Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-18
CROSS ROADS STORE.

(9Betsy Hamilton" IN Atlanta Conatitution.'
Tother day me and nav walled ovsr 4
The crOo roads stors TO do ftt3s tradin,
and - We come IN sight ard seen the enn1
that was eethsrsd 'round ths dsr, NAV ~
lowed:
sBetsy, its jist - your pap says; e TALES {
heap Of different sort Of folks 20 mahe {
world"
It was Sadly, and they was awaitin' fos
the mail; It don't come but oncst . week
and they in2innerly waits tel theu to come "a
The store The women FOLKS comse too, snd
fesehes ther babies and little flcsdnes, end
sometimes thsy fetch aiggs and inecn butsoua
and dried fruit to swap for cotton cards and
factory thread and mu6.
They comes soon Of . mornin' and sstu
and hugs tier babies. and II anybody kick
the little fee, It makes 'em as mad - II you'd
. slapt the baby.
Thsr Is alters gang Of half grown boys Z
pitchin' horse-sb0es and playin' marveh
under them trees back Of the store; they
sound like they arc quarrelin' Ill the tina
but they are havin' . power Of fun.
@vench your roundsnce" aLook 1t
Dm' nos . iuogm ana SUCK
Anar now 'ims deal Ihass
not h1, JAKE ne iuoeeos MS not far, %
II nainL Sims noe DEAD, kase JAKE b
baclu.r @Knucka" 1Roundance, no lcsance.
"Kicka" vench your tawHr Fat and 70
last and with all Of this some Of EN- can't
keep from mixin' in few oaths Some
ooys tonk tney can't pe man tei tney learn
now 70 cuas'
Ane nen .oiks msinneriy sets on them
gooos ooxos ioFe sne s'ore door ana chaw
sooackef anu slhoses tner pipes ana Wnitties
SUCKS ana taiks reiigion ana Pohtis ana tne
craps snu 'oe weather eno "siss LOT tne maal
some Q. snem never got q ie1'es m tneir hvss;
4 Know IN reason oio "iggnsokcr never. ana
II ne QUO ne cooian rea4 H. out ne AXE ne
county papers o1 mountain home ana
Inc reporter ana "aOcnSo"er iney nad
ms nAmc IN one On en- oncoL, ana 70 nas
oeen pskin OF IL ever sense. ms oad oman
RAISED teHlDie Dig peet IN ner garden ana
ne luck !. % .o"n, ana me paper said IL was
oee' 'na' oea' Al tne oeelS In mat pees,
anu sense 'nen mes oeen navin tne papers
reaa 70 nim ana ns1enn ior nus name ne
cant "riee snc ne cont elt no iettefs. out
reg AR as oaaoy comes he PoRes MS mead
ana Green's ms nec. over tne rain
u. 'Ie Pos'once anu axes: AE tnar
any aocky-ment I0r m,'-A =. Wiggln-
soker' Esq, on jim ieginsoker Is wan,
airy one wen gimme my paper et tnar naint
no docAy-menI
squire t.ooerson ngennefiy reads the
paper, ana tney .! getners round MN 70
..ea, Tue news .uu No "aln' tnaI % reed
~ oso ,nan onut'soh .r'es 70 spen !" CUT lot
GU az" uney .no" aoou. as mucn wnen ne
quI1 as "nen ne sos IN out tney pear 70 go
nome satisheo SOMETIMES fancy dressed
drummer VIII De tnar, ana tneVn GIT mum 70
reaa, tnouSn some OF EN- nad sooner listen
NJ MN taik us read. ne Iens tne news from
ever wnars' ana as ne taii6 oid Wleginsokef
ana oid man simpson listens with Their under
Jaw arapt, ana believes every word OF IT
wnetner mars airy Dit OF truth IN 1t or no.
aneyVe got connoence In squire Robertson
some OF EN- never gives thor opinion on
notnih 'ei tney near what squire hoberso0
thinks on the subject. Old man SimPon
WIZ 80 WIN tne squire In poiitic' every time;
Out wnen IL comes 10 religion nobody can't
Turn nus mead. De reads the Bible and pu1
ms own meaning ON what ne reads, and MI.
Nobody NEEDN'T Try 70 tell MIN dlnerent de
eyes Detter anybody else can tell MN.
he VIII set and arsy ms pint hall day,
or as long as anybody has got the time o.
keers 70 listen, ana ne DON'T mink nobody
can geI 10 heaven lessen tney oelieve ms
way. but ne Is isnaht ana cont Know nc
oer.er.
iney nad read tne papers ana talked over |
'ne news ana oid man simpson was deep IN |
the INxlx
come runnn and lowed: Some OF
youunses nad better come yander and part
tnem ar boys iheyVe nt and ut and nt
ana done iougnt tei Jnms years all
oieedln.
Mnose ngnnn r says squire hoperscn
WY, JAKE summons was tryin 70 kiu
I'm, Louis. jim ne tudgea' ana Jazz ne
'ucs rounoanee On Jim, ana jim ne MT Sske,