The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12
A HOT DAY.

A HOT DAY.
no" Three Dakota Rustiers EntertaIne
shiv-rins Tenderfoot.
1t was twenty-three degrees below
zero. ami the wind was in good work
ing order. A slender tenderfoot wa,
coming down the street on a sort O
crippled 'dog-trot," his blue and sup
pnrating proboscis protruding like &
fOrerunner Of frozen misery. Just a
he reached the corner he WAS stopped
by Ed Sloan, the rustler and assistan,
banner winner. Sloan saw the stranger
long in advance Of the meeting. and
deciding to make an impression on him.
he dotted his buffalo coat and cap,
threw off his under-coat, and at his
confluence with the shivering tender.
foot he appeared in his shirt sleeves,
wiping his brow with a handkerchief.
The tenderfoOt was startled. just rs
ne was about to pass the sweltering
Sloan exclaimed:
Good morning. stranger. you look
sort o. feeble. Not sick. l hope?"
Good morning. sir" falteringly re-
piled the dumbfounded stranger, his
teeth chattering like a trip hammer.
"NO. sir, / am not sick. / never en-
joyed better health in nv life"
He edged in close to the building 70
escape the wind. and looked al Slom
with 4 Multiplying glance of inquiry.
and it was plain to be seer that n,
thought he bad met a lunatic or crank
of che most virulent type.
But you look coldr' calculated the
honest Sloan, w he rubbed some more
cayenne pepper and Kerosene on his
face to give it the appearance of neat
and perspiration. Here. take some
Of this medicine; it will help you.
You've got the goldarndest Ease of
chilis | ever saw"
The stranger looked wild. The wind
whistied round the corner with a
vicious howl. and the stranger rubbed
the end of his nose to keep up the cir
eulation.
well. / must say that You are the
wonderful character l ever
met. said the tenderfoot. Don't YOU
think you will freeze out here a day
like this in your shirt s~leevesa'
Freeze! Freeze" yelled Sloan.
why. man. l tell YOU, you're sick.
Why. this is a mild. baImy atmosphere.
This is just the kind Of = day 10 plant
your pumpkin seeds. I've Just been
out hoeing NY early rose potatoes. and
| lind tina. the blasted bugs have got
into the vines. Whew! let's 90 in and
take a lemonade to cool off on
mo. excuse me; I guess III 90 back
to the HOTEL replied the tourist: but
just As he was about to leave Farmer
Wallace approached. putting and per-
carrying his coat on his arm
and a sheaf of wheat on tine other.
well. S%loan." said the farmer. ..lit-
tie warm to-day"
"ies. How are You getting along
with your work"
VERY well. indeed. l left the BOYS
on the northwest quarter. and
the neighbors' girls have come over to
go a plumming on the creek"
BY this time the stranger looked
faint and weak.
Say. Farmer" said Sloan. pointing
the ~bewildered stranger. don't You
think that this gentleman is in pretty
bad shape: I tell you he ough. to see
\ doctor"
why. my friend. what's the matter
with you?" asked the farmer. in = voice
that went echoing in the frosty air like
The gust Of . brass band. You look
cold and kind of blue! Come o for
your health. l s%uppose:'"
As the stranger vas about to speak
CAPTAIN Call came upon the scene
in a tidy baseball uniform sad
swinging a bat in his hands. Come
-" SAh VII. AL 1OO1su lol tHN
ball grounds shouted the Captain.
- lie dashed by with glcefr, express
'iun in his sparkling eye. and . ruddy
glow on his chesks.
"Wiu you go out to see the game Of
ball. stranger??" mildly asked Mr..
Sloan. You can walk down With"
But he WAS gone. He rushed back
the hotel. went to his room. .hawed
,ut over > steam radiator, and ne
NAMED inside gazing out upon the first
zeal. rollicking blizzard OF the season.
until the ea<t-bound train arrived He
paid his bill by the bellboy ronse. re-
using to speak 10 any one until he was
'Afely seated in the Pullman sleeper.
As the train moved out - asked the
II he would pat o. . little
Extra speed. - he wanted to Sc his
wife and childrea enee more besoes
Ae died--Bisssrak 1riaxaA.