The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22
KING SOLOMON THE HORO.

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Wood WAS o hum-a c1mm0l bum
or rather nn uncommon one. for Dc re-
iainrd SOME imus of gcnuliiy % the
last The other knights Of the road
used 20 call him King Solomon. His
table manners were actually good. and
Tho hobo phrase, Lots go tn sac King
Solomon eat beans" which meant
"Lci MS 60 over 90 Uncle Does Tor %
stow" aro-e FROM thn Circumstance.
Uncle Does nnch house was indi-
Gated o. The knowing eye hr The slg
gcstivc wlnls. q sin Live" sure
mounting q price llsi OK eieWs. c1m0d
beef and cabbage. uul other similar
substantial dishes As thr curve Df
prices uetcr rose nhuyv iiir 1ffnt
mark many pnI'anihf'pIe's n.chrl
was distorted from its cmnrcl SALOON
ward 90 900 Does till
Wood was % iay0rlic with Doe 90
the extent that Doe bad actually irnff-
cl Wool tor several plates of beans
Whether ihis Was dome that the boys
mleht have chance tu 'ser King S1l.
ONION eat his beans" D. au even ques-
ton. but 900 one denied That it Was
pure kindness of heart that caused Doe
il ict Wood sleep on several cafes -
dpldum trrmrns in Che back room Of
the Il Siill live" eating house. solo.
mon was never violent when Doc bad
the horrors. never saw snakes nr other
reptiles Indeed % would have been
better Tor him had srch been thr ease.
When the srasns came On Doe Wnuli
las his sin marked forehead On fh, OLE
cloth covered table. lu th, back uoW.
and sob incuhnrpnily about "thr rAil-
drou singing shat ,ld song so swccily
over and over again h' would say.
"Oh th. children sing that song s1
sweeilyr' Sever another phrase camr
from his ruulcd lips as tfc dirty nn-
ger. locked aud unlocked lu nis hlIr
Each sInsm would end iu % ncod nf
usalcss. drunken tears Doe would
give liking S0lOu on ten cents Tor
luuor aud thr "k.ng' would leave.
yuWins to wiorm
Wood hnd NOT been ll Boston sInco
hls annual "trip South and pue-if Doe
Thought OF the tmwI 90 Oh probably
supposed hlm dead. when usr day toe
king entered ihe n SIN Live cate
ug house There ARE degrees. even o.
Wrpf,lflucss. ls Uncle Dee confessed.
when ho noticed Woods appearance.
Tho "Kinr" was thc mggcdcsi thr
iiuIoa mortal imaginable
"Wpn. Solomon. au you just about
raly t0 reform a-aut sld ihe cate
iue house keeper
"Nopc. uncle; ! am not going 20 rc-
f f0m uuy mOrf lu.t going straight
| fo ihc devil Here is the price ni a
bean feed ! eot o from o. softly A.
/ thc strcet" responded The King ~
durng ihp coin.
/ Whlp thr "Kue' vus eating h.s
lunch. elise % gentleman" o. Ore team
dashed ly thr place
"Wot uIls those mu-sf asked lu'ls
IOc. "Th.s street is closed so they %
onlY have tD come back
TIE liking walked to the door ln
time DO see little child run ACROSS The
sirOct ahead of "a lady. who called.
"Comc hack. Gertrude" The little one
,tnnd irrcs0lutc. then gave Shrek of
. terror as the liking gmspcd hcr in
DTS arms.
"llcrc. you Gully. don't try any
Charley krs business bore. yrllol n
policeman. running us as thr kline
put she terrified child on the sidewalk.
u thought thc nrc wagon was com.
/ .ns hack" hc said. humhly. o. The I'o'
|llcpman ly way NJ explanation That
/ worthy refused 90 lc muiiihcd how
ever. until thr ealing house kecpcrcA.
plnlucd matters.
"N0u'sc ought o. knowed DE- sircet
. Sas opened to-day greenfield The blue.
soat
Thank The gentleman. Gertrude.
/ mid The ch.ld's mother The little one
shunk hack The more.
The "kiug" noticed che motion. nor
l.d hc fail tn observe the sutcr of The
~copIor 40 The worl gentleman.
"lt was Just Ike you'd hlt the
King" with "a beer mallct." said Jnclr
Doe. IN narrgtIng thc event 1.-The kli
looked 90 him like DE- was a snake. and
Down De- went. I dmggcd him into thr
shop and rot SOME whisky into him.
Then Do went un into one OF those
'haud De- kids sing srasms Hear
cm. Doe. My little girl is the one
with The low. sweet vuicc. de- King
would say Jus likc De- was heggin' me
to helm him enjoy a. Don't you see
thc little ones under tlC tufrs must
o. roIu'.' them was his last wonls
'Sload eff CRYING ike hp always dM at
the end of horror. De- laid his head
Ou thc inhlc-aul dats ALL