Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
THEY WANTED ALL HE STYLE.
Two Men from the Mountains Having a
First-CIAss Time.

Prom the RortApest hagdsins.
old Jerry Crosscut had not been east OF
the Rockies since 40 until he and his Dard,
Fat Bill, pulled up az the Hotel Ryan the
other day. AS he glanced at the magnif-
cent facade he remembered what he had
read about the great caravaEsary in the
remote mountain camp and Involuntary
murmured
cit air an imposing pile, Willam-it's
/ built IN what them newspaper fellows
call the Quinine style, and just beats all
for health"
500 you wish to be shown to your apart
mentnow - said the urbane clerk, as they
registered,
''Nary show said the old man, reflect
lively
II think l understand YOU" said the
clerk. smiling. I'VE will try and make
YOU comfortable, Mr. NJ (glancing at
] The register) Mr.. Crosscut."
Yes, it are CrosscUt-the same. You
/ can read writu' very slick; but comfort
] uule' won't do. We are goin' 10 wallow
/ in eleeance-like il is advertised in the
/ papers DO you seem to catch my
| drift"
81 think l understand you. You wish
I lP live uiHu- III put YOU Ou lut olAtu
| floor, if You wish
"Now you are talkin'. There Is no'hin'
/ too nigh for us, and nOthin' too rich Tor
( our blood. We follow the rules. We de-
/ post our waluabies in the safe. and you
must follow the small bills Here is my
! pOcketbOOk; you can prize that at $1,000.
No, We don't want to leave our suspend
ers. We amt tenderfeet. our suspend
ers is alongside our swaddlng clothes.
saly il ul an { I'm al r. q
revolver. Put 'leying thousand on hit: |
wouldn't sell it cent less
"YOu don't expect us to pay such prices
/ Tor this junkshop truck, do you? You
couldn't collect $40 in the courts on all
of it,
"Never mind the courts; I'll collect it if
the things is lost. I'll keep this gun with
me. Now, my young friend, you can bring
on your sable African Niger"
slim, show these gentlemen to 4l1."
| Eyes, show us to All, and don't miss a
| fgger. You hit it just right, or Their Will
] be war"
"You mustn't mind jerry" said Fat
! Bill TO the clerk. He's been sort o. sus-
picious-lke, and keeps his back to the
wall ever since he killed Shady Mountain
! Mosley; but he'll get used to the place
after a while"
Ill don't mind him. said the clerk,
nervously; che seems to be very nice
man, but a little peculiar"
''Yes, he are bloody peculiar-bloody
peculiar"
Hits a cage-thats what" remarked
the old man rs the elevator started. ''They
are goin' to hist us to the upper level.
! Keep your signal ropes tight, young Teller.
! Lord! many's the time we have had to
crawl into the timbers when the ropes heZ
| been tangled. We hev traVeled-we hey
eh, Billy?"
Now, African" said Jerry, as he pro-
ceeded TO undress, after reaching All,
you stand in that corner, and when |
give the signal you smother them
lamps"
81 kin put out the gas" suggested Fat
Bill. "The Niger kin go and send up a
/ bOkaY of sweet violets to remember his
self by"
You can't put out no gas for me, Will
lam; there's more'n a million people
smothered every year by KNOWN too much
about tavern gas. There is a knack about
it which we amt on to. Now, Sable, kill
the lights, and mind you that no fire starts
in this Joint tonight. We hold you strictly
responsible. Pll cut your liver-colored
heart out through the small of your spot
ted backif l hear whimper before morn
IN louder than the mOanln' of the wind.
/ Do you sense me?"
lord, boss; does you 'spose Pse gwine
| to burn the hotel a purpose3
You may be all right, but l suspicion
ye."
In the morning the old man awoke and
he saw the annuncator with the usual
legend written under it:
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