, 1884-06-27
HEARD FROM.
dark hOrse'' -~b.-degroom Appears
at the Five Mile Ranch.

The missing. or Iather the dark
horse bridegroom, has been heard from
Night before last he made his appear
ance at the Five Mile ranch, Kept by
Frank Halsted He was somewhat d.
iapiduted in appearance then and said he
would like to put up there all night,
which was agreeable to the proprietor.
He was somewhat dry also and took
some drinks, but not a very large num-
Der. However, before the night had
been very far spent, he had run quite a
little bill which be said he would make
all right in the morning. When the
morning dawned, he was a little dry again
and it was presumed that there were
others around who were dry also,
for by the time he had eaten his
breakfast and taken a little something
to wash it down his bill amounted to SlI
but that was all right. of course, and he
was coming right into town and would set
tie it AT ON G.. When he first came there
he represcntel that he was in the employ
Of j. ii. Jeirey in the county clerks Of
fee, ami that he was one of the main stays
Of the office. Muylle ttated that as an en-
ploye Of the ofi o he had access to many
OF the reco:d Is of the office, and also that
in the office of the Clerk of Court, and
that while looking over the papers in Il
case in which Mr.. Halsted was Interested,
he had discovered that three words and
two dates were lacking i'll an important
document in that case, and he advised
Halsted to see his attorney at oncc and
call his attention to the matter. He APP
peared to be quite solicitous for the well
fare of Mr.. Hslsted, especially in
reference to that case, and in
explaining about it, he, as
it would SEEM, was quite frequently ad-
mitted to the bar" at Mr.. Halsted's
court. Mr.. H. was on the bench appar-
entity, and Muylle was around the bench,
or uader the bench, at all events he was
thar" this time and stayed until the
case, or rather the whiskey, had been
well stirred. Finally Mr.. Halsted hitched
up " SIdIb " bONut hAcu III II uOIbo
bridegroom, who had intended to come in,
said that he believed he felt a little sick
and he guessed he would lay off
another day, for he felt confident that
j. X" and Joe" could worry through
until to-day if he didn't come in then, but
in reference to that little bill, you know, he
said it was all right and don't you forget
it.. If Mr.. Halsted felt otherwise unsafe
about it he could just call around at the
Court House, and it would be all right.
Halstead therefore came into town and
left his affable guest at his ranch,
but great was the wrath of
the proprietor of the Five Mile" when
he learned that Muylle had been discharg-
cd from Mr.. Jetfrey's office nearly a
month ago, and that he had been a little
led astray in regard to the exact status of
the situation, 50 far as the bill for Sll: 100
was concerned. Halsted went out back Of
Hellman' clothing store and said a few
words about the future state of existence
and things of that character, in fact, he
swore a little. Finally his Indignation got
beyond his control, and he headed his
horse toward home, swearing by all the
strange gods in the universe that he was
going to pretty much annihilate the dark
horse" bridegroom. He got home eventu-
ally in this state of mind, but alas, this
was another time when Muylle ''wart
thar He had taken a walk