The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-27
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY.

"Hol0 d1pe, K1,css Nicholas huh you doS"
At break of dav old Gilbert set forth
on his journey in the jclting little cart.
drawn by n small black OK that went a
plodding gait.
The old man. with a view to doing
Mawse Nicholas honor, was attired in his
Sunday best-a blue broadcloth coat with
brass buttons, and black satin vest, once
the property of Col. Thorne'S father, a pair
Of nankeen pautaloons. and a white hat,
stiff and tall, discarded by the colonel.
He sat upon a plank across the front of
the cart. with his feet dangling outside.
The plank was cushioned by a blanket in
which was folded his every day suit of
hOmespun. A box that held contribu-
ton to Nicholas larder, from Miss Elvira,
was safely bestowed in one corner, at the
bottom of the cart. where a wallet con-
tanning his noon refreshment lay beside
a dingy umbrella, the cherished posses
sion of twenty years
Late IN the afternoon, he came TO an
expanse Of pine barren; vast, solemn,
somhre, it stretched in every direction.
the rays of the sinking sun shining family
athwart the multitudinous. tail dark
trees. whose boughs, swaying in the up
per air. maintained a continuous susurrus
that emphasized the silence. Himself and
his OK were the only living creatures Wis
ible IN this solitude, save an occasional
bird that darted above his head, as il in
haste to escape 10 more genial wood;
old l. .
began 70 sing his hymns. Lifting up his
voice, he made the solitude resouud to a
weird STRAIN. in harmony vita the sigh
ing Of the pines:
Oh. Twin humble, humble. humble
Oh, Twin humble, dc b.! done toll.
Oh, Twin humble, huIabie, humble
On. Twin huanla, 20 dine z'rsn cJnsi
Inc sun was GOWN. ana the moon NOS
get risen. when he came out on the other
side OF the barren. where be ,eazrd lis
singing. b7in- now near his journeys
en-: for az the foot Of the slope Wa the
arge red gate that gave entrance 10 sun
rise plantation.
Oh Gilbert dismouuted, with E0ne
rheumatic Erunt5, 70 open this gate 4
whipp0orwiIl was calling II the grove
through which he had % drive h the
house; and Is he clinbed back upon the
cart, = screech owl uttered its uBcaouy
CRY.
"Drat dat critturT the oh negro INIT
tered. in fear and anger. az he stopped
with haste to pull of his left shoe. "Fli;'s
SIGH 4 bad sign ter hear "A screech owl.
but &c do say. ef you put OF so lef; sho.
20 pat Of de bad iuck. LaFd. sen 70
bad luck ain gs2n faI ler MswBs Nick,
Tong O dat 's,urD41ce y hat Dat JesEe
Furuiv4l named ter me. Lemme git 0uten
1ishyer grove quick q ole Brandy KIN
tote nc.
But Old Gilbert had % endure the SIRE
made q the screcch owl yet bonn> minutes
longer, before be came to the second
gate n 'front.' of the ho0se q hcwed logs.
which was neither = era E1ped nor con-
fortless dwelling, Though q moved the
scorn q TIE Old neETo fTesh from The
grandeur oi T5o-ne Hill ''Ssch place
fur 4awse NICK" ns eiocnIzted con
ternptuously. as be halted rs Ok.
A vocifsyo1s chorus from ths CO.'S
crested ais Arrival. and Gilbert prucentiy
kept his perth On isse cat. shouting
Instily, "uelloF'
Hello. yosIrselff- auz=sred = voice
through TIE dzsk-
"Dzss him. b8eSs 0lorr." the Cd man
chuckisd. a. be cIzrnt-red dawn from
the cart. wAile the sane voice Eaa heard
EiIepcinE the doEa.
Nicbolzs EEs Standing On the piazza
dinaJy outllaed IN TIE uncertain hight q
the new ris@a MON; = go1.dIy vounE feI-
low. tai. brad shosldere1 AID straight
- an arTo=: sis great hrozn eyes, his
curing dark bali, - ziss naEs I'D
rounded clscekE, his hrSad forehead. and
his uloxth sTd chin =T.h the sBEy. red
brown b=ar5 = early manhood. Cd CiI-
bert knew ~ ke2rt.
@Hoz DE. AAxss EiehoIss. Eab you
do be shoEfzd, 1isa . eno&kie IL *
ubs-zut delight, - Be stalab3ea up the
sxeps q az-u' bi1cxs.
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