The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-10
The Conscience of a Quack;

now go.n' 10 rite
Wapokenta cain to my house one even
in al twilight. IN az soon as he gut INFO
the dore. l commenct 10 laf IN / bout
LATED my fule he'd OF. And fer this recon
that Wapokenta wuz an injun and then
agen he wuzn't. He had on lether bri,ches
an moccas.ns VI sort OF a blanket un q
pekulyar clump of fethers in his hair. Tn
az soon az had xviii laffing he seq:
THE .njun rese-vashun Is little weigh
beyond this ere toun. amt it?
Here / wan; 70 remark lis voice which
was gentle and low. the purties, I ever
shun 10 recollect-
Yes sed I.
"Cud yu give me bed un mea1." sez
he. fer this nite?"
Yes" sed l.
While wuz preparing the sed repast
he up agen IN SEE. sheepish-!iks:
'Whut maid you laff?''
Then LATED agen.
Everybody LATED on the etreacs sed Ia
IVY Is it?''
"Becoz yu amt an !njun." sed l.
I But didn', talk to EN- on the streat
How did they kno?"
"Coz you amt an injun- An intun's 81
yure blanket, IN you amt gut the stride.
IN fact yu amt gut the intun-way. that
anvil"
Ken w keep a secret?" sed he
"Yes," sed I.
Then he told this remarkable storeigh:
IL wuz horned in Ohio. OF respectable par
youated didn't get emmy prscus. People
didn't wunt my kline"
Wapokenta kine OF hawited here and
koffed. / had recon TO remember this
wei. needed mummy. un l wuzn'i gilt
ting emmy. so l went east into New York
state. un won day blossomed out. drest
as 1 am drest now un calm myself Wapo-
kenta. the crate Medicin Man to the CRATE
chief OF the Muskogees. kur,ng all alike
with the famous hurbs wat is yoused by
the abor.g,knee whoom God pertects by
his specshal and kindly hand. un / stan
here ready to shower the saim blessings
on his white brother Well then I maid
the people talk frum hack, telling how
the .njun had 10 sleep out OF dores on the
damp groun and how his remedies had ter
be more efficashus than the white mans.
Then 1 sole my consumshun cure. and it
sold heavily may tel yu."
''Yu maid mummy
Yes, maid MUMMY he anserei. Lots
of muny. Piles of H. Tn then my con-
shunce (conscence) smote me. l gut 10
thinking 1 wuz ful:ng people un God wud
rever ferg.ve me. un I agreed TO stop II.
Then I thot OF my own log!ck. IN then
that mebbe God did CIV the injun soopee
rior remedies. un IL I cud KUN out here
and pix UP sum Of EN-, sum OF the RENE
DIES. then I cud honestly &c befoar the
people un ma:k some mummy. un my con-
shunce wud hav nothing TO say. Now,
whut I'm here fur Is to go amung the
injuns un fine out their remedies. Is II
safe?"
Yu bet 1 WIZ a-duing a pile OF think
ing to myself Here WIZ a fraud who
wuz apolog.zing 10 me IN telling me ne
wuzn't goin' 10 be a frawd emmy more.
His constance. He didn't hav emmy con-
shunce, HIS trick in Citing amung them
injuns wuz sumthing else besides finding
remedies. so I seq:
Yes. il mite be dangerous. but I'll fix
it. I'll put ye in the hands Of injuns
which will perfect ye.''
I'm how mulch Will yu charge fer that?'
asst he.
Five dollars" sed l.
Soon I went out on the streat and began
a hunt I found Bill Winters un put HIN
on to the scheam. Then We went together
and fownd four gude-fur- nuthing injuns
a. a saloon, Wild Horse, Left Bears Foot.
Tangled Hair, and Slanting Rain, IN / VI
Winters fixt IL with them 20 take this ere
stranger out in the woods un skare him 10
death erly the mex morning. promisin' 'en
whisky. Bill un l he'd agreed that this
frawd shud be punished. ur we tole the
injuns to act az II they WIZ a-goin' 70
scalp him and sofourth.
Then I tote Wapokenta 10 he ready a.
day-brake. as the injuns wui talk him into
the wuds IN III the Medicine Man IN ne
wud show him ali the sekrets OF his art.
They did He went along joyfully. BIZ
un I stayed behind fer an hour. then we
took after 'em And lordy we cudn't find
EN-. Both OF us kussed un hunted fer the
traie agen. They WIZ lost, The injuns he'd
whisky. They MIGHT hurt him. Yu kant
ailus tell about them devilish intuns We
both SWEET blud. Suddenly we heerd ye,ls,
iendish yells. We rused or, kahn up 70
little Cheering un there In the midst Of
il wuz tree with a big fire burning at
the roots, un little way apart wuz Wa
pokenta IN all ms false injun toggery. tied
70 a tree. pale as a COAST. Tn the fore
drunken injuns wuz a danzing aroun maik-
ing motions shoain' they intended 70 put
Vapokenta on the fire.
I sed The injuns has revertud 20 their
savage staff. BIZ. We must active must
interfear,"
BIZ. who Is now at Lansing Kanzas. seI:
Savage staff nuthing-the injuns jest
fullng"'
So I waited. The fore injuns danced
long time IN then staggered I'D &c Wapo-
kenta, united him IN avn at Onct he drop
ped on his knees IN began 70 pray. The
injuns knu ne wuz a Chris;yan IN they
lated. Then he drew out Of his packet
tolerabul-sized bottul un then he took out
fore handkerchiefs un spred EN- before
him. The inluns had never seen this dun
by a Christyan befoar IN they Euz inter-
ested. ] wuz interested, ~. So wuz Bill.
Then Wspokenta. stu OF his knees sez
''Nobul red men. / am prepared 10 die
But mercy or a Chr!s,yan 20 give him
time 10 nalk peace with The Crate Spirit
Let eech nobul red men breathe his zo1l
on the white cloth. un when ! Ct 70 he
happy hunting ground. ] ken give ahen
TO the Crate Spirit with yer soul breethe5
o. EN-. ard then he kan prepair a w.gEsm
fer VI In sdvsnE.
We'll Bill scoTtec -ite out 50 &C T. But
not those injuns. They hA5 understood. Ua
they wuz taken IL. COZ they really neni
20 burn hin.
Wapoksata rose IN waves hantke--
cheet II the air. thea topse3 re bo-iul
or Il ard he'd II 20 S,snt!ug RA!.'s nose
50 Re cut orss;b his spirit CT Il IL. ices
;remb.ed u over he Topped He --si Il
OF TIE other intCn VI ever Re eo,pet. TIE
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