The St. Louis Republic., 1902-04-27

an speshul. which Coone William Gree'
packs about. would freight eight-mui'
;oam. It's even money which of 'em savey
The most. him or Doc Peets. For myse'
after careful study. inclines to the theer,
that Colonel Green's knowledge that ava!
Is the widest. while Pcets's is the most ex
at Rcth is college gents; an yet the,
offers As to the valyoo Of sech sem'naries
The colonel co2pers colleges. while Peet'
pays 'cm to win.
'''Which them TEMPLES of learnin. say!
the Colonel is heap ornate: but the,
don't make good This yere is doubted by
Fcats
.'Oue evcnin' Dan Bogss. who's alters tan
taiizin' round askip' ques;ions-it looks lils'
q .laeplass curiosity is nacherally prcneS
INTO Dan-rcpes at Peets concernin tbs
topic:
Whatever do they teach in colleges
poc? asks Dan.
They teaches all of the branches re-
<tGrts Peets.
And none Of the roots" adds Colonel
Greene. ''ae cunnn Yank remarks on a
OCCASION plumb similar.
NO. the Colonel an Peets don't go lockin'
horns in these differences Both is mighty
sight too well brought up for that: more
o:or. they don't allow 10 set the camp no
seen examples. They entertains too high
ragyard~ for each other to take to PAWN
about pugna cious verbal otherwise.
'Stll as ! states heretofore. the Colonels
information Is wide flung as buzzard S
wing. Thar's mighty few mysteries he
aiu't framed up TO chocolate. An from
tine to time. arccrdin' as the Colonel's more
ar less in licllnr. he shore enlightens Wolf
VILE on "A multitoode Of matters. Which the
Colonel is a profound educational infioo-
enop: that's whatever,
IT, one evening an the moon Is swing
i7' high in the b,oo-black heavens an looks
Il IA, sfa oil nf
eternal beyond Texas Thompson fixes his
eyes tharon, plenty meditative an pensive
an then he wonders:
DO you-all reckon now that folks Is
livin' thar
Whatever do you think yourse'f. Colo
nel?' says Enright sort o passin' the con-
undrum over to the editor of the COYOTE.
DO you think thar's folks on the moon?'
DO l think thar's folks on the moon?'
repeats the Colonel as calmly confident as
club flush. don't think, ! knows
Whichever is 1t them? asks Dan Bogss.
whose ha'r already begins to bristle. he's
that inquisitive. Simply takin ignorant
shot in the dark that away. j says NO.
That moon shore looks like a mighty lone
some loomnary to me-
Jest the same retorts the Colonel. an
he's lot dogmatic. that planets infested
with people. An IL some gent will recall
the errant fancies of the barkeep. Black
Jack. to a sense of dooty. I'll onfold on you
alls how I knows.
Its when I'm crowdin' twenty goes
on the Colonel followin' the minstrations
Of Black Jack. AN I'm remancin' about
the metropolis OF Looeyville. I've been
sellin' passel OF runnin' HOSES; an as
grounds up full peck of doubloons for the
Afourteen I disposes Of I'm feelin' too con-
tSntedly cunnin' to live. It's evenin' an the
moon is shinin' same now. 1 Jest pays
ssix bits for my supper at the Calf House,
an lights a ten-cent seegyar-Oh! l has
the bride off all righti-an' I'm squanderin'
leesurely along the street. when encount-
ers a party who's ridin' herd on one Of
these yere telescopes. the same bein' or
ganized an p'inted at the effulgent moon.
Gents. she's shorely giant spy-glass. that
instrument Is: bigger an longer than the
smokestack Of any steamboat between
Jooeyville an New Orleans. She's swung
on par of shears; each stick a cir ninety
foot of Norway pine. As goes pirootin'
by. this yere gent with the telescope pipe3
brisky up.
"'"Take a look at the moon?' he asks.
"'"No," replies wavin' him of plumb
naughty, for that bag of doubloons has
done puffed me up some. mo. don't take
no interest in the moon"
"'As I'm comm back mebby it's a hour
later. this astronomer Is still swingin' an
rattlin' with the queen of night. He pitches
his lariat agin; an now he fastens.
"'"You-all better take look" he says;
They're havin' the time Of their c'reers up
thar"
Whatever be they doin'?' asks, comm
TO a pause.
"'"Tellin' wouldn't do no good" says
this savant; 'fts one Of them rackets a
gent has to sec to savey."
'"s"whats the ante?" asks for the
fires OF my cur osfty begins to burn.
"''F'our bitsi An considerin' the on !
ssual doin's goin' for-ard. it's cheaper than |
corn whisky"
"''No don't stand daIlyin sround, ,tryin' |
to beat this philosopher down in his price. |
That amt my style When I'm ready to |
commit myse'f to a enterprise, merely |!
butts my way in an no delays. Tharfore. |
when this gent names four bits, I onpouches
the dinero an prepares to take q, astrono-
"".How long 90 gaze for four bits?'
asks, battin' my right eye to get It into
shape.
"'"Go as far as you likesr Ietorts the
philosopher: "thare no limit
Gents says the Colonel, pauanf to re-
moo his Valley Tan, while Dan an Texas.
an even Old Man Enright bitches their
chairs a bit nearen the interest il that IN
tensei gents. you-an should have took q
squint with me through them lenzes. Which
II you enjoys said privilege. you can gam
bic Dan an Texas wouldn't be camped
round yere none tonight, exposin' their
ignorance an lettin' fly croode views con-
ceruin' astronomy. That telescope actooally
brought the moon plumb into Katntucky;
brought her within the reach Of all You
could stretch to her with your hand. shea
that dosty
"'But IL thar folks tharY says Dan,
who's excited a whole lot by she ColonePs
disclosures Board the kyards Colonel. an
don't hold US in suspense
'Foiksr returns the Colonel. (which
wishes has two-bits pieces for every ono
of fem! The face Of that orb is fa'rly pes
tered with folks! She teens with life; ant"
hhA on a busy day means desertion by
COMPARISON Thar's thousands an Thousands
Of people. mobbin' about indiscsam'natei
sees 'em as near an plain as sees DAM
AN whatever be thy doin'r asks DAN
They're pullin' Off hoss race says
the Colonel Iookin' steady in Dams eye.
An YOU hears mel never sees sech bettin
In my life. neither.
"Nacherally, we-all feels refreshed with
these experiences Of Colonel Green's. for as
Enright observes it's by virchoo of Jest
such casooal chunks of information that
party rounds out eddication.
"It amt what a gent learns in schools.
saws Euright, that broadens him an stis-
lens his mental grip: it's knowledge like
his we're moon story from trustworthy
sources that augments him an fills him
'ull. Go on, Colonel, an onload another
marvel or two You-all must shore have
witnessed a heap!'
THEM few sparse facts touchin' tho
noon returns Colonel Green, cannot DC