The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-18
THE WORM THAT TURNED.
n MEEK AND LoWLY BhREEEP
VINO WAS NOT ALWATs THUs.
wheu the Ttze Cane SIC Settled with some
efthe Most Conspicuous OF Those Who
Had Beea So Rash ssto Impose on Hin.

~No !" 1use
House for supper. After supper he strolled on
in front and talked 10 pom Binford. the landlord
,or |. bsif bour NJ 40 Nj a. h. ros MIN,
drinks behind the hotel bsr~yos in pos.c,sio,
Of a iob that bsIf Tho men IN Nitrate woult
......, =. - 49,. -
nave Jumped at IL was SHORTY Longman's job
but the stranger did not know that, nor did
he know shorty either. Pop Binford did
though' nc hhu peeh Retthg ohto ShortS
for some time, and when 1t dawned upor
him ma an established fact that that vouno
nm as an es'aoiisheu Inc' lnat 'has youns
mans eointy as a drink mixer was oe
coming secondary TO his mastery OF the intri.
cacies OF tho cash register. he suUoes,ed IN linn
a. .Sn,.nLnt.y 20 aa,n nas 80 mu
the euVisaointy OF getting along Tor a time
without work. This suggestion Shorty took az
a hint that his resignation was wanted. lie
therefore went of and got drunk. and the
next day the cadaverous-looking, mild-voioed
stranger, with his soft Southern dravl, was
oI,.1 -. a.
filling the place OF Mr.. LonGman and his cock
ney accent.
for convenience sake, speedily became abbrevl.
him, and we weren't certain Of even that
much. Binford knew no more about him
than any one. else did. The man had
and, liking his looks, he had given him one.
That was all. For the rest, start was % or SO,
est, most gentiemaniy, and obligl3e bar boys"
that ever threw together the i%nsidious cocktail.
shortest kind OF notice. lie did not have over.
much to LAY to any. one; but that was nothing
white"
JIe was in q way TO become one Of tho best
that caused a shock q surprise. not to say grief,
TO those whose hearts h9d warmed toward him
outset. Shorty Longnan, the loud. mouthed,
shorty, the buffer, had |" called down his sue
GGf display o Of arms a h''Se "u"'e"'e' anu '""' without
shorty, II seems, had gone, down 70 Denver TO
he filled up on seyentccnth street whiskcy and
took the train for Nitrate, whereon he sat him.
being that when he arrived in camp he burned
with the desire to make it disagrcea6le for the
by going In and ordering a drink for which he
declined . snIIo,dt to pay; md AIDING dd EE insult to injury by
iHsIrTT' S OF VIE nep ]epitlet., 0t co %ns ed'f in Bow woC Beiis
English. TO all OF which. accorning to all citl-
zens there present Mt the time, the new bar boy
TO turn away wrath. He did not. 1t was con-
ceded, appear to be badly terrorized. but there
and start stock dropped several points.
Mi pizens by cup o'joy-hit sho' does" MUIR
who was sitting on a SOAP box in front of The
livery stable, whiting a stick. "Hit do grieve
me a hull lot" he went on. looking sadly at his
What's troublin', Cal7' asked another.
What ais brcakin'y 'r gentle heart t'day 2"
and spat with unerring aim at "a fly n few feet
away.
I'm grieyed. I am. at what we-all tests c'nfer-
ring abaont-the fnlIin' firm grace o. this we're
new bnrkepp nj Binford's. NV. my! An a
SoutheLn gentiem'n,t too! An firm clost anigh
Seen i'm this mawnin'. IS /: 'Staht, I'm a
man o. sorruh, ! am 5 he: What's the
match ? = /, real solemn-like: 'Staht, I'm
gricyei copious. | am. & year OF q Southehn
gentlem'n a-strikin' OTIS colahs to a bloomin'
an is knowed as a bluffah on the proposition
firm bcttin' two deuces in a jack pott sellin'
s".eH imtn,hhst: .Referrin, : nehsoom =, that Ic.tt,,
epysode o. last evening"
"Ycs.''sI T.. An he grins kind o. p'culiah. and
leans ovah tn bah. an says:
wohm t6t tuhncd or tn wownded doe bein'
brought L bay They's a limit & everything IS
he. An that's all | got out o. him.
In about two hours the camp was appraised OF
likely 10 turn" and that he had set a limit to
the amount of indignity he would put up with.
citizens set forth 10 find said limit.
They would refuse payment for drinks. throw
cards and poker-chirs all over the iioor. poke
glasses and insist on staying in the barroom
long after hours, and singing ribald sougs-an6
How he squared things with Binford was n mys-
terry until 1T leaked out that he paid all damages
out Of his not over-iarge salary: then s2meot
smaller souls who went in, more energetlCally
than ever, To make his life miserable.
Pete Gallagher Csme in late ola Saturday
night and asked Start, as a special favor, TO cash
u 81? check for him: and. being very busy and
much hurried. the bartender gave him two $40
bills instead of two tives. ~ he intended to do.
Next day he called Pete's attention to the fact.
and that gentleman. while acknowledging that
he had certainly been benefited $40 worth. de-
clined to make restitution and asked poor start
what he proposed 10 do about II.
Ambrose Newton and Count vor Hoffman,
took starts dog-an unfortunate tramp cur that
he had taken in out OF kindness Of heart and
made n pet of one evening. fastened wads OF
paper to his feet with shoemaker's wax. tied a
bunch of tireCrackers "a his tail, and starred him
down the street. On this occasion the gentle
bar boy showed some heat, remarking feelingly
that no one but a coward would torture n poor,
dumb animal, at which outhurst OF feeling New
ton and the Count laughed themselves nearly
into Mysteries.
Not only AT the hands OF the regular clientele
of tho BinfOrd House bar did the new bar boy
suffer. There were plenty Ot Others who. with
out malice aforethouSht succeeded in injuring
his feelings in "A variety OF ways. There is n
large portion of society that cannot resist treat
ing roughly n man who looks as though he
would not resent IL.
For Instance. there was a time when that
ponipous old pirate Welch snapped his fingers
At start, and that when the bar boy was of duty.