The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-28

Hc Was the Iir.t ~ -. Kind TO visit the
Town. and IIc Took Too serlou. 70 View
Of Himself - Was rui up Job. and
wrn Put tp, Too" say. an. Colonel
"lt was while ] was stationed st Fort
Ni0Uuu Colonel George Barry began A.
b. lighted "a fresh cigar at the Lotus club
'hr other night. "that the first commercial
traveller drummors some people call them
made bis appearance Zoo Valentine. He
was "a slim little fellow. aud Dee seemed 10
have given good deal of care to bis per-
-0unl adurumeut Where bee made biz
mistake was iu taking too serious a view ot
himself
He dropped into Valentine uu one Of the
first trains that got through over the new
road. lie had a couple Of fancy yeilos
grips that must have looked very pretty 70
MIN, for hc lugged them with him when he
went into Dutch Georges snloou t1 get
drink His other accoutermeuts were
very light striped suit and a jauuJy little
straw hat which aroused the mirtu of the
cowboys.
It's surprising how little some fellows
can pick up 10 travelling around the earth.
Now, that chap didn't know any more
than TO drop those yellow grips right ia
front Of Dutch Georges bar and call for
Manhattan cocktail Ye~. sir he wanted
a Manhattan cocktail, and he wanted il
quick too.
You ought 20 have seen Dutch George
look at him. Then he wiuked couple Of
times at the row Of cowboys sitting along
the side Of he room and turned around
and began to mix a lot Of things together
Tor dear life The little drummer leaned
one arm on the bar aud looked around at the
row Of cowboys without seeming 20 see the
chap that had edged up behind him Just
as Dutch George had finished mixing what
ever it was he had fixed up for the drum
mer, there was pistol shot, and one Of the
boys sitting at tine side Of the room gave a
yell and fell out Of the chair in a heap on
the floor. a big six shooter fell to the floor
beside the little drummer aud a little
cloud Of smoke rose between the drummer
and the bar
We'll, sir, you can believe it or not. just
As you like, but am telling you that there
was row. Those cowboys yelled like the
devil and swore that the drummer had shot
the fellow who had fallen out OF the chair.
hree or four Of them pulled their guns
aud were for shooting the drummer right
there, but one fellow proposed to lynch
him, and that proposition went through
with whOOp. Some of them carried out
the cowboy who was supposed 70 have
been shot ', and Dutch George began looking
for a rope. The drummer just gasped two
or three times and wiited down into "a chair
white as ghost and scared almost To DEATH
Once or twice he tried to say something.
but all he could get out was a whispered,
Why, gentlemen, I-why-what--I assure
you p
$50 they started to take the little chap
out to hang him. There wasn't tree that
would serve ia 40 miles. and they were a
good deal puzzled as to how to get a salts.
factory gallows on such short notice They
kept talking il over before the drum mer in
the coolest sort Of way, aud / tell you he
was scared just as they got to III door
of the saloon there WAS "A shout Il At the
sheriff was coming, and before any one
| could say jack rabbit the sheriff and an
| other man were there with their siN shoot
ers In their hands demanding the prisoner
in the name of the law. The little drum
mer was 80 relieved that he could have
hugged the sheriff, and he began to try TO
talk again. The sheriff told him to shut
mp If he wanted to get out alive and
started with him for the door. But Just as
soon as his back was turned one of the
cowboys shouted:
"'Shoot hint Shoot hint Don't let him
get away like that
THE sheriff and his man swung round
aud whipped out their six shooters again.
Keep back he shouted III shoot the
first galoot that touches this man so full Of
holes he won't need "A grave
The cowboys took the challenge, and in
less than quarter OF "A second more than
40 pistol shots were fired. 1t sounded like
an engagement Of infantry The room was
ft,1I I,.f IL,
boys fell to the floor, and the man who was
with the sheriff went down with a groan.
crying that he was done for. Somehow or
other the sheriff got off all right, and while
the shooting was liveiest dragged his man
out into the street. The little drummer
was near having fit from fright, ard the
sheriff had lost his hat. 1t was a pafticu-
larly fine sombrero, with a band heavily
ornamented with silver, and the sheriff
wouldn't have lost it to save IA men from
being lynched. So lac took the drummer to
! the corner Of the saloon and said.
Now, lm going back there for my hat.
Don't you wiggle out Of this spot till
come back. II you do, you're mighty liable
TO lose your life mighty sudden and up-
pleasant.
"With that the sheriff left the drummer
standing there at the corner and went back
to the saloon. He hadn't any more than
opened the door before the shooting began
| again, and what had been done befose
wasn't marker to what il was that time.
/ The little drummer listened TO it for a min
ute and then all OF a sudden seemed to re-
alize that he was alone and that the road
| was before him. The next sixteenth Of A
second he was of up the road like a quar-
! ter horse, with never "A thought OF his two
fancy yellow grips.
He'd got about $50 yards away when the
door Of the saloon opened, and Dutch
George and the sheriff and half dozen
cowboys jumped out into the street with
I their guns in action. Well, the way the
1 bullets dropped around that drummef's
/ feet would beat "A Kansas hAilstorm And
the more they dropped the faster be ran.
| You can talk about your Salvation. and all
the rest Of theml II l had horse thar
could run the way that littlo drummer
| footed il out of Valentine. ia bet there
{ wouldn't another man get q race. 10 win
I EN- all; by gld, sir, / would. ia brra up
the horse racing business. And wien il
was all over and the bullets wouldn't carry
10 the little drummer any longer the sheriff
and the COW boys, including all the dead
and injured, dauced q jig iu front of the "a
loon and then went inside 90 driul the
place dry, ana guess they pretty uear did
H. And what dye suppose that fool was
trying 20 srll' Ribbons, hy cad yes. sin.
ribbons. Trying to sell ribbons iu Yllen-
tine. Was % put mp iobf Ncs. tlr. IL
was and well put mp too, Tor they ha zen 1
seen him since New ! ork sun
Irsing ths servants.
The custom II feeling the servants upon
Il.