The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-23

the sheriff Confidence amt just what
it ought to be. they say. They can't
get it back some way or ether"
Lack O confidence. hey?" said the
Old Settler. Net in the Squire, l hope!'
''Oh, no! Not in the Squirrel ex-
claimed the sheriff, with laugh. THE
country amt feeling altogether easy
ON the money question. The currency
don't suit. Some DON'T want the coun-
try to have any silver money. and some
say they're bound the country shan't
have any gold money. Then, again.
some say the only way out of it is to
have both gold and silver money. and
some rip and tear and declare up and
down that unless the country throws
both silver and gold money overheard
and has paper money, and plenty of it.
we're gone to the dogs. The conse-
ouence is. major, that the country amt
exactly certain what it's going to have,
and it's little shy. 1t amt had for
six months as much confidence as it
should have had, and it amt getting
any more very fast"
''Shurff," said the Old Settler. and he
spoke as if he were incredulous, did I
understan' ye to say that tina was some
folks ez didn't want no silver money!"
That's what l said" replied tho
sheriff.
An did ye' say tina was some ez
didn't want No goid?"
Yes"
"Gosht'lmightyw said the Old Settler,
''if that's got sumpin' to do with the
ailin' O. the kentry. it's easy fixed! !
kin fix it, b'gosh!"
81 don't quite understand you;
major" said the sheriff. egs
Don't We, shurff?' said the Old Set
tier, smiling. II do, bgosh! What's
no silver money from handin' their
sheer of it over to me? An what's to
hender them folks that is fightin' shy O
gold money from handin' their sheer o
tina. over to me? That'd settle it!
That'd Ak it! Them chaps needn't
worry bout havin' to take silver when
they don't want it, an havin' to take
gold when they don't want it, fer / kin
tell 'em right here, an | want to say it
so it kin be heerd by my Teller citizens
fur an near. high an low, that l am
williu' to stand an take EN- both offen
their hands, an don't keer If hef to
stay awake nights an go hungry adoin'
Of it! That'd restore confidence. shurff!
The dom O. that'd give me so much
confidence that I could diStribit conf
dence by the ton to the hull durn pop
ulation, includin' Injins not taxed, an
do it ev'ry day in the year. An then
hev so much left wouldn't know what
to do with it. Understan me now.
don't We, shurff? Do We see how easy
/ kin fix it? Gosht'imighty. why don't
them folks send fer me?'
Fore We go to fxin' up the kentry.'
said the Squire, before the sheriff had
time 70 reply TO the Old Settler. "ye'd
a durn sight better go an nix up that
back fence o your'n. an keep yer pigs
outen yer neighbor's taters.
some folks" said the Old Settler.
entirely unruffied. kin think o pigs
an taters when their kentry is ship
wreckin' on ragin' seas cause some
folks won't take silver, an some folks
won't take"
.WulI, want We to understan'.
major" interrupted the Squire, that
hain't got no objection to takin' silver.
an that the chances is. that I'll take
sumpin' like ten shill'n o your n, less
We turn out to-mor' an fix that fence.
Squire exclaimed the Old Settler,
raising his cane threateningly, for a
man ez keeps a britchy brindle COW, cz
YOU do. which never had an idea on
'arth but goin' round nights tearin'
down folss's fences an chawin' up
their gardens. yer remarks Is as nigh
outer SANDER ez they kin git, b'goshtl-
mighty an I'll hev the law on re to-
morrer!'
But By his time the she riff had COLI
lec.ed himself, and. with the aid of the
landlord, succeeded in restoring relA-
tons between the Old Settler and the
Squire which. if not entirely amicable,
were at least not noisy.
..Shurff. said the Old Settler feeling
in the glass for the lump OF sug~,
"speakin' o. confidence bein' all gone
an the kentry feelin' bad an circerla-
ton bein' shrunk wuss'n dried eel
skin, We orter ben in the Sugar Swamp
deestric' durin the hard times q '23.
Them was times ye'd remember TO yer
dviu' dsvl The currency was-tut.
fus, along. / mus tell sc that the cur.
rency in Sugar Swamp in them days
were leetle sing'lar. I: want silver,
an it want gold. an il want paper
II we've peIts b'gosh. IL run from
mushras clean mp 20 6ar. Ths was