The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-01-13
For the Hgis.
Life in the West.

His name was edwin" that is, the first
part of it, but your reporter for many rea-
sons declines to make public the balance
He came from New York to Denver week
ago, and stopped at the "Grand Central" in
forming the clerk that he "had come out here
to go to San Juan for the purpose of silver
mining, intending to sell out in the fall and
return east to live on the million he proposed
rcaping during the summer" He left for AL
amosa last Sunday, attired in q blue shirt,
corduroy trousers, top boots and broad
brim hat, while about his waist was buckled
an enormous belt, from which depended one
of those little silver-mounted playthings
yclept pistol of twenty two calibre, lost in
the corner of an immense holster. He came
in on last nights Denver and Rio Grande
train. His sudden return becoming known
to newspaper man--ncwspaper men as q
general thing are everywhere-he was hunt
ed up to see if anything startling had occur
red in the southern county which "the spe
cial correspondent of the Tribune had failed
to telegraph. In answer to the enquiries of
the reporter, Edwin said:
"Well, you Sec the customs of the country
amt just what | like. They don't treat
strangers the way they ought to. When |
got to Alamosa a great big fellow, who chew
ed tobacco awfully and who kept splitting all
over my boots, asked me what carried in
my glove finger. l asked him to what he
had reference, and he pointed to my holster
told HIM carried my weapons there. He
looked considerably astonished, and took
hold Of my holster and dropped my pistol
into his hand and looked at it curiously.-
What's this here stranger p he finally said.
My pistol said |. Then he got mad and
called me all sorts of ungentlemanly names I;
said lie wasn't no Mexican, and no tender.
foot could cram some new tangled match
safe or cigar case down his throat for guR.
He said he had half mind TO cut the 'su-
preme spuds' out of me. | don't know what
he meant by supreme spud5,' but am con.
WINGED that it was something awful. So
left him and went TO my room. The next
morning, when | came down TO breakfast the
landlord handed me my pistol and said, THE
boys have spent nigh onto an hour trying to
blow this thing, but mouth organs aren't
common about here and so they didn't go
about it right; but maybe you will give us a
tune or two after grub
II left Alamosa with Wat c., Il clever
sort of fellow, who told me that if was 60
ing into the mines l must commence rough
ing it, or it would go mighty hard with me-
hotel but bought couple of blankets at Mid
Watts corral About six o'clock next morn
ing l awoke with a yell. fl hadn't yelled
when did actually believe the steel would
have gone through me. As it was it went
all of six inches. ] lifted myself up on my
hands and stopped yelling, for big red
shirted man, holding pitch fork, from the
tine ofwhich hung my blankets, was staring
at me in establishment and swearing in very
low but awfully earnest tones. He said he
didn't see me and was only trying to feed the
horses. don't know whether it was so or
not. took his word for it, but know I've
not been able to sit down since, and as of
course it was impossible for me to ride horse
back | came to Alamosa this morning and
stood up all the way. All to-day Istood on
the platform of the.train and the clerk here
is having a spike driven into the wall of my
room on which | shall hang myself might
and see if can get a little sleep. No, don't
want any more San Juan in mine. The peo-
pie amt bit sociable or rather too much So
Good night sir" S.