The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-31
THOUGHT He WAS SMART.
But Circumstances Altered His Coed
Opinion OF Hiaase2f.

| But Circumstances Altered His Coed
| Opinion OF Himself.
| During the present overflow of the his
sissiDpi river a well dressed man, while
| picking his way through the woods, trying
| to avoid the water that was rapidly rising,
| came to a small knoll almost surrounded
| b7 the food; and on the knoll he found a
| tail, lank fellow sitting on log The
stranger, delighted dc seeing human be-
| ing, ran I'D To the ialk fellow and ex-
| claimed:
81 never was gladder to see a man.in my
| life | have been in these woods nearly a
day and half Ny horse and I went down
| with caving bank; managed to save my
| self, but couldn't save him. Now the ques-
| ton is, how are we going to get out of this
| internal placer"
Don't know" the Iank fellow an
swered, "wallowing" his tobacco about in
| his mouth
''Why, don't you know the woods?"
"Wall, did know 'eIn putty well, but the
high water has wiped all the roads out"
Look here, the water is rising, and this
is no time for fooIishness. See, we are en-
| tirely surrounded"
Eyes, that's so Squirting a stream of
| tobacco juice through his teeth. Reckon
we'll halter wade"
'Do you know place where the water is
not very deep?"
81 did know yistidy, but the water has
riz powerful since then"
| GLOW long have you been sitting nere?"
"Set down here this mornin'. Come out
| to look for the cow an got tired, an my
| plan is allus to rest when I git tired I
have hearn it read Outen the papers that a
| good many men die frum Overwork, an
sence then am mighty partickler."
But how do you expect to get out Of
| this placer"
Don't know exactly"
'But you've got to know pretty soon, for
don't you see how rapidly the water is
rising?"
Eyes, tits comm up right peart. You
air stranger down. here, reckon"
Eyes, haven't been here but a week, and
if the Lord will only let me get out this
time, I'll never come back. I wonder if
can wade out through there?"
81 reckon you can.P
81 have half notion to try it."
"But make it a whole one"
"TIl do it. l don't care to stand here till
! the water comes up round my neck. Wen,
good-by. If you want to stay here and
be drowned it is no fault of mine"
$50 long" the lank fellow replied, spit
ting through his teeth.
The stranger had ITaded about thirty
feet when he lunged OFF over his head he
spluttered and fiOundered and finally got
back on the knoll.
"Whew that was awfulp' he eXclaim-
ed. "You sCOundrel, why didn't you tell
me?"
How did I know what sort of wader
you are? Some folks kin wade surprisin'
an then others KANT wade so well 1 tuck
you fur one Of the boss waders, but now
see you amt"
II ought TO jump on you and beat you.
l declare, don't know what to do"
Thought you was goin' to jump on me-"
"No, don't want to hurt you. Look
here; in less than half hour from now this
knoll will be under water"
EFF I was goin' to bet, wy I'd bet thatter
way"
"And are you going to stay here and be
drowned?"
81 KANT tell yit."
''You are fool-that's what's the mat
ter with you"
Yes, amt s'preme jedge, but I've got
mo- sense than to go out in a woods that |
don't know anything about an git drown
ed"
But you haven't got enough sense to get
out of a woods that you do know something
Gbout."
"Oh, 1 think 500 The lank fellow got
up, went behind a tree, took up a canoe,
AID as he was preparing to shove it off re-
marked:
Il never fool with high water, cap'n,
az ef you buy land down here an live on
it awhile you'll Farm little sense yo'sef
So long"
What, are you going to leave me this
way?''
yes, I've got rested now an must 90
home an tell the folks that l KANT ind
JaaG fool cow"
He showed Of she canoe and got in. "Fol
heavens sake take me with you,' tie
stranger imDlorod.
"Oh, I reckon it's best not tonight
Spite you to ride with fool"
Come back, my friend, was hasty."
Yes, soTter think yOu was"
q didn't mean to call you iOol-Im the
fool"
An am I a smart man%
Indeed you are"
The smartast man in this country" the
fellow asked, slowly padding the canoe
toward the knoll.
Yes, the very smar5est."
"Wau, bat am the smartest man you
ever seed?'
Yes, think you are
But you muslin tlink-you must know
it."
"Well, then, I know it."
An don't you think, or ruther don't
you know, that l would make good gov
ernOr2"
Yes, know you would
Cur a president ether"
yes, you would make good anything"
"AIl right, my boy, now you may git in.
Oh, / tell you it do a man q power of good
80 travel round in this part Of the country.
He Farms faster than e. he was IN college.
--Opie 2. ReSd in Arhausaw Traveller.
GLASS 81 LITERATl.