The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-11
FABLES UP-TO-DATE.

FABLES UP-TO-DATE.
The morning sun was just commencing
to gid the prairies with a simmer OF
gold when a bunch of men wearing the
garb of farmers, wheat boards and chat
being mingled with their whiskers, came
down the road riding large, robust plow
horses and mules. Three of EN- were
put off the freight train near here last
night said the leader of the agricultur-
lists as h< dug the heel OF his off plow
shoe into the flank of his steed and urged
it onward They can't be far away.
Get your lariats ready, men, so that we
can gather 'em in as soon as they are
flushed" Just then three Weary Williams
who had sought repose in a last years
straw stack which stood near the high
way, awakened by the noise, raised their
heads to look. Duck, fellers, duck, said
'Limburger Sam in a hoarse whisper
to the other hoboes. If them farmers
see us there is nuthin' left but the har-
vest field for u.s. The warning came
too late. The quick eye OF the farmer
who rode the muckle-dun mule had al
ready spied the hoboes and. with shout
of encouragement to his companions, he
swung his lariat and dashed on. The
tramps made a wild dash for liberty and
for few minutes the race was even Then
the horsemen began to gain slowly on the
fleeing men on foot. Nearer and nearer
came the men on horseback and Then the
lariats hurled through the air and settled
down over the heads of the Weary VIII
rams I'VE have Them, shouted the
man on the mukle-dun mule in triumph.
I'VE will go now and start the reapers
in the field This is what ONES NV not
exericsin' no good judgment in selectin
a place fur a summer outin " remarked
Red Nosed Pete bitterly to ''Limburger
Sam as they were dragged on toward
the harvest field. Il told yer that Kan
sas want no place fur man Nv leisure
to come to-
A boy was seen standing in a street car
There were chances to take a seat. but
the boy still stood and without protest
allowed older people TO take the seats,
any one of which he might have occupied
There was on the same car a lady accom-
panied by her son, lad of y summers.
DO you notice Jimmie?' she said to her
son, how polite that little fellow is?
He never offers to take a seat and leave
older people standing up. You ought TO
learn a Lesson from him, my son. Huh y
said Jimmie, Il know that Teller. WuZ
out swimmin with him yesterday. He
amt standin' up because he's polite. He's
got a boil, that's what's the matter with
him"
Moral: There are times when youths
get credit for politeness that is not de-
served.
A man who lived a good many years in
this vale of tears without getting any
thing ahead of the game was in the
habit of complaining about his hard luck
in life. One day a letter came to him
notifying him that a rich relative had
passed over into the saccharine subse-
quently, leaving him a legacy Of SIS. 600.
Within six weeks after the legacy had
been paid over to him he had paid out
the SIS 900 and given his note for a thOus-
and extra in consideration of which he
lad the exclusive right 10 sell patent
stump puller in the states of Kansas,
Nebraska and the two Dakotas. He is
now working at odd jobs, as he was
before his relative passed away.
Moral: The fool and his money are
not generally connected with each other
for any considerable length of time.
a rash pup was amusing himself by
running and barking after carriage that
was going down the street. When the
carriage had made a turn about the
orner and gone out of sight. the pup re-
turned TO the sidewalk in front Of the
house where he stayed ana was accosteu
by an old dog who was blind in one eye.
why don't you chase buggies, old
bllndy?" asked the impudent pup. My
SON." said the old dog. there was time
when I was an alecky young fool like you.
That is the reason ! have to do my look
ing with one eye now.
1t might be supposed that the pup
would have learned something from this
bit of the old dogs biography. but he
didn't The next day he came home on
three legs The other leg had a No. -
bullet through it,
1t is not often that anything is learned
from the experience of other peOple.-Mail
and Breeze.