Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-24
ALpENA ARGUS
MISCELLANEOUS.
DISGUISED.

swell, I'll be hanged. )"
1.-THE lost childw
"What is itP"
"The missing link?"
And loud burst of laughter fol-
lowed the exclaimations of the
rough, bearded miners. Well they
might give vent to their astonish-
ment in some such forcible remarks.
1t was tall, lean, lank specimen
of humanity that stood before them
there at the Golden Dawn, the only
hotel in the place. He wore an eye
glass and the innocent, blue eyes
glanced languidly about the room,
while on his upper lip was a small
insignificant looking sandy mus
tache, which he tenderly caressed,
as he spoke, and his pale features
bore a simpering, gazelle-like ex-
preston. He was genuine dude
masher, the only one that had
ever ventured into the rough pre-
cincts of Gray Gulch, and was re-
garded by the people of the place as
something of a stray curiosity.
"Mistah Waitah-"
"What are you giving us9 I'm
the boss of this rancho, | am.
What do you want?"
And the bar-keeper, book-keeper,
clerk and landlord, all in one,
leaned upon his elbows and leered
into the calm, pale face before him.
saw, | beg pawdon. You are
the pwopwietah of this imp"
"What is the matter with calling
it hotelp"
"Vewy we'll, hotel or inn, just as
you please. Gavin I stop here for
few days?" asked the dude, as he
languidly lighted cigarette and
blew the smoke in whiffs across the
bar into the face of the proprietor.
swell, l reckon, provided you've
got the stuff"
"Stuff-stuff? What is stuff"
1.-THE money"
"Oh, ! didn't comprehend you
wemarks. have the money. Do
you want to sell this hotelp"
"EhP Why, man, this outfit is
worth couple thousand"
"That can make no special diff
fewence to me, sir. Where ] came
fwom we are IN the habit of pur-
chasing a hotel and we always make
the fowmah pwopwietah present
of it aftahwads."
The proprietor of the Golden
Dawn was paralized for an instant.
The mild tones and unmoved fea-
lures of the stranger, added to his
assertion about purchasing the
place, took the man down several
pegs, and the consequence was the
dude got the best room in the house,
and, wonder Of wonders-was offer
ed drink out of the private bottle.
mo, thanks; cawn't stand any
thing stownger than tea."
"W-what? You are not going
to stop over in Gray Gulch and not
drink anything stronger than tea,
be you?"
"What is the pwoper capah
heah?" asked the dude, innocently.
Drink hard stuff with the men,
like man. If you don't, why"
swell, what, my deah fwiendP"
you'll get yourself into trouble,
that's all. Now | rather like your
style; it's something new and fresh
here. What want to tell you is
just this; when men asks you to
drink with him, why, you'd better
drink. See?"
"And il I should wefusep"
1.-THE proprietor started back
aghast. The idea of a man refus-
ing to drink when asked, was some
thing unheard of.
"Why, just as like as not you'll
get yourself into scrape if you do"
he replied.
"Oh, see; if | don't dwink there
will be a WOW and a wumpus. /
see."
He wrote his name in fine delicate
characters upon the dirty page of
the hotel register, and asked to be
shown to his room.
After he had disappeared, a rough,
red-bearded man known as Red
RUDE, entered the bar-room, and
the proprietor began to tell him
about the dude. He also requested
the assembled minors not to ask the
gentle stranger to drink.
"Gents," says he, 81 only ask this
as a special favor. rather like
this fellow because he is so fresh
and original. And then he don't
know our style yet, you see. If he
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