The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-11
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had an exciting experience az Buffalo.
They were sitting in an ice cream parlor
taking phosphate through a straw when
q party Of gentlemen came in. Imme-
diately Mr.. Davidson seemed 70 get sore
on the world and said to Mr.. Amidon:
sam. that train load OF cattle ought to
bring me 5000 more than it did"
IN never sell another hoof IN New
York" said Mr.. Amidon. Indignantly. I
have sold seventy train loads there this
years. and really believe would be
$4,000 better of If I had sold them in
Kansas City or Wichita
Excuse ne" said the man who was
ordering the champaign soda at the next
table. but are you gentlemen from the
west"
Not from the west exactly" said Nj
Davidson; we are from the middle west
the Kansas and Oklahoma country
ASK the gentlemen from the west what
they viii have" said the man-with
money-to-speud. to the waiter.
The two parties were merged into one
The man who was ordering the cham
paign mixture was the promoter OF the
Indian congress at the Buftcla exposi-
ton.
I OO you EEuGEHEl Know AalGUlLF
! Jane?" he asked Surely you do
DO We know her?" repeated Jack Dav-
idson with a hearty laugh; well, guess
yes"
You are Just the people I want" said
tho show man. I have got Calamity with
me tonight and Mrs. Josephine Winfield
Brake. the authoress is giving a party
at the Iriquois IN her honor. You gentle
men must participate
Jack nudged Mr. Amidon and asked:
who the devil IS Calamity Jane?"
1--WE must wait and see" said Mr..
/ Amidon, there is a spring in this thing
( somewhere"
I They were taken Immediately TO the
! parlors OF tire Irfquois hotel where Mrs.
/ Joseph Winfield Brake and party OF
! twenty lady reporters for the metropol-
/ itan papers and magazines were assem-
! bled. Calamity Jane was there, too,
4 dressed in buckskin trousers. moccasins.
a sombrero hat and two revolvers. Every
I body was talking about her as the great
scout OF the west who had saved the
( lives of ten thousand soldiers and car
ried the mails over the plains by pony ex-
press when TO man could be found who
/ had the nerve to 90 it.
Jack Davidson. who was introduced as
the cattle king Of the west. caught her
1 eye approached her and greeted her
warmly.
I have heard Bobby Gil talk about
you so much" he said.
"Oh, dear" said Calamity Jane, chow
is my old friend Bobby?"
He is fine. said Jack; ''and. say. YOU
surely knew the great killer. Fred For
rest? heard him taking about you,
too"
For the lands sake, do you know
Fred?" she asked. 4 was Just two miles
from him when he killed-what's his
nance"
Newt Garst." replied Jack. helping
her out.
oh. yes. Newt Garst. ''weu. vel.
that's long time ago. I remember the
morning we'll; II was a terrible fight"
The twenty lady reporters were listen
ing breatnlessly
You had left that country. I believe
said Jack, when Fred killed Doc Shuts.
( That was the most daring killing he ever
made. in my opinion Some people think.
however, that ne took more chances when
he killed DEF Delaney, but I never
thought so"
Fred was the nerviest felew I ever
knew II the west" said Calamity, and
Z knew ali OF them"
He didn't always prove II said Jack.
disputingIv. George Cert made him get
down on his knees one day and kiss The
dust. and the day he sho- al John Fisher
I saw Doc" Kelly take the gun away
from him and kick him two miles and
half out into the country. To ny mind.
Farmer Doclittle was the most daring
man IN the west C-riEg the cowboy
DAYS"
The yoyng lady reporters were hercely
active with tasir pencils One Of them
asked how M DooHtue- spelled his
name: ali the others in chorus asked bow
many men he had killed
"Doolittle." said Jack "was Ike az
brave men. ne never killed many. Gem
mon report says that he killed s.. but I
doubt II he killed more than q. He never
killed man -hat he wasn't forced %
kin oar Of seif-defense While he vas
the most daring man in TIE world his
heart vas as tender as wouan's. and
the day he fel seventeen thousand fecr
from 2 balloon. ard was supposed c8-
awhile 10 Be killed, strong men wept Ike
children.
Er. Davidson had. IS re himself SAYS
"heaved enough buii-coa ar the crowd.
and retired % a sofa n the corner with
Calamity. n order e give 1fr. Anison
q chance
He was 1ot long 81 retirement vhen /
Mss Clarke ssnsula-ly enough n reporter /
for Trlth. sought him Tor a personal IL /
te-view c1nccrlins The cattle business
= am losizE interest IL cattle SAID F.
Jack r an getting tirsd ~ range lfs F.
and within fer months v-I BE- OCT O. 4
business altoEethsr contemplate p
vislr % Europe Cattls e-e very lev *
present. but fortunately have sod sH
but -s.lea head. ard shsss 7 thlnk 7 v1
he able % ciose out be1s-C the 1rs- of
the uscuth-
The asto1.shed Mss Clark ASKED him +
hoE much land be had
Us cstlsEeu saf1 Jack -.lass-e 4
rs nuch lard IS We used &c have You 4
see TIRE hon stsastrs have been crou1l-lz- 4
IS lately ard the government has s-ood 4
IN with -her-. My ra1sa his been 1rtrl- 4
mel ccEn % vsrv rear two u-Elloa acres
u takes ems stx days &c rlze acrszs x j
nov. Instead y Ihlrt5 eve znd Forty ezva 4
zen years asa- Fou wcn't sn6 an biE 4
ranches in the west am mere You haas i
about en-. bas tasy are largely aceczsl /
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