, 1884-09-21
LIFE In LEADyILLE.
"Pap" wymans' ''Place," and soma
of It's Queer happenings
Heading the nfbIe-Thc Faro Lar
out-Bversreen Lakes-A Hotel
In Two s~eciions-A
Quiet city.
lcor. 81 Toni. olobe.pem ,crntl

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wishes to see all ,iles Of life 10 q mining
camp he shou d not leave without paying a
visit TO Pap" Wymans'. Pap Is ons OF the
peculiar Institutions OF Colorado, and l.
known throughout tie entire west He il n
down-cast Yankee, lat, jolly, and shrewd.
Look at Tim square in the lace and be re-
minds you forcioly Of Henry Ward Bee her.
A side Wow, Especially when he laughs. Is
just a forcible q reminder OF Bob Iugersol.
His place" Is, and Las been ever s.nce Tx
Leadvilo boom began, the hsadqunr,er5 Of
AL the miners, A great cluster OF incandOs-
folt electric lights marks the entrance on
Harrison avenue, and c constant stream oil
humanity, collected from the four corners oil
the earth, passes in and out OF the dOors day
and night. 1t Is "Pap'sD boast that his door
has never been closed for dx Yeas To the
left. as you pass In. Is an enormous iron
weight, which runs the standard time click
b aging over the street This weight broke
Il, neck OF tho first man ever han red In Col
RADIO. On the right stands a r~eading-desk,
su las are used in Episcopal churches, bear
ing q Bible. II Is estimated that over 100, 200
men have stood at that desk and read. The
original Bible, placed there in 1878, WAS worn
out years ago, and the pre- ent ono, printed
In Philadelphia in 1882, Is the third edition.
1t Is badly dilap dated, and every page is
worn yellow and thum-stained Some queer
experiences have occurred around this dc k.
Oie day n stout, muscular miner was lnbori-
ousiy porting over a chapter, whom a fellow
miner . rolled up and began abusing the book
and it. brawny reader in the most blasJ hem,
Gus manner. The latter stood The TRADE for
some time, but finally turned and said: "See
here, u anger, my mother taught me TO be
lieve In that thar book. and l DO did II I'll
stand hero and bear It abused"
-ot d-n your mother, too was the
sneering response. your mother was a fool
and - But be never got further, for six
inehcs OF cold steel passed through him
-quicker'n lightnin',H said Pap in telling
the story, 1and nobody ever got fooled with
for roadin' that Bible afterwarL"
A little further down the room Is the faro
layout, where the miners "blow In thoii
stuff" at tho always fascinating game. To
give Pap" his due, It must DO said that be
run, what gamblers term a square game"
and such n thing as a brace was never
heard OF In his place. This cannot DO said OF
other resort In Lendville, where miners and
"tendorfeet" arc alike Heeccd fcr all that Il ~
thcm- There have nevertheless been FIRE
quent disputes and several tragedies over
-Pap's7 table. On one occasion, Il
Is said, a half-lrunkon miner, through
a run Of bad luck, lost his last
nIekls. Getting up from tho table, h
said TO the dealer; you think you'vo 70
my pile, but you haven't I've got two ounce
hero you haven't seen yet, but rllgive ON u
you, " and drawing bis six.shooter he put tw
bullets IN the dealers brain and another
into bis own. The episode cast a temporary
gloom over the spectators, but In n few mo
ments the bodies were removed, thu bloc
mopped up and the game went on as .uaI
This all happened in the early days, IT mus
be remembered, and to-day "Pap'sn patst
As safe and peaceable as any saloon In 81.
Louis; In fact more 50 than some. Besides
the attraction already described. there ar,
b lizard and pool tables, a bar, and all IL.
o her accompani iienA Up itaiis "Pap" In
a spare room lifted up In New Tn,lan
& l, In which be has entertained many mon
o. tao day.
A peasant drive OF two or three mi.oa-
drst down tne famous California gulch, ant
then up the foothills lying about the base o.
Mount MAsive-brings cpc " Evergreen
lakes, the Conoy Island Of Ladville. Tho
lakes ars three " number, circular. and eaci
abouthalt a milo In diam stsr. Tley ara sup
piled by n~ever-fal,ng springs of pure and lie.
cold water, and aro stocked with counties
numb,n OF specified irOut A large hotei
overlooks the lakes, and here again anpcar,
one Of tie oldit.es OF Leadville life. Tn,
hotel Is In two sections. The front part Il a
gu ct nd respectable as one OF the hotels a.
Mianetonkh, and the bost people OF Leadvll
go tLelr with their families Tho view iron
the piazza Is ono Of the fret In America.
The whole Arkansas valley lies spread oui
before you, with the Saow-tipped peak. OF
. tier hand. Mount Massive. Mount Lin.
ooln, Yale, Harvard, and Princeton
peaks, aid hundreds Of others les
.am.us, al over l4,O0l iset high.
are In plain sight A,ros3 tbs valley b
Leadvlls, California Guleh. Orr. Fryer
HILL aad right at your feet are three OF h.
loviest little lakes in the world. A MAJ
could sit there oil day without trins Of III
magnifcence OF the scene.
Tue other half Of the hotel Is given UP e
the reveas o the miner and his female com-
panlon OF the demi-monde. Accountable
whisky, horrible music from a squenky fiddle
and a crack dpiano, ami Immoral dnnces ana
5 ngs compose the ord-r OF eVf rcises, and ihs
refined and pious citizen or citizeness who hni
gone out u sit on the front piazza and com.
muLo with nature must find II hard work with
the dew d all his works in full blast and
full hearn G just around the corner. still
that Is LeAnville, and 1t has TO le endured.
The rear portion OF this hotsl Is by far the
most lrohtable to the proprietor, and b
seems 10 think the sIaight-lau-d people IN
front should be glad they ART allowed ther,
ut all
Tho visitor to Leadvllo who COCA thoTs ak.
pecting TO find a lawless. murderous city vii
be most agreeably disappointed. Leadvile
Is much more orderly and law-abiding nova
days than many portions Of ST Louis, ant
thcre are proportionately fewer arrests Their.
than In Chicago. 4 man stands a dozen
chances OF being held up, robbed, or muir.
dered In Chicago where be stands one here.
The police are a tn~ely-organized body OF
men, and they do their duty faithfully. II
Is true that the faro-bank. the %saloon, and
the house Of III fame are opon all hours, and
on Sunday as well as week days, and Il l.
also uue that many Of these places are on
the ground hoors Of buildings on the principa.
streets. and open to the gaze OF the passer by,
but some way or other n fellow gets an ieea
that this SOFT OF thing Is better than the Sc
eiet bachelor mlthcdso OF the eastern cities
Tn 10 5 certainly no hvpocricy about IL; the
. pncher Is not whit -wasi ed, ut II $ open
WITH al its fou ness and u~nclsanlines IN full
vlw. he who wa Ks IN can zee what lie n
dol &, and IL be comes cut second best he has
no one to blame but himself.
A Cyclone nj VIII.