New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-30

little concern SO long as they were NOT calico
mon Ia foot the bills they were satisfied: indeed
tbev never bestated to order drinks for themseves
and their friends at the bar and have them cDarged
20 Mr. Hatch until the latters good nature reyote1
against such imposition, ana 'ne" 'neS 'o'""'0 "-
of sudden very abstemiou1 . -,
One of The BIS was almost left behind one day
shortly after we had started from Fargo. Like
most En- lishmen he continually talks OF bawth,
AS If other people never used that convenience ana
bo insists upon having II every day. fO4 sohoo
reason or other we had halted at o town about
would be delayed. Some o. the men went 70
hotel which was still open. among them the younger
B. He had been seated IN the pa ollc-Ioom a2ooe
fifteen minutes when he suddenly espled the sign
" Baths 80 .cents." Forthwith he proclaimed
rather than SAID. to the man behind the bar:
IL saw my man. | want TO take bawth"
He was furnished with towels sOap, etc. ana nad
not been gone five minutes when the whistle OF tho
locomotive sounded. Eyerybony beat nasty re-
treat to the train, which was just moving Oh when
B.. bali dressed. wildly swinging towel above Ms
head and gesticulatng frantically, was seen 10
tumble down the stairs of the hotel and cut across
the square of the town. 80
"Fonr dollars If be engineer will 60 ahead,D ex-
claimed Ruius Hatch, but fortunately. or rather
unfortunately the little "chappe's cries attracted
the mans attention and Ii. succeeded IN boarding
the train Since that day, it Is noticed, he has ex-
pressed less fondness for his "bawtb"
GERMAN IN CHICAGO
IL is strange What faculty some people havc for
making themselves unpopular. THERE'S DIR. b.. oneof
our German fellow-ravellers. whose exterior. con-
TESS far from engaging but whose conduct nobody
can find fault with. Yet ne seems to be unablet 10
make friends. l remarked once before that ne
seems to find some difficulty in adapting himself 10
strange surroundings and circumstances scene
which some of us witnessed In Chicago theatre
seems to prove 1t beyond doubt. The curtain mao
just dropped upon the first act and the
orchestra was preparing to strike up some lively
air when the doctor stood up. and leaning againss
the back of the chair IN front of him proceeded 10
examine the audience with his opera-glass. NOW
there is nothing in this action which would aston-
ish, very greatly at least, a New-York AUDIENCE
and certainly not European, but IN Chicago IL
seems to be otherwise. The doctor had not been
engaged in his interesting investigation half
minute when Kisses, intermingled with cries OF so
down." were heard in all parts Of the house. be
probably did not understand the meaning OF the
words for he continued quite unconcernedly to ogle
the audience through his glass, never paying
the least attention to the noise, which
seemed to grow louder every second Before
long the house was actually divided in its syipa.
hss for the Of ~ this aG snry pssd
Squat Don't get frightened and other like
expressions could be heard on all sides. The doctor
MAYER moved There he stood with the greatosb
self-composure in the world, not smile in his ex-
press: oness face surveying the shouting and laugh
ing multitude. And to this day, believe P be nas
alive what will the book he is to write on America
contain! .
reached camp that night. So much time bad been
wasted in getting away from the hotel, and during
tho earlier part of the Journey that 1t was found
necessary to make squirt for the last eight or ten
miles OF the way. The hsgglng spirits OF most OF
tine travellers revived at the prospect OF get;
ing something good TO eatj the experienced.
riders imagine, not averse 10 getting out OK
the saddle once mOre and ALL | am quite sure, were
TO hug the camp fire, for the air had become
raw and chilly since the sun bad gone down behind
the HDpraiIy
brought few of the mounted party to the 'front.',
foremost among them Mrs LIE 5. and the little
French doctor who always follows her-when no
can. She has exchanged horses with one OF tho
guides, and IS therefore welmounted besides being
an excellent horsewoman. The Doctor cuts but q
sorry figure on a horse, it must be confessed Ar
evl-dsposed person IN the party us II Nj calls MIN
Sancho Panza, but really do not see any resem-
blance between the pictures OF that faithful ouwer
aud our Doctor as he cauters along on his pebali
mare his elbows keeping time with the motion or
his little legs But presently the galOp Is getting
a trlle too violent for man of his dignity. And
yet he is hOrseman OF experience, happy
thought strikes HIM.
man You-must- not de-so-hard-2ulde-l-"
But the sound OF his voice Is drowned
in the catter of the boots, aud the merry laughter
OF the lady only doubles the anguish and torments
felt by the unfortunate little gentleman as he sees
his finely laid plan miscarry and the hopes ne had
attached to Ii dashed to pieces.
ARRIVAL IN CAMP.
The camp was crowded by people who had ar
rived IN advance Of Fortunately there was
enough to eat and before long were seated at
two pine boards covered with fresh, white cloth,
and laden with every kind Of eatables.
don't know how the conversation later in the
evening drifted into discussing different ways and
methods of earning living; and how, of all things
it should turn to such thing as the keeping Of
a laundry, 1t may have been that we
felt already the need of clean linen at tins early
stage of our journey or that not being able to get
any washing done at the hotel. some one suggested
that laundry in these parts for the convenience of
tourists might prove profitable venture. Indeed,
a gentleman remarked that he had been told of q
sign stuck against q tree somewhere around here
which bore the following highly original inscrip~
ton: