, 1886-01-14
FIVE MINUTE TALKS
With All Sorts of People on vari.
Gus Topics,
On the Streets, at the Hotels and
Elsewhere.

On the Streets, at the Hotels and
Elsewhere.
II can ride or walk with any man |
ever saw" said Col. George, yesterday.
II remember when | flint came to this
country, starting out for a ride of $50
miles or so. The native who accompanied
my friend and myself, had made up his
mouth to have some fun seeing a tender
foot taking his first long ride on horse
back. | caught him laughing in his
sleeve, when | said that | hadn't been in
Il saddle for ten or twelve years. The
road was rough and we pushed on as
rapidly as possible to reach a certain
ranch before night. Late in the after
noon, coming to a level stretch, | gave
my beast the spur, let loose, and dashed
ahead on a lope. My friend was beside
me, and missing our guide, | looked over
my shoulder. He was coming along at a
much easier pace, with one hand holding
tight by the horn of the saddle. We
reached our hating place for the night,
and our guide approached my friend
with
81 thought you said George was a ten
derfoot2"
''Tenderfoot be id. He has lived
twenty years in Texas
Hell, why didn't you say SOP"
John Cullom, of the Pacific house, goes
to-day to Laramie, much to the regret of
the many friends he has made in Chey-
n Bright as a dollar, quick as a flash,
and generous to a fault, he carries with him
the good will of all who knew him. He
said to me, "Wayfarer, old boy, good
bye. Keep a look out for these fellows
around Cheyenne, and don't let them get
away with you"
81 went into the Inter Ocean bar room
Yesterday, and as | %sauntered through
the place sped a well known banker
punching the worries about the table. l
said
How are you ?"
He turned about, and raising his cue,
he vent through a pantomime expressive
of a desire that | should keep my dis
tanco. | moved off slowly, and heard
him say to his partner in the game, IF
| had said anything to him | should ex-
peet to see it in THE LEADER in the
morning" And he was dead right.
Tuesday election proved too much for
one man, | am certain. He began load
ing up in the morning, was pretty com-
Portable about noon, was as mellow as a
peach at shutdown, and at night was
maudlin. When l went to the hotel to
climb on my perch for the night, he was
running the whole business. He was pro-
prietor, clerk, bartender and night porter
all rolled into one, although he had been
engaged to fill only the latter position.
He bounced me as soon as | entered the
door. Says he:
iia,e Sou N"i'I Ro' any loolscap Nn'c'
paper,
claimed, "a walking stationery shop?"
'Zas all right, boss, he said, trying tt
'ii''I me 40 iun as d Nne.
soA'' "'"'ei ""'' N"'' my resign"
NVr
~ sap ms i"pO'Iu"ies suppneu
n -. wiz" paper ""u nc went 10 worA,
Al''l "n nouI "aiI "pVr ne produced
nnS ""'0i ~ ionS'" was not Iui'S
.'sA' - a p'o''"' ",SSAse' p.aceu
! An en'e'ope, 'uu,esseu " u
u"' piopi'e'oi' anu WIN d uruuAeh at
passed out the door into the nicbt Tn,
hotel man received ,be document he fol
lowing morning. Before -openipp the en-.
yelope he puzzled long over the address
scratching his head in a weary way
Opening it his wonder increased Tb,
sheet of paper was covered with hero
elyphies that would have passed mnste-
as a Chinese puzzle. The assistance o
the clerk and bartender was called in. ant
the three worried ont the ~followiny.
"Tow Royal Nils You arc bereb,
discharged from your position as nv boss
This thing can't 20 on no longer. It.
got to be STONED. Either YOU 20 or
shall. And as YOU probably won't. | an
going now. Yours truly. ="
"Wel if that isn't the ID r~esiena