The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-06
FOUR OF A KIND,


ouartette Who Were Painting the Town
Red.
Some time ago quartette of Colo
RADIO bucks came to Chicago to swap
wealth for soaring hilarity and to
carminate the metropolis. They paid
homage to Bacchus until they began to
get somewhat shaky in the legs and
then chartered a hack, and then the
jamboree commenced in earnest. After
an hours ride, with stops at all way sta
tons for refreshments, one of the Bio
-Four took the hackman aside, and with
an air OF much impressivenesS inquired
in cautious whisper the extent of his
claim to their beneticence. He was
quiet about it, because the leading char
acteristic of Colorado man is to insist
on paying for everything when he
knocks around with a crowd.
The hackman said his bill was ten
dollars.
1t was paid, and the carnival pro
gressed at rafting gait. At the next
pause to irrigate, another man found
an opportunity to exchange a few
private words with the iehu, in the
course of which he inquired the amount
of political influence he considered him
self entitled to.
The hackman said he had no hope OF
getting post-ollice and would have to
call it ten dollars.
1t was paid and the excursion re.
.sumed its winding way. In a short time
the wheels of the chariot had ceased to
whirl, and the four gidsome bricks were
again looking to the zenith and hearing
something gurgle. At this pause the
third man made it his business to quiet,
ly step aside and put a few words in the
ear of the acquisitive pilot of the expe
dition, as to the nature and extent OF
his claim upon their standing in society
for the kindness of his escort.
The hackman said that times were
hard, but that he could get along with
ten dollars.
Again they loaded up and went for,
ward in quest of a still further addition
to their prospect for headache in the
morning, and, when the corks had
popped and the evanescent sparkler
disappeared, the remaining philanthro-
pist found an opportunity to get his
breath in the neighborhood of the brig
and's nose and with much incoherency
of speech wanted to know the extent of
the levy
The hackman said Colorado people
came his way so seldom that he would
have to exact q ransom of ten dollars.
Once more the wheels were put in
motion, and along towards morning the
booty party brought up at the Grand
Pacific and disembarked for good. AS
they were about to 90 into the hotel
one of the men said to the hackman:
81 paid you, l believer"
Eyes, said the bold buccaneer, ''you
did"
But paid you myself, didn't I?''
inquired the second man.
Eyes, sir
''But hold on. paid the rascal, too.
Didn' |, John?' put in the third
ut runs in my head that you dido"
But [ gave him ten dollars Just a
short time ago. Didn't II" said the
last victim.
You did, for fact"
''And do you mean to say that you
have taken ten dollars from each one
of us?''
That's the way it looks to me-"
"Well, are you satisfied now? Dc
you want any more?"
Just as you please, gentlemen. Suit
yourselves and you'll suit me-"
Thunder, mani You ought to be in
Congress, You're a credit to Chicago,
and I'm proud to know you. Do us the
honor to come in and have a bottle OF
wine with us. What do you say?"
That strikes me-" said the man OF
staggering gall, as he threw the blanket
on his horses.
And into the hotel the party went,
and put in the remainder of the night
pouring wine into the gourmand, with
the vain hope that they would crowd
him to the wall and make him refuse to
take anything more. But he sat up
with them till they gave it up as hope
less, and beat a retreat.
He had learned his trade at Niagara,
and understood his business thoroughly,
as they found to their cost. This is not
a flight of fancy, but an actual occur
renee hjcag0 Ledger.