The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24

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let nm ON either interest or rent NAV INV
debts 40 and other foIk. ha. ont ~ nav
their well. here,s home at lat and I
sunnoae pn have N kindle a fire AGAIN
thon0h Il doe. .eem a .hame n ,vasta m
much vood Her hn,io-hera-r,
He Ahmed on the iov sten =. he uountod
"a the door threw ont his hand. in q vain
effort n ave h;m.elf and t,,mhled heavily
To the Ground IN law stunned for threa or
four minntee when he came n he at.
tennted In oct nm. lint his head .wam and
there was = Terrible main in hi. ada m.
heart Chilled A. the thonoht ~ hoirv n
badlv inir;red that he mioht have n cali a
doctor and n, crent into The house .n,;no
In him.eIf.
"Tt,. nothin0 INIT fa1,-a common fall
nothing N hurt me-. nm iu.t a littIe diz,v-
and this main IL All imag;narv.
R,,A no could not lo1O deceive h;m.eas
HI. head had .t-ncs the fro,en Ground nth
great force. and n he fell his side hit the
CORNER of the sten- AID the eol6s;on broke
two Of his r;ba He tried IN start a Are lint
the main va. N GREAT That he .taooered tn
the ho1 and tbre,v him, nnon II 1asn;no
ont as he aid 40.
0Nv ..a-si hnt 7 really be,;eva I'm hurt,
The main b, almo.t a. had a. when the rail.
road mn over INV lao and cnt IL nh and
made ,em nav ten thonsand dollar. for IL
n INV thin0s. broken th;s time 7 can't .,e
nobody nor nothing. ond I;ke,. not the doc
tor bill will he two or three dollara III
lie still awhile and mebbe twill On awav ,,
A Quarter of an hour later hi. month wa.
dry: hot and cold flashes ran over hi, bodv.
and old Scaryins began to cali Tor helm He
heard the merry Jingle of .leiob-belIs and
the laughter of children. hut thew could not
have heard his VOICE thirty feet He had
lived alone in that gloomy old bon.e for
twenty years. and this was the first time he
had raised His voice I'm pleading tn the ont
aide world. This. also. was the first time
the coming If night had seemed tn increase
his loneliness. He realized that he was
badly injured. and that the setting in of a
fever was making him fliehtv. and he
screamed out:
"HelpI helm, belpl I'll give anybody a
shilling who will come and helm mew
.pThat,s me p, renlied hearty voice and
old Scarvin, turned his ewes to the door to
behold oueer little old man brushing of
the fresh snow-flakes and REMOVING his
outer wrapa
II didn't say a shilling, or il did it was
n mistake ~ 0r0aned Scarvins 81 said I'D
give a sirnence' INIT a sixnence ia an awful
lot of money IN a moor old man like me.n
even have a IRE - remarked the stran.
ger. without deionino a replv 70 the old
MANS whine
.Rnt don't mt in over two st;c,xs and he
sure one of ,em i. a anal, onen snid Scar.
wins MHalf tho novertv in this country
comes of burning too much wood
Tho l;t,,o old man cockled anS Ian obed IN
h;m.olf a. no ,uorlrod ond in a f.,,v yo;rutes
no hod tho .tovo rod hot and tho chill toLen
~ Tho -oow The, no ,yent IN tho ahelf
ond tool Sour ond I;ohte,i tho lomn md
n. no tnrned his hack 10 the Arc and rnhhed
hi. hond. in . hr;sL manner he chuck,ed.
aAh, th;. 10 hettcr-mnch better ,,
Mor dive h,t whot 40 vo,, r,oor u,
shontsd scarv;n. at never had that stove
90 ho+ j., No ,;so and vo,,,,, hun ont an
tba NJ, IN tho. Ia,nn 800 davToht, Thsv