Scene In An Arkansas Hotel

-A contributor to The Spirit of the Times hus describes a scne ut the Anthony .louse in Little Koek, Arkansas: "Late ono bitter cold night in Decom jer, some eight or uine years ago, L , camo into the bar-room as usual, to take lis part iu whutever was going on. For iome reason the crowdj had dispersed sooner tban was customary', aud but two or three of the townsfolk were there, togothcr with a stranger, who had arrived a half hour or louger beforo, and who, tired, wet and muddy from a long Arkansas stage ride, his legs extended and shoes off, wbb consoling himsslf with two chairs and a nap opposite the oenter of tho blazing log fire. Any one who has trareled until 10 o'clock, jn a rough Winter night, oyer an Arkansas road, can appreeiate the eonafort of the positiou bet'oce that iire-place. The drowsy example of tho stranger had its effect on the others, and L , who took a seat in tho corner, for lack of conversation, was reduecd to the poker for ami'.83tnent. He poked the fire vigoi-ously for a wkile, until it got red hot, and becoinimg disgusted, was about to drop it and retire, when he dlsooverèd the great toe of the stranger's foot protruding through a hole in ouo of his soeks. llore was a relief' to L. He placed the glowing poker withia a foot of the niclancholy sleeper's toe, and began slowly to lessen tha distanoe bet-.voen them; one by one, tho others, as they caught th joke, began to open tiieir evv.n, and benig awakened, nmuths expauded iuto gtins, into suppressed gigtrlM - a rul ono iucoatiuent fellow's iuto Et broad laugii. Closer aud closer the red hot poker neared toward the uufurtuuate toe. The heat oausei the sleeper restlessly to move his hands. L was just about to apply the poker, when a sound of click! cliok! arrested his intention. He looked ut the strangor - the latter, witb one eye open, had been watcbiug his proccediugs, and silentlj brought a pistol to bear upon L, In a voiee jast audible he rauttcruJ in a tone of great determination: "Jest burn it! Burn ü! Jest biirn it! and I'll be d - d if I don't stir oti up with ten thoueand hot pokers ia two seconds!" L. laid down tho pokor instautor, uud reuoarkod: "Stranger, lefs take a diinJc! - in faet, gentlomen, all of you." L. afterward said they werj the cheapest drinks he ever bought.