Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-28
COLONEL GIRARDEAU.

I, Nhiiumcn, ". NJ, thcro ived sew
.-iy,,rs ago an old gentleman named |
~, Bfnion Girardeau, who hailed |
~. Missouri. As is well known, It |
~. considered ungontlemanly in tho |
,.,ly days in Arizona, Now Mexico aud |
r-ss 10 ask man his real name. We
',,.,,ed the names that were given.
ibiumon was town before the
,.1,,al got there, before the United
.,,tss acquired tho territory WHAT |
,~aleut to relate happened In the new
,,vp. the one built around tho railroad
rldon
washington In the early eighties, and
ing to a snow blockade in the noun
.lss 10 the east Of Albitumcn | was
IA med In that town for several days.
IN the morning Of my arrival | mot n
-n, whom know, aud was introduced
4, him TO nearly every human beng ia.
d placo who was at all introducablo.
lnSpr others was introduced to Col
ssl CLAY Benton Girardoau, lawyer
d,ho place. "Old Clay" he was called
bilnd hlb back: KERNEL or "Kcrncl
rsyfor "Kcrncl Goradoo" 10 his face.
g,was both politician and lawyer, and
Mhis living Ivy eithor or both, but was
more given to talking in barrooms than
bnlking for his clients In courts.
Unlike most mon who went west IN
aae days, Colonel Cirardoau carried
pus,ol-s1il that lie did not believe in
rrrying one, that he had too little
money to iight highwaymnn for, and
vto fighting others. there was always
De codo ducllo for that.
nyou hayo over been 20 Albitumcu
YOU doubtless gcmcmher tho Star OF tho
West saloon, near tho station, whcrr
one can get drink, food or game at
any hour Of tho day or night.
Everything Is OPEN" said the colonel
10 US In describing the place; "ovory-
thing d dono In Wow Of all. and no ono
thinks the less of a man for taking q
cocktail before breakfast any moro than
B, does for taking breakfast, nor does
onol3io caste by playing at faro or an
game Of chance. Money is earned TO lbs
fent In a Jolly, generous fashion, and
The way q gentleman wants 10 spend his
money Is tho way a gentleman ought 70
ptndil was born. gentlemen, In ST.
Louis Gfty.eight years ago. II was a
town then. Now it's like Philadelphia
unfit, gentlemen, for man OF spirit to
live In.
"When Sc. Louis began TO put on u
hIk hat on sunday left tho place, the
home Of my birth, and went 10 Kansas.
Then Kansas began to improve, az the
preachers say, and l quit. Two bccu
coming west since then, aud now I've
ben In Almumeu two years, aud ~,
what this saloon Is, gentlemen. It's Tia,
Star %. the West. You eau drink aud
gamble every day IN the month aud n,
C.e says a word. Yes, gentlemen, Thu
town istho hoalthiost, hnppi,st town IL
The world, 1t has only ono blot. They
don't believe IN the code duCllo. Tho
believe In the shoot ON sight principle
rs wrong, Rontlemon-wrong. Tn
duel permits Of gentleman making hi
will or declining an invitation to Dime
Gpaylng his bill"
After luncheon / mot the coloue
again. Somehow Ispoko about the cod
duello.
by the way said tho colonel, "
have on affair on hand tomorrow"
"What" said /, greatly astonished.
AYES he answered. "Somc fellow
in'ullcd me last night, and this morn
nag ! sent u challenge to all three an
Weiight tomorrow at daybroak. DR.. y
will DO our surgeon. Won't you attcn
witness or ~ an assistant"
As IN outsider" / replied, sti
greatly surprised, but not as IN a
telant or as u Witness. / am duo
Washington on tho ETH"
THE habit Of this country continue
Tho colonel, "is tho bnrbnrous enc {
shooting ON sight, or telling your adyo
'ary to go heel himself and then bcgi
shooting whom you SEQ each other.
'ell everybody that believe in tho cod
auello, and in that only for rcyongin
wrongs and Insults. / must now go
my office TO arrange some papers. II
10 not sec you again before then, DO
We railroad station, where your pul
man i7, "a little before dnybreak, whe
my second and will pick You MP ur
AAe yon to the ground. But wait; i
\" have another drink before we part.
o
must tell hero what did not lno
W subsequently. For some time q
,4onel had been u source OF mu,
laughter to the frequontors OF tho d
,oNs on account Of his innocent pee
uAn'ie'' aud especially on account
IN strong aversion TO shooting on Sig
"u equally strong productions
t'o' " duelng. Five OF the railro
u1nQ' were In the star Of the West &
l,slt before l arrived, laughing abo
O'l Clay when one proposed ia
mey g't mp duel with him. ono cou
.9pelrio take his sido aud could tn
q IS ais lecund; another could b,
sll'o aprt aud be % witness, and COZ
% Calls4 upon as lhersouond, aud Ia
.oola iuillt the colonel. II the colo
ook The insult und did not funk. as d
thought he would, then tho seconds co.
- up The pistols, extracting tho bull
Nads. " '
iney were much surprised when
o''onel not only tool; up tho insults,
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