The sun., 1900-12-23


lalf q mile away Inc porter watched HE
nlsht- Tor awhile and then went ~ n group
~ oorfespondehts who we're taisins tosethor
-Gen Ismcn. he said. In tones ~ tho NJ.
mo,. .nmlllty wish, someOodya would
lns to the committeeman, 'tninks he Ia doing
10 my mind he !, mos too busy, Hes buster
than black ant on hot rocA
ne desisuHuon was accepted With shouts
of sfattude Al local committeeman, tiat
u TO say. all others than Stnt. Committee
ineh' and sometimes even state tommiil' l'H'
men. were thereafter classified a. Ria *
AhH The title ~ the two months b1tte
between the Eoush Writers aud tho D'a'A
Ants viii bo an addition TO history Il It - ever
because IL unml.takHble tesembanors.
from that time forth bore With chaInCtetstO
moekness tho title Of Hot Rock Bah
As source of entertainment ioi ILs col
leagues, Bah gave tie most pleasure BY miss
Ing trains. In his great solictudo to do tho
utmost sood for his employers. bab was It
ways In great rush to md tho telegraph
once on his arrival ia a new city lie would
run toward any man In sight who looked IN
though he might know where the telegraph
haste he sometimes travelled up tho train
10 the engineer and fireman. who knew IS
little about the town a. he did himself After
two or three such embarrassing experiences
Bah would be overcome by great lack of
sef-conhdence, and would run wildly after
any small boy or aicr; unemplo, od-arlcar7;
make good messenger boy once when
the special was approaching a large railrogd
from the sta station ior orders @ Gab S sratiicd all
beholders by throwing UP his window and
hurling bunch Of copy sheets to a lone
For heaven'ssake. old man set that to the
Western Union office as quick as you can
for me. III MAKE II all right with you later
IS he realized the distance that stlll remained
between him and the town that lie had acted
a bit rashy tnmIndful OF many requests
next was TO hurl rush despatohes" out Of tie
window. he went TO work at once to rewrIte
al! that he had cast forth into, the switch
yards. The funny part Of that Joke on Rab
developed after the town had been reached.
Bah had gone out to look for the Office vi ith
messenger boy as guide. lie had gone about
at the telegraph oflce station The crowd
decided that IL ought to be opened beCau'e
ee there Vas odd n9 'fns h hSw ons 10 sG
could answer for him This Is the way 1t
read:
Bao'sno,. Co--s,pons',t Ev''o''. Care Roo''''t
why do YOU dupl.ca despatched Contents don't
Identical despatthes from Bunrtovn Junction ard
money. THE EYESoRE
II was apparent. as two or three men re-
marked in the same breath. that Bab's friend
out In the railroad yards was not asleep at
the switch The defIa'ch was handed a. 20
self on.tituted committee chased him. to
remind hw that tn; 59 was Sb3a 8st 70 - sn
telegraph ONCE he would In all PROBABILITY
be left behind. Bah mumbled vaguely that
essentially q man of one idea aud further
argument was useless At tho next station.
however. the following telegram was re-
ceved:
Rsa,sr.a Sp,'iSi 1rsin, c, X asiF r.
Pleas. CSyrI tor ms an'l Join yO I2ys 70 all
There VS. an informal meeting at once
and telegrai OF congratu!atory nature
were sent 70 Bah at once.
There is nothing 50 Pleasing to the, man-
ufac,urer OF special campa.sn tram timer
town at ono station and depart from it an
hour or 50 later at another station se{erl
transferred while tie speaking has been
going on. II is needless 10 say this dHytoe
had not the sDPr8yS1 T5, 5 'RS hSc &
the Northwest. where there are few rail-
roads. there were not many occas.Qts when
his s%San BUT TeTs re 6nrRaGS rs oX
began. On the way from Cheyenne to Don
yer there were at least two trnrsiers lToni
from the train had due warning, hut nab
was too busy thinking 70 br bothered ith
any more ideas The ,isilancs Sommiti"s'
but had OF its own motion erlnrge6 tn" s'coe
OF It's activities TO include. all affairs that in
any way Affected the weIfare OF any! any 81 tns
own strenuous Efforts ne vas drag ed across
the town to the other raiirond and really
in plenty OF time In ite Of himself, lo
EXPRESSED his obligatiO-s 70 the rest Of tho
men in hrief and Wy f2rGsI p ,, snen"9 ihat
OF the humors ~ the situation.
SO deeply did he seem Impressed that on
the arrival of the train AZ Colorado springs
10 uos loft n slift for himself. | he SFcrl al
rested for an hour and a half al Colorado
Spr!nEs. II entered the town on the Denver
ie,t Il by the Colorado Midland on the other
sid" n mile and a half away. Ahncs; every
one else went ~ in CaTriases to thc ~, ha.is p.s
found that the carriages were not going TO
the telegraph Office directly aud h" felt him
s,f called on 70 travel separo!eiy.. iiis
But when the first section OF the special.
which had been DIVIDED 70 make its climb
ND the mountain sides 10 Victor and CrIpIl 10
Creek started. there came great cloud OF
dust down the street to the station, -,.-
Ia Ia" centre .. II was al OCCASIONAL glimpse
OF an obese person brandishins Il whip. In
the foreground there APPEARED out OF the
dust from time 10 uuue the I0rcquartcrs Of q
ran.shachie horse gaIlopins lfaut!cally. And
the trall oi the cloud was mlrked by broken
Watcrlnclons. CaDOases, punches OF beets ana
bundles OF celery IAe oLglu.er "i tie first
sectIoh slowed up out ol sheer curiosity IL"
dust CioId wnIr.cd up ike street tornado
and stopped II lAo sIde oi lhc tdCN- lhe
dust settIed down, ana out OF IL pounded BAD.
II. scrambled stumbling across tho tracks
to the steps ol tue last cor, pursued BY m.n.
apparently the owner OF tie wagon, who
seemed to be almost as much asitatcd a5
BaD himself. Inc engineer increased ms
speed and moved away with the huCksier
keutlcman pursuing IL 40 lar as his breath
held out. wayiu. lIapiorluS arms hiSh IN air
and hONiing lndrticIldte words,
Say" asked the learned squeeze. as soon
as B4 U seemed to have recovered his breath
ana seases, what is the matter with that man
Who Was CHASING tho iIaIn back thereF
Bah was uOrrorsTuck. lie was too much
perturDcd to md his tongue FOR minute or
Two. Incn lao said:
Il guess | must have forgotten to pay tho
foo. say" l." added observing that ms
reuIark seemed To dniuse a good many OF the
,l,'cubs.c oL tie re r pisuorin. int / mt u
JOKE, 1t too Ern 'u.
Bah spent Tie rest OF the day In trying to
find IOlolaGO pOiItiCl ali who lived ia Colo
rndo SurInps ana Wno would undertake. the
Responsibility ol delivering 10 the abandoned
adequate !or ihG expense he lad been To In
tue way O! lost garden truck aad damasss
to horse, wa sun and iceAugs That night at
Cripple orccA when the tnlng was finally
udJ listed BAD wandered into the car where
Ia. tyIcwutprs were rafting away AID
messenger boys were dGshIue up and down
the aisle and created IA siGht diversion in "a
rather excited atmospheric % asAIag ia per-
iect innocence.
-WhaI - al tits about riot back there at
Victor: | noticed "A good deal OF row, but
ltnought II was all enthusiasm. Twas up with
, the iIp lives near Colorado Sprin "a