Was n't long before he 'd drowned his woes and told anyone who could hear him ( which was just about everybody ) of his epic journey ... . The ding - ding - ding of the slot machines and the incessant cigarette smoke in the casinos nearly made me crazy , but then a " native " ( someone who actually lives in Vegas ) took us up the the Valley of Fire , an amazing natural wonderland of rocks of all sizes and shades . We stopped at an area called ' The Mouse 's Tank ' , named after an alleged Southern Paiute Indian renegade named ' Little Mouse ' who hid out there in the 1890 's . He was accused of shooting two prospectors and apparently went wild on a few occasions when he got drunk .

A: What may be a fact about their trip to Vegas ?

I had n't had the stink of trash , tar and salt in my nose for awhile , so I figured it would n't hurt to stick around and have some fun at one of the local taverns once my business , which is n't any of yours , was done . So I took myself over to the Salty Sailor and ordered an ale . I sat myself in a corner , propped up my feet and watched the scene unfold .

A: What is the narrator consuming in large quantities ?

Marsh critiqued a short story of mine this week and said an interesting thing that I will probably get wrong in paraphrasing . She said that it was the first time a story of mine rang with the same compelling authority ( artistically ) that she sees in some of my non - fiction . Those were n't her exact words , and she acknowledged she could n't quite put into words what she meant . I responded that when I 'd written the piece , I 'd felt a much stronger ability ( than I 'd felt before in writing ) to just include what was important and omit what was n't important . " But you had decided what was important .

A: What may be a fact about the speaker ?

Two things I really love in the world are - handbags and shoes . Then follow by clothes . I guess I got all of these from growing up with a mom who made all my clothes and a father who believe in buying a new pair when the shoes all worn out .

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What may be the reason for their love of clothing ?