The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-20


stands for Wichita and Wichita stand
for the most enterprisino spirit IL
Kansas. Long live the Eagle.
When Paderewsk Played.
Ed Tinkhsm Of Wellington was one VIII.
listened 10 Paderewsbi in Wichita aad h
writes: Can he play? Can "A fish swim
He seems TO take 10 il as naturally as
duck to water When he first waeed ir
he just padded around noar tie shore
throwing few pebbles around The heacl
and splashing the water around q little
Then he shook the sea-wecd on his hea
and struck out across the bar and tho
drst thing I knew he had jumped aboard
small schooner and was gliding out on
the broad ocean. When he was away out
from shore, I saw the sails flap. nip-aap
and all the wind went down and there he
lay, out on the sea, with the little waves
just barely lapping the sides Of the boat
But I noticed a little cloud off in the dis
lance and knew what was coming. The
cloud grew bigger and bigger, the wind
began TO whistle through the rigging and
the little boat began to rock this way and
that and then whirled around and dashed
upon IL in ITS fury snap went the ton
sail and then another big blast and down
came the mast. broke short off Then.
with an awful crash she hit q rock and
began 10 sink Then the storm went
down as suddenly as it had come up. Put
] could see the little boat was sinking
and ] thought the end was near. Just then
the sun broke through the olds and a
t'iere was Padl1 roslarming on tn trap
eze. Up. r., ne went cfsa- MP into the
clouds tiu DE appeared a tiny specI fl The
heavens. Then another current of air
caught the balloon and waited it down al
most 20 the tree tops. You could hear the
little birds singing i'm the forest he drift
Cd over q Itde village just at dusk and
You could hear the village church bells
Ginning, and. as he passed over the meet
Ing house. a faint sound as of the sing
ing Of the choir was waited 10 your ears.
Then he sped across the fields to a city
where the cars were rumbHng. and al
was hustle and noise with the 0trect cars
humming back and forth. Then Paddy un-
loosened his parachute and took drop
right down onto a roof garden. where the
orchestra was piasilg the players wore
dancing and the walters We're vhisking
20 sad fro % nth The sef- drinks. .f
course his arrival created quite an up
roar but this soon subsidized and the or
chestra kept on playing. softer and softer.
one by one the people departed until 7
could not see q soul. Then in an instant
all The lights went ont and T was sitting
alone in the dark with the little stars
twinlling above me Row long 7 sat there
DO not know. but after while a soft
glow appeared in the east which bread
ened and broadened. the stars vanished
one by oue. then with crash the sun
hobhed up as if II had been shot out of il
cannon. never had behold such burst
of dav ] ran down To the street and It
zeemed as if the whole town had rushed
o.lt n once and crcat Fourth o. July
celchr1t ton was going on Tho oansis were
pIaviug( The people were shouting. the
IRE departments came out ard gave 0n eN-
hibition run down the whole length Of the
keyboard ending un bv bringing their
steamer into action untn hose burst
ard then thcv retired Then two militia
counanies came ont and gave sham
battle They popped away az each other I.
ra1tv lvely then both Sides broke and .
r7n oil tha field Of eton. Then a battery
of artillery came ont and doomed away {
ratf f-oon Of c0va1-- dashed mp and .
rau thcm or the field.
Then an adjourned 70 the dance han and .
there was Paddy nlaying strand united, .
consolidated rae-tire. 0uicfstep waltZ,
and everybody dancing The music got
more and more furious. could see the
-ers ~ the piano looked SORT eff queer but F
F-effv thew BEGAN 70 move and then To