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Show 238 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. the lovely valley, like all life's charms, slips from us, leaving a steel engraving in the picture book of memory, bearing the inscription, "Glorietta View,"-yet it is called "Quartz Valley," which is '' of the earth, earthy." And now we are carried swiftly through wonder after wonder of grand scenery. Keeping company with such lofty peaks makes one feel so insignificant; there arises an overpowering consciousness of being only a speck, an atom, an infinitesimal part of the great scheme of Creation. Such contemplations are not pleasant; I prefer talking to that merry group of lawyers. ANECDOTES OF THE BAR. " There are many episodes in the life of an attorney who has practiced law in Colorado for twenty-two years," said General Sam Browne, " which may be at once instructive and amusing. On my arrival in Denver the District Court was in session in the bar-room of the old Planters' House. It was presided over by B. F. Hall, the first Chief Justice of Colorado-him of the ' ambrosial locks,' and when I entered the bar the Court was engaged in the trial of a case, the subject matter of which-a large wash-tub full of gold-dust-was present in court. " One party was represented by the eloquent and learned but erratic, General Bowen, Judges S. and S., and the other by Judge Perkins and Judge H . One party won, I don't recollect which, and thereupon the Court and counsel adjourned to an upper chamber and all took a drink on the Winchester plan, fire and repeat. "A day or two after the foregoing occurrence I took my first retainer, $50. It was paid to me out of a buckskin bag of gold-dust. I was at a loss to know what to do with |
