The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-02-18


Desert.
The town OK Calf, IN the middle Of the
EeTada desert, contains u housess ana yoQ
step out of the First precinct Of ne E1rEr
ward into Ecundless aikaii-coFered space
Fer two hours we had been lying On the
main track waiting for the engineer to md
out Just what was the trouble with bis loo
motive and to remedy the disability anq
there vas little prospect u g reSll1p ton q
the journey short Of halt g day q llnege1l.lef
Every passenger had alTeady investigated
the half-acre Of town at least six times and
the delay was becoming 50 mon0tonoEs that
complaint rose and Travelled n waves
FOR heavens sakelD cried g stout VINE
dealer from California doesn't anything
ever happen IN such g town as thlss Can'r
somebody think Of something to DO TO pass
the timer What interesting occurrences
have you here, anyway The last question
was addressed to thin, lazy-lookIng young
man, the only male adult resident IN Gait
who was visible among the y or "a women
and children gathered at the railroad tracks
Don't nothin' much ever happen here
said the local dweller. Blame It all ev'ry
COINS on Is up at POdiga, the county seat
where there's as many as II houses Ihey'Ve
got a trial up there this week, an all cur
men folks has been -drdWed an the jury.
That's why I'm the only one here Ia
a gone, too, but got sore knee an the
shurreh wouldn't take me- Always my
luck. Never see hOthIn nor have no ez-
perience- Them SIX men that went IRON
here'0 come back an talk Tor two years
about beiu. on that jury Plagued shame
A man with a sore knee'd make as good
feller for jury az anyone else.
well, can't We get up tight OF some
thing dITertlng to pass time away
81 amt agIn hghtIn but don { tlgnt Only
with Ben Hacl1barth, fer / can lick him
easy. But Ben's on the jury. He'll come
back an blow about It, too Dog him.
3'I'll give dollar if you'll TFrestle or run
a race or dance a jig or-or-or-byt thunder
I q
fAin't never rassled with anybuddy but
| Ben Hackbarth, cause can throw him; an
I don't care to run 6 race, either, unles with
Ben, an he's on the jury. VISIT was up
/ there havin' experiences, too
ssWeIl," desperately pursued the tired-out
/ passenger. isn't there something you can DO
/ without Ben HackbarthI Anything! Any
thing, say. III make up purse Of $40 Tor
mister, did you say s1O?" one of the
Younger Of the Outstanding women interrupt
| ed. The wine dealer said Yes and the
/ girl called the disappointed youth aside ana
| the two talked for few m0t1efts. The pro
prietOr Of the lame knee then. approached
| the knot OF passengers ana sald-
'fWe've decided vel take you up, mister.
| That Is, If there's airy preacher with ypu+s
Preachers You bet your lie! we've
/ got bishop" yelled the New, \ ork business
man Of berth Z. And he rushed Tor the
| sleeper, for he understood the purpOrt OF
| the remark of the Calf man.
II
| "Ben Hackbarth an me both been kind o
/ tryin' around fer this young lady to marry
us. an Ben bein' a kind o Travelled an ex-
| perienced man seemed ike it'd be natcherl
| fer her to take him, as she told me IN our
| talSin' Just now.
He'd been as fur as EIko once, - said the
girl.
sfBut when you spoke Of givin' SO feT. any
/ thing from gittin' married to shOOtln' at q
mark, just so it was done right here and
/ now. she took notion"
"Ten dollars is So" said the girl, sue
| cinctly.
The bishop was not averse to uniting two
loving hearts, and the whole train turned
out to celebrate the occasion The marriage
I took place on the rear platform OF the sleep
] er. and some Of the women passengers lent
/ effects to deck the bride oft regardless. ne
/ festivities continued up to the time when the
/ engineer announced that he had patched the
I defect in the locomotive and was ready 70
/ proceed. and then the wine dealer took up a
/ fund for the new family. The conductor
! even agreed to carry the couple on to the
next station for bridal tour and the Pull
/ man conductor welcomed them TO the nne
/ furnishings of his domain The two LETT the
| train at Fl Boeo, being in sort OF daze OF
delight The last observation We heard from
I the bridegroom was this prophetic remark;
ffI1l bet when them SIX fellers GIT back
/ from PodiCa they'll be sorry fer thlnkIn
/ that nothin' ever happens at home They'll
/ be sorry they was ever called onto that jury
| Specially" with grim smile, ben Hack
/ barth H-Chicago Record