Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
HE RETURNED To ROODHOUyy
The Woes of. Rural sPort.m-u in . I.r.
 City.

While reporter of the Globe Da,,. crst was standing at the Union ds-o. yesterday evening, waiting for the Kr,; val of the train, he was approached bv l, Iank, rusty looking gentleman of ruid3l. age, who asked:
 Stranger. do you live hsre:"
 The reporter having answered m ,h- affirmative, the cadaverOus eounsrvnIr s5ntinued:
 Well, now, you live in a mighty had town. This IS a doggons bad tovr stranger. My names Elijah Duffy srs I live over here, close to ROOdhouss. m inois. Great squirrel country ova, there, and ducksi Why, stranger. rbs, the Vind blows from the north tbsv come in clouds bigger'n a circus ten, wore out my old shotgun at bo,I ends shootin' dncks and .oui,- rels, likewise wild goose. Ser To rr,- self, I'll go ovs- to St. Louis and buy brich-losder and @ huntin' pouch sn8 'snore sich like truck Well, strap0.- when I gets here 1 see the slicksst look' in chap I ever met before, and he ssv, to me: Hello, Duffy. when did you yst to tOwny SsysI: By gosh. Misssr you got the advantage of me-uha. might your name be2 Why savs Ls ss he took my hand like camp uieetip' preacher, don't you know me? Why my names Cook, Samuel Cook. rssi to run 6 stors in ROodhouse.' l didn't exactly remember him. but thought I did, and as De WAS an uncommon pert look1n' fellow, 1 shook his hand and said: Well, bY gosh, I'm glad 10 s.. T.kf .l~a .4 u a grocery store near by and had dripk and told him 1 came over to buy gus and some other truck. Well, strAngsr this here Cook wGs as nice lookiR' man as ever stood up Ggin s bar, and h, talked so soft the words kInds melted in his mouth. When we'd had thrse Q, four drinks. or tharabouts, be slapped me on the shoulder and says: 'DuH, old fel, come with me, and I'll show won the finest gun store in town Well stranger, we went thar and bought u fine a brich-loader, double barrel as ever a man sot eyes on. paid $50 ID gold for 1t. Then we went to the rubber store, and I bought huntin suit and game pouch. which 1 filled with ,obsc- co and other things I bought ID another store. Then we had more drinks. which l paid for the same. And then says. Cook. you'sre a doggOne nice fellow. and hats to leave you, but I've got to 20 back to RoodhOuse; let's go Co the ticket office and buy \ ticket Tbsts whar I sOt my foot in H. He ssyG Duffy, I'll stay here and watch the gun and things-you 60 up there tO thst buildin' on the next corner, buy ,our ticket, and I will wait for you" Well. stranger, if you'll believe me. l got up thar to the ticket office and went to gst my pocket-boOk; 1t was gone. ssrched all over my clothes and ID the hnin. but it was clean gone. So WAS my watch and chain. Thar was SlO4 ID my pocket book, and 1 paid S60 for my watch and chain. Then l went CD a run for the bar vhsr I left Cook He varn't there. "Whar's COOk% said 1 to the man behind the counter. "Who's Cook?" said he. "D-n Cook, and you tool Get out of my saloon; you're drunk" I thought maybe l was ms taken in the saloon, and l went out 10 hunt for the right place. but the more hunted the more miJed l got, until didn't know where 1 was. met X policeman, and he said I'd been tuck 10 by a confidence man, and that Id better go to the Union depot and g>t out ot the town. And here l am, stranger. with my gan and all my truck gone. likewise my money and watch. Do you know Cook? No? We'll, I'd like to see Cook, I'd just like to walk over him and set down on him, and kinder ioudle him with 6 club. You bet If ever zee Cook I'll"
 Just here the aggrieved cOuntrymIuI train began to pull out, and he jumped aboard Az the train moved from the depot he looked back, waved his hand q. the reporter. and said. Stranger, you've got dam bad town here; its Surts'n Chicago.-Globe Democrat.