Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-24
WHY HE DID NOT SUE
GOOD STORY TOLD OF ENTERPRIs-
ING FLORIDA MERCHANT.
Plate G'ass Wiidow Something of n
Mystery to Indian chief, but Not for
Long - Cause for Laughter About
Equally Divided.

When Henry NJ. Flagler, "the wizard
of the East Coast" began operations
that turned palmetto and scrub
oak" tangle into a tropical fairyland,
ana gave to the world its greatest and
most delightful winter resort, Palm
Beach, there were many small invest
ors who followed him there.
One of them was c. o. Livingston of
Jacksonville, Fla, who had built a
brick block near Flagler's investments
in st. Augustine, and had remarked
that he would follow him SLAM" to
Cape Sable and around on the gulf If
Flsgler should keep on going.
Mr.. Livingston had an ambition to
have the first plate-gass front in the
Everglades. So when his brick block
in West Palm Beach was nearing COM
pletion he made a special trip down
and personally superintended the plac-
ing of the polished plates in the frames
They were of large size and reached
nearly to the level of the sidewalk. He
was standing outside with his chest in
the air swelled with gratified ambi-
ton, admiring the crystal sheets, when
along came Tiger-Tail, big chief of the
once powerful but now fast disappear
ing Seminoles.
When his foot treads his native
heath Tiger-Tail scorns to hide his no.
BILE form with any of the habiliments
affected by his civilized brethren, but
he has white shirt hung up in his
wigwam which was given him by a
commercial drummer in the early '7Os
and which he was wont TO don when he
made his monthly pilgrimages TO Palm
Beach for fire water" fire powder, 3"
and lead. He was thus attired when
he walked up to Mr.. Livingston aud
exchanged 'Hows."
This was a good opportunity for the
proud builder to impress the savage
red man with the march of civiliza-
ton, so he pointed out the building to
Tiger-Tail calling his particular atten-
tion to the plate glass front
Tiger-Tail looked at the polished
see nothing except openings in the
front windows.
lie walled up close, ana thinking to
get a closer view, he tried to step
through the window inside. His Ro-
man nose came in contact with the
glass. which surprised him very much
He rubbed his nose gave a grunt and
looked hard at the window, and still
not seeing any reason why he could
not step inside, made a second essay
He bumped his nose harder this time.
which caused Mr.. Livingston to laugh
long and loud.
Now the Indian is essentially a man
of action and without emotions. With
out the least sign of anger visible in
his face, Tiger-Tail backed away to
the edge of the sidewalk, picked up
scantling and went for that plate-glass
front-the first in the Evergades-and
before the owner could protest there
wasn't a piece left big enough for a
paper weight
Mr.. Livingston stormed and cursed
but the big chief, adjusting his shirt.
and explaining the whole matter by ut
tering the single word HUH" con-
tinued his search for more mysteries
to unravel.
In telling this experience while on
visit to Boston, says the New York
Mail and Express, one of Mr.. Living
ston's friends asked him why he did
not sue the Indian.
What" he exclaimed, sue Tiger
Tail? Sue man who amt got moth
ing but shirt? What would get?
The shirt?"