Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
Or. cuasAuLus,s nEckTls.
10 Camo Near Making His Pveacher's
Railroad Pass OF No Avail.

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rating. 1t seems that friend in Lon
don. aware OF the reverend gentle
mans fondness for vivid color, sent
There is no other red necktie ia the
world quite as red as British red
necktie; it is the contamination, the
apotheosis. Of redness. When DIR.
Gunsaulus clapped his eyes on that
red necktie he was dazzled-nay, he
was stunned-by its terrific splendor.
As quickly as he could no put 1t away.
Il must not wear It," said he to HIM
self. 1T is too wicked for this part Of
the world. l will reserve it for Ari-
IONA"
1t is true that Dr. Gunsaulus had 165
acres of wheat out in Arizona that
needed looking after, but it is more
than likely that an ambition to wear
that new, splendid red necktie in
spired in DIR. Gunsaulus q ceaseless
| yearning to go west. At any rate he
went, accompanied by his son. little
fellow of 10 or IL years of age.
To such rs have never seen DR.. Gun
saulus decked in that array which he
affects when inspecting wheat or hunt
ing rare bibliomaniac finds in Arizona
| we will say that this costume is
strange to the degree of weirdness; its
most conspicuous feature is a black
felt hat with an enormous flexible
brm. An especial flavor of spice-of
wickedness. il you please-was given
TO this costume by the superb red
necktie. TO be candid, DR.. Gunsaulus,
attired for Arizona looked very like
one of those far western characters of
which Bret Harte loves to treat.
Now it happened that DR.. Gunsaulus
travelled on free pass-a free pass
obtained through the kindly Offices of
one of the influential lambs of his
flock. This free pass was made con-
tinuous all the way from Chicago to
Arizona and back again. 1t fell clear
ly within the lines of the Interstate
commerce net. for it was made out to
the account of (and was TO be paid in)
advertising.
This free pass worked all right I'M
til DIR. Gunsaulus struck the Santa Fe
country. 1t was then that coarse,
unfeeling. one-eyed conductor came
through the train collecting tickets at
the point of looking horse
pistol. He had been sheriff of county
in New Mexico, and was Thing of
Blood.
''Ticketsr demanded this fierce
monster.
DIR. Gunsaulus mildly produced his
free pass. The conductor read the
free pass. The uuhallowed fire of
skepticism illumined his cyclopean
optic.
Watts yer name?" asked the con-
ductor.
The Rev. +. w. Gunsaulus," an
swered the holy man.
The conductor took as rapid view
of Dr. Gunsaulus as his one eye would
admit of.
mo. yer don'tr' exclaimed the con-
ductor. brutally. Yer don't play
that game on me! Yer no preacher. !"
Indeed | am. and Il very good
preacher, too" demonstrated DIR. Gun
saulus.
Come, now said the conductor,
tits no use of yer tryin' to come any
monkey business with me; | reckon
know a domInie when see him.
Yer'll have to put up yer good money
or get Off n the train!"
There seemed TO he no alternative.
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w ndow; it would never do for him to
be set down in that desert of cactuses
and prairie dogs. He sought to reason
with the conductor; every gift, every
power every artilice of elOqucuce ut
his command he brought To bear upon
the callous creature. but all in vain.
= In vain also did the reverend gentle
mans little boy plainlvely but stoutly
maintain that papa was Il ministers"
the unregenerate heart of that couduc-
tor was not to be moved.
mo dominy ever wore necktie
like that said the conductor. "Yer'll
have to put up the stuff or git of n the
train"
DR.. GunsauuS did put up but not
: until he had secured Il receipt therefor
from the one-eved skeptc. The next
r three hours were hours Of misery. for
not even so lOng-suiicrng aud so
patient a clergyman rs Dr. Gunsaulus
cares To he separated from his worldly
possessions by the unfeelng agent of Il
sOullesS railway corporation. But
about hundred miles further down
the road the mayor of Santa Fe board
ed the train, and he was happily able
to identify DR.. GunsauluS rs being in
deed entitled to all the perquiStcs and
courtesies involved in and entaled by
that free pass. So the one-eyed con-
ductor disgorgGd the money and made
an apology ~ best he could.
/ I've been Twin out hero now for
goin on twenty-three years. said he
land I've seen every kind of human
bein', from bonanza kings down to
three-card monte sharks, but | never
seen Il preacher with II red necklie
! afore! Say, parlner yer daiSN. I'll
bet! Although it's agin the rules. |
don't mind lookin' ut yer if yrr'vc got
, yer bottle handyr'- Chicago NelOs.
Strange things happen in a drug
store, suppose" II should say they