The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-06
TALK OF
THE TOWN
40 an. Honest kansan.

Met an Honest Kansan.
The eastern people who were ours
ing Kansas very. few years ago an
who thought every Kansas man wa
a thief are sneaking back again wit
little capital for investment. They hav
arrived at the conclusion that Kansas
after all. is a pretty decent sort of a stat
and that her people are a pretty re
spectacle kind Of citizens. A day or tw,
ago George Spencer received a lettel
from a man in Philadelphia who stayeC
up at nights inventing new cuss words
for application to Kansas. appealing t
him to secure him something like 1900
worth Of investments~in Wichita
This same man had something like Sl2-
zoe invested here five or six years age
and II he had patience and waited til
now he would have quadrupled his money
One dayA about FIVE years ago, George
Spencer was going TO Hartford, Con-
necticut to buy four or five thousand
dollars worth of foreclosed mortgages
from fellows who had been cursing Kan
sas and it flashed into his head that he
would drop off in Philadelphia and tackle
cages on Wichita property Arriving ia
Philadelphia he told a friend there about
his design and asked him what kind of
fellow this man was
When you meet him, George" said the
friend, you must keep cool or you will
have fight on your hands. He is ready
at all times to lick a Kansas man on
sight He will call you all kinds OF
thieves, but If you keep cool and don t
mind it your land him. And so George
went to the office Of this rich Spectator
and gave him his card. His speotacles
fell down off his nose when he read
George Spencer. Wichita. Kansas"
SO you're from Kansas, are you?'' he
growled
Yes. sir
What DO you want?"
4 want that property you own out
in Wichita"
SO you came to rob me. did you?"
Il don't know anything about the laws
Of Pennsylvania, said George. but there
IS no law out in Kansas TO compel a
man to sell if he doesn't want to-
4 don't want TO hear anything about
your Kansas laws; every one Of them is
made TO protect thieves and encourage
liars and deadbeats. There isn't a man
in your state that isn't liar and thief
and a."
I don't know about that" said George,
i've been out Of there myself for nearly
three days
What have you got to buy with
wind?"
I have money said George. unless
you prefer wind-I have that, too"
DO you know my property out there?"
Yes, you've got four five-room houses,
two six, six seven and three eight-fif-
teen in all Your back taxes are so much
and it viii take so much 20 repair them
You have them down pretty fine. have
mt you. eh?"
Yes, I know more about them than
you do yourself"
What VIII you give for them?"
In lump, III give you $50 apiece for .
them"
He whistled and went in the air and
when he came down he cussed some more
He finally said. give me SO apiece"
mo. fifty"
Make it $3.50"
NO. I said $50 and fifty it must be or
nothing"
Make out your check"
mo. sir. I'll give you the cash right
here"
My Cod" he said. Tets see that
money. ! haven't seen the color Of Kan
sas money for five years"
When George pulled a roll out of his
pocket the old mans eyes were bigger
than saucers.
You are foolish to carry that much
money about your person he remarked,
you'll get robbed"
7 expect 1t is foolish for me to carry
It that way here" said George but out
in Kansas it would be all right"
The old man couldn't think OF any other
way to meet this but by saying: You 90
10 -"
Y am going there said George Il
will leave this very evening for Hart
ford"
Yes. and you'll beat somebody there"
i viii if 1 can
Y have always said" observed the old
man, that II 1 ever met an honest Kan
san 7 would open bottle OF champagne
for him Your last remark convinces me
that you are honest-get your hat and let
as go
After they had pulled the third cork
The man was in better humor.
Spencer. he said. you know I en-
! broker and win or lose it's go with
me. Now. want to ask YOU how much
Fou beat me out of today"
Il don't think I've got you for more
han S45oo-maybe not that much. KAN
sas Is looking up, you know. and especi-
lily Wichita.
''Damme. like your cool honesty" OBJ
erved the broker. and Wen have anotheA
N it"
Let me do it this time" said George.
I can afford it.
NO. sir. I said that If Ia ever meet
IN honest Kansan I'd so the limit on him
md I am man OF my word
George didn't leave FOR Hartford the
iext day.
He was mighty surprised a few days
go 20 get a letter from that broker
skiing him 60 find investments for him
n Kansas. and saying: Your judgment
5 ali I want Pick up something for me.
nything within the limit OF $4,000 and
raw on me.
Need Of q Winder.
Il has now been year since the clock
: the Biting block kept time Il stands
Z fifteen minutes past five and among !,
trangers has been the cause Of many :
Kissed engagements. There's nothing tn :.
natter with the clock. according TO the !,
eople in the building All il needs is