The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-27

: Wellington ! was rolling IN wealth.
Nrt. have .. grub for a living as a bun
,.-a-f.-. ! DON'T ike 10 do a stunt Al
isz.-ss in che same place where ] origi-
I'D -..r role % Dives. a winter or two
g.. Wae one o. the leading swells OF
,ga-rl.grea. aud FOR three months ] rev
90. .- constant round OF receptions
Crr.rs. af.a dances.
.~ra way .t happened was thus. ] had
,paat al ny llfe in the Wild, uncultured
Tar 3 went into the newspaper bust
Pass WHEN was sixteen, and had drifted
f-g.rG a.1 worked on nearly every big
f..., u.e. ~ tGe Mississippi. One time
] R.rt broke out in Seattle. and / worked
in seragrarr 20 keep from starving
j. ..' J spent large part OF the sum
Nor .. EaI ou a ranch out in Montana
5.... ... into a pretty fair specimen OF
he ..a.r rare1aT. and the bucking OF the
~. ..f tr urho disturbed me. no more
,fau th. rocking Of a cradle when / was
fau- years younger.
Along ln September an aunt died and
l.G, me legacy OF Hl 900 In the bank
J. IS unnecessary for me TO state how
Ing wore mourning. but after the firsi
Iaugs % grief subsidized / figured on how
] should spend the coin. / then held a
short conversation with myself somewha,
e. follows:
>.r. Old man, you've been a fool all
...r .f'- You have never been East. and
sou DONE know what good society IS
Take mg advice and get next TO the aris-
tgoTacy, and for once in your life have a
kCOl uih'. ana don't count the cost
ToOA the Advice.
'T took The advice. and then decided
thai as Washington was the Capital of
this glorious republic the society thai
le.l forth there during the winter season
"as good enough for me. | said good-bv
ia The ranch, and stopped off awhile m
). Louis and Chicago to see all 1 wanted,
and 90 get some clothes that would put
me- DO j. Waldere Kinks class. BY the
Tine ] reached Washington, along in De
crm5er. ] had about 5000 left
j gut up at one of the leading hotels
ana / got a suite Of rooms that would
have staggered anybody but a Western
millionaire. / waited a day or two n
ci'eh onto things, and read the local pa
l.IS closely to see what was going on in
Inc social world. ! soon grasped the fact
lA1i me wives Of the Cabinet officers and
4-a-.E2 Senators held afternoon at homes
d. which Man was very scarce but much
sought Tor article. / waited till the fol-
lowing Thursday, and made my break. ]
ordered the swellest turnout in Washing
ioH with coachman and fOotman in liv-
cry and a pair of spanking BAYS with
locked tails.
When / arrived at the residence of the
hostess OF the afternoon, ! gave my card
20 The fiunkey at the door with as much
hlteur as a sponger hitting a free lunch.
BY face was familiar, so the hostess said.
ana she was glad that l had come met
number Of motherly old ladies. who
presented their daughters and / stayed
for an hour, getting acquainted. | kept
that thing up for about two weeks, until
l began 10 meet the same people right
along. As | was dressed in the height OF
style, and drove around in the most fault
less equipage, and was always seen at tn,
best houses everybody began to think
must be a person of some consequence.
Gave Him AN Idea.
"Of course. people asked me where
came from. | waved my hand with a wild,
y
Then everybody said Oh looked wise. anC
became interested. Ii gave me an idea
which Immediately proceeded TO put into
execution. ! had by that time received in,
Fiauons to receptions some of them pret-
" swell, too. l noticed that most of the
young men were a colorless lot. good
many Of them department employees, who
hay paying jobs above the average. some
O., them sons Of rich and influential politi.
cal leaders. with a sprinkling of young
army and navy officers The war with
Spain had produced a surplus of heroes,
and a uniform did not attract the atten-
ton that fl had six months before.
j decided 70 give them a new wrinkle.
] posed as the cowboy in society, and the
STUNT made good i'm no time. | tod them
ranch tales by the hour, and described
the scenery of the Rockies in a manner
which would have made Burton Holmes
ashamed Of himself.
But the cowboy racket caught on so
that ] became the fashion in society. The
young ladies' looked on me as a wonder.
The army and navy officers were harder
- deal with a good many OF them had
b''h out West themselves and they did
h"i srr why such a fuss should be made
over q fellow who had merely herded cat
o. "n Ine plains. Finally their turn came.
a'rr was a major who had been a pretty
A''i lr'ui Of mine. AT a small reception
on" night he spoke Of a horse he had
il4-hi sdddler, but he could not ride
i-iH. al1 neither could his groom. A
Dung lieutenant overheard the major
Tt. King about his fractions equine. and he
; poke up loud enough for every one to
h-ar
Fr-haps, - said. looking straight at
ne. .p-rhaps our friend. Mr.. Blank. would
r''"Ae 90 tame your Bucephalus for
,-'. Major He has been a cowboy out
"'S'. and knows all the tricks of a
horse
I1.S i7 n vicious beast said the ma
.o'- He nearly IIued his groom the oth-
- NaN. and ] Int want any friend of
H'n. to 'TE o. Fiir him
~, N' We Young fellows Joined in and said
IH'S ""-.t .Ha 10 See the sport: that n
"''.u ho. I' atn-.rpgs for an eVDeriapced
I ''" Do.. a# .lat il was I'd 10 me
u r-#. Your horse for Won ,oaio,
J >,i- q Mess he is wors. ,bap ,ba 49,
it' j ought nu, 10 have anv ,,reat aroo,,,t
4. Trouble with him ] threw this in a. .
.... i.i I'D Tie girls were looking al me
L"a 80 make some sort OF a plav
!. Was hHally arranged that l should make
me Trial two days after. They asked rna
".'. .' would give The exhibition
'" connecticut avenue | said. and I
.'.'..' ".. oi my friends 10 be present
breaking in a Wild Horse.
, when The appointed day came around
..---.- nay appearance IN an elegant nd
''t --li. / had secured the cltv for a
gers saddle and told the major N
'. MS groom put II on the beast
..'.' -r 20 the place where ! was 10 poal-e
'la., and ! found about 200 psopIe
y .'H had met. toaether with the us5aI
no l-"t collects when anything is going
inc crowd gave me a hand when I
'.-. .h J raised my hat. and then went
.'.. To where the horse was tc0 look him
''F lie Uas big brute. about fifteen
l.. ha.t hands high, with an ugly head
.- mean eye lie was 80 powerful that
"os afraid ] would have trouble with
.". F-l 81 was TOO late 10 back out.
t ID. j caught litter among the group
as.HH.,s, / took the bride from the
-..-7 FL. The two srC0ms and vaulted into
.' saddle.
tA.i horse was supposed to have been
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