Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-13
A sINGLE.HANDED CAME.
Why a Travelling Minister Was
Stunned by the Passengers.

Cheyenne Leader.
Judge Bean, who is now special deputy
she riff at the depot, Is even smarter than
he LOOKS, ss many OF bis friends will ties
tify. Recently he had no little trouble
with a sauctimonious locking cuss, as
Artsmus Ward would say, but he now
chuckles over the reveugehs achieved.
The emisrsuts from the south and
thosc travelling over the main line ere
here assigned to cars and sections in the
emigeaht coaches. Judge Bean has
charge Of the allotment Of the traveller rs
and endeavCrs to arrange them so that
the comfort may be ASSURED Occasion
ally he encounters q human hog who, fer
very meanness, refused to clangebiiseat
when the arrival Of the passengers from
the south makes some changes necessary.
The other day a young minister or mis-
siouary occupied a middle sec ion in one
Ct the emigrant c,rs. There were vacant
sect rs at each end Of the car and Bean
asked tie minister to take one Il these
in order to allow a large family party to
occupy adjacent sections. tut the min
liter would lot move. Subsequently a
man a ross the aisle vacated a section and
then Bean asked the minister to take that
section. Again ne declined to move, and
when asked why he refu.ed 10 sccommo-
date the m and chi dr. II, he shrug-
ged his shoulders and said he ''didn feel
like it."
Now Bean noticed that the minister
had struck up a travelling acquaintance
with two men in the car, and he at cnce
planed a deadly revenge. When the two
men alighted from the car Bean was not
far away and toon talked with them
for a few moments. Subsequently he
wen through the car ana q1ietly talked
to each pass niger. One man was heard
to say, why don't V IL arrest himl' but
Bean replied. de h 5 done no hing
wrong here, but | warn you TO: your own
good
The brakemen on the train say thai not
a passenger would speak to he minister
after the traia left this CT Y and the man
was utterly at a loss to account for the
evident evasion shown towards him by
his fellow travellers. At Laramie City he
learned the reason Of the GOODNESS and
snubs he had received.
A gambler boarded the tram and one
Of the brskemen told him how ma tiers
stood. A moment later the ,hree-card
tbrower slapped the minister a resound-
ing blow on the back and Xcl,imed:
"H)w are you, old pard? Doa't know
as I'm dead olto you, but the wheel.
twister has tipped your hand. How does
che stack upl' locking around the car.
-I-Ido-don't understand you, sir, an
swtrsd the minister amazed at thu man
ner and tone of tie stranger.
sob, let up on that. Give US a pointer,
can't you2 I'm fjirg rather light and
might turn a trick myself"
my friend, | utterly fail to compre.
bend you
"Well, you're a daisy. Say, you
should be a running mate for Dos Bsag,.
If you're making a single. handed play on
the strict q. t, l went copper you.
Kinder strikes me a man should
play you open to win anyway.
If you happen to drop into
Sal! Lake 1 wish yoa'd tell Three.
One Pete, you raw me hire. Id like to
be In with your pay, but when q fellow
declares a pard dead out | reckon he
might as we'll chsnge in at GONE other
game. So long"
And then the gambler walked away,
while the minister fell back On the seat,
alm:st psraly Eel. When he partially re-.
covered he asked the brakeman, who WAS
conveniently near, for an explanation.
He didn't mean nutbin,' answered
the brakeman. "Ths "offictr, at Chey-
enne said you was q confidence man, told
the passenger, to look out for you, and
he thought you belonged to the gang,
that's all
There is no Official data w%arranting a
statement that the minister actually
Eors, but it is alleged that he looked
whole volumes of diluted profanity.