The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-18

is evidently anxious to conceal, that
that that was how he knew it.
explained to him that my character
and conduct would stand the fullest in
vestSgetion, but they wouldn't stand 1t
just then because they were in a hurry
and if he attempted to stop them there
would be more assault and battery
committed than he had ever seen con-
solidated in one place and one second
before. He did not bluff worth cent
Instead of taking fright. he calmly
asked for my ticket Everybody who
buys anything in that store must wait
for e ticket which is usually wrapped
up in the bundle. told him that was
where my ticket was, and he began to
tear the wrappers of the rocking
horse. When he had made that I'M
fortunate beast look as ragged as the
cardboard strake of a tramp's panta-
looms he found the ticket. and rendered
his apologies. Just as / was about 10
insist that he should have the wooden
animal properly blanketed with brown
paper. again. the lady whom knew
appeared, edging over toward that
corner Of the store. So hoisted the
beast under my arm, and lodged out
into the alley.
The alley led to Sixth avenue, and
that to Twenty-third street, when l
began to ascend the stairs of the L
road station. There were good many
people going up, and at least an equal
number coming down. All of them
hard, and that fact made it still more
comfortable to get through the crowd
with Westinghouse in my arms. At
the head of the stairs / encountered a
truly typical woman coming down She
knocked my hat off with her umbrella,
swiped me with her elbow, and turned
me round like top until my foot got
tangled in the horses rocker and / fell
into the woman's arms while the horse
trotted down the stairs at about 2:O3 4
with fire flashing from his nostrils
When 1 had apologized to the wom-
an who had caused the trouble, and
had thanked the man who had stopped
my horse with his stomach l gath
cred the animal to my arms once
more, and successfully mounted the
stairs. The man at the window sold
me ticket, and the chopper chopped
it up. but the trainmen wouldn't let me
get aboard with so large bundle; the
chopper wouldn't return the ticket,
and the man inside the window held
on to my nickel. Such being the dis
couraging state of the case, I de-
scendcd to the street and boarded a
surface car, the conductor of which
made me stand on the front platform.
When this entertaining ride was over
there remained a considerable distance
to walk. On the way to the ferry |
fell in with a gentleman of my &C
Quaintance who lives somewhere in the
Piney Point region. He suggested
having something to drink. / did
not attempt to dissuade. So | accom-
panied him, and drank hot lemonade.
AS ne stopped at every saloon on the
way / accumulated more hot lemonade
than 1 really had use for, but I
couldn't break away from my genial
DtSdtcC ilC c1lSW
the trains, and I knew nothing. He
know so much about those trains, in
fact, that he was able to say, when
we came in sight of the ferry house,
that we had missed our boat by not
more than two minutes, aud that there
wouldn't be another one connecting
with train for an hour and e half.
However, the other fellow enjoyed
the Scotch whisky; indeed, he enjoyed
it so much that he missed the next
train. We caught one at 1870, and il
was Has when the train reached Piney
Point. 1 arrived there at 1870, for !!
had incautiously fallen asleep with nv
arms around the horses neck; and had
thus been carried on to Winkumpaw,
which is the next station beyond Piney
Point. OF that walk back through the
snow 1 retain n very slight but sorrow
full recollection. 1t was colder than
the place where wicked EsquimauX go
when they die. The horse had gained
a good deal in weight through accumu-
lations of snow and ice, despite the
fact that his head and many other inn
portant parts of him had fallen by the
wayside.
They found mel am told-sitting
on the horse in the snow, on the front