The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-09

west OF the Missouri river. They
ifestiy had their position definitely as
sured them In the First Orthodox So
ciety OF whatever their own may have
been. and they were not going to have
that spoiled by unbending to any of
these Western people who seemed to
think nothing Of telling you all about
the scenery without the least introduce
ton.
Particularly they felt II advisable to
preserve a chilling demeanor toward
the woman In the opposite section.
who soon proved herself capable of be-
ing discouraged in endeavors to d to
the comfort of the inexperienced trav-
elers when every succ effort was set
up beside an iceberg OF department.
On this unexpected side trip by way Of
Leadville N of the prim persons from
down East felt the rarity OF the air
uncomfortably. To some people IL does
cause a sickness which is very annoy
ing. although not dangerous at such
comparatively modest elevations as are
accessible by railway. In this case the
woman's plight was such as to "a
her companion to be alarmed. h
chafed her fellow travellers hands. she
slapped her hands. she gave her spir-
its of hartshorn and then the limit Of
her assistance was reached with a
package OF cough lozenges which she
fed to the sufferer. Not n of these
things had any beneficial effect upon
the sick person. who lay back in the
corner Of her section decidedly pallid
and gasping. Then the Yanke women
were glad to call on the Western wo-
man. whom they had snubbed in the
beginning. Being Californian. N
therefore forgiving. h soon found
somebody with a flask. and set herself
to the task of convincing her prim
nAfnhhara that nna might do manX
things i'm Leadville that were frowned
down i'm Massachusetts,. and hat 1t
was stupid to fight mountain sickness
with cough lozenges when whiskey
could be had.
1t is quite likely hat the Puritan
lady had 10 very good working knowl-
edge OF whisky, except In rare medical
emergencies. Surely she had no ac-
~quaintance with the fact that the ef-
feet of spirits, in fact, the paralyzing
power OF whiskey increases most rapid
ly with the altitude. The sick
helped herself; she was clearly an allo-
path, and h took a dose that would
have proved effectual at tide water.
At the high altitude of Leadville, which
is roughly two miles up in the air. the
benefit was immediate. The sickness
passed and the pailor vanished. the
prim woman perked up most c~onspicu-
ously. She even recognized that she
owed some acknowledgment to her
neighbor for kindness after preceding
rebufs. This started her to talking.
My, how she did tall for a while. IL
did not matter what she said. anything
that buzzed into her mind flew to the
tip OF her tongue. which kept on mill
ing at a great rate.
'Leadville," she said. didactically.
"Leadville Is said to be the tallest city
In the world. No. that's not right, II
can't be the tallest city. oh. yes. it's
the highest city: it's high up. It's a
high time we got there; there used to
be high old times-no, that's not quite
right, either. Can you sing? l know
you can sing. This Is a great thing to
go up SO high. We houl all Join In
an appropriate air. No. you needn't
hush me up. I'm all right. and I'm en-
joying the trip. Let US sing of the
Duke of York. He had ten
thousand men and marched them up
hill one day. and then he marched
down again. That's just what In
happening TO us on this trip to Lead
Vile. Oh. when you're up, you're up,
up. up. n when you're down-why
don't you all sing. because it's just
what we're doing. N when you're
neither up nor Town you're half way
up, but Ii doesn't seem just all right,
somehow. Still. it's a singularly appro-
pirate song for u.s."
Then the whiskey, plus the altitude.
got in the rest of its work. n the
prim traveller went to sleep. Some
in New England there Is a wo-
who ought to "a a charitable
sympathy for the poo people who
drink too much. for she knows what
II is.