The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-03
A Geographical Love Story.


But bein' az ne didn' IL behcoviates me
10 tel the storeigh-"
Hickory Jim-where he gut that name
il is not in my joorusdixicn 20 say-wuz
no commun man He wuz sIrate IN tawl
IN gud-luking. He wuZ a squawulan. with
a bit of properteigh. IN too little red injun
haf-breeds. Y gut akwain,ed with him un
ruther liked him, tax him awl in anvil /;
may have bin that he phlatured me
wosnt say he didn't, coz he did Palattery
may Tot be abul 10 soothe the dull. koid
ear Of death, but it's molases 20 me. IN
l amt lire enough to denish IL.
The weigh in which ! gut akwain.ed
with him wUz as folders: 1t seems that
Hickory Jim had foxes hak in New York
State. u he wunted 20 kommunika,e with
them. They must a bin poor folks. fur
Jim, while he cud rite little bit. couldn
ku; up the d.dOes. Ike Us professionals
SO he kane 20 me TO git me TO rite 20 his
folks. which ! did. Hickory jim, wen I
had finished. wud talk UP my Letter, which
| had rit IN wud glote over il. sayin':
'Holey Moases. ef cud rite IN spe, as W
du, Uu are a butte IN TO r:s,aik, IL
cud onle:gh maik them little kurieculss 10
the letters as yu du,' Then ] sed: Jim.
Wy wuzn't yu edyoucated?' Then Re seq
Coz We KANT awl hav parints ike you
had
/ never heerd mysel phlatured In that
weigh befour IN l wuz nateriy poughed
up sum over il. Then l sed: Jim. yuve
got money, yu've got time; wy not ed
youcate yureself.' And. bless me, ef h.
didn' try. He bot sum skuie books un
tried. But il wuz no so. He cudn't zactly
fgger m out un he was respondent. till
won deigh he kums to me awi aglow un he
seq:
'Hev yu herd OF the nu butte in town.
mo"
She's KUN frum the state with a kid.
which folks say amt gut no legitimate
daddy. un she's started up millinery es-
adjustment 10 sell hats"
The next de:gh l maid inkwiries un
fownd that Jim wuz rite This ere Nomin
cd have a kid. not very old. un report SEQ
it had no daddy. She wuz purity. III, as
peech. But won weak shoawed me that
the millinery biznuss wuz fsilyour. Blu,
won weak moar shoawed me Jlm's skeme.
un il wuz a darcy, He wuz bein edyou-
Gated sure enuff. un that CURL wuz a duin' /
il fur him, he paying hur big tu:shun.
He tole ner that ne wunted to be ed
youcated un toIe her how mulch he wud
give hur 20 du II. She wud starve at mil
Enery un she TUX him up an started In
on gograffy. Jim, TO save the woman. tole
rite out in the kummuniteigh Wy he visited
the gurl in the afternoons, so no won wud
be abul 10 think evil wv il, I'm purity soon
everybody wuz talking of Jim's edyouca-
shun TN kline of laffing the weigh people
w.ll.
Wei. she started him in on goggrafry, un
TUX up Yourope, un then there wuz trub
bic rite away. fur Jim sez:
You say that awl this ere what / hav
gut my hand on is awl land IN people
live on II un it is guverned?"
Yes" she SEE, that is the map OF YOU
rope
But is il there" he sed.
Certify" SEE she.
How do yu no. demanded he.
Coz the book ses So" sed she. I'm be-
sides everybody noes it,
Il doan't," SEE he. kline of smilin
"Mebbe-so the man who rote the book
lied"
"Oh. no. seq she.
"Hav you bin there asks him.
No" seq she.
rThen | doan't believe it," seq he.
That kline of discharged her. of kourse. !
but she turned over TO the map OF South I
TN told him about that kuntry.
Sumtimes he listn'd un sumtimes ne
didn'. Most of the time he wuz luk,ng deep /
down into hur big blu eighs. and her pinky- /
white face wuz all the map ne cud see. |
Then at the mex lessun, he wud start on;
bravely un lst'n fur while un then his !
eehs wud wander bak to hurs un he wui /.
see nuthing else but them un wud kline OF |
ansur her queshuns absent-l:ke. Wei. this !
went on, fur som time. un then Jim k.ne |
Of gut mad un wud insist on playing with |
her kid, un won deigh he kissed II un SEQ /.
with tears in his eighs, They're purifier /
than those little red 'uns of mine. 1t amt |
rite Mary" he went on, fur a man 10 1
marry outside his race
Then yu're married." she sed.
mo he sed kwickly.
He weren't, either. He jest lived with /
me squaw.
Well, the lessuns went on and on, with l
Jim never turning un never bleevin' whut .
she tot h:m-only luking deep down in her /
big blu eighs.
Won deigh she wuz teachin' him about /
AHA un up he SEE agin: But yu wuz i
never there?'
No seq she.
"Un yu don't no with you're own eighs?"
mo"
"Wel. it's my privat. opinyon that there
ain't no Ala" sed ne. It's fake"
Her e.shs gut kline OF moist IN she SEE in .
low toan:
I'm afra.de kant teech WI. I've tr!de
awfully hard. but I amt a guide teecher."
Like a fash jim wuz a-hold Of her hand,
lis etghs glltter.n'.
1T amt w." h. SEE. TITS meme that's
he fule,''
Then she wept.
"Du WI b'leeve AHA exists?" he sed, not
loing whut TO say.
Yes" she sed. k,ne OF poutin'. IN en!l-
ng at the same time.
Then / bleevs AHA does" be sed. 81
ak yure suri fur IL"
That ended the lessun-
But that ere same mite Jim WIZ bsk 20
lur frunt dore. rappin' lltely HIS ws.gin
vuz IN frunt IN she opened the dore. pail
Is a coast. un seeing who Il wuz. s-d
on. & Is you. Pleeze 90 away. PlesZe
20 away. jim
Blu. he seeing her f-ers % him. sed: Il
vudn't harm IN fur the vurld. I've kun
lear to tell vi doan bleeve tina; Az-a.
south America, YoGrope. or nun OF EN-
x.s,s.'
''Pleeze 90 away" sh. ,ed
i've kun hear" se3 Re. TO make VI
,rUve they % exist
"Pleeze 20 away she pleaded. HOW
an I prove it,
Show en- 70 me-" =. SD
Show en-"
b.. Re had bur in his ans IN ~ sd
we vii 70 together IN see fu- cur
elves"
Uu I guess they're ST. proving zo=4
,raffy. fur reKt' morning they Nuz gone.
IA Wagon. jim. - zuTl ~ zvl Whit
yuz -; VIZ Ire millinery stosre IN ! .r1's
mum family We divided re stosrr 1T
ne squaw married asn within a nunia-
Som. Nothsriy Advice.
Dc 10y 20 BE accurate
Do se rszGy IN tine for chgrch.