The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-06

PAID UP LIKE A MAN.
One Man From Lexington, Ill, Who Keepa
His Word In Chicago.

One Man From Lexington. Ill. Who Keepa
His Word In Chicago.
he was short, had stubby red chin
lwhiskers. wore one of these little turn
down collars which the Beau Brum-
mells of back counties affect, and was
evidently a tiller of the soil He was
in such hurry that he forgot to knock
when he entered the Tribune Office at
the Worlds fair grounds, and all he
blurted out when he got we'll inside the
door was:
Say
It took him two minutes to get his
breath, and then he continued:
Say. I've got five dollars in the Office
downtown. It's in an envelope and
nv names on it. When got in town
this morning / seed couple of fellows
a follering me and one of 'em tried to
put his hand in my pocket, SO I walked
right up to your Office and left the five
dollars there, for ] wanted something
20 get back TO Lexington, Ill, on"
We'll? What do you want?''
What do ! want" / want dime to
get out of this place. When put that
Five up in the office ] kept dollar and
sixty-fve cents, and | have done gone
and spent it all. every cent of it.
thought ! had dime in my pocket and
I kept "a feelin and a feelin' of it and
holding on il, but jest now, when
started to go back to town, ! pulled it
out and it was nothing but dogoned
1neasiy cent. and here it is.
And from the innermost recesses of
his trousers pocket the wanderer from
Lexington, Ill, produced a little cop
per coin.
And say" he went on, let me have
that dime. I'll see that you get it from
that Five I've got down town"
Before extending the financial as
isistance requested the man in the Office
said:
What did You do with your one dol
lar and sixty-five cents. How did you
spend ito
A smile of Joy broke over the counte-
nance of the agriculturist, and he be-
gan
Had four beers, 'eu seed woman
lplayin' an organ and l gave her dime
and bought her beer. And | went
down the 'Pleasawncc' and" here his
voice fell to a whisper. land went into
ikeiro, and to tell you the truth, mis-
ter | went in there twict."
Then the old man stopped minute,
looked out of the window at the state
by white home of electricity, and in a
changed tone of voice, continued:
III tell yon, mister, my little. meas
ny mind can't comprehend this thing.
ITS too great. It's too darned big for
me to understand. Just about year
ago | come up to Chicago with some
hogs, and come down here and looked
over the grounds. and there didn't
seem TO be nothin', and now ] come
down here to-day and-well, dog
on it, It's too big. it's too big for me-
Down hum I've got forty dollars
saved up-forty dollars. An I've got
"a woman and gal who's Just grown
mp. and when | get back there I'm goin'
ITO say to EN-: Take just as much of
that forty dollars as you want, take it
I'll, if you caikerlate you'll need it, and
go an see that fair
But say" and here he came back to
the question before the house. ''Sav.
mister, you viii let me have that dime |
TO get back to town, won't you? I'll |
leave it for you out Of that five"
He left the Office with a silver ten
cent piece firmly grasped between the |
thumb and foreinger of his right hand |
and, to the honor of the horny-handed |
FILLER of the soil from Lexington, Ill. !
he II said, that he left that dime" for |
the man who had relieved his financial |
distress with the business Office en-
ploye who was acting as his safety de-
post vault.-Chicago Tribune.