Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-07
A Hon WINTER Day.
How the Dakota Rustlers Entertained n
Tenderfoot and sent Him Rustling Back
to the East,


to the East.
Bismarek Tribune.
1t was 2s0 below zero yesterday, and the
wind was in good working order. A slen.
der tendertoot was coming down the street
on a sort of crippled dog trot," his blue
and su~ppurating proboscis protruding like
q forerunner Of frozen misery. Just as he
reached the corner he was stopped by Ed.
Sloan, the rustler and assistant banner
winner. Sloan saw the stranger long in
advance of the meeting, and decided to
make an impression on him. he dotted
his buffalo coat and cap, threw of his I'M
der coat, and at bis confluence with the shiv.
eripg tendrfoot, he appeared in his shirt
sleeves, wiping his brow with q handker-
chief. The tenderfoot was startled. Just
as he was about to pass, the swsltering
Sloan exclaimed:
GOOD morning, stranger; you look sort
q feeble. Not sick, l hopper
Good morning, sir" falteringly replied
the d~umbfounded stranger, his teeth chat.
tering like a trip-hsmmer. No, sir, l am
not sick. l never enjoyed better health in
my life"
He edged in close to the building to es.
cape the wind, and looked at Sloan with q
half plying glance Of inquiry, and it was
plain to be seen that he thought he had
met q lunstic or crank Of the most y~irulent
type.
But you look coldl" calculated the hon.
eat Sloan, as he rubbed some more cay
enne pepper and kerosene on his face to
give it the appearance of heat and perSpir.
alton. Here, take some of this medicine;
it will help you. You've got the gol-
darndest case of chills / ever saw"
. The stranger looked wild. The wind
whistled round the corner with a vicious
howl, and the stranger rubbed the end Of
his nose to keep up the circulation.
"Well, l must say that you are the most
wonderful character l ever met" said the
tenderfoot. Don't you think you will
freeze out here a day like this in your shirt
sleevesH
freeze? Freezer yelled Sloan. why,
man, | tell you you're sick! Why, this is
q mild, balm atmosphere. This is Just the
kind of a day to plant your pumpkin seed.
I've Just been out hoeing my esrly-rose
potatoes, and l find that the blasted bugs
have got onto the vines. Whewl Let's 60
in and take a lemonade to cool off on"
mo, excuse me; l guess I'll 60 back to
the hotel" replied the tourist; but Just as
he was about to leave Farmer Wallace ap-
preached putting aud perspiring, carrying
his coat on one arm and q shest OF wheat
on the other.
well, Sloan" said the farmer, little
warm today"
"Yes. How are you getting along with
your workY
Very well, indeed. | left the boys
ploughing on the northwest quarter, and
the neighbors girls have come over to 60 a
plumming OF the creek"
BY this time the stranger looked faint
and weak.
Say, farmer" said Sloan pointing at
the bewildered stranger, don't you think
that this gentleman is in pretty bad shape?
| tell You he ought to see a doctor"
why, my friend, whats the matter with
you?" asked the farmer in a voice that
went echoing in the frosty air like a gust
of a brass band. You look cold and kind
err blue! Come out for your health, / sup
poser
As the stranger was about to speak Cap
tain Call came upon the scene dressed in
a tidy base ball uniform and swinging a
bat in his hands. Come on come on
All aboard for the base ball grounds
shouted the captain, ss he dashed by with
a gleefnl expression in his sparkling eyes
and a rudy glow on his cheeks.
"Will you 90 out to see the game of
bs !, Stranger mildly asked Mr.. Sloan.
You can walk with"
But he was gone. He rushed back to
the hotel, went to his room, thswed out
over a steam radiator and remained inside
gazing out upon the first real, rollickirg
blizzard of the season until the East. bound
train arrived. He paid his bill by the bell
boy route, refusing 10 speak to any one
until he was safely seated in the Pullman
sleeper. As the train moved out he asked
the conductor if he would put on n little
extra speed, as he wanted to see his wife
and children once more before he died.