
Jaw; ana made him vince with terror.
YES, but guess he's n. c.. that is. he don't
sling the rocks around like Sharon. He freezes
10 twenty like 1t was the last he had. Sharon.
DO you know Sharon? p"
No; do you?"
saw him once on a train chuck full Lord
he drinks like fish when he's out on a run. He
LOOKS IKE darned cadaverous Starvationist. |
s ior LIN SIX years ago and got my money
Tor IL. but blast my hide Ii he gels of as chean
thIs time. He's too devlish lazy for a SENATOR
Never gets round IN time TO vote. Turn yonr
chin up little; that IL. Now look at old Dag
50 laI lie can't hardly walk. and Sharpn's thin
enough FOR runner; yet Dag works like a
morse tor less pay than Sharon gets for loaring
around the Palace hotel playing whisky cIneb
ana freeze out with Joe King and Old Smith.
Little powder on your face, stranger
:" HowS Sharon fixed now" asked the man I'm
the chair. -
Guess he amt so flush as he was replied
the oalber; They say the boys al the Bay
since the bank busted he's been snort. Then
That Palace Hotel amt paying. He Serfmps an
ne can, but 1t won't work. guess by this time
mes goln' TO keep the boys on the ragged edge,
get what he can, and let them whistle for the
change. Oh, he's sly. OF course, when he's got
a full sack he panks it down. but when he
Gasnt ne travels good deal on wind-and he's
awful sick, smooth Eph. right along. II /
stand In want the cold cash right there In nv
paw. Little oil, pard? That's the kind OF a man
am. Let me put little tonic on your heal
ia knock that bald spot cold in two applica-
lons. just take that bottle right along-my
own make-only dollar"
" Don't want any OF your - hair oil said
Inc senator, somewhat 1rrttated.
:" All right, don't have TO take anything here
ron, but they say Warrington stays by him SO
he don't give the boys chance Here. lei thai
Dig brush your coat-lookS dusty. IL you was
used to this sage brush country you'd wear a
custer. Thank you, sir. Come again."
BY this time Mr.. Sharon's face was purple
but he controlled his temper and drifted back
to the hotel When he had passed out OF sight
some parties told the barber who his dlstin-
guished guest was The artist. on hearing the
news, hastily Shut the shop under the impress
sion that Sharon had gone off after firearms