The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
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kim's would "a sot his head on fire that
night.
oval, father he asked some on 'em down
I to our house to supper an some o. the
neighbors asked them that lived further
off, and so all had supper; but no thanks
to the Hunts.
'sThere was mischief brewin, though.
What do you s'pose some scamps that had
been there that day donei
"Why, they was so mad at Eliakim that
they went to that barn in the moonlight
with iron bars an pgied cat the 1nderpin-
min an sc Mt the whole pile of timbers down
in heapl
"Father an / went up there the next
day Twas a pitiful sight, sure enough.
Some o. the timbers was split, an they
was all in heap.
at was bad an unlawful thing to do.
but for all that theEe want many that
was sorry for Eliakim. An he was purity
nigh crazy.
"T do know why they done it. he kept
sayin, pitiful like. You didn't give no
rum, Apple5ee, an they never fetched your
! barn.
"T want so everlastin mean as to go
/ off without thankin 'em fur their help,
nor yit to send 'em off without their sup
| per- said father sternly. You brought it
on yourself. One mean tricks been paid
| off by another
! "Eliakim WINGED an shuff1ed about, but
when father had had his say out, he went
right to work helping Eliakim undo the
mischief
"'Twas long job, an cost Eliakim
pretty penny afore it was done. The beams
was so long an heavy It he had to hire
dozen men with OK teams to get 'em out.
/ Then the underpinnin had to be all laid
over agin. Then how was be to raise 1t?
He thought 'twould never do to ask 'em to
come to another raisin there.
eyes, twill, if you act like man about
it, an not like misery curmudgeonp says
father. Tell 'em frank that ye know ye
didn't do right by em afore, an ye're sorry
for it, an if they'll help We agin yell do the
handsome thing by 'em. Then keep your
word right up t. the handle
"'But my wife amt able to do sech
powerful sight o. cookinP
eye mean we don't want TO do such
powerful sight o. pervidin! Come, now,
be man for once, and see how 'twould
SEEM
SIT was a bitter pill for Eliakim to
swaller, but he finally made up his mind
that twas the best he could do. So he
tackled up old Grimes, an took Polly Ann
with him to help him out, for everybody
liked Polly Ann, she was SO ehirk an pretty,
even if she was sickly. They went to every
place where he'd had help afore. an every
one on 'em promised to come They KEEP
their word.
81 s'pose the consciences o. some on 'em
had been troublin 'em a leetle. for al
though the Good Book don't say, Thou
shalt not tear down thy neighbours barn.
it does say somethin like this, Vengeance
is NINE saith the Lord, an DO unto others
as We would that they should do unto you
An not one of 'em wanted their barns
knocked in. So they was glad of a chance
to make amends.
Mother an the gals an some O. the other
neighbors helped Miss Hunt cook, until
they was ready for any number. When
Eliakim had got the better o. the stingy
old Adam in him, he pervided as liberal as
father ID done.
"Polly Ann took me into the butt'ry an
showed me the rows of pies an cakes an
cheeses, an platters of cold meats an loaves
of bread an pots of baked beans.
AN there's two pigs roasting in the
brick ovenr she said, kind o. proud
''The men come early an worked with
will, tell We. Why, by o'clock the hull
barn was up as good as it was afore. an up
to stay too. Eliakim, he thanked 'em as
gracious an perlite as if he'd lived in a city
all his life, an asked 'em down to the house
to supper.
"'Twas fust class set out, an no mis-
take A better supper they never ate an
when twas finished they was all ready for
fun.
"Our deestrict was right on the line be-
twixt Plymton an Coventry, an some o.
the men was from one town an some from
t'other, an a sight o. rivalry there was too
The Plymton boys was always tryin to
beat US, but we'd held our own until this
year.
"Some of our smartest wrastlers had |
moved off, an some o. the Plymtons had |
learned how to throw, so It this year the |
Plymtons had beat every time until at our |
raisin your Uncle Dan had throwed Salma |
Chase three times runnin. But I've told |
ye bout that afore.
oval, the Plymtons was mad enough, |
an vowed they'd whip US this time. So |
when we went out from supper we expect |
ed fun, an we got it.
Seems IS if when Eliakim got a-goin he |
didn't know when to stop. He stood right |
out afore 'em all an says says he:
I want ye all to have good time, 80 |
ye kin remember Eliakim Hunts raisin /
with pleasure. Now, let's make this
town fight, Plymton agin Coventry, an I'll |
give five dollars to the side that beats.
An if Coventry gifts it I'll give five more
for the music next June trainin.'
oval, they jest went TO work thenl
Both sides was on their mettle. They got
each town by itself. an chose the
best wrastler on each side for bully, an
three others.
Then they formed in ring, an Ike
Huntress, the biggest man in all Plymton,
went into the ring. He was their bully.
Father acted as manager for our side. He
knowed that Ike was tremendous strong,
but that he didn't know much bout wrast-
lin, 'cept TO knock man down So father,
be picked out little Jabez Slocum-
Now Jabez wasn't nigh so heavy as Ike,
bat be understood how to handle himself;
an the fust thing Ike knew, he laid
sprawlin in the dirt
"'Twa'n't fairr ''Twa'n't fairP Try it
aginr shouted the Plymton fellows.
"'All right, says father; throw him
agin, Jabezr
so Jabez threw him agin; but the Plym-
tons warn't satisfied. They wanted to try |
it once more, al SO Jabez threw MIN the
third time
"'Twas leetle trick he had with his left
foot. He could "a tarowed Goliath easy,
do believe.
oval, the Plymtous couldn't deny but
twas fair enough this time, bat they was
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