, 1891-01-29
HE eoMINIE,s RED NgckIIg.
He TrIeO to Wear 1t Out in Arizona, but
II dot Him Into Trouble.

49, DAN ~ A@Aa SNN
IL Got Him Into Trouble.
The Rev. Dr. F. w. Gunsaulus had an
Interesting experience out in Arizona. 1t
will bear narrating. 1t seems that a friend
in London, aware of the reverend gentle
mans fondaess for vivid color, sent DR..
Gunsaulus a bright red uecktie. There is
no other red necktie in the world quite so
red as a British red necktie; it is the con
summation, the apotheosis OF redness.
When DR.. Gunsaulu1 clapped eyes on that
red necktie he was dazzled-nay, he was
stunned by its terrific ~splendor. As quick
ly as he could he put it away. 81 must not
wear it," said he to himself. ut is too
wicked for this part of the world. l will
reserve it for Arizona"
1t is true hat DIR. Gunsaulus had lG5
acres of wheat out in Arizona that needed
looking after, but it is more than likely
that an ambition to wear that new, SPLEEN
did red necktie inspired in DR.. Gunsaulus
a ceaseless y%earning to go west, At any
rate he went, accompanied by his son, n
little fellow of 10 or i years of age.
To such as have never seen DR.. Gunsaul-
US dgCked- in that array which he Affects
when inspecting wheat or hunting rare
b~ibliomaniac finds in Arizona we will say
hat this costume is strange to the degree
of ~weirdness; its most conspicuous feature
is a black felt hat with an enormous hexi-
BILE brim. An especial flavor of spice-of
w~ickedness, il you please-was given to
this costume by the superb red necktie. To
be candid, DIR. G~unsaulus, attired for Ari
IONA, looked very like one OF those heroic
far western characters Of which Bret Harte
loves to treat.
Now 1t happened that DR.. G~unsaulus
travelled on Il free pass-a free pass oh
tanned 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 inter
state act, for it was made out
to the account of land was to be paid I'M
advertising.
This free pass worked all right until DR..
G~unsaulus struck the santa Fe country. 1t
was then that a coarse, unfeeling, one eyed
conductor came through the train collecting
tickets at the point of a murderous looking
horse pistol. He had been sheriff of a
county in New Mexico and was a thing of
blood.
''Ticketsi' demanded this fierce monster.
DIR. G~unsaulus mildly produced his free
pass. The conductor read the free pass.
The unhallowed fire Of skepticism illu-
mined his cyclopean optic.
Watts yer amer asked the conductor.
''rhe Rev. +. w. Gunsaulus, " answered
the holy man.
The conductor took a. rapid a view of
DR.. G]uusaulus as his one eye would admit
Of.
mo, yer DON'T" exclaimed the conductor
brutHlly. Yer don't play that game on
me! Yer no preacher
Indeed ! am. and a very good preacher,
too,'' demonstrated DIR. G~unsaulus.
Come now" said the conductor, Its
no use of yer tryin' to com any monkey
business with me; l reckon l know a
dominy when 1 see him. Yer'n have to
put up yer good money or get off'n the
train!''
There seemed to be no alternative. Dr.
Gunsaulus looked out Of the car window.
1t would never do for hirl to be set down
in that desert of cactuse and prairie dogs.
He sought to reason with the conductor;
every gift, every power, every article of
eloquence at his command he brought to
bear upon the callous creature, but all in
vain. In vain also did the reverend gen
tleman's little boy plaintively. but stoutlv.
maintain that papa was a Minister the
unregenerate heart of that conductor was
not to be moved.
mo dominy ever wore a necktie like
that" said the conductor. "Yer'll have to
put up the stuff or git off'n the train"
DIR. Gunsaulus did put up but not until
he had ecured a receipt therefor from the
one eyed skeptic. The next three hours
were hours 9f @Giifsgvt TO 3" separated from
his worldly possessions by the unfeeling
agent of a s~oulless railway corporation.
Blu about II hundre miles farther down
the road the mayor Of Sante Fe boarded
the train, and he wa happily able to iden-
tify DR.. Gunsaulus as being indeed entitled
TO all the perquisites and courtesies in
volved and entailed by that free pass. So
the one eyed conductor disgorged the
money and made an apology as best he
could.
"I've been Twin out here now for goin' on
t~wenty-three years" said he, "and I've
seen every kind of human bein' from
bonanza kings down to three card monte
sharks, but l never seen a preacher with a
red necktie afOrel Say, pardner, yer a
daisy, I'll betl Although it's agin the
rules, l don't mind lookin' at yer If yer've
got yer bottle handyP'-Chicago News.