The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-03
THE SNOW B,Rps AT THE CORNERS"

When Perkins shoveled a path from the
store, sold. bartered and kept warm rsssrt
the pilgrims failed to drop around when
the curl from the chimney he found an
early bird waiting the door. It Lii Pembroke
who said with nasal whine;
II ben waitin 10 do sum tradin fur over an hour
thought yed git through thet snow bank Quite
a smart sprinklin. Perkins"
Yep putty fall Ii onct 1 thought I'd have
give up the job an quit Had bout made mind
IA let the dun store go to pot an st round
the house till the pesky blizzard let But knowed
it'd dspint boys if did, so KEEP Oman here be
Perkins wheezed and pued and he shed the snow from
keyhoIe. shovel, Lii while fnd-gosh
on the shelf? Nc. here she is The Key
inserted and the rusty old lock Sroaned and Waei
like lest soul in despair. foot gin the bot
TOM Ii-shove her-thur. shes at last The door
swung shreking hinges and he fragrance OF
Goldfish, roudy and old cheese srote the
sense of smell
Putty stiff smell inside, Lii We air bit airs,
We Perkins said he raked The ashes out Of the
foxy Long John. stuffed in the and applied match
THE smell seems nat'ral Perkins. an don't mind
it I am little forehanded this mornin' for sure
wanted chaw right down bad tibet hurried Mandy
the breakfuzs. l reilly couldn't stand 1t nuthr
Had yer breakfuss, Perkins?
Yep. Cindy gets up fore dc. specially this time o.
year. Yen find the erbacker paid hind the safe In the
place. Durn ole fooli Perkins whispered the
last remark to the box he hauled out big
stick of birch which he pushed through the
door
couldn't sleep Ever ben tibet way, Perkins,?
yep; 1 putty night un'sta' just how you feel, LII
Bgosh theme and mack rels is froze up tighter
drum"
Shaw
AN Bgee, Durn my pelt if this cider amt froz up
the hinges o. know! Solid as fatiron'
Good Lordy cider hain't froze up?'
Like WALL
rhet's too pesky bad How thetll disp'int boys!
Too bad." After this sad remark Ii relapsed into
silence took his pick the nail kegs bumped over and
blnked he fred at the broom in the corner
Then the snowbirds began to drop in one after the
What they failed to leave on the stoop they
stamped their feet by the stove. BY nine CLOCK
every keg covered.
kept coming down
''IIaint no use shovein path when she comes down
like this If pussond tempt to yards out
the gate he's have to his way back gin, said
Iii" as he shifted and fired again at the broom He
missed it hit Joe Slocums felt leggings. Joe
jumped with growl and muttered something about
dog gased, ferna idiots that hant got no sense nor
eyes" When he found a unoccupied it was be-
yond LIS"
Ever do much shoveln' in yer time, liz? inquired
Lem Saulsberry, leaned back against the box
where Perkins used keep dried prunes Queer, but
how naturally LemueIs hand slid under the lid of the
box how strange his expression as ne withdrew
mis- hand and turned to Lii" But Perkins snickered
as he eyed the gentle act of the of his
Got time Lem didn't you? he whispered to
old dog cared eger that yelled every time he turned
one of yellow ink laden pages And yet he charged
up twenty of goldfish to Job jenkins, who
slipped the old salt patriot that had hung
by the cellar door for two months.
LIZ got his wind said strongly 'Shovellin'? L
guess biggest stunt that sort any man ever
tackled in these parts don't s'pose thurs pusson
in store had SIGH job on his hands as did
in the year AZ I shoveed way clear through from
Prospect with keg oysters fur Jake Jones oyster
supper in the tavern paused the express
sions of the he fired again at the broom AS
he hit it all right he settled back and nused MS knees
and worked his jaws vigorously than ever.
Perkins smiled snealng sort of smile as he charged
IL with bottle of SPAWN cure at the same old price
Of ffty-and placed bottle the desk before him.
'Oysters wuz in them days; had to fetch EN-
UP by sled oyster wz great featurs
them days Member when oyster suppers wuz great ie
tur's. Perkins,
Yep 1 do come in kegs durn high, too re-
sponded Perkins, nailed ST. Browns fist creep
ing into sugar ST. found an extra pound on
his bill when sold his mink pelts and settled his
account also kicked smoked and cut up and said
he'd trade Rensen in the future But when Perkins
him the back room and showed him the score
chaked on the floor he only said
Put down axle grease, Perk use lot O.
axle grease 'spashay winter. ter keep the hubs in
worln' shape"
Before Ii Pembroke proceeded a sudden thought
struck him he and whispered to Perkins Per
kins smiled, him small key and turned to his
old ledger again. Lii out of the back room
the key Perkins took up his nail keg again
and resumed a of voice.
got the oysters all right in Utica but jist out O
Prospect l bank tibet wuz the wust ever
seen 1t like Bald Mountain, an IL
made back fur town But knowed thur wuz
oyster supper booked fur the tavern, an got gritty
an said bring oysters through freeze up with
'em an buried under the snow till it thawed out
with my shovel and got head o them ponies an dug
! dug my eyes Thur wuz no use tryin ter
clear path fur the ponies, not much-too much snow
dug channel, tunnel ruther. right through thet
nesl<v drift An the o my body an the heat o
the ponies breathin melted the soft snow as fast as
pushed hind Work? Dern my pelts, II wuz the
wust l ever did, solid hard work diggin'
a tunnel fur them oysters git through Jist as L
other Their drift an fetched the ponies
an oysters Jake Jones tavern long come
the folks right over crust My work the heat o the
ponies had riz ter top made solid crust
But I got them oysters through time"
Ii bleeve We up sixty years.?
'sThem's the nggers I'm sixty years old and
Then We done a heap 0 work fore We wuz born In
- We yvuz st yeats short-goin. LIP? And the
snow birds rustled and ciutered Ii went to the
desk got his bottle spawn and went on; with
a perpexed look on his face. the kept coming
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