The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-05

ton from party in an adjoining sec- ton which excited their humor and brought their capacity for fiction into play.
 The party suggested was composed of 6 tall, side- whiskered, rather cadav- erous and clerical looking man, a wo- man who was evidently his wife, for she had apparently lived with him long enough to look and act like him another elderly and weazen- faced ie- male who had enough of the family resemblance to be the maiden sister of either of the couple mentioned, and who wore the double sort of spcctacles arranged for spying things at dis tance through the upper half of the lenses and for seeing at close range through the lower half Beside these three was young lady, doubtless of "culchah," for she had that look and wore gold-rimmed nose- glasses. She was probably the daughter of the first described couple.
 Altogether, 1t was a quartet of "tenderfeet" of the most pronounced variety, and notwithstanding the fact that these persons were then in Pull man car, speeding from one of the most beautiful cities on the continent, over one of the greatest triumphs of the age in the way of railroad engi- neering, to handsome and pushing city among the clouds, they gave evI- dence by their conversation that they were in momentary expectation of be- ing held up by train robbers, and If tksy- succeeded in getting through would land among horde of barba- rians more fierce and terrible than the great wall of China was ever able to shut out of tho Flowery Kingdom.
 To promote this conclusion, Colonel Bell now felt called upon to lend the brilliancy of his imagination and the full capacity of his inventive genius With wink at the general, he began ::
 "I was thinking, general, that when we get to Leadville this evening we must hunt up Psrbon Litchheld and Deacon Stump and finish that little game of draw we had with them last week"
 General Carter's eyes sparkled with fun, tor he fell into the colonel's vein at once and in reply declared with much spirit:
 "Yes, sah, have never been satis- fled with the manner in which those two leading members of our church used us up on that occasion. Why, ah, am confident that the parsons winnings that night must have been anywhere from twelve to fifteen hun dred dollars and Deacon Stump couldn't have been far behind him. must have revenge"
 "The only point that consoles me in this matter" Colonel E. returned, "lies in the fact that the money went to a good cause. Fact Is, when a min- ister wins my money I feel consoled that 1t goes toward the furtheraBee of that cause in which we all feel such a deep interest, and 90 long as he doesn't win all I've got, which would take him long time with the best of luck, I am more or less content"
 At the beginning of this converse tion the talk in the other section dropped immediately and eyes buIged, while ears stood wide open to catch every word which fell from the lips of the general and colonel, and amaze ment--almost terror gathered in plain array on the faces of the party from away down esst. The two gentlemen continued, earnestly and without the slightest evidence of . smile:
 General C-T feel much the aame | way in that respect. Besides, 1t does me good to zee ministers enjoy them- selves as the clergy of our city does. Were you along the Last night we took in the Theatre Comique with Rev. Mr. Rafter, of the First Presbyteriap, Elder Brock, of Mt. Zion, and Dr. Curtis, of St. John's7 We'll, we had . glorious time. We had | box, and I believe in my soul Doc Curtis was