The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-17

son OF gun who ventures to INIT that
you haven't got the biggest thing on
earth. Do you know what / did with
a fellow. who got hold of Matthews
after I'd got him all fxed?"
NO" said /. uneasily.
''lndeed? Well I'll show you. IT
was this way. The fellow got Mat
thews' ear just after L let go of it. He
told Matthews that there wasn't any
thing in my scheme. The next day
Matthews brought the gentleman in to
see me. He wanted to ask me few
questions. ! got right On to him in
about a minute. He had come into my
Office for the purpose of telling me
something about my business. Just as
soon as he got started grabbed ruler
which was about as big as this cane"
Samuel brandished the cane in the
air. knew what was coming and
started to run. He was after me in q
minute. People who observed us natur-
ally thought that I had stolen some
thing from him, but they did not in
terfere. We do not stop thieves in
NC" VI we oO hOO Ndht W AldhC
that sort of thing fashionable. We
follow the golden rule as observed
from the standpoint of the escaping
robber.
Therefore / was not molested. But
Samuel was f1eeter of foot than I, and
as he ran he continued his story.
Il chased him round and round that
off1 - h. 7
within reach Of him l gave him
crack"
! He showed me how this was done.
There was big desk in the middle
of the ROOM" he continued, land by
and by we got to going round and
round that"
This gave me an idea. There was a
the sidewalk. There always is an OBJ
struction of some kind on any portion
of the sidewalk of lower Broadway. i
lodged around these boxes.
Then" continued Samuel, 81 knew
that L had him. l suddenly turned
and went the other way. We met with
a crash"
w MICH VIC dIot-
Then l grabbed him by his left
ear"
And Samuel grabbed me by my left
ear.
"'Fll teach you to interfere with my
business said 1. You will try to stand
in my way in a little matter of bust
ness, like this, will you?'
lol L L
and then l requested Mir. Matthews
to open the door"
At that moment lady, coming out
of store which we were passing, hap
pened to leave the door open. Samuel
saw it. He headed in that direction i'm
mediately.
The door was some little distance be-
low the street level He dragged me
down the stairs by my ear.
And when Matthews had opened
the door," he yelled, Il lifted my foot
and kicked my man clear out into the
middle of the hall"
And suiting the action to the word
he kicked me into that store head first
and slammed the door afterwards.
When l had picked myself up / was
naturally in a hurry to get out.
People had begun to ask me
questions. Three lawyers had al
ready offered me their cards and
had advised suit for damages.
l did not employ a lawyer. / turned
my attention to Samuel. In a fair
fight and when know the game, l be-
lieve that he is no match for me.
But he was no longer in mood for
controversy of that violent descrip-
tion-at least, not with me- No
sooner had he kicked me into the store
than he had picked out an acquaint-
ance from the staring crowd. and had
proceeded with the performance. He
had made this gentleman take the
part of Matthews: and by the time 1
got ont there, Samuel had talked the
gentleman into pleasant frame of
mind and had borrowed ten dollars of
him to represent the original five
thousand dollars which had been OBJ
tanned from Matthews
Now then, Howard he said. as
IF anything Eve shown you
proves to be of service to you in that lit
tie matter, l shall be very glad. You can
fix it up with me in stock or cash. just
as you prefer. when you have thrown
down your man, and got your scheme
under way
replied that / had learned a valua-
bic lesson. In order to start busi-
ness in this city with somebody else's
money (which is the only proper way),
E man must be monomaniac on the
subject. and he must be able to turn
on the food of lunacy at any moment.
and keep it going till he browns out |
all opposition. HOWARD FIELDING.
Afraid OF Clairvoyance.
Even the most pronounced unbeliev- |
ars in the occr1lf scianca oannn& h..