Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-03-21
Not . .l,n,.terlsl Color.

Not Ministerial Color.
The Rev. DIR. r. W. Gunsaulus had
AZ interesting experience out in Arizona
last summer. 1t will bear nsrratingl
It seems that friend in London; aware
u the reverned gentleman's fondne5s
for vivid color, sent DR.. Gunsaulus 3
bright-red necktie There is no other
red neek-tie in the world quite so red IS
British red necktie; it is the consum-
nation. the apotheosis of redness.
When DR.. Gunsaulus clapred eyer on
that red necktie he was dazzIed-nsy,
be was stunned By its terrific splendor.
As quickly as he could he put 1t away.
! must not wear it, said he to himself.
1t is too wicked for this part Of the
world. / will serve 1t for Arizona
1t is true that DIR. Gunsaulus had los
aces 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 inspired in
DR.. Gunsaulus ceaseless yearning to
go West. At any rate be went. accom-
panied by his son. little fellow Of ten
or twelve years OF age.
To such as have never seen DIR.
Gunsaulus decked in that array which
he affects when inspecting wheat or
hunting rare bibliomaniac finds in
Arizona We will say that this costume is
strange 10 the degree of weirtlness: its
most conspicuous feature is black felt
hat WIT an enormous flexible brim. An
especial flavor of spice-of wickedness,
if you please-was given to this costume
by the superb red necktie. To be can
did, DR.. Gunsaulus, attired for Arizona,
looked very like one of those heoric far
western characters of which Bret Harte
loves to treat.
Now. it happened that DR.. Gunsaulus
travelled on a free pass-a free pass
obtained through the kindly offices OF
one Of the influential lambs of his flock.
/ This free pass was made continuous all
the way from Chicago to Arizona and
back again. 1t fell clearly within the
lines of the interstate commerce act,
for it was made out to the account OF
land was to be paid IN advertising.
This free pass worked all right until
DR.. Gunsaulus struck the Santa Fs
country. 1t was then that coarse. I'M
feeling, one-eyed conductor came
through the train collecting tickets at
the point of murderous looking horse
pistol. He had been Sheriff of a
county in New Mexico and was Thing
of Blood
@Ticketsl' demanded this fierce
monster.
DR.. Gunsaulus mildly produced his
free pass. The conductor read the free
pass. The unhallowed fire of skepticism
illumined his cyelopean optic.
Watts yor uame2" asked the conduc-
tor.
"The Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus,"
answered the holy man.
| The conductor took as rapid a view OF
DR.. Gunsaulus as his one eve would adj
NIT of.
"No, yer don'ti" exclaimed the con-
ductor, brutally. Yer don't play that
game on mel Yer no preacher"
indeed ! am, and very good
preacher, too demonstrated DIR.
( Gunsaulus.
"Come, now" said the conductor, its
no use of yer tryin' to come any monkey
business with me: reckon / know a
! dominy when l see him. Yer'll have to
put up yer good money or get oA'n the
train
There seemed to be no alternative
Dr. Gunsaulus looked ont of the car
window; it would never do for him to
be set down in that desert of cactuses
aud prairie dogs. He sought to reason
with the conductor; every gift, every
power, even artifice of eloqueuce at his
command he brought to bear upon the
callous creature, but all in vain. In
vain, also, did the reverend gentleman 5
little boy plaintively but stoutly main
tain that papa was Minister" the I'M
regenerate heart of that conductor was
not to be moved.
No dominy ever wore a neclltie like
that said the conductor. "Yer'll have
to put up the stuff or get off'n the
train"
DR.. Gunssulus did put up, but not
until he had secured receipt therefor
from the one-eyed skeptic, The next
three hours were hours Of misery, for
not even so long-suffering and SO
patient a clergyman US DR.. Gunsaulus
cared to be separated from his worldly
possessions, by the unfeeling agent of a
soulless railway corporation. But
about hundred miles farther down the
road the Mayor of Santa Fe boarded
the train, and he was happily able to
identify DIR. Gunsaulus as being indeed
entitled to all the perquisites and
courtesies involved in and entailed by
that free rass. So the one-eyed con
ductor di>gorged the money and made
an apology as best he could.
"Pve been Twin out here now foi
goin' on tweuty-three years" said he,
"and I've seen every kind of human
bein' from bonanza kings down to three.
card monte, sharks, but | never seen 9
preacher with red necktie afore Say
/ pardner, yer daisy, Ill bet Although
It's agin' the rules | don't mind lookin
at yer if yer've got yer bottle handy!"-
! Chicago NelCS.