The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-07-11
AFTER DARK.
what May be seen From tho streets
In the Night.

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things unsupported by the day pedes-
trian, and develops much inconsistent
with the sunlight and traffic of the day.
The restraint unopposed by unrestrain-
ed observation is thrown of and some of
the gas light scenes become occasions
of widest dissipation, debauchery and
vice.
A glimpse from the outside will
sufice.
Passing down Seventeenth street late
one evening, the clatter and strange
cries from a Chinese wash house at
tracted the writer thither. The fact of
these people being up and about at this
unseemly hour was no aus Of sur
prise, for of all Industrious people these
are most SO, there being scarcely an
hour of the day or night when a glance
through the dingy windows of their
close, little shops will not reveal a full
gang hard at work sprinkling linen in a
peculiarly shocking manner and ironing,
fiuting and doing up various articles of
gents and ladies' wear.
They were not at work on this occa-
sion, but were all enjoying a grand old
time, some setting on the table cross
legged, others drawn up to 1t on stools,
some smoking and all engaged in a
most exciting game where the chips
changed hands with all the reckless ex-
travagance of Frisco gaming house
in the flush Of 40. The excited gestula-
tions the peculiar gutterals and strange
laughs OF these stranger people added
to the weird scene as observed through
the begrimmed windows against a
vague background Of clothes and
shelves laden with strange nicknacks
all showing in a vague, uncertain light
of one pickering lamp.
Further on the droning music of an
ACCORDION, above which are heard the
shouts Of laughter Of a crowd of drink
ers, announces the location of a mid
night debauchery and the cause of sev-
eral headaches and pairs of bloodshot
cgco WilCu Whl hPPSaA oh thO pbACcts
at a late hour on the morrow.
Loud talking in q brilliantly lighted
saloon on an opposite side of the street
attracts US thither and discloses merely
a common drunken row of frequent oc.
%currence, which may result in blows,
but will more probably wind up with
another drink all around, another ex'
plosion Of profanity and high talk and
more liquor.
Further on, sitting on an empty beeI
key in acorner ont of the light which
streams over the sidewalk from the
window, deep in a drunken sleep, We
run across n of the characters Of
town-a man with a history. He is
German Of good descent, a man who
when he first came to this country
some years ago, possessed an excellent
education and an ability which promis,
ed much for the future; but losing 20 n
troll of his passions and appetite ha.
weakened his intellect and deadened
his eye with a drunken shade, ruined
his physical frame, sunken him into the
depths of squallor and an entire loss o.
self respect, SO that now he keeps his
soul and body together and covers hi
nakedness by doing odd jobs about thu
various saloons, such as scrubbing on
and RAINING pyramids. dissatisfied will
the amount of liquor he can beg ant
earn, he is often seen making his round
from saloon to saloon with an old empt,
fruit can in his hand draining tn
empty beer kegs Of the stale vast
which may yet remain in them afte
they are set out on the walk to b
gathered up by the brewery wagon.
Never was there a more emphati
temperance lesson, mol is this an inc
dent all alone; for there have been SIM
Lar parallel characters hanging GU
about the places where their appetit
may be glutted during the hours q
darkness.
The clicking Of balls and shouts o.
applause, announce q billiard parlo
and bar, where. less noisily and in NOR
attractive associations, the hours @
night speed away, fastened by stor
and jest, ball and cue, cards and spirits
1t is a less motley crowd which gather
here compared with other places glanc
ed at, but it Is simply a mere degree G
dissipation, where hner linen, more ex
pensive clothes and fatter pocket book
meet the bills of q o expensiv
pastime. There Is no debaucher
and little hilarity. With the ex
ception. of an occasional shou
of applause at some fine play G
lucky shot, everything is quiet and
order. However, bottles and purse
are emptied and. eyes and heads ar
made full here as elsewhere. The mar
ner of Its doing does not jar upon one
nature, however, as In scenes of noisie
drinking.
Passing along another street a glanc
through the door beyond the gree
screen discloses a gaming table, aroun
is gathered a motley but very qnis
crowd, In which the uniforms of so
diers commingle with citizens dres
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