Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-24
WANTED TO USE THE REGALIA.

the tourist in whose company he was
sauntering down the main street Of
Hawville the other afternoon.
Quite well, thank YOU" replied the
gentleman from the East.
"Ur-hur. Probly regret you if the
limb got sawed off betwixt you an the
tree?"
"Eh?"
"Sorter agitate EN- if you was to
come home on ice?'
ION ice? l do not understand yOu?'
Say YOU don't? Wall, they'd miss
YOU. don't you reckon, if you was to git
fatally shot up?'
Miss me! Of course they would
miss met
wall, then. remarked Isaac in the
same casual way, 'sech bein' the case,
you'll do we'll TO sa' ter across the street
an meet me down at the next corner
that is. if I'm thar If l amt, you'll do
me and the community favor by pint
edly tellin the editor Of the Clarion
that I don't want no poetry; l hain't
that kind of a man.
But pardon me. ! hardly under
Go on broke in Ike so sternly that
the tourist promptly did his bidding.
Having reached the opposite side OF
| the street. he paused to discover the
motive of the. TO him. ineXphcable re-
quest of the alkaline citizen He OBJ
served that the latter Immediately ram
med his hands into the side pockets Of
/ his coat and kept them there while he
advanced leisurely toward another man
who was coming from the opposite di-
: rection. and who also carried his hands
I in his coat pockets.
The tourist was mystifed to note
| that. as if moved by a common impulse,
I the two men began to sheer of. Ike
/ walking close to the buildings and the
other man near the outer edge Of the
board walk. as they approached each
/ other. and that as they passed neither
spoke nor appeared to recognize the
/ other. but each looked steadily in the
/ others eyes. turning their heads after
| they had passed and continuing TO look
| back tin the man whom the tourist did
/ not know reached the next corner and
/ disappeared around it.
Being of an inQuiring turn Of mind,
/ Mr. Eastman sought TO obtain from Al
| kali Ike an explanation Of the scene
when he had rejoined the latter.
Known how techy an inhammable
I that thar man FOsdick is, replied Ike,
I ''I was sanguine he'd try to get me if he
saw a chance, an KNOWN also that he
/ was liable 10 accidentally git YOU while
/ ne was labOrin to The best of his abil-
/ ity to git me. I sent you across the street
outer consideration for your kinfolks
/ i'm the East"
TO git me?" queried the tourist,
| completely mystiied.
shoot YOU up. YOU know"
All But how do YOU know that he
contemplated shooting
wall. for a man of your age. Mr..
Eastman YOU pear to be shameful on
acquainted with the ways of the world.
| Didn't YOU notice where he was wearin'
\ his hands?'
/ Certainly He had them in his coat
pocket. and surely there was nothing
/ sinister in that. You also had your
I hands in your coat pockets
yep: an bein' a middhn' crafty man
! myself. / had my fingers on the trigger
! of a couple Of as sensitive shOOtin' irons
as YOU ever had the pleasure Of lOokin'
| into. an the muzzle of each of EN- was
stickin' through a nice little hole in the
/ forrard corners Of them pockets.
But. my stars! What reason has
/ Mr.. FOsdick for shooting your
"OIr. FOsdick hain't shOOtin' me, If
YOU take nOtice-hes only yearnin' TO.
An he hain't got no able reason for that
thar yearn. neither. Tell you how it
was. Back yOnder about ten days
ago. [ sorter drops in ca this we're Fos-
dick. who is plenty sick at the time,
right at deaths door. YOU may say. with
DR. Slade dOin his durndest to pull him
through. My ministratiOns is alwers
soothin' to the sick. an he 'peared TO
enjoy the news i'm his weak way when
I told him that the RannakabOO Club
had got a passed. Of new regalia that was
plumb gorgis an glitterin'.
That's a collar an plume an a
whole outfit Of trappin's for you, Fos-
sy. says I.
I'm afraid it will be quite a spell
before l git to wear EN-, says he, free
ly.
"'Oh. no, il won't. old fellerr says I.
We aim TO make our first appearance
i'm our new war'robes about next Thurs
day. an we fgger on YOU bein' thar
I'D like mighty well to mingle with
YOU ALL says he. plenty wistful, but
the way the deal is goin don't reckon
I'll be present. Things is burcussed
uncertain in this life. Ike
I've noticed that says I. but we
are Countin' on you mighty sangUine
In fact we held a meetin over in Han
DIV Folks office last night an got every
thing juggled into shape but your part
of IT,.
Wal. don't bank on me none, says
he. TN be thar if l can, but I hain't
by no means certain
II dunno so much about that. SAYS
I. Or Slade riz in the meetin' last
night an in a few well-chOsen words
informed us that we might count on
YOU. You see. we can't do nOthin' I'M
less YOU are thar
cts powerful kind Of the boys to
give me so much prominence he pipes.
gratefully. 4 don't reckon I'll deserve
IT, but I'll do the best / can
We all knew that. old fellerr says
I. feelin'ly. an we aim TO carry ont this
we're thing. so that it will make that
thar little old hOOraw given by the Wok
Wok Club at Rantedodlar last week
look plumb sick in comparison. Our
regalia is a heap more gorgis than
their'n. an we've added a lot OF rami-
fcations to the pOw-wow that will DO
YOU mighty proud. We