The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-18

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prietor Y asked him, shaking hands.
Haven't We got anything to suit your
This heah young man tried to sell
us shoe that would wenh out in two
yeahs.s said the Elker. Indignantly.
The proprietor took look at = the
shoe and, to the great amazement OF
tthe; new clerk. snid: NJ ~ 4
you take those shoes for s. the
pair. Beebe. and If they aren't good ten
years. from now. you bring 'em back
and I'll give you another pair"
He made the sale and explained
matters to the clerk after the Elkers
had left. -
Figuring on Daily Wear.
'If they'd gone away they'd have
told It all up Elk that our shoes would
only wear two years and we'd never
maks another sale to an Elker. You
were figuring on daily wear. II those
shoes are put on six times year it'll
be, because there's lively social season
up the river. That ten-year guarantee
is as safe as the bank. keep those
thick shoes particularly for the Elk
trade ;:Si - &
On the following morning Beebe and
his companion. having spent all their
money. and each having a big bag OF
cinnamon drops for the, youngsters,
started up the railroad track on foot
With their new shoes slung over their
shoulders. II the Elker is out for a
regular spree, which is generally the
case, he leaves his shoes. in 5the store
iatter purchasing, with Northumberland
ing that they are to be ready for him at
any time. Then he goes about the
streets staring in at the shop windows
and buying whiskey where he can get
what he considers n drink Gof suitable
size for five cents. He always bargains
for his drink beforehand itftha.. there
may be no misunderstanding as to the
extent of it. If there Is a play at the
theatre he wouldn't miss It for the
world and carefully sets aside enough
money for a gallery seat. To hear two
Elker5 sitting on the cabin steps in
their wllds discussing the merits OF
performance OF Uncle Toms Cabin"
which they saw five years BEFORE is to
absorb new ideas in dramatic criticism.
II there Is no show going on. the Elker
wanders during the evening. or stands
on, a corner watching the negroes. who
are a never-ceasins source of wonder
and interest to him. Charleston has q
large negro population, but fifteen
miles up Elk no colored man Is ever
seen except an. occasional camping
party's cook. and n negro is us much
OF curiosity, to the average Elk man
us q cannlbaI in full war dress would
be to New Yorker n
Hard OF head is the Elker. and It
takes a great deal OF whIskey to upset
his intellect. But whiskey to the brim
OF the glass many times repeated does
1t in time. and then he begins to ccle-
brate in earnest. This Is a matter of
gunEcry. In his own Businesses, he is q
shooter to kill In the case of revenue
officers or any one against whom he has
q tgrudge. but here he Is merel? n
shooter to shoot. 1t Is art for arts
sake. He wants TO hear tho sound OF
his gun. and II is no uncommon thing
forn business man TO come down town
in the morning and idlscove- several
neat .puncture, In the window glass
which on the previous night was Intact.
This Invariably means that an Elkcr Is
in town! Last white: one Of the clan
celebrated through the evening and Mt
! o'clock ended up on the corner of
Capitol and, Virginia streets, where he
drew his revolver and accurately and
impnrtially shot out window. pane OF
each of the corner stores That cost
him term in jail, ard be went away
vowins vendetta upon the city. II
the Elker doesn't sleep In jail he COM
monty spends the night slumberlng on
the river bank. No hotel bills for him!
Wherever he sleeps he gets UP in the
morning with an unimpatred spirit,