El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-20
SPORT WITH A TENDERFOOT.
A CHICAGO Swell Falls a Victim to
the Practical JokerS In the
Prosperous Town of LordSburQ.

Railroad meu in from Lordsburg, N.
NJ, tell of cruel joke perpetrated on
q recent arrival from the ''Windy
City," Chicago, named G M. Ansbach
Mr.. Ansbach brought with him 70
Lprdsbu, G all the characteristics OF q
tharouRh Chicagoan and the practical
jokers concluded they would give him
and az ,b beard wild prod wess
while he was telling q
crowd of earnest listeners of the mar
velous beauties to be seen in Chicago
with the naked eye, one of the crowd
suggested ''a snipe hunt" that night
and it was quickly taken up by the
crowd. The Chicsgoan looked greatly
puzzled for time. This was some
know all about it. He wac told that
they would get wagon that night and
drive out few miles and, with the as
sistauce of light, all the snipe in that
portion of the country could
be easily captured. He agreed
to accompany them and pre-
paratiops for the hunt at once be-
gan. After dark, the party headed by
two weil-knOwn cowboys, piled into .
point five miles south of LOrdsburg
the party halted and announced their
intention of trying that portion of the
country. they had with them three
railroad ianters with which to attrack
the snipe. One of the globes was
white, another green and tho other
red. Now came the time for choosing
lights ard, of course; the Chicago man
was the favorite, and he accepted the
honor bestowed upon him very grace
fully and assured all present that he
would remember them to his friends
in Chicago. All was then in readiness,
and in the Chicsgoan's left hand was
placed the green light, in his right
hand the white light while the
red light was fastened around his
neck. The cowboys aud their in
nocent vic i'm then started out on foot
and kept travelling until they had
reached a safe distance from the wagon
and the trio halted again. At this
point the tenderfoOt was informed that
he must stand still while they hustle
around and scare up the slumberipg
snipes. They warned him against re-
moving the lights or attempting to
move away from the spot in which he
was standing without the lights for
fear that they may take him for same
one else and shoot him. He assured
them that he would be very careful
S Seen s aI o ana the snA two w walked sd
off ito scare up the snipe." OF course,
the joke had been successfully played
and two cowboys, after they had got
away from their victim short way q
began shooting off their pistols right
and left to scare up the snipe, but all
the while they we're getting just
little nearer to the wagon. Gee there,
they piled in snd we're driven rapidly
to Lord sburg, leaving the Chicagoan in
the wildern ass with the danger signal
fastened about his neck, firmly believ-
ing that the snipes and the cowboys
would arrive shortly.
Poor, unfortunate swell. There he
stood alone and unprotected in that
wilderness, surrounded by venomOus
reptiles and merciless beasts, but no
snipe, while his wiser, though less
sedate, friends went merrily on their
way thoroughly enjoying the success
full termi oation of the joke.
When the party reached Lordsburg
they told how they had left the bril-
liant arrived from Chicago out in the
brush holding the lights for the snipes
and all eyes were turn ed in the direc-
ton where the young man had been
left, to await his return. At two o'clock
in the morning he had not returning
and lady who was with the wait
horse which was standing in
front of one of the stories and started
out to fiud him aud guide him safely to
his friends in Lordsburg. She found
him standing exactly in the spot where
he had been left by the cowboys.
She told him GO remove the lights and
accompany her to town, but he pos
itively refused, saying that he would
certainly be shot by the men who wer g
out soaring up the snipe. The lady
tried to convince him that 1t was all 8
Joke but he was not there to be con-
WINGED of anything other than that he
was on q snipe hunt and that his
friends we're out in the brush ''stiriug
'em up He finally consented to &C
company her to town but positively re-
fused to discard his Illuminated de-
coratious for fear of being shot by
mistake by his companions.
When they reached town the joke
was explained to him and now he is
oopuinoc6 that Tiara ia