The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-15
CHANGED HIS MANNER.
Entrance Of Noted "Gun" Men Made
Him Polite and Attentive.

Entrance Of Noted "Gun" Men Made
Him Polite and Attentive.
He was meek and patient little tsle-
graph editor out In Denver, but sometimes
he felt ,nurderously inclined, as telegraph
editors often do. He had been left all
alone In the ottice-city editor out shaking
dico with his assistant and reporters all
on thor runs" or assignments Three
A. P. wires and tho usual specials were
unloading copy Oh him. He was not SO
very mad about his own extra work, for
that was not far out of the ordinary, but
it made him mad to answer the telephone
for the delinquent and I'm his opinion) ut
terly worthless local department, and by
the time no had entertained and taken
notes for tho usual early evening run Of
volunteer purveyors of Information about
their precious selves he was ready for des
per,.tc deeds.
There camc calm, and no settled down
to catch up when he suddenly became
conscious Of presence in tho rooIn-three
Of them, in fact They We're neat looking
young fellows of medium size, well and
quietly dressed az western garb goes, and,
with hats Off stood waiting for the man
Of telegraph to look up Presently and
after due elaboration he vouchsafed n
glance and IA grunt Of Interrogation. The
stranger nearest tho desk politely but
quickly seized the opportunity and in
qulred:
"City editor?'
"Nope." (pegging away at his copy
ANY reporters in?'
"Wo have II little item l thought you
might like for your paper"
''Bettor como in again later and see a
reporter
But, pardon me, We cant wait; have
to catch tho 0 80 train east
well" growlcd the man of wires,
what your itom9" and he looked as if
no would like to cut tho quiet trio, item
and all
We'll, you see, said the ncnt little man
with the blue eyes and the pink mustache,
Luke Short he sends for us to come
down to Dodge and help him straighten
things out. You know, he's marshal down
Tiers, and the gang gives him hours to
pull his freight. He lows he stays, and
he telegraphs us to come down and ride
points of interest with him. Mo? Why,
my names Mastorson-Bat Masterson.
Maybe you've heard of mo. And this is
Mr. Holiday, Mr.. Editor--'Doc' Holiday
and this Is Mr.. Collins Shotgun Col
Inns they used TO nominate him down at
Tombstone
And by that time tho crstwhilo surly
telegraph editor was the politcst man in
tho room. He was breathing hard, but he
was jollying the visitors for all lie was
worth. For verify Masterson had n record
for something like "a dead ones and three
or four wounded, and Holiday was called
Doc" because ho had given up dentistry
to become II pcace,naker of tho border type.
lie also had dozen or SO in the cemeteries
OF tho west. Collins had earned tho so
briquct "Shotgun" because his favorite
weapon had once boon fowling piece Of
largo caliber, but he Ind sawed off the
barrels and carved the stock into u pistol
butt. Loading both barrels with generous
cargoes of hardware, he could clean out u
whole street with great economy Of time
and effort.
And that is why the surly telegraph cdl-
tor became very Chesterfield Of polite
ness and insisted OH sparins tho time to
purchase stlrrup cup for his distinguish
cd visitors. II may DO added that they
went to Dodge and rode up and down the
street and they didn't find it necessary to
"shoot anybody up" either Minneapolis
Times,