The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-17
WHERE HE FOUND HIS NAME.
Gcntlemanly Dioir, the Bus Drfver whe
Defendcl tho Enir 4er

Gentlemanly D1ck, the Bus Driver Who
Defended tho Fnir Sex.
"Gentlomanfy Dick no was called, I"
and the speaker took his pipe out of his
mouth and glanced around tho whiting
room where he and two comrades Wcro
sitting watching for the night express
with the hopo of getting few passen-
gers for the hotels They were all bus
drivers, young and hearty looking fell
lowa
yes" unused ono OF tho men. 1T
know who nc is I seen him one day not
long since. He had just rescued poor,
'croppy' loollin dog from tho boys and
said no was goin to tako 1t homo to his
gals. What WIS tho reason of his bein
called 'Grntlcmanly Dick. ."
Didn't you never known asked tho
first speaker.
"Nopo Let's hear about It Two had
some curiosity to know" and tho other
two men lit their pipes afresh and set
tied themselves comfortably in expocta-
ton of tho forthcoming interesting mar
raHve
"Well, you see, no ulster drive for
the Brown House Drove their best bus
for eight years, and he allus tipped his
hat to tho passengers. Some of them he
seen SO often he got to know 'em, and
they'd say some pleasant thing now and
then to make Teller feel good One
night him and me wos settin round this
here stove, and there wos four fellers
come In They sat down in that there
corncr," and the speaker jerlocd his
thumb toward tho spot indicated, "and
begun to talk l wos settin here smokin
and Dick wos smokin too Ho wasn't
sayin much, but seemed to DO dom some
deep thinldn Every little whilo no
would run his fingers through his thin
gray hair
"All of a sudden ono of them fcllers
let out string of oaths as long Us my
arm " And tho speaker held out good
brawny specimen for illustration.
"Dicl didn't say nothin, but he
looked up sudden and scowlod; then BIO
pulled away on his pipe again Finally
ono Of thom made remark. Well, it
was pretty sweepin- Twas about VOID
en- in general. and there wnsn t no get
tin round it. 1t mado me hot Well. sir,
Pick got right up and walked over to
them.
Boys, he SCI, I've lived nearly GO
years, and In tho samo space OF time
Two never heard so much profanity, vile
talk and Islander Us I've heard from you
fellows tonight in go minutes-' Then
no went on; I had % another and wife,
God bless 'em, and Two got one sister
Still Twin, though hain't seen her for
years, and it makes me shivcr in my
boots to hear tho way you speak You
are all good loolin chaps and seem we'll
dressed and respectable For tho sake Of
your mothers, sweethearts or wives quit
talking such wickedness I don't mean
to be harsh only speak with the priv
ilege which comes Of old ago
''fhcm fcllors, sir, if you'll believe
mo- set still and never spoke all the
while that Dick was a-tallin Finally
one Teller, who knew Dick, tho biggest
one in the crowd, said in hearty way:
Thanks, old follow 1 say, boys three
cheers for Gcntlemanly Dick And they
were given with hearty will Then
ono after another got up and sneaked
ont in the night. Hello, here comes
the eSpressl Hope she's loaded for this
here town" And the men all left The
little waiting room which had served as
a lecture room WINS vacant, Chicago
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