Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-10-28
AN IDAHO 0ENTLENAM
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teruatiOnal Hotel.

He Puts Up Ter Short Time ct ~ In.
ternational Hotel.
Virginia New chroaicls.l
A gentleman from HALEY, Idaho,
came in to the Comstock the other
day. Having recently sold his claim
he had plenty Of money and went
in for style-plug-hat and blue silk
handkerchief with one corner sticking
out of the pocket of his new diagonal
coat. He walked into the Interna-
tional, and when the gong rang for
dinner he sauntersd into the dining.
room with the rest Of the fashionable
throng. Everybody looked At him,
but he didn't mind it and went on
eating the branded peaehss while
waiting for bis soup. When tha,
came he bent SO far over his plate to
suck it in, with 4 sound like the CUR
gle of bathtub exhaust-pipe, that
his plug-ha fell off his head and roll
ed across the table, against the plate
of an Eastern lady tourist. With a
grin of apology he half rose, reached
over and recovered it and placed it on
his well-oiled and recently barbercd
head. He attacked the trout with his
fingers, and despised the use Of any
other napkin than his mouth. Pend
ing the arrival Of the beef, the gentle
man from HALEY placed both elbows
on the table and surveyed the COM
pany with great affability and self
possession as he converted his fork into
toothpick. Then he lifted his plug
hat an inch or two from his head and
scratched the same gently with his
four pronged toothpick. While en-
gagged on the beef the hat fell of
again and rolled across to the Eastern
lady, who had grown pale. Presently
the gentleman from idaho had need
Of a handkerchief and made use of
the only one which nature, and prob
ably HALEY, provides. The plug. hat
fell on the floor this time, and when
he had recovered and replaced it he
sat alone at the table. He looked
with surprise at the guests jostling
one another to get out Of the
door.
"Fire:" he asked OF q transfxed
waiter.
NO." gasped the man.
"Dog 6ght?"
NO"
= "What's the row, thcn?"
"Had enough, l suppose" replicc
the waiter with whitening look.
"Mighty small eaters, pears to me
and cusscd queer manners about get
tin outen a room. Give us another
chunk o yer beef-pooty fur from the
horns, if yeh kim"
Presently Landlord Hanak ap.
pcared with colorless face and bulg.
ing eyes. He walked rapidly up and
touched the arrival from Haley on the
shoulder.
"You seem to be having a prett,
good time," said the landlord, refrain.
ing from gnashing his teeth.
"Well, that's so, boss. You 81,
down here and whack up q bottle o
wine at,my expense. Oh, I've got q
pocketful of rocks an don't you for.
get it. Say, do you happen to know
any likely gals that's on the marry?
I'm here on that lay" and he grinned
and once more lifted his hat little
and again scratched his head with hi.
fork.
The landlord groancd and sat down
with thud. Then he gazed determ
inedly at the Wood River fashionable
and said with set teeth:
"Do you know, my friend, what i
costs to stop at this house?"
"No, an l don't keer. I've go
the tin. But what's yer figure jis
fur luck?"
"One-hundred-dollars-a-day.
Tho jaw of the gentleman from
Idaho dropped, and he fell back il
his chair and gazed in fear and won
der at the landlord, who fixed hin
with his steady eye. Then huskily
as he struggled to an upright position
on his chair he asked:
"How much : meal? This is my
fust."
"Nothing for little lunch like
this" answered Hanak.
With long sigh of returning lifs
the flush marrying man from Halle,
got on his feet and made unsteadil,
| for the door. He sat the remainde
of the day in the waiting-room of th'
depot with his hand behind him a. i
on pistol, and he fed on the evening
train.