The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-26
UNCLE DAVIS SCHEME.
Why He Didn't Get the Hoped-Foz
Reward.

| mower. cross and dlSpirlted. All his
| Establishments and cajolings had that
day failed to win quarter of a dollar
| from the newcomers at the Sugar
| Springs summer hotel. and he feared
he would go home that night without
having earned the price of the tobacco
| for his after-supper smoke. To be sure,
| the hotel proprietor had offered him a
dollar for moving the hotel lawn, and
with ordinary industry it .could be
moved in less than day. but Uncle
Davy accounted it direc. loss to earn
dollar by the sweat of his black brow
when quarters could be earned by q
few adroit compliments. So the now
ing of the lawn had dragged for a
week, and bid fair to become like the
task of Sisyphus- So slowly did Uncle
Davy work that the grass verify grew
under his feet, and although he had
completely moved the lawn o>ce, the
grass had grown as fast as he moved.
and he could not call the hotel proprie-
tor to view completed task and pay
him dollar.
''Nebber see sech stingy set in my
born'd days as desc bo'ders at de no
tel" muttered Uncle Davy to himself
''Dey won't even give me one o dem
'two-for-a-nicl1eP sega-es dev smokes
for l reckon dey is too stingv to smoke
muffin mo- costly. All, good evenin',
Young marsa," he continued in a CHEEKY
tone, bowling and scraping to a smart
addressed young fellow passing by.
els you on a beautiful walk, S even
in'?''
''No: I am on q board walk. Uncle
Davy," replied the young fellow, with
difficulty denying himself the indul-
gence of smile ut his own witticism
GLORY! you's as witty as blue jay,
young marsa, an jes' as peart an wears
as fine cloes. ! knew you was ladies'
man de minnit / see you-all dressed
up SO fine, an wall1in' so graceful. like
you dance mon you walk. | jes' done
did do it, pom my soul. Wizard you
say you come from? Up MORT, you
say?"
Michigan"
Good glory! How's it seem to be
down whar yon kin keep warm?"
1--WE keep just as warm as you do"
81 reckon you all wear sheepslzins;
dey would keep you all warm. What
town do you live in?"
''Ann Arbor."
'sFor de lan's sake! is dat SO, young
marsa? Is dat so? Befo' de wa use
to live at Culpepper Cot House. Virgin
yah, on de estate Of old ledge Caring
fo'd. an remember dat de Caringfo'd
boys went to Ann Arbor, Michigan. to
school. Did you know de Caringfo'd
boys? Co'se not; you's too young for
dat"
Here is a quarter for you, Uncle
Davy," said the young man, loftily.
They tell me at the hotel that when
them you expect to be rewarded with
quarter"
Cord Dress you, young marsa," said
the old man. much obliged for de
quarter. Dem bo'ders at de hotel is
wrong about my expectin' a quarter.
when / talks to 'em ] hopes for a
quarter, young marsa, but | doan' ex-
pee muffin from sech lot OF stingy
bo'ders as dey is at de hotel dis sum
mer"
do you see that old old man across
the lawn there, Uncle Davy, going
down to the spring with two water
bottles? Do you ever get money from
him?"
Dat poor ole man? Hes too poor.
He amt got muffin to give me-"
He is the richest man about here
- IL, L.
just bought that fine cottage at the
other end of the grounds. He lives in
st. Louis. and two years ago gave five
dollars to a young man who
rescued him from being run over by a
runaway team"
Goodness. an I amt hardly been
spealin to dat ole gentleman.
thought he was some poor ole groun
hog that never seen a quarter. I wish
a team of bosses would come ruunin' in
heah now after dat ole gentleman. I'd
biff 'em on de hade wifi de lawn-rnower
wish he'd slip down on de part to de
spring an BEN his neck SO he'd think !
he was goin' to choke to death, an Id |
'un up an twis' it straight again. I'm |
goin' to save dat ole gen'leman's life |
somehow an git FIVE thousan' dollars.
Laws-a-nassy! he mus be one O. dem |
How much is five thou |
'an' dollars, young marsa? / reckon it |
wound buy all Sugar Springs an a
lunk O Sedalia."
With the golden possibility of five
thousand dollars before him, Uncle |
Davy could work no more that after
loon, and he put the lawn-mower in |
is place and followed Mr. Bondell to |
he spring, in the hope that some OPP
of saving the old mans life |
night arise. But though for days
hereafter Davy followed Mr. Bondell /
ike black shadow wherever he went,
he iDtirm old man never was in any
trait that called for the intervention |
II his self-constituted guardian. At
asst Davy came to the conclusion that,
Dir. Bondell was TO be in peril and in
iced of succor, he himself must be the
.uthor Of the peril as we'll as the bear
r Of aid He therefore turned over in
rs mind several schemes of various de-
-rees OF feasibility. lie might have Mr-
,ondel attacked by fictitious noe
urnal highway man and, suddenly ap- !
earring. boldly put the highwayman
0 fight, but as the Only person nc
oulc trust sufficiently to employ as the
highwayman was MS grand
on Tobias, aged fifteen, and, more
yer, Mr. Bondell never stirred out OF
'oors after nightfaIl. he rejccted the
Ian At length his brain conceived a
chene TIA. seemed absolutely fault
ess and be at once rlrC,ceelIed 10 MT I. /