, 1884-02-13
0 IT GREW.
Wonderful Story OF the Restoration
of an Arkansaw Governor's
Lost Leg.
fArknnsaw TrnveIer.l

iArkansaw Trnveler.1
An old fellow from Bear Wallow visited
the executive office the other day TO talk
with the governor and secure something for
his n0ighborhood-
@Coms in, said q plea~santlookng gentle
man.
Are you tho governorl"
ayes, sir"
&wail, thon, I've aIlus been mistaken about
you. / had heard that you left ono OF your
legs on a battlefield, but / SEQ that you've got
two legs. How do you account for thati"
Easy enough. When 1 took my seat as
governor l only had one leg with me, as you
say, lost tho other in battle. A short time
after / took my seat l noticed that another
leg had begun to grow out At first l was
alarmed, having never heard Of such a per-
formance, But after awhile decided to await
Developments The leg kept on growing I'M
til tho ankle was reached. 1t stopped then
for n fow days, and I thought that the resur-
rection business was entirely suspended, but
I was wrong. The leg was only gathering
material with which to build a foot.
After awhile tho foot began to make its
appearance. It reminded me of an
old woman knitting a sock. It would have
uckled you to death to see how skillfully and
hunan-like tho work OF rounding of the
heel went on. OCCASIONALLY it would drop a
stitch, but, sir, it would hop back and pick
1t up. l was very anxious about the instep,
but my fears were soon allaysd, for it was
shaped of as perfect as anything you ever
saw. At last, when the performance reached
the toes, hanged IL L didn't think that /
would itch to death, but ! couldn't scratch,
for that would have spoiled the work. When
the job was completed, 1 could walk as well
as any man In town, and / even ran q race
with an old negro down on the river bank
aid you walk around while the CROWN
was goin' onTr asked the man from Bear Wal
low, regarding tho governor with n curious
gaze.
"Oh, no. had to remain perfectly quiet
and allow my leg to lie on a kind OF cot
which had prepared for the occasion"
"Did you talk to any OF the doctors about
i.r
ayes, hut they did not regard 1t as remark
able. One of our leading physicians said that
the election to Office was worry frequently
the cause Of legs and arms growing out, and
gave 1t az his opinion that this was the
reason crippled men were always after
Offices"
at may not nave seemed strange to tho
doctor, but dinged IL It don't sosm mighty
strange 20 me-"
at did to me at first, but 1 soon got used
to it; and let me hero remark that when q
Hihn II cieCLtu RONeTuOE " NATbhuSaW III
will soon get used to a number OF things he
never heard Of before"
"Now, when 1 go home an tall tho folks
that the governors leg has growod out they'll
believe IT, for they don't think anything's
impossible with him; but when l tell 'em
that I've seed the governor, and sot down
an talked to him familiar like, they won't
believe it. Can't you give some sort Of re-
ceipt, showin' that l have seed you'll Jes
say: This is TO certify that John Kilprune.
Of Bar Waller. has this day hill a conversa-
ton with me. Taxed John to sit down aud
make himself at home, which he done, an i
found him mighty entertainin'. an wush he'd
come again an fetch his folks Jes draw up
them words exactly, an sign 'em, please"
-pn do 1t, sir" and the receipt was drawn
up and signed. Greatly slatsd, the man from
Bear Wallow went down. At the state house
gate he met the Waterman, who asked:
THAT Teller gone down from up yondsr
yotT"
"yhat fellerf'
IThat Teller in the governors ROOM
@Ain't he tho GOVERNOR"
Governor. the luce. He's a jacklsg law
yer from up in the country, and Is hers
tryin' to get a pardon for a hog thief tn
governors been dodgin' him all day"