Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-11-12
LEAVING THE TOWN.

An Undertaken Explains How Ungrateful
Some People Can Be.
'T remember" said the Colonel when
the party reached the end of a good din.
ner and the walters stood behind the
chairs with lighted matches, II remem.
Der an incident which stamped upon my
mind the fact that when a man has an
eye for business he has eyes for nothing
else"
The Colonel tells Q story we'll and
paused here, waiting for the cigars to
Be- lighted and for the inspiring fra
GRANGE of the Hsvsnas
81 shall not tell you how long ago 1t
was. for 1 am getting too old to speak
lightly of decades. But when l first set
foot-and it was benderfoot let me
Say-in Hugo, Col, 1 at once conceived
. great respect for q man named Hig-
gina could not help feeling reVer-
enoe for Higgins Higgins was an un-
dertAker. he was the only undertaken
within q hundred miles and he was get
sing rioh. Never q day passed but my
friend Higgins had a funeral on hand.
he was the most cheerful undertaken,
perhaps, that ever houRished.
II remember we'll the day that babe
Higgins goodbye. he was as light
spirited as q grasshopper. and thou
sand times expressed his regret that
was going into the interior until 1 felt
clammy lest he might be grieved at the
thought that some one else might have
che profitable Job Of burying me.
''When I next saw Higgins 1t was
after two-yeArs' experience Of chasing
Wild stserA was glad to see him, he
was suoh . Jolly old undertaken.
Hello, Higgins / said, oheerfully,
whom walked into his establishments
How are you. old manr
Higgins shook his head mournfully,
and then 1 stopped short in amazement
for saw that hewaa mailing down boxes
and packing up his stock
"'You aren't going to move, are your
cried in surprise, but he only jammed
. roll Of Grape into dry-goods box and
went on with his work.
"'1ee here. Higgins cried, What's
the trouble3 Tell me about it
'The old man turned on me wrath
fully.
"'Ain't I been one O. Hugo's best citi-
&ens2" he asked. sternly.
"'You have, Higgins
"'Ain't paid my taxes?
"'You have, my friend
"'Didn't organize Board of Educa-
tionP"
"'You did
Wasn't its presidentP'
"'You certainly we're, and a good
one, although we haven't any school
yet
"'Didn't head the citizens move
ment for law and order?'
"'You did, Higgina'
"'W0ll, that's all Now, how do you
think this pesky town has treated its
foremost citizenT
TELL me, Higgins You have my
sympathy
- Well, Twas maxim a decent Twin
I let out contracts for the only brick
building In the town
"'Yes.'
ST was goin' to Gall 1t the Higgins
block. / was goin' to let the volunteer
Ore department have rooms in my block
for nothin'. / proposed to have tenn
pOrance union in the town. hoped to
have free library. You know Pm q
progressive citizen, don't your
"'You are. Higgins
"'Well, what do you think this town
has done for me?
Surely nothing bad, HigginA'
Nothing badr he screamed DO
you know what they've done? They've
aynched Bill Smith. and If ever there
was cowardly blow aimed at a fore.
most Citizen, IL was that
"But you can bury him, Higgins.'
'''Bury himP be screamed Bury
himi Bury Bill SMITH Why. man, Bill
Smith was maxim q fortune for me-
He killed his man a. regular as the sun
went down; and buried every one Of
ssm. He was worth eeB day to me, be
was. So I'm goin' to leave EN- This
town don't offer no inducements to an
honest man like me. Think what I've
done for 'em. was goin' to erect q
monument to our departed brothers.
And now there won't be death in this
town once . month. Poor Billr and
Higgins seized 9 winding-sheet and
tried to stifIe his sobs IN. Y. Tribune,
COUNTING BANK BILLS.