The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-24
IN SUSPENSION.
CASPER, Wyo,,..Aug. 10, 1900.
MY theme il not OF gallant knight


the city Of the dead, where most OF
those In 1t should be living instead OF
lying here in silence, and very few IL
any OF them had a doctor probe for the
bullet. Headstones are a rarity, but
one | saw still fingers on my memory.
It was Of rough stone In the shape OF q
stump with these words engraved upon
il: Here lies the ashes OF Tobias
Green, aged 3s. He died OF suspense
Erected to his memory by a grateful
wife, | had heard before OF mems
hair turning gray from suspense, ahd
of their losing their mind from sus-
pense, but not of anyone dying, but
when | got back to town ! found out 1t
was true. lie was suspended from a
tree. His wife soon after married the
richest man in the county. It's no
wonder she was grateful. am told
that Of the first nineteen graves that
were dug In the cemetery sixteen were
filed by men whs died with their boots
on. two by natural death, and one was
never filed, having been cheated out
Of Its occupant by the wretch who is
still alive.
II I were a space writer | could 60
on and describe scenery by the hour
which 1 have seen In the past two
weeks, but descriptions Of scenery are
so inadequate that l will not attempt
it. One of the finest sights to me il to
see a man swing a % horse team, all
strung out, with six wagons behind
and eleven tons of wool or crude oil on
them, around the corner OF the street
and up 70 the warehouse just as easy
as Hosmer used to drive his old sorrel
up to the burnt bank building. People
who have seen this sight every day for
years will stop and look at il every
time. Yesterday l went to what il
called Hat Six Falls. This is a small
stream that falls about 1900 feet and
looks Just as though some n was
standing at the top and pouring 1t from
a big pitcher. You can walk in behind
the water for fifty feet and net wet a
hair. stopped two days at Glen Rock
last week, q little town thirty miles
east OF here where there Is a big coal
mine. In the morning l went down in
it 800 feet, and 2,2O0 feet back to the
air shaft. 1t is quite dark in there and
didn't stay long. One such expert.
ence is enough for me and still l don't
regret it.
! have reason to believe that there
are more sheep in this county, perhaps
than any one county in the United
States. In all probability there is 81
900, 900 invested in sheep here and sv'
cry man who is interested in them Is
getting rich. 1t is claimed that the
men who voted for Bryan four years
ago are actually ashamed to look an
honest sheep in the face-and why not
Speaking of Bryan, I must say thai
there will be the biggest change in the
vote up here Of any place | know OF
unless it is Colorado. In the city Of
Douglas the vote was two to one fol
Bryan four years ago, and it is boldly
stated now without fear OF contradic
ton that Bryan will only get two vote
d there this year, and the W men tina
vote them hope that Mckinley will b.
elected.
While standing in a saloon not lon
since (the water is bad up here) saw
two copper miners come in and wal
Z. up to a slot machine. 1t was one O
those machines where the nickles dro'
into pockets, and II you hit the RICH
place the pocket empties, but you onl
hit the right place once IN a hundre
years. As they stood and looked At
with its pockets full Of nickles says ont
"An' Co yez know Pat what thes
= machines are fors"
~ do not" says Pat.
swell ye see," said the other ont
they're all to be opened on the 2Ot
day of October and the money goes
help elect Mckinley"
BE thot so?" said Pat.
"Itis," said the other.
)U chin God be praised" said Pa
"lest each of us put a nickle in for J
know we were both with CoXey
army five years ago,"-So they ea'
put in u nickle and walked toward Il
bar.
b. At Glen Rock | happened to THU
that the women voted in this state SC
n asked thei waiter lady at dinner WI
" she was going to vote for and s
promptly answered, Bryan" ask
her sEhy and she said "Oh, cause
Finding that | could get no better re
son from her | watched and motto
that a curly headed young fellow W
tended bar at the corner saloon a