The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-13

carry themselves
with a swagger and fguratiyoly DRAG
their coat tails on the groynd at an
Vines In the hope that some one will
give them an excuse 20 shoot.
Fairplay Is a very good name for
town or camp. and Falrpay. Colorado.
Is today thriving. law-ablGlng place
but. like all western towns. IL had 10
pass through all the stages OF social
evolution from the absolute barbarlty
Of IL beginning to the high civilian
zion OF The present.
There are many men not yet beyond
middle life who distinctly remember
the first hut erected in Falrplay. and
who retain a vivid recollection OF the
hrst hotel. the Great Western. which
was composed OF three rooms. one
oszsas, oh0 log and the other ,in.
planed boards. Though this establish
meni claimed 20 furnish "accommoda-
lions FOR man ssd Beast" Il had no
fAJib ibr forsos, and an lts dodgers
had 10 sleep IN hunks In one room.
while bread and bacon constituted the
b;ll Of fare, with now and then sugar
less coffee. The extras were com.
posed wholly Of bad cigars. strong
chewing tobacco aud whisky. Of a kind
20 much vller than the URINARY fluid
that one drink OF II has bctn known 10
produce al the effects Of dellrlum
tremens on n man accustomed 20 10.
and u always produced 4 homlcldal
Lania In those who INDUCED ln Il as
Omen as once a week.
The bar Of the Great Western was
the rendevoua. the headquarters. gor
All the miners and toamsters 10 the
vicinity, and you may be sure that O.
vas a constant resort Tor tho gamblers
ana deaferadocs who eiEaya swarm
about a new mining town like nler
about a sugar hogshoad IN July.
For the accommodation Of the latter
class. with whom he was In fun SYM
patty and with an eye 10 his own
Eain-he had only one oye-the land.
lord OF the Great Western had fitted
M place for playing faro. and a num-
Der Of pine tables on which those 20
incllned-and Il was surprising how
many were 20 inclined could play
that ailuring but most uncertain game
called poker.
At this time there were only two
women In Fairplay. viz. Mrs. Cham
berlain. the wife OF the prlncIpal mine
superintendent. and Llzzy Chamber
lain, her daughter.
Ladies' were certainly al a premium.
and Lizzie was very popular and
standing toast with the hundreds OF
men working In or near the camp
But as she was a very charming. mod.
eat girl she would have been popular
had the sexes been more evenly bal.
nnced.
Some men. with wives and daugh-
tiers a. home IN the states. rather
blamed Mr. Chamberlain ior subject.
Ing his family 20 the hardship lnsep-
arabic Hom such a life. but had they
known that the devoted wife ana
daughter Insisted on accompanying
him and sharing bis trials. they would
SQi have been 20 hard In their jude.
mont.
Arthur Lyons. a fine fellow Of -four
and twenty. was Mr. Chamberlaln's as
distant. and as he boarded with his me-
ployer. Il was pretty generally con-
ccded that he had 'the inside track"
40 FAR AZ LiEEy was concerned. and
that their marriage was only a CUES
tlon Of time
There was. however. IN Falrplay.
one man who omphatlcally refused 20
bcllsye that LlEry Chamberlain looked
kindly on Arthur Lyons. and this man
was known az RED" snively. the nrst
name being given TO designate his COM
plexlon and the sangulne color OF bis
hushy hair.
Red Sniyely wished 10 be- known as
'The Mountain Terror" and he tried
hard TO have the name attached TO
himself. but a. the majority OF the
miners looked upon him as a nuisance
rather than a terror the name ala not
stick 10 any great extent
Red snively was a staggering. ever
armed hragEart. Tie was supposed Ia
BE- a silent partner IN the Great West
ern hotel. and u was a matter OF
notorloty that an the gambling foa-
lures OF the establishment were under
his immediate charge
He always had money: he always
drank. yet he was the one man who
did not appear 90 be affected hy the
vile whisky Indeed. q would BE- nearly
impossible Tor any liquor 90 make him
more brutal sVd bloodthhstv than he
was when 10 he natural condition.
ne claimed Missouri az bis homo
and when De- became confidential
which was always Tho ease when ths
game was Roug arlins hIu.-hs
would hint that be- was forced 90 com,
west "owin Co little cutun' srapsH
he had over a game of cards
with the brareu cHrontery of hi.
class Red snlyoly made himself ysr,
objectionable io LIuy Chamberlain b,
Die d.sguH.uc attentions so much 30
indoci. tha, she dreaded Co venture ou
unless accompanied ty hcr father OF
Arthur LYONS
on one occasion the latter told Rr.
sn'voly very omphuI0alIy that h.
conduct was d.aerceab'e to MIa
Chamberlain, and that % must D..
stopped and thIs was said with mtl
calm emphasis that tho bully was ro
left in any doubt 8s 90 the youn.
mans mcauing. nor 10 DIE determine
zion t0 enforce h.s request
ln addition to its many other use
mo Great Western was che roromc
NJ which the weekly more often OH
monthly mail Vas delivered
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