Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-10
HANK SIMMONS
~ kESSETr =. HARRIS
.ANk sINNovs ii. - :.

ii Il
ditiduai. even When b.. was in -tSo.s-s
Country.~ where sociabfiity VA pos-
sihie TO some extent The gro
cery a. -rhe Corners. which
was the intersection Of the Vim
Tor CrosbytoWu ard Block-sy roads
IL saline couzfy- No Cots COUNTY,
Aforesaid never had arr grsas zttrae-
tioa for Hank 1ni the habitlss q
that poplar resort generally lowed
THAT Hank vas right smart % Soo5
eompauy-fer hissslf. He certainly
seemed 20 prefer sP~adiu- his evez-
ings 81 the paserual eighty. zeuGiE :
harness reading TIE weekly pap-r- o.
even -jess s-settiu' gzzzg b.azkiy
i1to the FIRE Of hickory lo~s. 20 ,he
charms q eoaverse with the sa<es %
The soap box Equally lie shu,ze6
singh school an4 The strawberry
and &C. cream festivals aIured hiz rot.
Not he said by q GerreG sight
Therefore. l. might have been cor
si5ere6 emiEeutly StteG for the SOL
tAry life of a shesP hrrSer u the slopes
OF TIE Jarii-as. whittier lie had Grifte5
in course of tine. bat Re had TO coz
fess a. .ast that he found il sort o
lone Some~ and that meant \ great deal
for Inn Al ordinarily Eregzri0us
nan would probably have gone stark
staring mac in from six months 70 \
year. blf Hank ha1 now followed the
1oels for shres years far from human
kabsrarion au3 the sound OF human
voices. aa5 he Vas sill reasonably
sane
Once in two Or three zozthz-he sup
ply wagon came around. and then The
5riEer. Bal Williams. usually stayed
With him . 6ay or TWO azG helped him
20 move camp 20 pastures rev Occa-
sio-a--y a Nsxie21 p-osp-e-or or =
party o1 Indians On hunt came izto
Is r1zE-- bar The reS- OF The time
there vas 70 SszzE but The eezssleSs
beating e Is Sh@-p AID the quick
e--1eh q -hsi- teeth 81 The grass, "a
si<E- bar ~ saz- Cd everlasting his
wisA -Aeir sczztE clofhizg 81 grease
voo1 Az cactus az1 situated pias. II
Z aezuPz1zaz bet % siaacA zloz- after
- lZa<cile charges. O. louz-e IN -
sA.Es e ro-sk s-1 tree 10 eek pzz5oz
sA1a- b; shz- - he zisazme6 D.ablo
;ze kzlt-hr-1 ske-P dog L vas I.
WasSer that se sslt i sort % Ione
$50
i was not 81 z1ch he solltuEe. 1,
sd 1tte-War1s- - TIE eternal beat
iz<. h-ez-lz-- bicztiz-- Or. AZ leas-
- - l
z=z IzrrzSi5-G The feeling OF lons1i
Eszs- i soz.tiz>s happens that
Ae--er who = zes Nexiczz szEeerl,
suzPs re cord OF Is eEEz-zzce an,
rzzs zzzek s5roGzh the zoek- witl
4Nt-l Sl44<kteE- After this happen
s< Es1azly LIS himself. for the sz-
T1vu-s eozrizze 20 bat his Is us
A. wr-- Ter - ~oaz5 se al awkwzr
patent % eoEzzcs % = lEratic asy
m
Bz- Ills IS b-siSe he Story. exeep
% ex7lziz that Hzzk zas 50 zuxioz
. lave El-l WIlla--s stay With him 70
zEsi-e long.r On the occasion OF 4
as visit and why Biu was so genuine
= sorry that ke could rot
I'd Ike 10 the best kind. Hank. sal
he driver If Lozg wasn't short q
ekEck az Eaifia- fer ne OF NzGre ca
quota &c 90 i. but I've got TO hit n
trail shore It's Sinche that VOW
, sotter cone in. though. an II saor
bring so-e hon5re 10 spell you the
EEK trip Can yoE stick it out Il
tksr3 II you can't. get in the wage
anyhow an let the shesPg 70 hell
nan's worth mOre'z q herd OF snott,
noseG sheep
oh. / reckon / kin stand It till then,
sighed Hank; -bgt its shore lor,
some Ard so the long whip eracks
szG the brake ground OF the wheel
and the wagon aid after the trottin
mules down the trail
In two days Hank was sorry that /
had not climbed into the wagon, ar
considered whether he would not Z
vel 20 strike out zfoot for the Ma6r
Chiquefa. but there were Twin tract
. around the spring. and the coral was
frzil thing. so he gritted his teetGan
stayed. and then in his need came
, man and q blackboard TO the camp.
! Is safe 20 say that 10 man ever got
hsartier welcome
He stayed two days. and when l
went betrayed his eastern origin b
asking for the bill
i, -Go5.- exclaimed Hank. -ef yc
saly knew how tickied I've ben ter Ia,
you here. How much do / owe 20
ia III. - II. -. =
l nex' three months Jest ter talk 4
me"
That gave the parting guest an ide
He may have realized how this solitar
herder felt Perhaps even during h
brief journey the GREATNESS of Il
desert had entered into his own soC
At all events, he anpaeke6 his b
eowhide trunk and took therefron
small box and . paper parcel. Fro
the box he took curious little N
chine. upon which he fitted a glossy he
low cylinder from the parcel; last
attaching q tin funnel and winding I
the arrangement with . key The
as Hank gazed in open~mOufhed VOL
der. curious whirring sound proeee,
ed from the funnel. and then in nass
vibrant tones . voice which said: L
dies and gentlemen. fellow citizens:
have 10 hesitation in declaring to 70
tonight that in his attitude on Il
financial question, the president Of Il
United States has placed himself /
direct opposition TO the letter and Il
spirit of the constitution" -Kno
who that is?" asked the traveller. 1T
william Jennings Bryan Here. we
jerk him out and try another. Sousa
band How do you Ike that Here
! The Ut.l<, Old Red Shawl That Not