Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-28
A MlSSOURlA MONTE CHRIS TO VISITS NEW YORK IN HIS RAGGED WORK
 ING CLOTHES
And the Clerk at the Hoffman House Thinking Him a Dead Beat, Insists On Him Paying
 In Advance.
HIS EXPERIENCES IN GOTHAM.


 Davo Gelvin-it is pronounced Gal. vin-of Maitland, Mo, is one of the cattle barons of northwest Missouri, section Of country which has large number of cattle barons. As hustler and pusher Dave has few equals and no superiors, and what he does not know about cattle would not be worth finding out.
 Dave is always so busy looking after his cattle interests that he seldom has time to "dress up'' in his company clothes, and at first sight stranger would tako him for an innocent gran. ger, eager to buy gold brick or likely to blow out the gas.
 Several years ago Dave shipped lot of export cattle from Maitland and went IS far as New York with them. When be arrived i'll New York, he looked like the ragged end of poverty, but he was too busy to secure a change of clothing. i He had some business to transact and | intended taking train for home the next morning. Dave is a lover of the good things of life, so he inquired his way to tho Hoffman House and affixed his name to the register. The clerk | looked at him for moment and asked if he wanted a room.
 Yes and good one, ' replied Dave.
 "Any baggage?''
 'tNo."
 "Our rates are S10 a day, and we TO. quire cash in advance from unknown parties, said the clerk.
 "Oh darn your rates; give mo the room. 1 want to wash, /" said Dave.
 "All right Ten dollars, please. ''
 Dave run his hand i'll his pocket, but all he could fish up was $2.71, This sum was made up by a silver dollar, two silver half dollars, two quarters, 20 cent piece and penny.
 "0h, I'i1 pay you i'll the morning, said Dave, turning to go to the elevator
 But tho clerk knew thing or two. He was not to be caught that way-not he.
 "There is no deviation from our rules, sir, " the clerk said politely but firmly. "You must pay in advance. "
 'sThen I'll give you check. " said Gelvin, who was rapidly becoming an gry.
 He stepped back to the desk. filled out check for $500 and handed it to the clerk But the clerk was not greenhorn. He was New Yorker. he was. He would not accept the check up less certified.
 By this time Dave was mad. He said q few words ill Latin. or ill language that sounded like it was of foreign origin.
 "Confound your rules, you blasted ohumpl I could buy and sell you ten times over, you pigheaded, pimply faced dude. If you don t think that check ia good, send it oyer to the Chemical Ma tionaI D
 The clerk called 0 messenger boy and dispatched him to tho Chemical Nation. al with a note asking if check of $500 signed by David Gelvin of Maitland, Mo, was good
 The clerk knew it was not, but Dave was fighting mad, and the clerk reali2. ed that if he did not make q seeming eff fort to asaertain tho worth of the check he would get into trouble. While rhe messenger vsas absent Dave walked the floor of the magnificent office and talk cd to himself.
 In due time the messenger returned with an answer. It read, "Mr Gelvin's check worth $500 is perfectly good. ,
 The clerk at once became obsequious. There was nothing too good for Mir. Gelvin of Missouri.
 "WeIl, give mo back the check, ," said Dave. "Iu go over to the bank and cash 1t myself. ,
 The check was handed to the irate man, and he marched out and never re- turned. Tine clerk was evidently filled with curiosity about the Missourian, for he sent letter to Charley Donovan, cashier of the Maitland bank, asking if Gelvin's check for $l 900 was good Charley wrote back that Gelvin's check for SI, GOO was perfectly good; that it was good for $10, 900, for five times that, and then he would have balance in the bank You dod blanked fool, " wrote Dono7sn, "if Gelyin takes a no- tion to buy year third rate hashery and offers 6 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 97 trunks, travel in special car and go down to New York and throw l that hotel clerk into fits.
 This will explain why Gelyin is such Il tireless worker. He has enough to 1 live on in luxury and ease all the rest of his life, but he has not yet accumu lated enough to make that New York trip in what he considers the proper style. Until he does he will work hard l h. hi ,atsa