Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-10-19

AlA9b Nfet Fzz1'~-a@ P k9AzzOesAR0SA N8eAAs vin--of NaisAasds No, is oae of the cattle baEons ef naEaAwoss hs0gOuTi, section of eeHaesg which has largo numbay os cattle haEoaR As Ausslsz and pneheF Dav0 has agw equals and no supaxiosR aaa wba8 Ae does ao4 know sh0ut cattle wealA asa lo worsh finding onS
 Doye Ia sIuays 60 bggy looA4ag after Dis cattle iDesFagaB aa5 ho seldom has time to "dras vg'' In his company clothes. and at 0v1B saghs stranger would ea5s hin Con aa inaoo0ns gran. ger, eager Co buy 8 gold bg5caz og likely to blow oat tbe @aa
 6evaral yenrs ago D8vs shipped Q lot aR ezpors c8btle from Maitland and went as far as New York with them. When be arrived in New YorA. he looked like Che ragged end oa soves4y. but be was Goo busy Co gegEEe 8 change of clothing. He had some buginoga te transact and intended taking 0 train for home the next morning Dave is lover Of the good things o3 lila. % Se inquired his way to She Ho6maa Eo0se and affixed his name 10 the register. The clerk looked aS htm tor Haomoat and asked fl be wanted a room.
 "Yoa and a good ma, " replied Dava.
 Amy baggsgefs'
 "No."
 'OuR rates ara 9t0 8 day, and we re- Quire cash ia advance fRum unknown parties, '' said tho clerk
 "0b, darn your rates; give me the room. want to wash, said Dave.
 "Ail Tigbs. Ten dollars, please.
 DR7e FaB has haad in bis pocket, bub all he could ash ID was @871 This sum was maas up by a silver dollar, swo silver half dolfaEz. two quarters, a 90 cent piece aad 8 psnny.
 '0h, I'll pay you in the morning, '' said Dave, tsFuing to 90 to the elevator.
 But the clerk knew a thing or two. Be was nss so bs caught that way-not be.
 "Pheqo is So deviation from our rules sir, ' the clerk said politely but firmly. "You muet pay in advance. /"
 "Fhen I'll give yen @ ehech. " said Gelyin5 who was rapidly becoming an. gy
 He esepDsd back to the desk. filled out a check fog $500 and handed ib to the clerk. But tbe clerk was not @ greenhorn. ae waa New Yorker, he was He would noe acQ8pt bhe check un, less certified.
 By this tims Dave was mad. He said 8 few WoFde ia Latin, or in a language that sounded 1EEo f6 was Of a foreign origin.
 ''Oonfound your rules, you blasted ohumpl eoald buy and sell you ten times over, gou pigheaded, pimply faced dude If you don't think that check is good Rand ie oveg to the Chemical Ma tional. D
 The clerk eal1Ra Q messenger boy and dispatched him to the Chemical Nation al, with a note asking # 8 check of $500 signed by David Gelvin of Maitland, Mo, was good.
 The clerk know t was not, but Dave was lighting mad, snd the clerk realiz- ed that if be dta not make a seeming eff 2oTs to ascertain the worth of the check he would got into trouble While the messenger was absent Dave walked the floor of the magnificent office and talk ed to himselR
 In due time tss me@eager returned with an answeg. Is read, Mir. Geivin's check worth $500 ia perfectly good.
 The clerk a1 once became obseq quious. There was nothing too good for Mr. Gelvin of Missouri
 Well, give me bach the check, '' said Dave. "I'u go over to the bank and cash it myself. /"
 Tke check vas handed 10 the irste man, and he marched out and never re- turned. The clerk was evidently filled with curiosity about the Missourian, for be sent 6 lettsr to Charley Donovan, cashier of tho Maitland bank, asking i9 Gelvin's check for el, 900 was good. Charley wrote back that Ctelvin's check for gl, 00O was perfectly good; that it was good for BIO, GOO, for five times tba&, and then h9 would have a balance in tho bank, You dod blanked fool, D wrote DonOTan, If Gelvin takes no- ton to buy year third rate hashery and offers a check for it. take is quick. It's as good as the gold, "
 Dave declares that the ambition of his life is to go back toNew York some time and dazzle the eyes of chat hotel clerk He insists thaB when Che time comes he is going to dress like a king, hire 8 corps of footmen, a dozen vaIets Barry 37 trunks, travel in special car and go down to New York and throw that hotel clerk into fits.
 This will explain why Gelyin Is such 3 tireless worker. He has enough Co live on in lnxury and ease all tue rest