The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-03
THE COLONEL 8 COLD FROS!
The Office Boy Tells How Otis
Called on Huntington
WANTED TO GIVE HIM A RIDE
And He Waited In the Hot Sun for Many
Weary Minutes
TO GIVE. HIM A RIDE
A Graphic Picture Of the Terror Of the Times
When on Dress Parade and
Mad, Very Mad

The office boy OF the Times came down
the street from the postoffice yesterday
with broad grin on his face. This was
unusual, for the employees of the Times
seldom have even little to smile at,
so the Herald man crossed over and met
the boy.
"Hah, hah, hah, no, no, wow!" said
the Office boy, as he spied the reporter,
and dropping the bundle of exchanges
he had on his back he sat down on them
and laughed again.
What's the matter with your" said
the reporter. "Been discharged? Is that
why you re laughing2"
Nope" said the Office boy, with an
deal dis mornin he ever got. Say, it
was cold frost, Gully, and no mistake.
Dis is de story. Don't give it away, will
yer2 Well, went down to hold der horses,
so l knows all about it, and it's dead
straight goods I'm giving yeh. Yeh
know de old man is cranky. De boys
call him de curnel Of de culled regiment,
and de peevish old pickle-case he's soured
on everybody and would rather scrap wild
Teller than eat, and de college chaps they
calls him weed of the genus Xanthium,
whatever that is; but anyhow de old man
is cranky, SO wen he said ter me Bob,
1 wants you to be at de Office at seven to-
morrer mornin', you bet six o'clock saw
Bob on de steps. By EN- by de curnel,
or de Xanthium, comes prancin' down
de street. and Lordy, he was swell. He
had 1O-center on his patent leather
boots and his curnel's cloes wuz brushed
up out OF sight. Come long. Bob, he
said, and l trotted off at de curncls
heels, wonderin' what was comm. By
EN- by he stops at de livery stable and
roars out like he does twice day wen
he fires man: Whar's dat team?'
Comm, curnel, comm, de hostler sings
out, and l SEE to me self, SEE /, youse in
fur trip sure pop. Purity soon de hostler
he trots out span OF bays hitched ter a
buggy glistcnin in de sun like gold. Git
in Bob says de Curnel, ives goin to
see Major Huntington, yice-president OF
de S. p, and you'll hold de team, see.
De curnel had on his yaller gloves and de
buttons on his vest wuz just hollerin', he
swelled out so. By EN- by we got ter de
depot, and de curnel he said Bob, here 5
my card; take 'em up stairs and say de
curnel waits to take Major Huntington
out ridin. didn't know where up stairs
WuZ, Dut nit COON WHO was oWeePlu
round and he showed me, SO took up de
curnel's card and guy it to de swell kid
in de office. He SEE wait outside, kid;
and | SEE come outside and I'll punch
yer he'd. Anyhow l waited, and purity
soon the kid he comes back and seq to
tell de curnel to wait, de Major is at break
fast. | goes down to dc curnel and
team, Bob, and he swelled up some more.
By em by de curnel he got restless and he
sed de Major wuz mighty long erbout his
grub. De sun wuz gittin powerful hot
and de curnel wuz sweatin He waited
and waited. and den he seq to me Bob,
he SEE, in his I'll fire youse in minute
and fine youse all de salary owes you
ington is ready to ride wild Curnel Otis |
goes up and sees de swell kid, and de kid
says rs dat ole bloke down dere yet? Mr..
Huntington has been gone ridin about
half an hour l goes down to de curnel
and tells him. Say, Gully, his face wuz a
panoramer. Go back, he SEE, and tell
fem Curnel Otis waits I goes back cuz
sweat wuz runnn' down his nose and all
over him. l runs up stairs and tells de
kid and he SEE, Let him wait. Mr.. Hunt
ington is gone.' l goes down agen and
say, pard, wot's dat erbout fear and trem-
bin? Well, had that anyhow when
went back. Gone, has her SEE de curnel
in an awful voice, and he drives off and
leaves me to walk in. Say, dat was dc
worst case of ice cream and ice water re-
ception on hot day l ever struck, and
you ought to see de curnel dis afternoon.
''Shall l interview Mr.. Huntingdon? one
OF de scribblers in de local room asked
What's dat?' roared de curnel, and de
reporter nearly fell dead. Say, wonder
wot dat team cost? Spose he got it on an
ad? Hope he didn't. I've been latin
all day erbout it, but don't give it away
And the Office boy went up the street