The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-21

He Was the First of His Kind to Visit the
Town, and He Took Too Serious View
of Himself-U Was "a Put Up job, "nnd
We'll Put Up, Too" Says the Colonel.
"It was while | was stationed at Fort
Niobrara," Colonel GeoAe Barry began as
he lighted fresh cigar at the Lotus club
the other night, that the first commercial
t.aveler-drummers some people call them
made his appearance in Valentine He
was a slim little fellow, and he seemed to
have given good deal of care to his per-
sonal adornment. Where he made his
mistake was in taking too serious a view Of
himself
ale dropped into Valentine on one of the
first trains that got through over the new
road He had couple of fancy yellow
grips that must have looked very pretty to
him, for he lugged them with him when he
went into Dutch Georges saloon to get
drink. His other accouterments were a
very light striped suit and a jaunty little
straw hat which aroused the mirth of the
cowboys.
IT'S surprising how little some fellows
can pick up in travelling around the earth.
Eew, that chap didn't know any more
than to drop those yellow grips right in
front Of Dutch Georges bar and call for a
Manhattan cocktail. Yes, sir, he wanted
a Manhattan cocktail, and he wanted it
quick too.
you ought TO have seen Dutch George
| look at him. Then he winked n couple of
! times at the row Of cowboys sitting along
! the side of the room and turned around
| and began to mix n lot of things together
| for dear life. The little drummer leaned
one arm on the bar and looked around at the
row of COW boys without seeming to 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 heap on
the floor a big six shooter fell to the floor
beside the little drummer, and IA little
cloud OF smoke rose between the drummer
and the bar.
"Well sir, you can believe it or not just
as you like, but am telling you that there
was n row. Those cowboys yelled like the
devil and swore that the drummer had shot
the fellow who had fallen out of the chair
Three or four of them pulled their guns
and were for shooting the drummer right
there, but one fellow proposed to Lynch
with whoop. Some of them carried ou
the cowboy who was supposed to hav,
been shot, and Dutch George began looking
for rope. The drummer just gasped tw,
or three times and wited down into n chat
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 assur
you p
$50 they started to take the little chal
out to hang him. There wasn't a tree tina
would serve in 40 miles, and they were
good deal puzzled as to how to get Il salts
factory gallows on such short notice. The
kept talking it over before the drummer il
the coolest sort of way, and | tell you h
was scared. Just as they got to the doc
of the saloon there was IL shout that tn
: sheriff was coming, and before any on
could say Jack rabbit the sheriff and an
! other man were there with their six shoot
ers in their hands, demanding the prisone
: in the name of the law. The little drum
mer was so relieved that he could hay
Rugged the sheriff, and he began to try t
talk again. The sheriff told him to shu
up if he wanted to get out alive an
started with him for the door. But just q
soon as his back was turned one of til
cowboys shouted
] "Shoot him! Shoot him! Don't let hi
t get away like that
1.-The sheriff and his man swung roun
aud whipped out their six shooters agar
Keep back he shouted. I'll shoot tn
first galoot that touches this man so full {
holes he won't need II grave
D 1.-The cowboys took the challenge, and
} less than quarter of a second more Cha
10 pistol shots were fired. 1t sounded Liz
an engagement of infantry. The room W;
full of smoke. Two or three of the GOV
. boys fell to the floor, and the man who wa
] with the sheriff went down with groal
, crying that he was done for. Somehow
other the sheriff got off all right, aud viii
the shooting was liveliest dragged his ma
out into the street. The little drumm,
was near having fit from fright, and tt
sheriff had lost his hat. 1t was partic,
larry fine sombrero, with band heavi
u u ornamented with silver, and the sheri
= wouldn't have lost it to save IA men fro
{ being lynched. So he took the drummer
the corner of the saloon and said:
. "'Now, Pm going back there for my ha
4 Don't you wiggle out of this spot till
|, come back. If you do, you're mighty lab
L to lose your life mighty sudden and u
=, pleasant
"With that the sheriff left the drumm
=, standing there at the corner and went bac
y to the saloon. He hadn't any more tha
" opened the door before the shooting bega
again, and what had been done befo
wasn't marker to what it was that tim
= The little drummer listened to it for mi
ute and then all of sudden seemed to 1
alize that he was alone and that the roo
was before him. The next sixteenth of
second he was off up the road like a qua
ter horse, with never thought of his tv
fancy yellow grips.
! He'd got about $50 yards away whentl
} door of the saloon opened, and Dutt
George and the sheriff and half dozt
cowboys jumped out into the street wit
their guns in action. Well, the way ii
bullets dropped around that drummer
feet would beat a Kansas hailstorm. Al
the more they dropped the faster he ra
You can talk about your Salvatore and u
the rest of them! If had horse TIL
could run the way that little drumm
footed it out of Valentine, I'd bet the
wouldn't another man get a race. I'd w
'em all; by CAD, sir, would. I'd break I
the horse racing business. And when
was all over and the bullets wouldn't carr
I to the little drummer any longer the sheri
, and the cowboys, including all the dea
and injured, danced a jig in front of the $
loon and then went inside to drinf IL
place dry, and guess they pretty near d
it. And what dye suppose that fool WI