The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-18

Unusually heavy a. come OF the big hotels
and yesterday Il was more 20. There ar,
lots Of people besides the Rough RIDER
who have come on 20 see the Colonel ES
hack. and some Of them have come from
a long distance This morning there
WI he more
There Is one delegation ~ over ?5l
Pttsburgers due on a special train aud
an advance agent was handing out yellow
ribbon badges yesterday NJ the Holland
House 20 anybody who would admit nv
was from Pittsburg A. all the hotei'
YOU heard inquiries from arrivals a. ~
the details Of the arrangements for the
parade Some persons seemed 10 be- very
much excited ~ they reached their hotels
which might have been due o. the ap.
preaching % a returning wanderer or 10
the fact that the hotel was 40 full ot people
that the newcomers feared they couldn Z
yet room
Up az the Bucking CHAM wine aud WAS
sail and the Don't you remember. Cap.
tain. reCrived more than scaDt attention
from visitors TO the Rough Riders head
; quarters. Most Ut the Rough Riders
. Z
the trail from the OfiiCe 60 the cafe. which
u one u the most difficult Of the kind In
/ New York, because You have To cross a
whole block through a hall then wind
around staircase until you get 10 the
/ lotion, then unwind some more. wa
much beaten down before dark
| Lots Of the boys" we're complaining
about the NJ of their khaki suits Tx
Gov. Curry Of New Mexico, who inclines
more to -embOngpwung' than he did In
his earlier youth. split his uniform pants
when he tried EN- on, and couldn't hoist
/ himself into his blouse at all Finally he
/ got hold Of a tailor who made Sits in the
sides and also sswed mp thing, and Gov.
| Curry PROGRESSED to be- satisfied with the
result Many ~ the Rough Riders put
| on Khaki ~ soon a. they struck town.
/ bat most 1t these devoted much Of the
day TO seeing whether they couldn't i'm
prove their looks somehow You heard
Ola every side anecdotes ~ the war with
/ Spain that the historians have neglected
to record and what has happened sinCe
and from some 81 the conversation you
might gather that some II the fellows In
New Mexico are still having a lot Of
trouble trying To- settle down 10 bucOlic
pursuii-
Yes. | wrote to the Colonel. giving him
batch 81 news said one tall man from
| the Southwest wrote that COmrade
A had Just got into jail for shooting two
men. but was in hopes 81 getting him out
all right. and that had Just been up over
The line where ! defended COmrade X.
who was accused Of a killing A little
before | had been summoned IN the case
Of COmrade e. who was Justice Of the
peace in Y. and ~ II didn't pay well he
used 10 run another fellows saloon and
gambling Joint Tor him on saturdays and
Sundays Just 10 exc out an honest living
Well. they had been Playing a game of
poker and Comrade e finally threw down
his hand and went in the other room he
hind the haT One NJ the players followed
him and stood before the bar. with one
foot on the iron rail AZ the boston, He
put his hand around 10 his hip a. II to
pull out a gun. but Comrade was quicker
and shot him through the heart Public
sympathy was rather against Comrade
4 until the news came ont that COmrade
y had run out with his wife Then there
Ia Comrade T.. who would he doing a fif-
teen years sentence IN the penitentiAry.
a high spirited sort 81 younEster, hut he
got away. However We hope 20 get him
pardoned. ! wish the Colonel would let
ne publish the letter he wrote in reply
bat he wouldn't II was a corker