Wichita eagle., 1890-01-09

THE CARPENTER PREPARES VEHICLE
81 don't think / would, John; an ! don't
think you'd win. I'm free to say that l
never see a man whose views was more fire.
quentay stood on their heads by the result OF
an election than yourn is But you might
win by accident, an might lose. An when
gaze On the size O. your surcingle, John, it
don't look hardly fair. I've said, year in an
year out jest how every blamed election
was goia', an there's plenty Of men who'd
say so If they was alive today; but it don't
stand to reason that can go on forever
withoat maxim one single blasted mistake
bout anything; now, does its Tain't in the
power O. mortal intellec'."
81 don't want no evidence from dead men,"
replied the carpenter. 'Thar's the chalk,
an thar's the wall. WHAT'S your idee about
the majority ia New York, New Jersey, Con-
necticut an Indiany' Them's the things
you've been tellin' us about these hast two
months"
''Go in, Si,n said Charley Clark, the shoe
maker, 'an' I'll take the chalk when you git
done with it. I amt had free ride since l
used to drive the hearse, an I'd like to see
some o. you loafers scratchin' up over the
hill with ma in the wheelbarrow"
At this point-I expressed modest willing
followed by Jones, who kept the bowling
alley, and Landlord Hiram Blake, Of the ho-
tel. 81 hung back a little, because his spe-
cislty is lying out of the thing after the re-
turns come in. He couldn't see any way to
get around the figures on the wall, but finally
he came in when he saw that there was no
way out of it. We put down our predictions
and then sat down. and each man showed the
Ubv ! for rol
81 fed SO darned sure O. this thing said
the carpenter, that I'm going to build
wheelbarrow specially to fit nay shape l
don't reckon there's one in town today that
win hold me- You fellers better begin tax
ing exercise, because I'm gaining flesh al
most every minute"
He set to work on the wlreeIbarrow that
very day and the boys dropped in pretty reg
ularly after that to guy him about it,
THAT barrer II fit We pretty well, John
said ST Grindall, but reckon You think the
postanssterslSp o this town would fit We bet
ter in case your fggers come out right
You'll never git into either of 'em; now, you
heer me-"
Don't talk to me. you lump o. pu tty on
two sticks" howled the carpenter, with
whom the postzrastership was a tender sub
ject "a two cent postage stamp would
carry you all over the United States if it
wasn't agin the law to send indecent matser
through the mails"
These pleasant remarks viii serve to show
that there was lively interest in the hand
writing on the wall; and it will be under
stood that, as election day approached, the
men whose regulations prophets trem6led
I'm the balance began TO lose sleep | was a
little nervous myself. 1t was for my inter
est that bennett should win. because knew
that the man who wheeled him a mile would
BE- my patient SO long as | could keep him
nlfyA BY the same token, didn't care to
loss, myself The carpenters wbeelbsrrow
was finished, and ST had broken his suspend
ers trying &c hit him in IT, Jast for fun. We
wUe al afraid Of the big man. because ne
had been very conservative with the chalk.
On the night OF the election the little tele-
graph Office was crowded ST Grindnl sat
On the wood box in cold perspiration: the
shoemaker chewed tobacco with nervous en-
ergy; while the slsb-slded Jones looked at
Dernett's ample form snd whispered TO me
that he ''mighr be called out o town most any
minute" as his grandmother wasn't expected
10 live. Dennet. smiled a smile of faith and
hone hut cherfrv was ror in il