The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-09-23
Anew York Opium Joint.

b a New York Opium Joint. 4
4! What was doing in Mott streetp Il
That is my business and your interest
provided you care to read what follows.
sImet Brown. Brown was d rounder.
Brown took brandy and soda in the
morning. EARLY In the evening what (
Brown took he was able to keep track 81
,ot Later in the evening Brown didn't
know what be took. .s., gS.
But in the morning Brown took
brandy and soda, They; all do-the
FOUNDERS. Brown was one 81 them.
what's rounderP Ask oneSof them. &
When hs turns his fshy eyes upon You #
and offers his shaky hand, Why you,ll
know what rennder Is, '8 81;
They'll only stare pityihgly At you
and give you, some: good advice, If
you follow their advice all right. and
good; If you laugh and drink with
them, well, in good time you'll know n
what rounder is from personal ex-
perience. II Ri IS
From a doorway. whose either side i
was embossed by g Chinese sign, a !:
woman emerged.
She was dressed IN silk not snowy
hut rich, There was. 8 sparkling dia-
mond on the forefnge Of her right \
hand; another brilliant ffastensd the
lace at her snowy throat Her dress
was rumpled and the back b her ele-.
CANT hat crushsd. in. 81 8 steadied her-ss
self with her right nd: against the
Chinese sign while Nth her lett hand
sheibeckoned sa sleepy, coachman who
was taking hia nap il the doorway of
the vehicle standing at the corner.
The woman opbtngly faltsringly, &
loosened her hold Of the sign and. half
walked, half stumbled forward toward
the carriage! ~ s8
She tried to lift her right foot to the
step a lump 81 lead was attached to (,
her foot reElead cloggedt her brain,
or else she would have resented the A
familiarity 81 her coachman's hands
when, he put his arms about her slim 4
whist and dumped her into the car
rage. &
I The carriage passed out Of sight and
Brown came anddaid his unsteady hand
upon my shoulder .She'ssa daisy, 81
"Whop Surely not that woman a q
uttered AZ Brown; fixed his fshy eyes
upon me. 53 sss4is
The woman who just drove5o off is d
daisy, say. She strikes the bowl
daily. Likes IL too. They all do.
Say young fellow, did you ever strike
the bowlp''
No; I7know what it,means. but have i
never quite made up my mind to the
striking point Who Is that woman
I asked.
Opium Sal; at least that is then
she goes BY here. Upon the ave. she's
got another name. She's got q daugh-
ter asstall as she ssis. One Of these days
the two'u meet IN Sing Lees joint.
Then there II 20 IN. 2 And the veter-
IAN rounder. whose OLE, tough hide was
simpenetrable, almost shook with lau
ter as he pictured the Hoeful meeting.
Does the daughte strike tie BOY lP',
l5Iventured to ask.
Does sheP Well, she strikes ii Of
ten. Regular patron here. She don't
know that her mother frequents this
place. Neither does the mother know
Of the daughter's visits. But one Of
these days y
.sAnd you hope to be present P,g,
..W hat Ip We'll, not any. nm
tough and hard. but I don / want to sbe, !.
present when mother and daughter are
first made acquainted with one anoth-
er's fall But it'll come. Sec II III
don't BY the way got q quarter,to4
spareP My nerves need bracing. q
LrinkP'$ 4 asked as Islipped a quar-
ter in his tremnlous hand.
No; something that knocks drink
all Into the shade answered he Sas he
crossed the street and disappeared into
the opium joint.
The foregoing episode stranspired
i three'days ago. This morning I read
4 the following item:
4 a $we1l.known 4 character 10 Mott street
Il Opium Sal, discovered her daughter in the;
Z DEVILS Smoking Bowl The girl was too much!
A sundersths influence pf opium to- realize her
j mothss' z snpfrstdtn Tho pair entered s.
Sa oms snd were quickly driven TO their
Opium Sal courts high life il the city