Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-10-27
? H A r NJ A G II!

his accounts. Ihuntod half day. ex-
pecting TO find some record or other
that would post me, and in the mean
time everybody who wanted anything
got 1t. At last / came on an old sheet
of brown wrapping-paper. on which
the bartender had kept his memorssn-
da. I've got it yet somewhere. Aiew
Of the entries were like theses
6 Little ecross-eyed man. sometimes gets hot,
but takes a stand0ff peaceably.
Jim - check shirt, two guns. Owes
L0ng-legged galoot from the Gunnison.
Always wants to fight. Licked him IlIIIu
III times, and get money every time.
Henry Barber. Promises, but meyer comes
down unless jumped on. Give him drink
Tuttle family Won't stand refusal, and
while.
Old man Beebe-Killed three bartenders
and crippled two. M
Tin Cup Tom-Big buffer.
Sam COon--Shot IN the neck by q Denver
bartender and can't get over it. Better let
him alone.
The Lumleys- Always take what they
want and smash things. but always pay.
eJim-Likes to jump on bartender. Never
hurts.
Bill Bledder- Throws gun on bar and calls
Tor big drinks Lick him every time he
tries 1t,
him.
Now the funny thing about this
business was" continued Dunno, s'my
bartender was killed by old man Beebe
so that the record was not complete
until | had given him another score.
and made it four instead of three bar
tenders that he had got away with.
My man was very systematic, and he
had moro than three hundred of his
customers down in this way. He knew
the whole paper by heart. and knew
exactly what to do when q customer
came 1t. 1t took me some little time
to catch up the business, but got along
all right after awhile.
The trouble with most new men be-
hind the bar is that they can't tell
when man Is joking, or when he is in
earnest. There are lots OF people out
here who have always got to have just
SO much fuss when they get q drink,
and who don't mean anything by it;
while there are lots of others who 90
through about the same motions aud
mean fight from the word go. had a
customer once up in Montana who
kept me busy trying to read him.
Sometimes he was one way, and some
times he was another. He would al-
ways come in and run the house When
he felt all right he did itfor enjoyment.
and when he was ugly no did it fora
fight got SO / could tell pretty near
what he was likely to do BY the WAY
he came into the door, but made mis-
eot~ ~. .s.Il = n
always had TO shoot. He and / had it
for three or four times and at last /
made up my mind that he would drop
me if i didn't him. / had become tired
of studying him, and gave it up.
notified him one day that he would
have to behave himself the next time
he came into my place, and the follow
ing morning he presented himself at
my bar and ordered me out. Istepped
outside and he went inside. Then he
began mixing up drink, and when he
got through he pulled his gun and said
I'd been dosing him with poison and
now he was going TO dose me. / drank
the stuff, and when he dropped his eye
for minute raised my gun and let
him have it twice between the eyes.
That was the time the report got ont
that / had been killed. He fell behind
the bar. and good many people
thought it was me.
II never shot but one man from be-
hind the bar, and he did not die. A
careful man can get along. as rule,
without using his gun. Still, it Is al
ways better for him TO be on the safe
side. The trouble is most likely to 0c-
cur when you try to collect your bills,
but found that it was good rule not
to insist on the payment always. You
can generally catch the fellow again
when he is in better humor. and then
if you don't get even with him il viii
be your own fault. - Deadw0od Letter
70 NesO York Sun.