, 1889-10-06
MARINE NEWS.

Irish hearts, not averse to a quiet game
of cards occasionally; and sometimes,
Just too add zest to the pastime, a small
ante and low limit is named. When the
colonel was in business here he frequently
played with strangers who seemed to be
proper people. Gamblers heard of his
good nature, and about every month a
smooth man would drop in and try to
rob Col. Luke, but they were invariably
outwitted. One night a IN asquerader Of
this ilk was detected in the act of chasing
a good hand up his sleeve. Col Murrin
was not the. man TO make a scene if it
could be avoided. He quietly remarked
in that rare brogue: Mike, you handle
thin cards too Elegant for a gintleman."
The sharper hastily withdrew.
Bag Deronda A. Preston, the young
Democrat who ably represented Fremont
county in the late convention, halls from
Southern Illinois, the stamping ground Of
DIR. w. Nj. Garrard, the ever-blooming
patriarch who recently retired from the
receivership of the Cheyenne land office.
The doctors age is a heap more of a
problem than the tariff question, and
numerous and sharp are the guessing con-
tests among his host of lady friends on
this subject. A local society queen who
was extremely anxious to know how long
the chivalrous old gentleman had been in
the ring, tried to worm the secret from
Preston, who commenced life at least half
a century after his friend. How long,"
sweetly inquired the lady with an insinu
ating air, have you known DR.. Gar
rard?" Preston pondered but al instant
and put his assailant to rout by replying:
why, we were boys together. In the
answer was also a very pretty compliment
to the gallant doctors perennial youth
fulness.
Ras-George Taylor. the iovial wit who
used to let tenderfeet off easy enough at
his depot curiosity store, sent DR.. Gar.
rard to bed for three days once. he was
standing IN front of the postofice brag-
ging about the intelligence of his trained
potato bugs, when Henry Ward Beecher's
double came along. Say; doctor, called
Taylor, as an idea that would knock a
legislature into adjournment struck him,
my friend here and l have had a long
dispute on a question which We have
agreed to refer to you as the only quail.
fed Judge in town." With that courtly
| grace which cannot be counterfeited the
doctor said that if able he would be de-
lighted to ren6er an impartial decision.
well" continued Tay lor with great
gravity, II have questioned my friends
statement that the ladies of the last cen
tury dressed more tastefully than the
ladies OF this century. Now how is it?
You ought to know" Taylor ran across
the street to escape a Gaming.
B6- A cowboy friend called Yesterday.
He was a typical knight of the range half
a dozen years ago, but has settled on a
claim near a promising Nebraska town.
Il didn't have time to tog out proper
when started on this trip" he said in
apology for his personal appearance. Il
amt dressed very purity now, but at
home / do sure sling on a heap o dog. l
wear a plug hat and billed shirt of n
Sunday" This last sentence was uttered
with exultant defiance. 1t was a sort of
proud confession. Not a plug?' was
the retorting query in mingled tones of
Mortified surprise and misplaced conf
dence. II sure do" he stoutly replied,
"Gnd there ain t a s~on-of.a-gun in the
county that dares shoot at it or say any
hing