The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
CHAPTER XIV.
A Real and TruIy story.

Real and Truly story
Dave and Joe arrived from the West on
schedule time. and Immediately set about
making the accuaintanes Of the great
city. and gratifying curiostties ana oe
sires of long standing For the most part
they maintained a mien of quiet lmper-
turbability, their rough bronBed counter
ances giving little inG4cation OF wnat was
transpiring in their minds Their Visit
TO the Stock Exchange, one or the hrse
places to which their curiosity led them,
was productive of a fairly free expr esslon
of their impressions Of that particular
institution. They had heard many strange
and wonderful tales of this great money
mart where the finances or the natlon
were turned topsy-turvy, and where men
Jumped from poverty and obscur1ty 10
wealth and renown in an incredibly snort
space of time. Besides. they felt some
thing of personal interest in the place
which they understood would sooner or
later be the scene of a round up, IN
which they would be vitality interested.
BY special request, therefore, Waldron
took them up into the visitors gallery,
from where they surveyed the throns or
clamorous men and scurrying messenger
boys for a full quarter Of an hour with
out uttering a syllable.
"Our scrap goin' to be pulled on down
there?" Joe was finally moved TO inquire.
and receiving a nod in the affirmative,
again turned his attention below.
I've seen packs of gray-backs snap
pin and snarlin' and yawlin over a car
cass afore now. but L never lowed TO see
human folks-them as is dedicated up to
the top notch-goin' through the same
maneuvers," Dave solemnIy affirmed, as
he gazed upon the strange scene L
reckon there's a strain of the same blood
that one or the other of US amt out
grown-oon't seem to be runnin' out much
neither far as 1 can see.
az low I'm kinder disappointed" Joe re-
Iuctantly admitted. ''It amt Jest what
l expected to see considerin' all the fuss
made about it.. If Tenderfoot or some no
account chap like him was down there to
start 'em all to goin' disagreeable like,
might be some sense IN it.
'sIf I was mad as some of them chaps
pear to be 1 reckon there'd be sOmethin
doin besides hollerin' the top of my head
off about it, said Dave, with i'll con-
cealed disgust Let's mOsey, he sug-
gested, few minutes later, his curiosity
apparently satisfied. mo use gettin' riled
up over any argument we can't take a
hand in. This 'eres gentleman's game,
and that let's US out-an' low my feel
in's amt much hurt" he added, as he
shot a parting glance below.
Guess they don't need our help no
how-nobody pears to be gettin' hurt
Looks like they're all tryin' to frighten
each other to death-them as amt settin
around tuckered out like" was Joe's final
observation, as he turned away.
Miss Edith Winston had prompt
ly expressed an enthusiastic desire
to meet these men Of the West,
when she had learned of their
proposed visit. Her desire. so
long possessed. to behold real and truly
w tod
Mr. Waldron had utterly failed to sat
isfy the fastidious ideas Of the young
miss She liked Mr.. Waldron-very much,
indeed, but she was speaking of some
thing quite different. Mr.. Waldron might
be a New Yorker, for all one could say
to the contrary, and surely real and
truly Westerner must be a creature Of
entirely different parts.
David Bishop and Joseph Sutter were
truly typical Westerners; not. however,
of the type commonly conceded to drink
distilled lightning, shoot at sight. ride
their horses into saloons and clean out
whole towns. They were men born and
bred in the West who early in life had
discovered the necessity for a law-abid-
ing element even in that wild country.
and ranging themselves on the side of
law and order. had steadfastly main
tained their ground and fought for it
W1cn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OCAudA4OCO, nOt
infrequently happened
Joe Sutter knew little Of the sex fem
mime and was inclined to be rather Ill
at ease in the company of high class
gals" so Waldron and Jack very consid-
erately came to his rescue and took him
for q tramp along the shore, which was
more in his line, and vastly more to his
liking.
David Bishop. on the contrary, took to
the wonderment of his friend Joe. who
Flowed Dave allus was a shifty critter. -
As for the young miss, her wish was graf
flied at last. These men would do very
well. They were quite all her fancy had
pictured-they were the genuine article so
far as her limited knowledge availed.
Their forms of speech were certainly
characteristic OF the Western country,
and conformed to her preconeeived ideas
as well as could be expected
A mutual interest seemed TO spring up
almost Immediately between Dave Bishop
and the little miss Never shied-kept
me busy from start to finish. As purity
a little hlly as 1 ever cast an eye over"
he afterward declared to WaIdron.
"I wanted to meet you and Mr. Suffer-
and so did we all-for several reasons. .
she explained, In burst of confidence
You see, we all like Mr. Waldron so
very much VIC NdH.eu ~ AHOW you, De-
cause you are his friends And then I
thought II you were real good-natured-
and l know now you are-you would tell
me some real and truly stories about the
things you have done. II will be so much
nicer than reading about them because I
shall know they are quite true.
well. well, Missy" laughed Dave
much amused at the enthusiasm of hi,
little inquisitor. "and so you've been
waitin for Joe and Dave to telI vo,,
about things Mister Bill can tell Won .
heap sight better than us?"