Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-10-19

the Fit of Hn Tremsers-
 Dave Gelvin-is is pronounced Gal. vin-of Maitland, Me, is one of the cattle barons ef northwest Missouri, Eeotion of country which has large number of cattle baTons. As hustler and pusher Davo has few equals and no superiors, and what he does not know about cattle woaA noe be worth finding ont
 Dave is always go busy looking after his cattle intereets that be seldom has time to "dreas up' in his company clothes, and at first sight stranger would take him fer an innocent gran. ger, eager to buy gold brick or likely to blow out the gaa
 Several years ago Dave shipped lot ef export cattle from Maitland and went aa far as New York with them. Whea hs arrived in New York, he looked like tho ragged end of poverty, but he was too busy to secure change of clothing. He had some business to transact and intended taking train for home tho next morning. Dave Is a lover Of the good things of life, so he inquired his way to the Hoffman House md affixed his name to the register. The clerk looked at him for moment and asked if he wanted room.
 Yes, and good one, replied Dave.
 "Any baggagef"
 "No."
 "OuE rates ars slo day, and we re- Quire cash in advance from unknown parties, ' said the clerk.
 "Oh, darn your rates; give me the room. l want 10 wash, :" said Dave
 "All right. Ten dollars, please.
 Dave run his baud in his pocket, but all he could fish up was S9.71. This sam was made up by a silver dollar, two silver half dollars, two quarters, a 20 cent piece and penny.
 "Oh. I'll pay you in the morning, :" said Dave, turning to go to the elevator.
 But the clerk knew . thing or two. He was not to he caught that way-nos he.
 "There is no deviation from our rules, sir, ' the clerk said politely but firmly. "You must pay in advance. !"
 'Then I'll give you q check, said Gelyin, who was rapidly becoming an- gry.
 He stepped back to the dask. filled ont 8 check foE $500 and handed 1t to tho clerk. But the clerk was not a greenhoTn. He was 8 New Yorker, he was. He would nos accept the check un. less certified.
 By this time Dave was mad. He said few words in Latin, or in language that sounded like 1t was of foreign origin.
 'Oonfound youR rules, you blasted ohumpl could buy and sell you ten times over, you pigheaded, pimply faced dude. If you don't think that check is good, send 1t over to the Chemical Na- tional
 The clerk called a messenger boy and dispatched him to the Chemical Nation al, with note asking If check of $500 signed by David Gelvin of Maitland, Mo, was good.
 The clerk knew 1t was not, but Dave was fighting mad, and the clerk realiz. ed that f he did not make seeming eff fort 90 ascertain the worth of the check he would get into trouble. While the messenger was absent Dave walked the floor of the magnificent office and talk. ed to himself.
 In due time the messenger returned with an answer. It read, "Mr. Gelvin, 8 check worth 5000 is perfectly good. y
 The clerk at onco became obsequious. There was nothing too good for Mir. Gelvin of Missouri.
 Well, give me back the check, U said Dave. "T'll go over to the bank and cash it myself D
 The check was handed to the irase man, and he marched out and never re- 1 turned. The clerk was evidently filled with curiosity about the Missourian, l for he sent letter to Charley Donovan, cashier of the Maitland bank, asking if Gelvin's check for S1,000 was good. Charley wrote back that Gelvin's check for S1, GOO was perfectly good; that it WAS good for S10. 900, for ire times that, and then he would have balance l in the bank. You dod blanked fool, ; wrote Donovan, "if Gelvin takes mo- l tion to buy your third rate hasheTy and offers check for it, take it quick. It's as good as the gold. ''
 Dave declares that the ambition of his life is to go back to,New York some time and dazzle the eyes of that hotel clerk He insists that when the time comes he is going to dress like king. hire corps of footmen, dozen valets, carry 57 trunks, travel in 8 special car and go down to New York and throw that hotel clerk into fits.
 This will explain why Gelvin is such