Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-09-19
YELLOW WHEELS"
Joe Jctls' Hatred Tor Them and
THOR Owner.


D.. J,nls drove coal team. great
laundering tsD.hor." coal team. and
,g,rl Hat 81 Die Iifc Sundays "a.
usnf.l p,rrbrd high ahoyo his basl-
u.ss Boo Numbered With hi. dushy load
t.uH"rh the streets ~ the busy town.
GOO large concrrn used quantities 81
rHN r.aI and joe hRd found cut that
tH. ,s-.r.t hsuI there aud back was
..Hr Gee fus broad avenue where
fsH=. who owned troticrs speeded
f..m. gul Those vho did not sat upoa
t.r fHg-- and made disparAglng ro-
uH...
B#fuf alI ihnsc who acw past Jos ~
ls .Hi,urnd along the road, not one ex-
tf,I bic irr half - much ~ a man
with "yc.lUv vh-.ls
Sometimes u vas horse 81 Que color
uua sometimes - another. but always
"y,I.ua wheel. lor just hated the
very siEgf OF him Hs was 20 veil
dr,.=,-i. De- vss 80 self contained. bic
'r.Tu was -o sp.yk aud span. aud he
drove - veil. that 10 himself Joe had
wasted up1u him all the choice cpl
thsr. t.ar Hr bad learned In the army.
Doe I.fI. bad drisca team u
-Hw. aIHI ever siuce he could rcmeIn.
irr Ha. be- vBs therefore most natural
tHs' ue bod Che war maturing about
tla sam. IInn be should ouli.t a. a
warHu"r au8 faarums the driver Of a
mule team
He saved Dis huuutics and bis pay.
and 81 che close ~ the uuplcasantness
concluded a. sftIo dowa aud 90 "a
wura But he missed being under or
drrs, ana looking about him, wooed
and Son bis noSt-door Reighhor. a
fragile little light-hairod factory girl.
and suuro allegiance 10 her ior life
y hands and face we're not black
aad aHmy then. and his dark curly
hair crowned d head Of youthful. man
d. Hrauiy
luuth had long since gone from doe.
tbv little iIght-haircd girl had become
o. delicate. aiiing woman. and his
heart sank many and many time a.
De climbed up tho dinNy stairs % his
ufilt home The little woman, "
though had proved on The whole, a
good Investment Every month a 40.
Gle from hl. pay vent into the great
flnuo savings hank Ia the center u the
towu
W uuIdut the time ever come. the
little woman kept asking. when they
could bus the little corner lot they
could soo from their windows. and over
which tbe soft summer broozes coming
zap from tbe river kept the grass aud
trees So ErrrHP'
AID then Joe would light hls pipe
and su duv 90 and sit upon the door step
Hnd rhIHa. always think about the
'ycIloa wheels"
Nos lhls feeling was not 80 very
strange after ALL for into every body :
lic az some time or another. In some
val or another. there enters something
VERY very nearly akin to the man with
''yoIlus wheels" Aud 80 u came 10
pass that one day succeeding the time
uofH wish from bis tired wife. that.
Numbering along the avenue. he
caught sight q his enemy
lis had pulled up toward the side
walls " SEQ a man. A line Of heavy
Wagons wss coming In the opposite
direction. Joe kept bearing closer
aud closer do~n upon the yellow
wheels. assay from the approaching
teams be had taken In the situation
Fia glance The ysllow wheels could
he raspod and cut iato by the end Of
HE cianking uhlnistree. II the man
didnt pull out literally upon the side
walk. Nov Joe could clear him lust
Ne veil Ne not 10 he wanted 70, bui he
didn't
Unconscious Of ell thls. the owner Of
The yellow wheels" laughed and
talked with HE frisnd on the side.
walk. On and on cane Joe. his faoe
blacker than usual. threalsnings and
slaughter Ia his heart aud evil In his
eye In ieus time than thai II takes 70
tell u the heavy whifhs-tres vas play.
ihg hlde-and-seek amoag the yellow
sPosesi the horse had jumped and
backed. almost thrown out the mAa,
knocked his hat on In the mud and
pot one FOO, squarely apoa u whils
doe unoonoernediy. face 70 The 'front.'
~as claaking Aloag The road. vsry
soon Joe kaew the man vas comins
for him, he heard the horses heofI
nearcF~nd nearer. and now the '.ysl.
low wheels" we're aheaa of his team.
i say" said The man. ''whai die
you DO that forP"
Go 1ong." answered. Joe. appar
emily 10 his horses. really 70 the mAa
i say" r~peaaed The mAm. '.whal
dld you DO that iorP~
And thsn Joe. using the most forol,
bic oxpression he had learned In hls
army days. asked him II he thourhl
thai be and bis yellow Wheels ownss
The whole street
The man with the yellow wheels
kept bic place alongside bot scenes
buried In thought
Two things wers open 10 hlmi h
could demand thai Joe some dowr
from hls perch and ssttie a then and
there In the old-fAshioaed say. Or b.
ooald get the number Of his cart ana
make Il disagrceablo Zoe Joe later on.
Looking ~ hls damaged hat which
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