The Dillon tribune., 1881-07-02
SAN CLEMENS.
4 Gamblers story About the Au.
mOrist's Life In Nevada.

Mining camp journalism is crowed with
experiences the city newspaper man wots
not Of He OF the mining camp journals
knows nothing Of "dciails," "bcats,"
scoops "watchcs," l..tc or early; Of
'.boilins," simplifying" shooting rot" and
many other cxigencics, requirements and
necessities connected will, the lot Of the
>:i,y newspaper man. Talking with a
sa,e,,b.r Of his fraternity from the auriier-
Gus regions, a Chronicle reporter the other
evening hearl the following story about
.So wc!l-known Nevada characters:
,nct them in Aurora, Nevada, about
three years ago, when that mining camp
,yas in the first fl,,sl, Of it, second attack OF
the quartz fever. Long Bill, I learned,
,as well. disposed and aimablc citizen
,vho dealt faro In good times and indurted
.he guilcless Piutes in the mysteries Of
:,oker and other ethics Of u higher c;vil;xa.
zion in the intcrims; in return wherefor
t,,ev supplied his lardcr witt, quail and rab.
Dit and his Purse with such scarce coin as
.;.cy could steal. Hearing, also, that he
,aA "cabined" will, Mark Twain when that
,a.s.accused h.n,orist was lt,ckless pros.
1'ecter IN the hills OF Nevada, was pleased
tn find him my companion one day on the
outside seat Of the Rodie stage.
"You knew Mark Twain1' suggested
10 my companion when We had lett the
town, and the horses had settled into their
drcary, between station jog.
"Sam Clcmcns?"
AYES. believe nc was called that then"
"Wa'n't that his name:"
$50 It was"
"Ycs, I knew Sam. Cabined witt, him
in six.y.two, or mebbc, three"
II suppose Mark"
"S;am?"
"Sam WAS very popular here; jolly, and
all that, eh!"
"Well, no, | can't say Sam was very pop.
,'l;'r with the boys here though he did cat.
III with me. lie kinder had a way Of for.
getting the boys who staked him that didn't
wash we'll. Sam was the means, though,
il was rather curious ton, Of making the
most unpopular man in town popular"
"tlow was thats"
swell, you see Cluggagc he owned tho
stage line between here n Carson, and he
played It rather low down on the boys
:wought 'cn In here for twenty Ave dollars,
and charged 'cm seventy.ive to re.
turn. When the boys got broke, which
hey mostly did, for they would play agin
tho bank, It was pretty tough game to get
out of town. Well, Sam he wanted to go
|ack to some Of his folks in Carson, but
somehow lie couldn't see Cluggagc's limit.
That was the state Of the game when It
vas given out one night that Cluggagc
:,ad presented Sam with free pass to Car.
son. You never saw anything like the
way cluggagc rose in favor that night,
and tho next morning half the town was
down to The stage office and gave the driver
, hig cheer when the stage, with Sam In.
side pulled out"
W. rode on In silence for some time after
t:.at, while considered Bills story IN It's
.arious POINTS Of view, until just as We en-.
tered broad portion of the canyon. digni.
fled By the name of "Sunshinc valley"
,>hcn Bill asked: "You arc the new edi'
ior, ain't yous"
Islowed a little and blushcd becoming.
~, l trust, for l was not unwilling to off''
ci.;ly ANNOUNCE that was no longer re-
tnrter.
Il an, the new eiitor."
Bill was again silent until VIC reached the
centre Of the "valley," when, pointing to a
';:t!c c,ump OF bushes he slowly remarked:
ave killed the last editor over there"
ceased to glow and no longer blu"hed,
recovered enough to make desperate At
s",nvA Il Righteousness, and asked:
"Wierc WAS the one before the last
s;lied:"
~Ol,. te was Si!le.l back In town in bar.
room Gy,a, but the one before him. WHO
'as the first. wasn't killed."
That was too had"
"tes; the fellow I've offended meant
"e'', hst only shot hin. through ts ankle.