New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . Denverbanker or mine owner, and a share of the prospectors last biscuit. 120 NEW COLORADO AND THE SANTA FE TRAIL. CHAPTER IX. OVER THE RANGE. I)E()1MJ] conic to Colorado from all (juartcrs of tlic woild—Asia (thelaniulries uf Sou Long, Lee Bow, and Sam Sing abomid), Europe, theEastci-n States, and what we used to call the West. They do not always, liowever, retain the outward ap-pearance which characterized themin other climes. An old gentleman from theEaht, of a clerical aspect, took thestage from Denver south in ante-railroad days. The journey wasnot alt
New Colorado and the Santa Fé trail . Denverbanker or mine owner, and a share of the prospectors last biscuit. 120 NEW COLORADO AND THE SANTA FE TRAIL. CHAPTER IX. OVER THE RANGE. I)E()1MJ] conic to Colorado from all (juartcrs of tlic woild—Asia (thelaniulries uf Sou Long, Lee Bow, and Sam Sing abomid), Europe, theEastci-n States, and what we used to call the West. They do not always, liowever, retain the outward ap-pearance which characterized themin other climes. An old gentleman from theEaht, of a clerical aspect, took thestage from Denver south in ante-railroad days. The journey wasnot altogether a safe one, and hewas not reassured by the sight of anumber of rifles deposited in thecoach, and nervously asked forwhat they were. Perhaps youll lind out beforeyou git to the Divide, was thecheering reply. Among the passengers was aparticularly (it seemed to liim)lierce-looking man, girded with abelt full of revolvers and cart-ridges, and clearly a road agent orassassin. Some miles out, this per-Stranger, do you irrigate V. ?, DO YOU IKliKiATK son, taking out a large flask, asked If you mean drink, sir, I do not. Do you object, stranger, to our irrigating T No, sir. And they drank accordingly. After a farther distance had been traversed, the su]>posed brigandaeain asked, Stranircr, do vou fumigate ? OVER THE RANGE. 121 If you mean smoke, sir, I do not. Do joii object, stranger, to om* fumigating? No, sir. And tliey jDroceeded to smoke. At the dining-place, when our friend came to tender his money, theproprietor said, Your bills paid ! ^AVhopaiditr That man —pointing to the supposed liighwayman, who, on being-asked if he had not made a mistake, rephed, Not at alh You see, whenwe see that you didnt irrigate and didnt fumigate, we knew that you wasa parson. And your bills are all right as long as you travel with thiscrowd. Weve got a respect for the Church—you bet! It was no high-wayman, but a respectable resident of Denver. This reminds us of another t
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