Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-08
GREEK MEETS CREEK:
Or, A LudicrOus s%quabble YER a
COnsumptive Chinaman.

Or, A LudicrOus squabbIe over q
COnsumptive Chinaman.
Saturday morning, about 5 o'clock, Q
sickly Chinaman who has had a store in
Eureka, but who met with q "crash," un-
dertook, in emulation of American bank
rupts, to settle his accounts by skipping
out Of the country. he got a team for SAT
from Tom Trainer to take him to Austin,
where he expected to find refuge and work
with a washhouse cousin. Trainer in
structed the driver, Pete Winn, not to
take him further than the Willows, thirty
eight miles out Of town, the first day.
The team left all right at the early hour
mentioned; but the next day the credit ors
of the ~levanting Celestial made up tn cir
minds to bring him back, for they thought
he had sunk a fortune, and had carried off
a pile of money with him. They sent for
Big Sim and asked him IL he would under
take the job. He told them yes, and he
wen to see the Sheriff, to find out if be
would deputize him. The Sheriff agreed
to do 30, if suit was properly started and
the legal papers gotten out in due form.
This was all to be arranged. Meanwhile,
the Chinese creditors were to meet at 6
o'clock Sunday evening and determine
what they would do, and Sim was to see
them then. At the hour Sim was on hand
to tell them he would bring back their man
for 500, but when he put in his appear
snce there WAS no meeting, and one or two
of the Mongolians whom he had expected
to bargain with said, with a significant
shake OF the head: "Let him go. We no
wantee him." But it soon leaked
out that Mr.. Trainer had got in
his work and had agreed to bring
back the fugitive for $40, knowing that he
could overtake his first team at the Will
lows, where he had ordered it to stop over
night. He had applied to the Sheriff to
deputize him, but Mr.. Sweeney said he
couldn't do it for the purpose in view, as
he had already promised the deputyship
to Sim. Mr.. Trainer then asked if he
could take the Chinaman without a war
rant. Mr.. Sweeney told him he did not
think 80. "Well, them" said the ener-
getic livery man. "Ill bring him back on
my own hook" and he struck out for the
Willows about Z O'Clock Saturday evening.
Big Sim, hearing of this, got hot in the
collar. He and Lou Kelly procured a
team on their own responsibility, and
started out for the Willows too, leaving
town at / O'Clock Sunday morning. 1t
showed on them all the way, and they had
a horrible time, but cheered up by the
spirit Of counter intrigue, they kept a
going. About 2 o'clock in the morning
they met Trainer in one team with his
captive and Winn in the other team a
mile and a half this side of the Willows,
headed for the Base Range. The travellers,
thus meeting, stopped, of course, to ex-
change the morning salutations, when the
following dialogue took places
Tom Trainer - What do you fellows
want?
Kelly--We want that Chinaman.
T. tt I'm going to take him back
to Eureka.
K.-We are going to take him to the
station.
What authority have you?
Big Sim-The same authority you have.
At this point Lou Kelly, who is a boss
among Cinnamon, told the poor devil to
get out-which he did. Pete VIM was
then about to drive on when he was told
to stop; that the Chinaman's traps were
in there and they were wanted, too. Peter,
not giving way at once, Kelly said to Sim,
but so Pete could hear him: 81 may take
q notion to see how near l can come to the
top of that buggy without hitting t."
This settled it. The second corners were
soon in possession of the Chinaman and
his baggage, and went on to the
Willows for breakfast. As they were
moving off Trainer gave them q parting
shot: ''That Chinaman's got q pocket
full Of greenbacks. Be careful.
you fellows, don't rob him." Sim
says the poor devil had only q quarter
left; that when they got to the Willows he
told them his cousin in Austin would give
them sixty dollars to take him over;
and that when they would not do it, he
then begged them to let him walk the rest
OF the way, but they would not do this
either, for they knew the sickly creature
could not hold out and would perish on
the road. They brought him back Sun
day night and dropped him near
Chinatown, and took the precaution
to warn his enraged countrymen
not to hurt him. They were wondering,
last night, what they had gained by their
hard work, and the only satisfaction they
could think of, and it seemed sweet
enough to them, was that they had spoiled
the business for Trainer, who had cut in
and spoiled their job.
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