Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-08-16


lieye Bob Hanks has struck his proper
element" he said. "He's turned that
old store upside down already. Seed
i'm burnin' a half bushel measure q
live cockroaches Jest now. Stores all
about had to shet the'r doors, thar was
sech a stencil. Bob's got his coat Off
an up to his neck in business. A fel-
Ter told me Bob was thar at o'clock
to open up an swept out hissef.
sorter call that a good joke on Lib.
Hes always keepin' his eye peeled fer
somebody to lend money to an over
looked his own boy"
Half an hour later Hanks slouched
in and sat down in his accustomed
place at the stove. Kenner was eying
him curiously, quizzical smile playing
on his face Hanks swung his foot to
and fro, his unlighted cigar in his
hand, till he caught Hillyer's glance,
then he grunted:
Thought you was powerful smart,
didn't your" he said dryly.
81 don't know as I did," replied Hill
yer, flushing little.
There was silence for moment, then
Hanks said, "Well, you'll see whar yore
moneys gone eff you'll keep a watch
out"
It'll be gone clean to the Indian Ter
ritory as soon as Sandford's packed up
his effects"
Hanks grunted again. "You never d
a. done 1t eff you hadn't lowed I'd
make it good, but I'll tell you now
you'll never git a cent on that drafted
note from me-"
'T never expect to-" said Hillyeri
smiling agreeably.
"Oh, thatll do to talk" answered
Hanks. "You think, though, that I'd
never stand by an see body lose by
q child O. mine; but this Is different. l
was fetchin' up that boy accordin' to
my lights, an you come in an inter
fered."
"He told me he was twenty-one,"
said Hillyer. still amused, land l saw
a chance to lend i'm some money.
That's all there Is to it."
"Oh, we'll, you kin afford little loss
like that" retorted Hanks, IAN when
Bob's run through with the pile l kin
show everybody l was right IN the
stand I tuck with i'm"
As it was a busy hour, nothing more
was said on the subject. A ragged
farmer in a slouched hat came IN to
talk to Hanks about mortgaging mule
and u milk cow for his next years
supplies, and Hanks went out. to see
the mule and hear minute descrip'
ton Of the cow-her age, weight, prog
eny and habits.
That afternoon, as George and the
merchant were closing the warehouse
to 70 to supper, Kenner came along on
the way to his boarding house. "They
say old Lbs been hangin' round Bob's
store all day watchin' i'm like hawk"
he informed them, with laugh. He
cayn't hide his interest. AS soon as
Bub nd make q sale the old man I'D
run up to the cash drawer an count
the change an ask the cost Of the
article. He's neglectin' his own mat.
tiers. I'll swear it's funny. Eff he's
talked with one man today he has with
forty about Bob's venture. He wanted
TO find out what folks thinks, an he's
literally astonished to find 80 many
believe Bob knows what he's a-doin'.
IL seed i'm a-standin' In Bob's door
watchin' Bob an Heneker Brothers
biddin' agin one another to buy a load
O. mountain chickens. spoke to Lib,
but he Jest kept chawin' his tobacco,
so much absorbed he didn't hear me.
Then we seed the feller start to drive
I'D to Bob's door, an old Lib clapped
his hands together an said: BY gum!
Bob got 'em! But he sorter cooled
down when the chickens was unloaded
an he heard Bob had bid Is cents
apiece all round. He grabbed Bob as
he was passin' an said, Say, don't
you think you went too steep on that
loadY Bob was purity red, anyway,
from lifting at the coops-he was so
anxious to get 'em In his shebang-an'
he got redder, but he pulled the side
O. his face down an looked to see that
the feller couldn't hear, an said: 'Sh!
I've got 'em already sold in Atlanta at
20 cents apiece, an that galoots goin'
to take his pay in coffee at 18 cents q
pound-coffee that cost 10 In New Or
leans. You see whar I come in, don't
your
".You better go 1t sorter slow at the
start Lib said, but he was simply
tickled to death. I'll swear 1t was fun
to watch i'm! He'd rather see that
boy learn how to handle money than
fer i'm to be elected governor O. this
state"
Old Hanks seldom left his home after
supper, but that evening be dropped
in at Hillyer's, finding the merchant
and his wife before a cheerful fire In
the sitting room.; He came In awk-
wardly, but his self possession was a
thing he always had with him. Ken
ner had once said that Hanks could sell
scrap iron in a pigeon tailed coat and
white vest and never realize the odd
ity Of his appearance. His brogan
shoes were united, as If he had started
to go to bed and changed his mind.
II see Bob's got that store to goin',"
he said dryly. 1--WE been sorter watch
in i'm today. l hardly know what to
make Of i'm"
Hillyer looked knowingly at his smil-
ing wife and replied: