The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1897-12-11

III NN-NkSs 4Nc0 by
gambling. or even
a - worse.
AA These fellows al
ways sc armed,
carry themselves
with q swasger and hgnratively drag
their coat tails on the ground At an
times In the hope that some one win
give them an excuse to shoot.
Fairplay h . very good name for \
town or camp. and Fairplay, Colorado.
Is today tArising, Iaw-abiding pIace.
but, like al western towns, It had to
pass through all the stages OF social
evolution from the absolute barbarity
of its beginning TO the high civsliEa-
ton q the present.
There are many men not yet beyond
middle life who distinctly remember
the first hut erected In Fairplay, and
Eho retain q vivid recollection of the
first hotel. the Great Western, which
Was composed Ct three rooms, one
canvas. one log and the other un-
planed boards. Though this establish
ment claimed 10 furnish '-accommoda-
tons for man and beast" II had no
stable for horses. and all Its dodgers
had TO sleep IN hunks In one room.
while bread and bacon constituted the
bill Of fare, with now and then sugar
less coffee. The extras" were CON-
posed wholly % bad eigars, strong
chewing tobacco and whisky Of kind
90 much viler than the ordinary fluid
that one drink Of Il has been known 70
produces al the effects Of delirium
tremens on q man accustomed 70 Il,
and II always produced homicidal
mania In those who INDUCED IN Il a.
often a. once week.
The bar Of the Great Western was
the rendezvous. the headquarters, for
all the miners and teamsters In the
vicinity. and you may be sure that It
EB q constant resort for the gamblers
and desperadoes who always swarm
about q new mining town Ike flies
about q sugar hogshead in July.
For the accommodation Of the latter
class, with whom he was in full SYM
patty, and with an eye TO his own
Eain-he had only one eye-the land
lord Of the Great Western had fitted
up place for playing faro. and q num-
Der Of pine tables on which those %
inelined-and 1t was surprising how
many were 20 inelined-could pIay
that alluring but most uncertain game
called poker.
At this time there were only tgo
women In Fairplay, viz: Mrs. CHAIR
6erlain. the wife Of the principal mine
superintendent, and Lixzy Chamber
Tain, her daughter.
Ladies' were certainly at premium
and Lizzie was very popular and q
standing toast with the hundreds Of
men working in or near the camp
But as she was q very charming. mod.
est girl she would have been populal
had the sexes been more evenly bal
aneed. {,
Some men, with wives and daugh
tiers at home In the states. rathei
blamed Mr.. Chamberlain for subject
ing his family to the hardship insep
arabic from such q life. but had the.
known that the devoted wife AMI
daughter insisted on accompanying
him and sharing his trials, they woult
not have been 90 hard in their tudg
ment
Arthur Lyons, fine fellow Of feu
and twenty, was Mr.. Chamberlain's -
sistant, and as he boarded with his me
ployer, II was pretty generally con
ceded that he had 'the inside track
% far a. Lixxy was concerned, AM
that their marriage was Only ques
ton Of time.
There was, however, in Fairplay
one man who smphaticaIly refused q
believe that Lixxy Chamberlain iooke'
kindly On Arthur Lyons. and this nal
was known. e -Red" Spiysly. the ars
name being given 70 designate his com
plexion and The saHgntns color Of HI
bushy hair.
Red eniEsly wished 70 Be known .
The Mountain Terror" and he trie'
hard 10 have thsi name ettachsd .
timeen, euf - tn9 n41oE1I - -
miners locked upon hin - . nnieHne
rather fhan q tnrroF, the name did no
sick to eng BrsGt extsaE
Red snisely Was . owaGgsring. ever
armed bEaggnrt he was supposed 2
b siIsnt pastnsr - ths Great Wet
En- hotal, an6 q 49, . D4ktr 9
aotorssgy that Al ths sambling -
tura q TIE uslabllshzszt WsFs un4s
kis imme1le1s charge.
he always I'D mossys ~ alxsy
trzak, ~ hs - ths &c naAn N
&c ~ eppoar - ~ a11eesd ~ n
NJ whisky-zinfesd. 4 woald b ssaFr
lnpossihis fsr any liqnsr % nahs hln
nore hruEal I'D bloodthilnty thaA ,
- VIA q IN nneurAl csnditiea.
He elains1 Missouri e kis ho1e
aaa whsn he bsc4ms eonn6snfial-
shicA ~ aluays - sass uhsa =
snns - nolng agninA Ain-n
Noald hint fknf he rs forced 70 com
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