The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-25
CHARLEY MI1CHELL's FIRST poILY.

That neither Sullivan, smi,h, Mitchell. nor
hilrnin can dcsroil him o! his title.
CHARLEY MI1CHELL's FIRST PoLLY.
Pretty and Hungry Polly Hona .rd her
Lewo oftso Handsome Boxer.
LEApviLLE, March 1o.-Although Charley
Mitchell has never been embarrassed by the
adulation of his own Sex, the ladies have al
ways been Kind to him and voted him q pretty
fellow; and apropos OF this. there II an incl
dent In hiscarser which. Tor several large, cold
facts that will crop out In the narration. he has
not proclaimed from tho housetops, and which,
liEo most things ono doesn't want to tell about
ones sell. Is interesting.
Toward the waue OF Leadville's palmy days
ono of its humhlor bellies was Polly Bond. llcr
father, old man Bond, had been in tho leather
business, and by strict economy and inyari-
ably insisting that the horn and tail won't with
tho hide. amasscd some money. with which he
opened tho Capitol Restaurant. During the
boom. what was known rs II two bit" 4, O.,
twenty-five cent? meal was synonymous with
penury or extraordinary meannrss. Ii n man
to whom iDese terms could not amply INDUCED
in one. people said he did 1t in order to appear
eccentric. Tho popular place In those days
was Mixes caft," or. as the alite OF Lcadvllle
usually wrote it, Miles CALI" and it Was. in
in truth. n golden cali at which many wor-
shinped. The cooking and prices were both
~ IA 1 sim. ifIss IS s shs sn n mt aonss Sod io IH .
the aay and festive crowd, wdo had ersiwhils
craekei champagne by the basket at Mikes
eft c found a do,'ar assumi,s the propor,ion.
ep .,,u inst n ,hs dda7itoi %neqea as a tvo;lhi,
70 notice that there wac always a prsity Hlrl
ginning in the corner when they dropped in.
No matIor What the hour, lGcre she was, toy
stew, and 1t grew to be Tho !a,hion TO 90 and
man Bond was slrnwd enough to know
the value of female loveliness, and had given
Polly a unique and original position, in his car
%ai liner. 'HWSp he1i;e sp s she " oaiy made h sel Hsree or
INTO is", Tho s' silent sst way way c t"ro y the sn nir Rai y n noS aps
business. and nobody could SAY Tor sura. Polly
WAS ihe1 h y: P bair VAS as a ;s.s sis and b sM's ,no ssS
have melted The glaciers CT Leadvllie's balmy
orened her mouth except to put something
into 1t.
Polly wero all the rage, that Charley Mitchell
came to Leadville with Il show, and. falling into
the customs OF the country: boarded at the Can.
when he saw Miss Bond dispose of y outlet he
became intereste.i; whan she called for scrnm-
tie tine she had efmnptirriI the dish and men n,
toned pie he surrendered. 1t was quick work.
for Tho fompany was only there : week; bntin
a We5i he wooed and won her. Atruce for do
tails. They walked and rode together, and In
fna, m I'd e. sell REPRESENTATIVES, dspn way g. his Char;
ttpsiattio over MltchelIs proves. and told her
% idy M5'G S11 ,sr e n. until. IKE TX De DS1'% nns9 she
short. they became engaged.
There was a henrtrending scene at parting.
Dolly want n thu hf~rAas AusNl ru ctNra II tr,wn
and bought hun an enormous gold-headed
sane: the shephsI's crook. inscribed From
swors eternal constancy. and that, after he re.
turned to his haronial halls in England. he
would come back and claim her for his own,
in': and r desptse i her S Rsfsq Ei L lSs' tt.s sit f sGe
"a sas! s : , ono i ssS s s'isf SSns 6 6s?* m iSf IT. s; sns
rra,ions IRON the, old gentleman. WHO. they
rightly Judged. had no soul above a sirioln
steak. Be,wson them they invested In = piino
and an easel with its complement and when
OF, duty Polly affected an air Of h4uteur and o
pair Of eyeglasses. livery day she wrote to
Charley and Charley wrote to her.
But presently an explosion came. Old man
Bond. who nad for som time been omlnously
tins "anSx .uf he eq%bn asinsss:! !1 Hsa rS'' nv sn toS ESss
stairs and could stand it no longer, dc burst
and the easel. Ilucked the eyeglasses from
Polly's nose. ground them under loot, and with
somo observations that could only be printed
her. Furthermore. that her dining was Of late \
hollow meckcry. and that she, would have to
throw mor- enthusiasm and abandon into 1t,
or when Mitchell anne hs would surely rise up
At shout this time II little episode occurred
which is worth telling. Sui van amt to town
and went about 1t like q roaring lion, for some
pers. One day he was al Soda 81 r.nGs. a sub
urban resort. AMI Miss Bond. who happcned
TO 10 there with some friends. was pointed out
to him as Mitcheil's fancte.
Lady" said John l..." do you think you arc
going TO marry LITTLE Charley Mitchell"
You never will. said the great MIN. turn
Sullivan meant was that ere the auptial day ar.
rived he would have sent Mr.. Mitchell to the
land where there is mother marriage nor civ
ing in marriage. but there was prophesy In his
Chariey's letters became few and fewer, until
at last Polly picked up,a newspaper and read
that with her cane under his arm and treason
on oih ms R eSny. p HsS ad sHa. and nc e erSTsh ar M.in that hat
men are d-ceiyers all.
Then she did 4 thing for which she has plenty
Of, president. She got mad, and married an;
Q healthy bank account. Eut she was not
happy, for only last year she figured In q divorce
court at Denver. asking, for A!imony. and hOr
husband agurred also: asking for u Simple sep
sponGed AMI @i,h h's os ss0 SharI. w' Mi, .hsi "l and sV thst
tLsir %sri.tlcs wore too lender for his peace.
One word more and the idyl is finished up to
laHgui,hed, dcgencrated. and finally disap-
D.onred at about the same time that Nike
Welsh. whose calf" 1t and Polly sppplanted.
tiemCns in u Denver hospital.