Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-04
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We have a story that we hope all those peo-
ple who are eternally harping on the wick
81. W. tvs met hundreds Of people, who.
f.viutill h IN a certain man-say strang-
Is drdnmer-will hold up their hands
heir horror and declare that there can be
u hing good about him. IN other words,
iiJ matter how much Of gentleman he may
be, the mere fact Of his being a drummer
d-ns him forever.
A little fact has come under our observa-
tion that shows just what internal foolish.
ness Il IL 10 Judge a man by his looks.
The other day we were untbe Chicago aud
Eistern Illinois road, startling on shooting
trip Just Ia front Of Us were two women
We won't call them ladies. for they were Of
the stripe Of women who are regular fana-
ties and always know more than anybody
r'-e, especially about other peoples basl,
ICES; with them was poor. henpecked
king man, who was probably the hus-
B, .id OF one Of them. At a station there got
the car a nice looking man, with 4
.rge Hat yalise Ia each hand iie was we'll
dressed, wore a duster, aud had good hon
est face. He had q sandy beard and light
hair. and his face was ilOrid. as Is always
the case with men Of his style. lie nodded
hi, mead In our direction and sat quietly
IN In one Of the front seats aud com
ntalced reading the paper
fhen the women commenced.
Did you see that nasty drummer git on2'
Yes. said number two. 81 ilsl despis,
ttitn. They go around like pack %
wslyes and they do anything that's mear
u I'd low wouldn't trust one Of en- min
How do you know he is drummer
ekly interposed the hen-pecked husband
Know How do 1 know" said number
tei why can tell EN- rs fur ms can SEE
'en, Them things they call gripsaoks give,
Z away. This fellow has two. guess
sgota lot of samples IN one aud a pig
" tskey bottle. and pack of cards hnd =
iOle lot of nasty pictures OF women aud u
ole lot of letters from girls al over the
cmintry In the other oh, pity MS poor
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Know why them fellows have got wives
all over the country. They list bewitcl
these innocent girls and marry en-, ana
then go OF ON trips aud leave EN-, but they
n nerally have one poor wife aud n lot ol
e ildren off East somewhere, and the podi
& ing has to support em all, while the drum
mer is gaddln' round the country playin
Yes, said number two, you re jist right
thny oughter all be In the penltentinry
I iey re Il dcprayed set Now, Just look a
tuat fellow IS face. See how red II Is II
bit he drinks quart Of whisky every day
/ never seen anything so red In my life
NV, Just know he's got n big flask In eaci
- them sample cases And did you see th'
g eek he had TO how to us when he came In
aid here we never saw him bef0rep tn,
eeky wretch"
Sow we happened to know the gentle
~ IN. and knew his business, and we though
II good chance to put In Onr oar, especial,
~ we knew II was to US he nodded ant
probably never noticed the yirtuous females
Rt all, no putting on sweet smile we leaned
forward and said
Ladies, l see you know something Of tn,
v lrd. Drummors are hard set, aren'
they2"
they looked at us n moment. aud thet
snid: Yes, sir hope you don't associat,
" lth them" +"
"Oh, no, madam, not for the world | liy,
down In Evansville. aud down there the
people wont walk on the same side Of thu
gall from u fellow that went ON the roac
when only seventeen and drummed for tel
years2l
serve down In Evansville, DO you know
that whiskey faced fellcr up In 'front.'"
Never saw him before" said We with
truthful air, but I'd just like to play triek
on him and make him show them whisky
D. titles he's got In his vallses."
oh, wouldn't that be nice" said one
"nOw could you do itY'
You Just leave ittome." We went on. 81 II
rope him back here and tell him that two Ia
dies are very much Interested in him, and II
III be Just like his cheek to come buck aud
oi ~ his yalises aud show you lot oi Letters
from girls lust to show You whnt II mashef he
oh. how NICE" they cried. clapping theif
h nds wite gee you get him bick."
We went forward and simply said to the
alleged drummer: Henson, there are twd
Nee Christian ladies' back there who want to
look at your samples think they can help
you along"
Henson threw down his paper and grabbed
his valises and came back lie threw back
"a scat, aud while opening the vnlises said
Ladies' thank you for sending for me.
IN minister at Milford, and OF course |
don't get much salary, and during my sum
mer vacation try aud make little money
for my wife and babies by working ON com
mission for the American Bible Society now
threw open both valises, completely filled
with copies of the Bible from the cheapest
up to the nicely bound ones that are usually
pt on center tables.
What the women said we don't know; We
lit out for another car; we didn't want TO be
snatohed ald-headed, but we had a kind,
sweet feeling that he had shown those vine
gar-faced females "that you cant most al
ways tell."s-l Evansville Argus