People in Landscape

Mr. Milliken: I heard a good story one time about a hotel keeper. Well, he didn't have much of a hotel, but he did build a cabin -- and a good-sized cabin -- and he put a roof over it on the upstairs and he put in a bunch of bunks. And of course, he had the usual bar and a keg or two of whiskey and a sign out. "Hotel and Rooms."

So when the fellows would come around for a room at night the first fellow that would come in and would ask for a room and held say, yes, he had a room. Held say, "Here, have a drink and I'll go up and fix you up on." And held give the fellow a good slug of this popskull stuff he had and go upstairs for a few minutes. Held come down and ask the fellow if he was ready to go to bed and held say, "Yes." And held say, "Well, here, have another one for a night-cap," and held give him another little shot of this stuff and held take him up and show him this cot and put him there and cover him with blankets and leave him.

Held go on down and pretty soon another fellow would come in and held say, "Yes, sure. Have a drink." He'd give them a drink and then held go upstairs to prepare the room and he took the blankets off the first fellow and covered the next cot. A moment or two later that fellow was ready to go to bed. Eventually when he had filled all these cots up there, he took the blankets off the last fellow and went to bed himself.