St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-07

beneath pair of heavy Drows ana Jwnkled
with good nature and contentment. He
Wore blue flannel shirt with deep roll
ing collar, a coat of buckskin fringed with
leather and buckSkin pants fastened at the
waist with a broad rawhide belt. High
topped boots encaSed his almost pOnderOuS
feet and i'm the tops We're tucked his pants.
lie was Il typical cowboy and could hit a
silver quarter at fifty PAGES with a Smith
d. WesSOu ninety-nine times out of a hun
bred. And jim always carried a Smith 4
WeSSOn ~ with him and sometimes it was
thrust through the belt over his hip; some
times it was concealed in his boot top and
other times il was stuck into his hip pocket,
but it was always with him. no matter
where he was or what his condition.
One night as crowd of the
boys of the town sat in Greco
Toms saloon on jackson street chatting
and hoping that somebody would come in
and invite them to drink. Fireum Nose,
sergeant alarms Of the Tramps lyceum,
happened to mention the association. jim
was there and at once became interested.
He asked Nose the object of the OrganZa-
ton. and when it had been explained. sig
ntied willingness to join it. I'D like TO
join it next Wednesday night" said Jim.
It'll kind O help wear away the time till
90 back to Their plains" he said.
IAN right, jim" said Nose. ''I'll max e
arrangements fur initiation next Wednes-
day night eff yerll be ready"
'Pll be thar sure" replied Jim, slowly
crossing his legs and splitting on the stove.
Nose spoke to Windgall BlatZ about the
candidate he had found. and it was ar
ranged to make the initiation of Jim an
occasion of unusual interest, and Nose was
detailed by President BIatz TO notify the
members of the lyceum and make all ar
rangements for the occasion. Nose went
about his work with a will and told all the
boys to be at the Wednesday night meeting
as q rich treat was in store for them.
"Wednesday night arrived. and when Pres
dent BlatZ called the meeting to order he
found an unusually large number in attend
ance. The room was hlled.
'BoyeeS," said BlatZ from behind the
barrel, 1--WE hev er canderdate fur ineshea-
ton inter this serciety ternight an Their
meSheatOry performance will be conducted
by FIreum Nose. Crabapple Sweet and
Clothesline Williams, who hev made all pre-
puratons. Their new member is Rattle
snake Jim of Montana. who you er all
purity well acquainted with. He is now
waitin' i'm ther ante room an if ther ineshe-
alton committee will git ready for him,
will hey him brought in"
Fmeum Nose stepped forward at these
words and turned the gas down. He then
placed heavy bar of railroad iron across
the entrance from the ante-rOOm. This
done he called Crabapple Sweet and
Clotheslipe Williams from the crowd and
together they Went out into the ante-rOom.
They had not been gone long when the door
opened and RattleSnake Jim made his ap-
Ia Xro Al 81, los, ait Inn.
side stood Sweet and Williams with their
hands on his shoulders. while Nose came
ahead holding in his hand a rope. the end
of which was noosed around Jims neck.
Brother" said Nose in sepulcheral
tones, thou art now about to take upon
thyself stern and solemn duties. The path
over which thou must pass to reach the
vale of true happiness in which this order
dwells. is full of uhorns and pitfalls Thou
wilt be subjected to tests that are severe in
order that thy determination may be fully
tried. Art thou willing to stand the
trials?"
Il be" replied Jim in a solemn voice.
at is well. "countinued Nose. brothers,
lead the candidate forward"
The two men who had hold of Jim's
shoulders led him along at a rapid gait. and
striking the bar of iron he fell headlOng to
the moor. w nen he IGli, MOSe puiltu the
rope and the moose closed in on Jim's
throat until his tongue hung out and he
gasped for breath. lie was soon placed on
his feet and the moose lOOsened.
Brother" said Nose. 1.-THE first pit-fall
hath been passed, yet there other trials far
worse than this. Hast thou the fortitude
to go on?'
Il hev," calmly replied Jim.
brothers, lead the candidate this way"
said Nose.
jim was led into the center of the room
in full view of all the men. Brother, -
said Nose, 'open wide thy mouth that we
may see that this tongue is not so arranged
as to wag necessarily and disclose the sa
cred secrets Of this society,""
Jim threw back his head and opened his
mouth as wdelyas possible. In his hand
Nose held quantity of red pepper and
EPSON salts and these he poured nto Jims
mouth. When the combination began 10
work on him Jim acted like a busted soda
fountain. and the salts and red pepper flew
: 1A IN all directions
.NngIgHS as he yelled for
them to turn the
~ IN hose on him. but
he finally Stiffled