"Quad's odds"; . inhabitable,but I didnt strike a bargain. His lots didnt seem to bewell drained. He remarked that I didnt have that specu-lative turn of nature which made Astor what he is, and Igot back to the depot and paid a dollar an hour for theprivilege of sitting on the edge of a half-inch fence-boarduntil the train came along. I also visited Denver. Denver is a very enterprisingtown. Sixteen different hackmen seized me as soon as Igot off the cars, and I was divided into sixteen pieces anddistributed among the hotels and boarding houses. I wasa whole day getting together again, and I h
"Quad's odds"; . inhabitable,but I didnt strike a bargain. His lots didnt seem to bewell drained. He remarked that I didnt have that specu-lative turn of nature which made Astor what he is, and Igot back to the depot and paid a dollar an hour for theprivilege of sitting on the edge of a half-inch fence-boarduntil the train came along. I also visited Denver. Denver is a very enterprisingtown. Sixteen different hackmen seized me as soon as Igot off the cars, and I was divided into sixteen pieces anddistributed among the hotels and boarding houses. I wasa whole day getting together again, and I have neverfelt like my old self since. The landlords of Denver are very nice men, and they F 82 SUDDEN LOSS OF APPETITE. dont let the residents of the country around there inter-rupt a strangers harmony of mind. I happened incident-ally, at the supper table, to remark that the earth movedaround the sun, when a native sprang up and yelled at me : Yer cant choke that down this yer traveler—git upand run or fiirht!. Astronomical. My dear sir I began, but he commenced to prance around and draw out dirks and daggers and bone-handledknives, and he was making for me when the landlordrested his shot-gun on my head anddropped him. I believe the fellow livedten or fifteen seconds—-just long enoughto murmur: What will father donow! and then he fell asleep in started out to return my heartfeltthanks to the landlord, but he inter-rupted me by replying: Oh! its of no consequence at all—j^T Ive been hankerin to shoot somebodyfor moren a week!letters prom home. The next morning I went to the post-office and got my letters from home. They have a very
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