Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-16

ouenr Date OF his suffering death at the hands
OF Fiji cannibalS It seems that Israel Wis
tied pretty nearly every foreign country IN
der the sun, swapping glass beads and maple
sugar for ivory and diamonds he was
wrecked five times, WIS thrice captured by
pirates, and once, when swimming in the
Indian ocean, be had seven hour hand to
hand encounter with shark ten feet long.
1t was not surprising that his vicissitudinous
career should have been ended by an episode
with cannibals.
Now, all this time,' says Mr.. Russell, u
kept moving away from Baxter. had como
for smoked salmon When / learned that
there was no smoked salmon TO be had, Twas
prepared to go my way and pursue my usual
line Of business But Baxter would not let
me 60. Re kept right On talking, and the
longer be talked the wider he diverged from
the original subject Of smoked salmon
might have left the store abruptly-I might
have torn myself rudely away-but I did
not wish to offend Baxter. He was q well
meaning man and liked him-yes, really
liked him, in spite Of the Circumstance that
he was sapping my vitality.
II had worked my way pretty well to
wards the door and was nervously thrum-
ming on jar Of picked peaches that stood
On the counter. II Baxter had had any
delicacy Of observation, he would have seen
how anxious was TO get away.
"'Darned good peaches in that jar said
he. 'Growed 'em myself. No spiders nor
lizards nor snakes In them peaches, like there
is in the peaches they bring from Californy.
Mr. Emerson wuz out in Celiforny last sum-
ner, an when he come back be told Us that
tbs country was greatly overestimated
But, Mr. Emerson sez /, ''the seographers
tell Us that for scenery and climate the Pa
cifc slope is unekaled' my friend" seq the
sage sadly, and shakin' his finger as be used
TO when about TO inculcate great moral
truth, my friend, wot is climate without
philosophy or scenery without pier"
"'Well, / must be going said I, and I
made another move toward the door.
Maybe you'll find some smoked salmon
round TO Mr.. Ridgelys, under the tahvern,'
said Baxter 'Ridgely did used to keep
smoked salmon. an now that come to think
Of it, the Widow Eastznan's girl wuz tellin'
me only day or tw ago that she got some
smoked salmon there not long ago. Didn't
Ike it none too well; had angleworms and
moths in it: leastwise that's what the girl
said, but there's no dependin' on what folks
say nowadays, there are so many blamed
liars in the world There wuz Bill Newton
Lynn Bill we all called him Never wuz
near water all his life, yet he WIZ always
tellin' about the fish he'd caught Once, when
he WIZ sick with the jaunders, iis father SEE
to him: Bill how air you feeitn'T "Finer'n
q fiddle,r SEE Bill That settles it,n seq the
old man, and he started off for the undsr-
tafyar His r1r1fr-r,ienca WIZ not rniSDlacod
When he come back with the undertaken Bill
wuz corpse
When got home that afternoon said
Mr.. Russell, ''the setting sun flooded my
humble homo with thernellow golden wealth
My wife was surprised to see me- back from
Boston so soon. No, Alice said l, 'SIve
not been TO Boston. missed both trains. I
was too busy % go-busy with Mr. Baxter.
Within the last eight hours have been an
around the world two CT three times, and up
and down the shadowy aisles of ancient his
tory know everything now. and all about
everybody and every where-Baxter had me
for eight hours.
"'Sol Smith RUSSELL she cried, arc you
CLyf
No, Alice DEAR said I, not crazy, but
weary-oh, so weary
NOW what do you suppose Alice did! She
sympathized with mel She took ma to her
arms, soothed my aching head, and refreshed
my arid heart. No, not much did she.
She pierced my very marrow With the
aspect OF a basilisk, and, In q tone tna@would
have instantaneously CONCEALED scaldius wa
ter, she said: If that isn't just like O mani
There you've been hanging around Baxters
store all day and you've forgot all about that
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