The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-15
A CLEARING EYE.
Why ,he Colonel and Captain Did No
 Par,ake ot the kla.

Colonel Moler and Captain Bigman. two promanen, gentleman ot i.Iale Rock went duck hunting some tune ago, down among the numerous "old fiver lakes that make oet,ain parts of the Arkansaw bottoms resemble an ars hipellso Living near one oi the lakes Is d miserl, old fellow named Crogle. This old fellow Il is stated upon good authority. IS so s;ingy tha, he often goes to bed to keep from ea,ins. and then sets up to keep from sleeping. The two hunters stopped a, old trogle's house and asked hin ,o have dinner prepared for them abcu, three o'clock in tho afternoon He heartily agreed. beng very fond oi com panl despite his misetiy disposition.
 Me want ;, good iinne,s sad Col. onel Moiei ,nd age wiling to pay for II,
 All righ;, gentlemen all ush,. Every governor the state has had for twenty years has eaten a. my house. and don | believe ,ha, ,au Can hnd one ~ho Is not wiling 10 swear ,ha, l sm he bes, ieeder in the country fly the way afe you fond of kid :"
 Very. sad the eotone,
 am pafticula,., toud oi kid. the captain de lated
 Well. I'll kil! me kd Do you know ,hA, soa, young and tender h the ines, mea, Tn the ~orlt have been eomplimen,ed on ,bc gay have kld served. ana believe ,h4t ever, governor the state has ever had tot twenty years has eaten kid ai my house. ] In the afternoon. when the tired hunters approached Grogle's house. they feveled m the anticipation of a good dinner As they drew near. oionel Moler stopped. snif;ed the al, and said
 mmy. wha; b that ,wel, so. Whew ."
 i'il ,ell you. he captain repled. Ina, devllish ol5 fellow. instead of killing kid has killed d goa, twenty five years old
 Any ore sho has ever scented the aff'usia of an aged N ilheimJ goat. knows ,ha, no scenery can be beautiful, and no atmosphere pure n the neighbothood oi the old gen,lemins presence. The closer the two men drew to the house the stronger the atmospheric assertion 'ha, An old goa; had gone 10 eternal re- pose, and that his spirl, though flown to the boahdless distances of the une splofed hereafter, his presenee among his late associates was alli felt, and ,ha, ,he way .ianng man. though fool, need no, make mistake m the premises.
 Come in. gen,lenen. sad old Cro- gle. meeting ,he hunters Al the yard gate Nash here A, he door. fe,c h the wash pan and a bueke, of water, Dick Towels no, dirty, gen,lemen Jes looks leetle dark Come m, for din- nef s ready now
 They entered the dining g-room. There. on the table. stewed up m large pan, was the embodiment of ,ha; rnusky seen, which to contemplate without perurba- ,lon requires nosuii stronger than the arm of Hlawatha.
 Pass your plate, sen,lemes, and have some of the kid. An. bu, he vas fat youngs,er. and when he was killed the mother did take on fearful
 The grandmother you probably mean. he colonel suggested. still retain. ing his plate. :" have been told ,ha, Tn the goa, family blood relanonship in spires affection even 10 the hf,h genera ton
 A hungry mar shouldn', joke, said Crosle. Pass yogr plate and have some Of the kid
 ''I don, believe want any
 Though, you was fond of hd.'
 " Well, ! ,ei. you" the colonel replied, no, wishing. for political reasons, to in- sui, the old man, a, one time couldn't get enough kid, but when you spoke Of this kid's un.imeiy death and ho~, even nov, i, II mourned by loving relatives, was reminded Of sad sight which at this rnoren, wildly comes from the days of my youth. One day my father ordered negro 10 kill kid for dinner. I sen, ou, where the bloody work was 10 be per formed. arriving there jus as the negro caugh: his victim. He hung the terrified