The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28
HAD TIE TOOTliACIIE.
THE COLONEL" AN OLD TINE
COWBOY, GIVES Hi5 EXPERIENCE.
Usrdships Of Uerder During the hains
se,son-u. Wanted To See His G'ri ~
Dcnvcr-G Giving Up "A sound Tooth an"
Then uusfiinC Back To Camp.


Dcnvcr-civine Up sound Tooth an"
Then uusiiine Back to Camp.
Charlie" Mctcalf is an old timo cowboy
One would not know it now 20 look ut nm
for be- kicked or his spurs and discarded hi
snmbrcro years ago Nor "olld ai} on
know that be- had been n theatrical manager
d school teacher. n steamship pufser and
privafe secretary. but ho has Como through
81 thcso experience. and many more lii
first venture was cattle raising lie had Jus'
been graduated from college when Doe wen
west 10 become cattle king" = he him
self tells the story. there were many circum
ftanres which conspired 90 prevent his ue
cominc much Of king. In the hrst place
he put all bis money he had into the cuisines
Accordingly. when some cattle ihievr
swooped down upon hi. camp ono night am
sfanreied with the whole herd the youn
cattle raiser found himself he tho position
where there was not only no power hehine
the kings throne, but no throne
I'm the language II the plains, be founc
himself after that reduced from the position
Of "A cattle owner 10 a "cow puncher- u
the course 81 the next four years be- manage
10 branch out again, buying somo hundre
head. The following winter vas somcthln-
ike n prolonged and wicked blizzard, ano
when spring came Col Metcalf lhe was Gale,
colonel on the plains because he had trle
10 get admitted 10 West Point. and althotr
he failed dismally he always boa-ted that Boz
passed his physical examination with credit
found himself the owner OF just five bouy
90 I T.. 4 rI| d -lN
Them for no ono would bus then SO b.
turned them loose on tho plain, and again
took 10 the saddle at so o month, hou
spurs and lariat thrown ia. This was in TN
spring Of ISL.
HARD TIMES oN TIE RANGE
The Colonel whatever bis faiinss a.
cattle raising. tells gool story. lie fell t.
talking with friend ~ other day about tif
toothache, and be- told the story of the frs
and only case If toofhache hc ever had. 80
Ter briefly skefchug bis two failures at raj,
ine cattle, Dee described the winter that foi
lowed bis return 10 Cow punching"
''Ihe winter Boo said. "was not Joss sever
than that Of the year before, and when Jun
of 1852 finally came around we were "a sorry
looking lot. Every herdcr had begun tn
season with five broncos Broncos ar
tough. bat that winter settled them, and o.
would have settled us. too, If we hadn't ha'
plenty of blankets. lnever saw anything lik
the way 10 raiued that spring. Our cioihe,
tent, and blankets got SO soaked that TO-
weeks ye had not aad dry rag on as. ! d.
can 10 get pretty sick Of being % cowboy, ano
what made my complaint worse was the faci
that the girl % whom was engaged was visit
inc relatives In Denver had seen hcrto
three years. and although my employer I'm.
promised me a week of when good woatho
cauIe. there seemed 90 ho uo chance Of goln.
10 Denver for "a long time, for We were IN g
terrible fix Our temporary camp was a.
the old battle ground on Big Sandy creek
where the Indian massacre cmassa-crec' ever,
ono calls if thero was committed In 'G. h'
the First Colorado cavalry. under Col Chiv
ip.ion. II was about all we could do % ham.
on to tine ground TO keep from slipping dow
the side Of The gully. The cattle were STAN
pedu. every day, and we had 10 WORK all th
time. 10 make matters worse, thcro warren
half enough broncos % ~ around and w
hal % he ON our feet good deal of tho time
"A hard trial for a cowboy
THREw AWAY a TOOTH
u made mp mv mind Co go 90 Denver, anr
! began 90 culgol my brains % find SOM
good excuse for deserving my outfit hu
upon the to0thache, and for three days / sui
fecel untold agony when any OF the me
were around | prote,,ed 90 De unable O.
eat. and themen began 90 feel alarmed about
nae At the end of three days / began O.
weaken. / could not starve % death, and
thought that must give mp the toothache
finally decided 10 take rs Risky Hank, th0
cook. into my confidence and made clear
breast of the whole thing % him. Ate
that bee brought me my meals when the mor
were all or punching the cattle, which
every day were becoming wilder than buila
loes. kept this up for a week, when Oh.
head man came ID me and said: See here
colonel. YOU 20 10 Denver and get that tootl
ont protested that it would not be right
for me % desert the camp 40 such a time
but Doe insisted, and finally ] started
My employer was at River Bend, th0
home ranch. near the Kansas Pacific. and ]
started for Kit Carson, the nearest RAILWAY
station, twenty miles away, in great glee.
had not been in Il town, big or little, for over
a year. and when / struck Denver the plac,
was not big enough TO hold me. / got there
in tho morning and went straight 20 the 81
James hotel After feasting no breakfast,
lighted n cigar and stood on the front steps
while. just 20 see what civilized people looked
like was just going down to the street e
hurry around 20 Herman avenue on Capito
Hill. when / came face 10 face with my en-
ployer For an instant l wished that ! wa.
back at the Old Battle Ground, chasing cattl,
over the slippery ground. whipped out uly
handkerchief and clapped il up TO my cheek
oothache-terrble,' murmured
'Ioothache, ohi be said, looking at m6
keonly Come with me and have II ont
Il hadn't the courage 70 say word and
followed him meekly around % the Office of
dentist sat down IN the chair in a state @.
utter collapse, pointed out back tooth arc
groaned. pull it, The dentist had hare
work 10 get that tooth out, for il was one OF
the best teeth that a man ever had had
pay - Tor the operation, too and when the
tooth was out and the dentist had soothed
my wounded jaw my employer took me down
% the station and saw me of on tho nexi
train for Kit Carson, bound for tho camp.
never dared 10 tell any Of the boys how | got
beaten at my game. Even tho cook never
learned the truth. New York Tribune.
Mixed Up In Making Change.
Il is odd how confusing some littlo prob
lens in figures will sometimes be- A gentle