The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-21
REVENGE ON UTICA.

I
pay a visit 10 his native city. Utica, \.
! Y, which he had not seen for fifteen
years Now js anyone thinks that he can
! md more conservative town than Utica
! he VIII be disappointed after ne has faith
! fully searched the map Of the United
J States Utica sits enthroned upon iler hill,
/ oabbles her feet in the flowing Mo-
1 hawk. ana her crown IS conservatism.
The ancestors Of all the people Of Utica
went TO the place more than hundred
years ago, and the blood OF the commu-
nifty runs blue.
Take down from the shelf an Official
/ list Of the men who served New York
/ state and the nation in high Official ca
pacity, and as the eye runs down the list
/ II VIII find Utica after every third name.
/ II is or was the homo OF supreme court
! justices. governors Of the Empire state.
United States senators. scientists and
presidential candidates. Utica is proud
! OF her sons and proud of her conserv-
atisIn. The faith of the people that all
/ that comes out Of Utica must be good IS
| good is as firmly rooted as the great
! elms which shade the citys ancient
streets. It is believed thoroughly in this
! Mohawk valley town that 2 gsucherie,
soeialism-or what word you willis i'm
possible TO the elect within its borders.
George Edwards was taking his fam
I lily back 10 his native heath. Neither
wife nor child had ever seen the place
I WHICH, II lENtu De LD4Gs was eIlSlrlncG III
| George Edwards heart pretty much after
the manner that IL held sacred place in
the hearts Of its Inhabitants Just before
| leaving Chicago George received letter
from his>Utiea nephew the irreverence OF
which is excusable on the ground that
the uncle is precious little older than the
/ nephew. The letter said that William
! De Feyster, the nephew, would welcome
the wild and woOllies" with open arms.
! George Edwards was loosely congratQ-
lated on the fact that even for a few
brief weeks he was 10 break away from
the sayagery of Chicago to dwell amid
the refinements of civilization. He was
/ also gravely informed that because of
his nativity and the claims of birthright
the people of Utica considerably would
overlook any breaches Of etiquette which
! Georges long western residence might
lead him TO commit.
George Edwards wife and child Of Chi
cage were in Utica. They had warm
welcome from all people. the nephew in
cluded. The wild and woollies" be
haved themselves as well as they know
how. In fact, their conduct even in So
ciety seemed to meet with the approval
of William. One day when a few Uti-
cans Of three generations were gathered
together with the wild and woollies' in
their midst George Edwards turned TO
his nephew and said, by the way Billie,
where did You get your wild and wool
ly' ideas about Chicago?"
well. 'Nunky. III tell you said Will
liam. 4 visited you during the world s
fair. and one night I rode home from
the exposition on a crowded street car.
I hardly expect anyone in the room ex-
cept, Of course, you Chicsgoans, to be
lieve it, but it is a fact that one great
big strapping girl sat on a fellows lap al
the way into town, and did it unrebuked
OF anybody in the car"
A visible shudder went through the
Utcans assembled.
That is a fact" continued William
DO you wonder that I consider Chicago
Wild and woolly? Why, you are regular
Indians out there. Imagine such thing
happening in Utica. It's as impossible
here as silk hat and sack coat combin-
alton"
That afternoon some of George Ed
wards old friends-and there are none
stancher and truer than Mohawk Valley
friends-invited the Chicago family TO go
10 the golf grounds which lie far out on
a crest of a range OF green hills. II
there is anything potent enough except
the truth of the adage that old friends
are best, to weaken ones loyalty to his
adopted Chicago and make him yearn for
a return TO the scenes of his youth, IL is
the glory of the view from that tow
ering hill.
The nephew also went to the golf
grounds He told the wild and woOlly
story once or twice and gave the fat
girl who sat on her escorts knee on the
street car as much prominence as posi-
BILE.
The midnight moon was flooding the
Mohawk Valley with light when the time
came to leave the clubhouse. A line Of
electric cars has its terminus at the foot
OF the driveway. The last ear Of the
night was taken by those who had lin
gered late on the hill. The Chicago fam
lily and the nephew were among those
who had loitered loatf 70 go. 1t was a
closed car, and the golf club members
and their guests filled all save three
seats. a roll call of the passengers would
have sounded like the patterirg OF the
names OF the famous in state and nation.
Three vacant seats, and the car which
was whisking round q curve suddenly
stopped, and six people climbed upon the
platform ard crowded through the door.
Three young men there were and three
fair, fresh and plump young women com
panions. The wild and WoOllies expected
TO see the young men bow their COM
panions with CheSterfieldian grace into
the unoccupied seats? Did they? Not
a bit OF it. Each one Of the men dropped
into a seat, and with a strong right arm
placed around the waist OF his plump
girl companion he dropped her unreiuc-
family into his lap. and instantly on the
comfortable seating of the maidens the
whole six broke into the boisterous cho-
rus Of "Goo-GOo Eyes
The light Of Q fierce joy leaped into the
eyes of George Edwards of Chicago. He
leaned forward so that his range of Wis
ion was beyond the young woman seated
on the knee Of the man at his left IN or
der TO see his nephew and 70 hurl AT him
simply the words. wild and wooiiy.
But there was now another vacant seat
in the car. William De Peyster had fed,
and as George pressed his forehead
against the window-pane he saw pair Of
white duck trousers strealing IL in the
direction Of the Deerfield Hills--EdwaTo
3. Clark.
The Lake Of the Dismal Swamp.
They made her a grave. TOO cold and
damp
For soul so warm and true,
And shes gone 70 the Lake Of the Dis
nal Swamp.
Where all night long. by q freely lamp
she paddles her white canoe
And her freely lamp soon shall see.
And her paddle soon shall hear;
Long and loving our life shan be,
And I'll hide the maid Ia a cypress tree.
When the tootstep Of Death = near
Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds
FEis path was rugged and sore