Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-14


say you had store down at the cross
roads, but the owner had to move away
or risk his life. They say you can't get
a shoemaker or blacksmith to settle
around here, because he's got to take one
side or the other. They say the legisla-
ture ought to pass a law to send one OF
Won to the Atlantic and the other to the
| Pacific ocean"
For one long minute every one of the
group stared hard at me, and not a lip
moved. Then Tom half rose and whis-
pered:
Pap, heun is fur the Jordons!'
IF that was true, why didn't l pass
on to stop with him over night" asked
Tom, he'uns dead sot' perfectly
right, said the old man, after mo-
ment's thought.
lyon have quarreled and fought, shot,
stabbed, killed and wounded for ten
long years. and what have you gainedT
asked.
Nc oSe replied.
Your quarrel has driven people away,
lowered the price Of your lands and put
you to much trouble and expense. Tell
me where you are ahead?'
But does you'un ask us to give in to
| the Jordons?' asked MEs. Bowman
"No, ma'am, l don't. | simply ask
YOU to think it all over, meet the Jor-
dons and cave a talk, and put this fuss
ing away"
''Ifs they 'uns business to come to us, ="
said Tom,
"Wen, suppose they do? Will you
meet EN- half way?"
There was another long silence, broken
at last by the old man, valo said:
Seems like thar's sense in what you
say. | do really believe thar's bin too
much fussing, and that it ought to stop.
"WeH, now, you think it over tonight,
and in the morning, if you are all agreed,
/ I'll 90 over to Jordon's and have talk.
l believe you have only to come together
and have talk to see the folly of keep
Ing up this war"
Being tired I went to bed about 10
o'clock, but the family sat up and talked
until after midnight Next morning at
breakfast Bowman said to me:
"Wall, we hev concluded to stop fuss
ing if the Jordons will, but it's no back
down fur US. No Bowman ever backs
down"
Its no backdown for anybody" re-
piled You are. simply going to ex-
hibit sense and Judgment. Everybody
for ten miles around will be glad to
see the quarrel end. It has not only
affected you and the Jordons, but other
families in the beat"
After breakfast rode over to Jordon's S.
He and his two grown boys were hoeing
potatoes, land their guns leaned against the
fence. After a little got around to the
subject, and as soon as it was properly
presented ! discovered that the prospect
pleased them. They were sick and tired
Of the feud, but were obliged to hold out
because the Bowmans did.
1t was agreed before | left that the
whole family should come over to Bow
mans after dinner, and at 2 O'Clock they
appeared They were met with pleasant
words and outstretched hands, and the
ten years feud was wound up and for
ever buried 10 ten minutes. Out under
the trees we held sort of picnic. and il
ever people enjoyed themselves these
two families did. Along about in the
afternoon man rode up to the gate on
! a mule, looked US over in dazed way
and finally got down and came nearer
/ and exclaimed:
"Dod-rot my buttons if that onsarned
Yankee hasn't dun gone and IN it, jist
like told EN- at the store he would! Sc
the fussing won't be a fussing no mo-:
Zip! yipi hoorayy"-M. Quad in Detroit
Free Press.