, 1890-04-06

Mr.. Sides at one time became quite
civilized, distinguished himself from his
tribe BY reading the Bible and conining
his shirt tail TO the narrow confines OF a
pair of cavalry trousers. instead of Civ
ing 1t to the irresponsible breeze as other
Piutes did. He now established an hotel
up the valley in the Sierras and decided
to lead a life OF industry. He built an
hostelry called the Shack de Poker Hunt
us. and adver tised in the Carson Ap-
peal, a paper even the editor of which,
Mr.. Sam Davis, says fills him with won
der and Amusement when he knows that
people actually subscribe for it. Very
soon Flutes began to come to the Shack
to spend the heated term. Every Pluto
who took the appeal saw the advertise
ment, which went on to state that hot
and cold water could be got into every
room in the house and that electric bells,
baths, silver voiced chambermaids, over
charges and everything else connected
with a first class hotel could be found at
this place. So the Piute people locked
up their own homes and, e~iecting the cat,
they spat on the fire and moved to the
new summer hotel. They took their
friends with them. They had no money,
but they knew johnson Sides and they
visited him all summer
In the fall Mr.. Sides closed the house.
and taking a rubber cuspidor, with a ca
pacitv of two gallons, he resumed his
blanket and went back to live with his
tribe. When the butcher wagon came
the next day the driver found a notice of
sale, and in the language OF Sol Smith
Russell, Good reasons given for selling"
Mr.. Sides had been a temperance man
now for a year, at least externally, but
with the humiliation of this great financial
wreck came a wild desire to flee to the
maddening bowl, baving been monkeying
with the madding crowd all summer. So
silently he concealed a bottle oil Reno EN-
balming fluid and secreted himself be.
hind a tree, where he was asked to ioin
himself in a social nip. He had hardly
wiped away az idle tear with the corner
OF his blanket and replaced the stopper in
his tear Jug when the local representative
OF the U. g. j. K L. A. of Reno came
upon him. He was reported to the lodge,
and his character babe fair to be smirched
so badly that nothing but saltpeter and Q
consistent life could save it. At this crit
ical stage Mr. Davis, Of The Appeal, came
to his aid, and not only gave him the sup.
port and encouragement of his columns,
but told Mr.. Sides that he would see that
the legislature took speedy action in re.
moving his alcoholic disabilities. Through
tho untiring efforts OF Mr.. Davis, there.
fore; a bill was framed whereby the
drink taken bv johnson Sides, of Nevada,
be and Is hereby declared null and void"
On a certain day Mr.. Davis told him
that the bill would come up for final pas.
sage and 40 doubt pass without opposi.
ton, but a sack would have to be raised
to deiray the expenses. The tribe be-
gan to collect what money they had and
to sell their grasshoppers in order to
raise more.
johnson Sides and bis tribe gathered
on the day named and seated themselves
IN the galleries Slim old warriors with
hrm faces and beetllng brows, to say
nothing Of having their hair reached,
but yet with no flies on them to speak of,
sat In the front seats. Large, corpulent
squaws, wearing health costumes. secured
by telegraph wires, listened to the pro
ceedlngs, not knowing anything that was
going on n more than other people dc
who go to watch the legislature. Finally.
however, Sam Davis came and told Mr.
Sides that the bill had passed aud that he
was now pure as the driven snow. | saw
him last week, but it seemed to me it wal
about time to get some more special legis
lation for him.
Once Mr.. Davis met Mr.. Sides on the
street and was so glad to see him tina
he said: johnson, | like you first rate.
and would always be glad to see you
Whenever you can, let me know where
you are"
The next week Sam got quite a lot o.
kilograms from along the railroad-foi
the Indians ride free on account OF then
sympathies with the road. These tele.
grams were dated at different stations
along the way, and were hopeful and
even CHEEKY. all being marked collect. ~
They were about as follows:
Sam Davis. Carson. New:
"WINNEMUccA, New. March 81, 80.
Il sm here.
JOHNSON SIDES"
Every little while, for quite a long time
MIR. Days would get a bright, CHEEKY
telegram, sometimes in the middle of the
night when he was IN bed, assuring hin
that johnson Sides was There" and he
would 20 back to bed cheered and soothed