The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-05


man feel very sad Some were i'm,
! pertinent and some dsmonstrative A
week or two after the publication the
bell rang and when the vale. opened
the door he saw, standing in the vesti.
bule, tall and rather handsome south
! erner, with dark hair falling over his
] coat collar, a waved mustache tends
like bradawls) and a goatee that chung
! TO his chin ike a nervous black cater
/ pillar wriggling In sympathy with the
movement Of his under jaw. He wore
his head and had dazzling expanse OF
| shirt front. He wanted to see DR.. Pax
! ton.
/ "Yo' name. sah?" inquired the valet.
/ "a gentleman from South Kaw'lina,
! sah."
my ordahs are TO get yo' nsme, sab. "
81 want you to understand, sab, that
Pm gentleman, sab, from South
Kaw'line, sab, and / allow no ooppah-
collared ntggah to talk oriahs to me,
sab! You tell your master want to see
him, sahT''
AS he spoke he tossed bis locks TO
either side and gazed at the coIored
man with supreme disdatn- The latter,
who was his match physically, rose
with conmenfable prou1ptneSs to the
requirements Of the situation
''Yo' say JOS from souf Ks'Gna, sab!
Well, Use from Nof Ka,lfna, sab; and I
want yo' to un'e'stand. 'stinctfy, dat no
Fennan fre=1 Souf Ka'lina am agwrne
to come heah and suit dis gemrnan
from No'f Ka1ina, ef he knows It."
With which remark the -'geTaman"
from "Nof Ka'hna" swung the gentle
man from South EsEw liza violently
around by the lapel, o4utehed him by
the nape of the mex with one hand,
and in the region where tie principal
male garment abruptly Terminates with
the other, and rushed hira down the
steps into the street. administering to
him a resounding kick that DR.. Paxton
came on the scene Just N time to wit
ness.
It appeared that the gentleman from
South Carolina had called to solicit a
portion OF the one hundred thousand
dollars; but he assured DR.. Paxton that
mo gentleman, sab, from my state,
sab, " ever permitted an internal Mig
ger" to ask him his business. The doc
tor informed him that, in his opinion,
the colored gentleman from North Ger
DINA had learned enough Of his errend
to respond to it in a prompt, commend
able and business-liise manner, and
that if there was anything further he
could do for him, in the same line, he
thought he could be attended to.
''But vou have no idea" said DR.. Pax
ton, sat least I did not, until this try
ing experience came upon me, of the
cool impudence, the bsaesy assurance,
of some who evidently think the world
owes them living. Among those who
called upon me in the earlier period Of
my misery was an elegantly attired and
evidently well educated woman. Her
conversation, eomplete self possession
and repose of manner Indicated that
she had been accustomed, beyond .
doubt, to contact with refined associa-
tons. She wore long sealskin cloak
and jewelry that must have been cost
". She had suffered severe losses.
Much of her private fortune had been
swallowed up in unfortunate invest
ments. She was widow and
had two daughters, sweet girls
both, highly educated, etc, etc.
A fortune had been spent on their
tuition and accomplishments. The
charming creatures, however, were
compelled for the time being. to
languish in comparative obscurity. Der
dearest wish, as their mother, was to DO
her duty to them. That was all she
had to live for. She had not married
again and never would. Her sole Joy
would consist in seeing her dear girls
happily settled. That they might have
such opportunities, however. as young
ladies of their antecedentS might rea-
sonably aspire to. she must establish
herself once more in New York and had
called to ask if would kindly loan her
ten thousand dollars for the purchase
Of furniture and other indispensables.
When asked where she expected me to
get it, she knew, she said, that ! had
plenty of rich people in my congrega-
ton, and that they would not refuse 70
help her if only asked them. BY di-
rect inquiry learned that she had read
the mischievOus paragraph, something
she would have preferred to conceal |
strove to assure her that there was not
a shadow Of truth in it, but she looked
at me as if I were a lineal heir to the
of AnaniaS- That's the
way they all looked Oh. it was simply
dreadful They acted as if my denials
were mere subterfuges. This lady. In
was picture OF wounded /.
and refined distFust,
''0ne day" continued the doctor, 81 I
had call from lady end gentleman a
Prof. Blank we shall say. for he claimed .
10 be professor of something or other /
He was a fine, portlv-loolSing fellow, (
German in build and features; well and .
dressed, as Was the lady .
whom he introduced as his wife They 4
lad every appearance of being pros
porous people who enjoyed life ration (
lilly He had been conducting an IN
ititute in a neighhoring city. 50 he said,
out his health had become impaired,
something no one would have dreamed
( he had not said SO, and be proposed
TO go to Florida and there open school
hat should exeInpliiy oe-taia new
Methods Of education and materially
nd in the rehabilitation Of the south
The only thing necessary 70 make his
work an assured success was funds, and
With the utmost solemrity he requested
ne 10 let him have about $4,000, he
hourht that might be maae 20 90. for