The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-02

last summer 1t viii bear narratiue.
1t seems that a friend in London, aware
Of the reyerned gentleman's fondness
for vivid color. sent Dr. Gunsaulus d
bngbf-red necktie. There is DO other
red neck-tie 10 the world quite SO red as
a British red necktie; it is the consum-
nation. the apolhe0sis Of redness.
When DR. Gunsaulus clapped eyes on
that red neckfie be was dazzied nav.
he was stun 81 bv its terrific splendor
As quickly as he could be put it away.
Il must not wear it, said he to himself
=lt is too wicked for this part Of the
world. i will re.erSe it for Arizona.
1t is true that Dr. Gunsanlus had l65
acres of wheat out In Arizona that
needed looking aiir but itismore than
likely that an ambition to wear that
new splendid red necktie inspired in
Dr. dunsaulus a ceaseiess yearning to
90 West AT any rate be went, accom-
panied BY his son, a little fellow Of ten
or twelve years Of age.
To such as have never seen DR.
Gunsaulns decked in that array which
he affects when inspecting wheat or
hunting rare bibliomaniac finds in
Arizona we will say that this costume is
strange 10 the degree Of weirdness. its
most conspicuous feature is a black felt
hat wit an enormous flexible brim. An
flavor Of spice-of W.ckedness,
if you please-was given 10 this costume
by the superb red neckiie To be can
did, DR. Gunsaulus, attired for Arizona,
looked very like one Of those heoric far
western characters of which Bret Harte
loves to treat
Now. it happened that DR.. Gunsaulus
Travelled on a fiee pass-a free pass
through the kindly Offices Of
one Of the influential lambs Of his flock.
This free pass Ras made continuous all
the way from Chicago to Arizona aud
back again. II fell clearly within the
lines Of the interstate commerce act,
for 1t was made out to the account Of
and was to be paid IN advertising.
This free PASS worked al right until
DR.. Gunsaulus struck the Santa Fe
country 1t was then that a coarse. nm
feeling, one-eyed conductor came
through the train collecting tickets at
the point Of murderous looking horse
pistol. He had been Sheriff Of a
county in New Mexico and was a Thing
Of Blood.
"Tickctsi' demanded this fierce
DR.. Gunsaulus mildly produced his
free pass. The conductor read the free
pass. The unhallowcd fireof skepticism
llumined his cYclopean optic
Watts Yer uameg' asked the conduc-
ior.
Tho Rev. F. ". Gunsaulus, p
tho holy man.
The conductor took as rapid a view Of
Dr. Gunsaulus as his one eye would adj
nit Of
No, yer dont!7 exc aimed the con
luctor. brutally. yer don't play that
game on mel Yer no preacher.
"lndeed am, and very good
too, demonstrated DR..
junsaulus.
Come, now, - said the conductor, 'it's
10 use Of yer iryin TO come any monkey
business with me; 1 rekon / know
lominy when / sec him. Yer'il have to
'ut up yer good money or get ofi'n the
rain |"
There seemed TO be no alternative.
Dr. Gunsaulus looked out of the car
it would never do for him to
e set down in that desert OF cactuses
nd prairie dogs He sought to reason
nth the conductor; every gift, every
over, even artihee Of eloquenco at his
he brought to bear upon the
ahous creature, but all in vain. In
ain, also, did the reverend gcntlemaD's
title boy plaiotiyeiy bat stoutly main
ain that Papa was a minister;" the un-
egenerate heart OF that conductor was
ct to be moved.
No dominy ever wore a necktie like
hat, said the conductor. "Yerll have
, put up the stuff or get off'n the
'ain.
DIR. Gunsaulus did put up. but not
ntil he had secured a receipt therefor
'om the one-eyed skoptic The next
hree hours We're hours Of misery. for
OF even so long-sufering and so
atlent c.eryman as DR.. Gunsaulus
ared to be separated from his worldly
by the unfeeling agent Of q
)ulless railway corporation. But
bout a hundred miles farther down the
BAD the Mayor Of Santa Fe boarded
le train, and be was happily able to
lentifv DR. Gnnsaulus rs being indeed
ititled 70 all the perquisites and
involved in and entailed by
lat free pass. So the oDe-eyed con-
uetor disgorged the money and made
D apology as best lie could.
"Pve been liyin' ont here now for
oin' on twenty-three years. said he,
nd I've seen every kind Of human
lin from bonanza kings down to three
lrd monte. sharks, but never seen a
'eacher with a red neckfie afore Say,
irdner. yer a daisy. III betl Although
3 agiu the rules ] don't mind lookin'
yer if yer've got yer bottle handy l'-
hic0gO AelCS.