Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-11

thunderclap! He's goin to jump in all
of a sudden and strike solar plexus
blow, and down goes the party and the
country with it."
But what we goin to do?"
1T depends upon you, pap, and II
was in your boots, holdin down post
office at $3.50 year, it wouldn't take
me ten minutes to git off dispatch to
Washington. They ought to be noti-
fed at once. 1t ought to be put at them
mighty strong. Tell them it's a case
of life or DEATH | don't know how
they'll fix things with Nose, but l
guess they'd better send fur him and
hev long talk and try to coax him
around. Do it, pap-~do it right away
and if you want to mention me In your
letter I ,hev no objections, though you
know I'm a man who never wants to
push hiss.slf forward
Wednesday afternoon | kin allus look
fur Joab Warner. Joab had a brother
scalped by Indians in 1868, and he wrote
a letter to General Grant in 1872, and
he's accounted purity big man around
Jericho. He's always bin wantin to run
fur supervisor, but has somehow allus
got left He's still wantin, and he
comes in on Wednesdays and hangs
around fur a spell and then says:
Pap, I've knowed you goin on 2S
years, and I'm the last man in the
world to take the bread out of your
mouth.
Anything up?" l asked.
Thar is, pap, and don't you furgit
it. Yes, sir, thar's sunthin up, and
Washington can't hear of it too soon.
I'll talk to you as | would to no other
man in Jericno, because I feel l kin
trust you. Pap, dyou know thar's a
man right in this town who kin bust
the United States higher'n Gilderoy s
kite jest maxim one speech?"
mo. Is it possible?"
tits Jest this way" he says as he
drops his voice to a whisper. You
write to Washington and tell them
thar's danger ahead, the awfulest kind
of danger. Tell them that thar's
man in Jericho who has worked fur
the party night and day fur the last 20
years and has got no thanks fur II.
That man has contributed every liberty
pole fur the last ten years. He's ar
gued and jawed and fit fur the party.
He's even called his own brother liar
fur saving that taxes was too high
Pap. sich faithfulness deserves re-
ward. If that man is rewarded, vir-
tue is goin to triumph, as usual, but II
not
Don't git excited, Joab.''
"I'm not excited, pap. but femme tell
you that if you and the rest of the gov
eminent want to avert the catastrophe
you'll git your heads together mighty
quick and see that the right thing is
done. It's fur you to write and give
them your advice. hewitt menshuned
any names, pap, not name, but you
know the man, and you know what he
kin do when driv to the wall. That's
all, pap I'm leavin it all with you"
Next day count on Philetus Blue
fields shown up. Philetus had great
grandfather killed in Havana by the
fall of a hogshead of sugar, and
since he has come of age he's bin
pressin claim fur $4,000 damages.
He's got up about 20 different sorts Of
papers and had them signed by the peo-
pie of Jericho, but he's gittin discour-
aged about that money. He comes in
once a week to say to me:
Look here, pap. Is thar any room
to doubt that l had father"
mot mite" says I.
"Then l must hev had grandfather
and great grandfather
Eur sure
"Then what's all this delay about /?