ATDDTA(10) Egad! That's No Lady [289:32-40] + [290]

[Keith]

Failing to locate Cap'n Wells and unsuccessful at nosing out any  
clues regarding the whereabouts of the Four Corners Duo, Frank  
returns to his room at the Sheridan. Before he can get his boots off,  
Hair-Trigger almost lives up to his name, barreling in and accusing  
Frank (who he thinks is one of the horny Sons of Nippon) of riding  
the white horse (La Blanca). After identities are clarified, Bob  
whines into a mournful chorus of "It Ain't Easy Bein' Me," due to the  
fact that he is always compared unfavorably to the master thief,  
Butch Cassidy.

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[289:32] "the Sheridan"

New Sheridan Hotel & Opera House
This famous Telluride landmark was built in 1895. For fine dining,  
the Continental Room had 16 velvet-curtained booths, each equipped  
with phones so diners could call for service and not be frequently  
interrupted by waiters. The Sheridan Bar remains much the same with  
its cherrywood bar imported from Austria. William Jennings Bryan  
delivered his famous "Cross of Gold" speech on a platform in front of  
the Sheridan. The Opera House, an exquisite theater with a Venetian  
scene painted on its roll curtain by J. Erickson, was added in 1914.  
Today the opera house, hotel and restaurant are still welcoming guests.
   http://www.tdsmith.com/telluride/

Opened in 1891 just four years after Telluride was founded, the New  
Sheridan Hotel has been welcoming guests for over 100 years. Like the  
town itself, the hotel was built in the distinguished Victorian style  
with the riches from gold and silver strikes in the surrounding San  
Juan Mountains. The original Sheridan Hotel was a three-story wooden  
structure built directly east of the courthouse. Three years later,  
in 1894, the original building was destroyed by fire. The present  
brick building was erected next door to the burnt lot, and reopened  
as the New Sheridan Hotel in 1895. A detailed renovation in 1995  
reinstated this historic treasure to its former glory and added the  
renowned New Sheridan Chop House and additional rooms.
   http://www.newsheridan.com/TheHotel/History.nsh

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[289:34-35] "Rampaging Meldrumitis having heard of little else all day"

Play on 'eardrumitis' - ears aching from hearing to much about Meldrum?

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[289:39-40] "nothing even remotely to do with Deuce Kindred or Sloat  
Fresno."

Here we are reminded that with all the talk of other matters, the  
real reason Frank is here trying to meet with significant people is  
to get clues leading to his father's killers.

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[290:2] "miner's gad"

A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners.
               --Webster's (1828)

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[290:9-10] "Smith & Wesson's"
[290:18]   "li'l Ladies' Friend, I'll bet, oh?"

Most women who already own a LadySmith handgun of serious caliber  
will readily tell you of their prized possession, "That's no lady,  
that's my lifesaver." While the women's line of Smith & Wesson  
revolvers and pistols carry the LadySmith name, they are serious  
tools for a serious job. They aren't the dainty little pink handled  
low caliber punks that guys thinks women should carry. The LadySmith  
line is a full-service, no BS series of handguns that offer designs,  
calibers and features worthy of women shooters, whether they're  
ladies or not! Try ripping off my handbag or assaulting me and see  
how much of a lady I become. And that goes for my LadySmith, too.
     http://www.womenandguns.com/wfn/ladysmith.html

     http://www.armsbid.com/images-skt/skt213.jpg

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[290:16] "a halo of McBryan's"

McBryan's was a bourbon popular in the Old West, so this probably  
refers to the aura of bourbon on his breath and person.

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[290:20] "Police model"

The .38 Hand Ejector Military and Police Model of 1899 (its full  
factory title) was the first Smith & Wesson Model K (K-Frame)  
revolver and was also the first gun ever chambered for the .38 S&W  
Special cartridge. It is the earliest S&W model that remains in  
continuous production today (with refinements and improvements, of  
course). If that's not enough to earn it a place on this list,  
consider that S&W's sales of K-Frame guns, all models, still exceed  
the combined sales of all other handguns the company has ever produced.
   http://www.shootingtimes.com/handgun_reviews/smith_12_0507/ 
index1.html

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[290:33] "hardcase"

1. A tough, unsentimental person. 2. A person who is persistently  
insolent or difficult to control. [AHD]

Cf. 'hardpan' [286:36]

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