The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03

| rlcF, completely lEHOTsuS INC Chtet eA-
ecutlve OF the State He has been known
TO carry unopened letters for days be-
fore bothering 10 read them, and not IN
| til his pockets became bulged TO burst
| ing would he consent to run them over.
To illustrate further, on one occasion
he was handed a telegram which he re-
garded heavily for some time. turning IL
| about as If to recognize the handwrit-
| ing, muttering "Humph. I wonder who
that's FROM
Finally giving UP his idle speculation,
/ he thrust it oarelessly into his pockets
| with the words:
We'll I'll open il tomorrow"
Regal I'm Disregard.
He abhors an audience and viii allow
| hundred correspondents 20 cool their
heels outside his quarters hour after
hour without going TO the pains of in
| forming them whether he will work o.
fish that day. He is truly regal in his dis
regard for others. Johnson, on the con-
/ trary. is over-obliging, and should his
| plans be suddenly changed. will put him
self out TO send a messenger into town
TO forestaIl an Idle trip OF the news
paper men.
He reads his mail. also and books.
well The other day 1 saw q strange
picture. He stood beside roulette table
/ in the parlor OF his training quarters,
hedged about by serried ranks OF wide
eyed spectators. and while he laid his
money down TO bet the imp of chance
he held two volumes jealousy beneath
| his arm. When he removed 10 his rooms
later he took them with him. i read the
title on each and was amazed 10 find
1t "A history of the warfare Of modern
science and theology"
When these two QiadfafOrS stem IN Tna
center OF the ring on Monday afternoon
they will represent not only the nlgn-
est physical types Of respective races.
but two utterly different and distinctive
patterns Of the human animal. The out
come of their pickering is bound to be
OF surprising Interest
But there is one other big figure who
VIII stalk through this drama on hide
pendence Day. and while countless reams
Of paper have been devoted 70 the acu al
| contestants no one has thought to de-
scribe Tex Richard in a human way.
Nevertheless he is bigger than either of
the other men. and has ever been the OBJ
ject of a certain admiration on my part.
We met first twelve years ago in a little
Yukon mining camp when the first
SHOWS of an arctic winter were sweeping
down upon US.
Quiet, Youthful Chap.
He was q quiet. frank-faced. youthful
chap with keen dark eye and a mouth
ready to curl in friendly smiles or tight
! en- into ominous lines His speech was
tqpiek and his tongue had the twist of
Texas cowboy. His hand was always
open to grasp the palm OF friend dis
tressed or TO clench In defense OF those
: he cared for
He had made and lost some $4,000 in
c the upper county the year before. but
. ate his meager ration OF pork bosom and
/ brown beans as cheerfully as the rest Of
{ us who were likewise frowned upon by
= fortune When spring came We both
went to chopping cordwood TO pay the
: fiddler. In the course of a few weeks
: he hewed out another fortune sufficient
TO take him to Nome and leave a bank
able balance of SIS. by which token
concede him to be better axman than I.
. He landed on the shores Of Bering Sea
twelve years ago next Monday with two
ounces Of dust in his kick
Three months and twenty days later he
: sailed out with $4,000 in the pursers
: keeping. For the rext five summers he
: averaged close to s1000o0, and grubstak-
ed every broken sour dough- VINO came
to him for help. Then aspiring TO q met
= ropoitan existence. he journeyed forth
10 Seattle Wnere he lost II all.
\ When the first news Of Goldfield wan
J dered forth across the desert he traced
( it back Immediately landing among the
e scattered shacks OF that camp with his
n belongings in a bsndanna handkerchief.
] Before long there was another Northern
: saloon with Tex Richards name upon
the sign board. and in the wild days that
followed the sawdust floor OF his place
3 was bed and lodging for the homeless
: hundreds who had gathered at the lure
j Of the gold. 1t was hotel. haven. and
c a home for the hard-ridden OF fortune.
Slept Beneath Tables.
f. Those who wished 10 gamble and to
: drink we're free to do so; those who lack
. ed means to buy shelter from the dead
!. | ly ''poganip" or winter fog were well
e come to its warmth. They slept back OF
S the bar, beneath the craps tables or be-
side the stove In it's brief span Of life
the Northern made around $10O0.0o0 profit
n and the money Tex did Dot give away he
:. put into mines. He had gone East to
s sell out his properties and had a deal all
e but consummated for $4,000, when the
?, panic came When II had gone he was
e broke again, and doing his own assess
h ment work. But the fates seem to 10Y
V in Juggling with him.
: An expected option fell due and saved
< him from utter ruin, the money coming
IS in during the last few days OF grace
a Tines frightened, the pendulum swung
: slowly back and Tex Richard drew d
q full breath once more. He disposed Of
a $150.Oo0 worth OF copper claims, and hls
other interests became of value.
Had not Gov Gillett, of California,
q needed the voice of the great minority
81 h.. Taf III yahpear ficnf IN
"a Reno. Tex would have reaped quarter
y of a million profit from the contest HIS
> arena was built to hold over 10000 in
- paid admissions, and IL now looks as #
an army would have clamored outside its
i. closed gates when the gong sent forth its
, message. AS IT Is, he will make a for
h tune, and I admire his courage.
l. He is still the same genial, human soul
a he was when packing cordwood on the
Yukon; his purse is open now as then TO
- the needy, his hospitality as generous as
when ne spread the flaps of his little tent
and babe the hungry ''Musher'' share the
contents of his flying pan
II LulI Before Battle
We are waiting here In the luil before
the battle Ere many hours we favored
ones will witness a titantic struggle the
like of which shook the crags and filed
the frowning valleys with Its clangor IN
= the days before men wore clothes aud
= learned to read and write.
:, Two cave men will give battle. but In
= stead OF rock and bludgeon being called
to play a part with death as the price OF
- defeat the issue will be settled with pad
~ | ded mitts and the victor will annex a
a thing of letters TO his name.
ss May the fight be waged in fairness is
! the simple wish of all of US. Should it
20 prove by any chance that weak human
- nature has been corrupted by the faint OF