The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
write It, no, ald ! send ~ and IN not pormi,

vritc It, nor did I send 4. and IN not permit
ron to assert that lid"
eff. You didH'l write hat Insulting message
and send it to the room OF two young ladies' IN
my company, whom dc, y9g ur snqw You sS u eSn yo feII
us that. You've got just about one minute to
straighten this thing ont. n., rorv ro
mont my friend. Biliy snow, the best amateur
boxer In the Northwest. an al.ro9na nIniete,
hn1 sSc T Too%. an rslis sSo, fs ei Himself at The piano
began idly 10 finger the keys. inc manager
Leave this room. sir. I have private bust.
ness to settle with this man, and we don't need
"Billy wheeled around, rested his elbows on
low whistle Whist Keys crossed III
got a sneakinR suspicion that the. business You
want with my friend Ind better DO postponed.
mr lSs got to come off, l may take " mana n 1t
The editor of the morning paper, who was
also a warm personal friend OF mine, arrived
manager had sent for him, but did not expect
him TO arrive quite so soon. The editor asked
charge be had Sd' Brought Sna fa0 against me, and backed
was e eooI.hesdcd, yopnsster, and had been
one Of the rArty ia the private dining, room
when the hotel man borrowed my card. He
sized the situation up correctly, and after u
the hall,for a consultation: strolled over to
the window and loo kcd out. There was every
DlOOInlnR man IN mat OpeTh Cun- jhhy' ChOTuo
singers, stage manager, musicians,i:as men, and
baggage men. Some of them had cImns, ana
they all seemed to be waiting for something TO
window, and asked:
Have you got your gun with your
why, no. 1 said. what need have I Of a
well he said, you're a sick man. You
that mnHnc cr nSsd ' but Il PT there's sfsi going to be- trouble,
you'd better be on the safe. side
And with that he slipped his own six-shootcr
n n atH., rnnkn NJ INV mi
derstandins. The editor produced some q my
was not the one at fault. He incidentally
warned the Snowman that II there was any
pet, and the men in the opera company would be
lucky II they, got out Of town alive. But, Der
the room and to say as though he were inter
Well, I'm sure the company and the man
and remain away while the company IS in
town, OF course. I regret that such a thing
don't mean to say that you n' did Il, by any
means, but 1t looks bad. to he sure
This !3Ho Ta s. too Sa %pf bs for ssid Iiti tie R RaH the ,est DoI ,sI:
ih IN town nsit and Il You, = Mr. iTnF Snowman 10 y S1n are not
as You can, and as soon as possible
The manager asked for /" pp private Ell interview v
my room he drew from one leg Of his trousers a
lEg, thick, and decidedly ugly looking cow
hide. He tossed II on my bed and said:
" I've been convinced by your friend, the
editor. that you were not guilty of the gross in.
suit OF which l accused you. Here is your card.
You know who sent it. ] don't. / leave it to
you to deal with him, whoever he is. l don't
mind telling you now what my intentions were.
/ meant to lash you while we had you there in
the parlor, then to throw you out Of the window
and let the men in my company finish the job.
Travelling as we do all over the country, the
young women under my charge are often sub
jocsed to obnoxious attentions. 1t happens that
the two girls, in this case are as dear to me as
my own children
II told the manager that he might as well
take the whip with him. i also told him that
while i sympathiZed with his desire to protect
the young woman from insult, it was probably
just as well that he didn't precipitate a scrap.
/ explained % him who Billy Snow was. 1 also
told him that no matter how badly l might have
Jared. the result would probably have been q
seriously crippled theatrical company and a
dead manager. With that we separated.
BILLY roomed with me until the company
completed its engagement and it's special train
left town. Then / had my inning with that
hotel man. Aftcrward I packed my buds, set
tied my bill. and with a dozen friends, took my
patronage elsewhere. The last l knew of that
hotel man he had been cold out at Sheriff's
road in the far Northwest.
when you think of sending your card to
some stage beauty who has attracted your at
tention for the time being. take your uncle's
advice and don't do it." concluded the uncle.