Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-07-23

actty OF habit winch marks Lne ola no
wore il always lts broken dignity
was like the squar's. He had been
| Justice of the pence once in the village
four miles away, but overpowering
causes-growing age and the loss OF
what money he had and his lhaving no
children to look to-had settled Squar'
Brown and his wife here. His was a
serene nature. He had never been dis
tinctly unhappy, nor would be. lie
did odd jobs for his meager living; there
was nobody in the neighborhood any
poorer than Squar' Brown.
In taking certain route homeward
he appeared to have an object; he went
| rs fast as he could, and a Pickering
smile gradually spread. He went
through u cattle-lane and barnyard
and. clambering slowly and pufingly
over another fence or two, sat down on
low rail and wiped his warm face.
He faced field, a strip around the
edge of which was freshly turned up
for winter wheat; the rest showed a
green busting of new grass and shoots
of the recent crop. The pillow came
slowly from the other end till its driver
saw Squar' Brown.
Hello, square, he called out. His
loud tones sounded far, and loud
laugh followed. He dropped the lines
and went and joined Squar' Brown on
the rail. His readiness, the slouching
attitude he fell into, and his loose,
broad smile went far to evidence the
laxity which was his as distinctively as
Squar' Browns upright purity was his.
While the squar' held his title always,
Sylvester Sawdey, dozen years young
er, was widely known as old Vet Saw
dey, and as an Incorporate old scala
wag. Familiar friendship with him
would have hurt the fame Of anybody
but Squar' Brown. They saw much OF
each other.
The squar' sat with his pan on his
knees, and opened and shut his mouth
in an attempt to begin on some subject
other than that which engrossed him.
He could not. ..
'l'm expecting to go to Pomeroy next
week, Sylvester" he said, and his smile
became bare-gummed grin.
''Oh, you got ready to git EN-, have
YEP" Vet responded. His face, coars'
ened and red to purpleness, manifest
index of his ruling habit, had yet q
kindly cast. lie showed his present
interest heartily.
I'm going to get EN- said Squar
Brown, fumbling in an inner pocket
I'm going to go and have the impress.
sion made, and then won't have to &c
again. He'll send 'em when they're
/ done"
Cant you git 'em any nearer II
Pomeroy?"
~ can do the best" said Squar
Brown. in careful. slow tones, lin
Pomeroy. Git 'em the cheapest. There,
here's the circular. There's two dent
lists there-Kelly tits I'm going to-"
He unfolded paper creased by long
carrying, a roughly-printed and illus
trated advertisement of false teeth.
Here's the prices. It's eight dollar:
for the cheapest. can't give but eight
dollars. hain't got but eleven ] car
| spend" said Squar' Brown, land the
fare to Pomeroy is fifty cents; ant
there's two or three things we've beer
saving up to get when goa porcelain
lSittle for one. can't give but eight
There's the picture of it. Good rubber
plate for eight dollars"
"Yeup," said Vet. He ran his thicl
finger along the lines as he read them
Squar' Brown rubbed his hands, hi
face in mild glow.
1--WE been wanting 'em, Sylvester,
he Sid, ''for ten years, about. Ough
to hal 'em ten years ago-I needed 'em
Anybody that's got their teeth don
know nothing mt all about it. 1hain'
had much comfort, You might say
since my teeth begun to go. Can
reuollect when I've fairly chewed any
food. When they begun to come out
them that was left would be so sore
couldn't hardly eat. They've all beef