The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

Arthur Massey was once regarded as
a confirmed bachelor but he has become
one of the greatest home bodies" in
Kansas, especially since his heir ar
rived.
Many people will remember when he
cared more for a good running horse
than anything else and was the owner
of several good galloperS. Now he pays
little attention to the track and run
ming stables but hurries home every
night to see the baby.Not many months
ago party of men went to Denver to
stay a week and visit the surrounding
country and places of interest. The
party went in a Pullman. Massey was
invited to join the party and receive
free transportation. free meals, free no.
tel accommodations and in fact every
thing free. He accepted. The party left
Topeka at noon one day and after MAX
ing several stops We're to arrive in Dem
yer the morning of the second day fol-
lowing. AT supper the first day Massey
said, Z wonder how the baby is" The
next morning he was up before the rest
and was wishing the baby could be
there to see the sunrise. That night he
wrote a letter home to baby. The next
morning Denver was reached. The par
| ty stepped from the train to go to the
hotel. Massey grabbed his vaIise and
ran for train just pulling out on an
| other track and going in the direction
| from which he came. Where are you
going?" shouted one of the party Co
/ ING IOtiiS " see that DdDy, shouted
| Massey as he swung on the rear end of
! the last car. He was in Denver 40 sec
onds-
There is a new breed of chickens in
| Topekt. They should be known as the
Phoenix brand.
| A few days ago the firemen were call
| ed to a burning barn. The barn was a
mass of flames" The firemen turned
| two streams of water onto the building
| and tho
| hay in the loft had to be flooded in or
| der to put out every spark. The water
| from the loft ran down one corner in a
torrent. On the ground floor of the
| barn in q corner that had not been bad
| ~ burned the firemen found an old her
| sitting on a nest of eggs. She watched
| the rising water on the barn floor COM
| ing nearer and nearer to her nest. She
stuck to her job The water from the
! loft poured down around her in a tor
rent but she was unmoved. The fire
men tried to take her out but she peck
| ed at them and would not be moved
Water submerged the eggs but still she
sat Whether she Matched out hard boil
ed eggs on water crocuses has not beer
| found out.
Did yer hear bout Mickey de boot
| black2" asked Patsy Free of his col.
league the bundle wrapper.
well yer know Mickey was allu:
| called de black sheep ser de flock fel
he never went in de water cept in swim
min time and trough de winter he nev
er broke de ice. Some feller wild a plus
hat said dat he belonged to de 'grea
unwashed' or something like it. Wen
Mickey got ruined over by er ice wa
gon. Didn't hurt de wagon a bit bu
de copper dat picked up Mickey tot h
was done fer. He run up er ambu
lance, one o. desc rubber tired kind AM
sent Mickey to de hospital. Micke.
cum to but he heard de rubber tire e
trumblin' an he jes laid dead. Dey tool
him in de hospital and when dey wen
ter give him er bath I guess he must e
tainted. Dey put i'm ter bed and whei
he cum to he was sleepin' away in d
best bed he'd seen since he got out {
de cradle. Was he hurried? No, not o.
yer life but he staid in de hospital fe
four weeks and got tree meals er da,