The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-28

ter him.
Treat a mewl on the mutual benefit
plan and he viii carry out his end eff
the bargain
There are times when nevis be-
come as detected and discouraged as
human beings, and when words of SYM
pathy and coincidence viii be as CRATE
fully received.
Those We're the salient points of my
bill, sub continued the Colonel, as he
toyed idly with his empty glass, and
though / realized what would ensue, I
took the bull by the horns. That is, I
took the mewl by the ears. That is,
again, my bill provided that any per
son producing an unfaVorable impress
sion on a young nevis mind by damn
ing his eyes should suffer certain pains
and penalties The critter was to have
a. fair show from the day of his birth
until old age carried him off. Sled
stakes, fence-rails and black-w whips
were to be left out.
4 expected a howl of derision from
all over the south, and I was not dis
appointed. 1t came like q roaring riV-
er, sub The bill had no sooner been
printed and given to the public than
! found myself an object of amuse-
ment and ridicule. I was referred to
by certain newspapers and fellow sena-
tors as Colonel Mewl Bunker. and there
was great deal OF fun at my expense
1t was two weeks before 1 set out TO
check it Then 1 called upon a senator
who had been extravagantly merry at
my expense, ana quietly SAID TO nlIns
Senator White, 70 may or may not
be posted on the character Of the mewl
from physiological standpoint, but if
am not mistaken 70 are posted on
the code of honahT
I believe / am familiar with the
CODE, he replied, as he looked up at
me in a wondering way.
Then, sub, will it suit yo'r convent !
ence to send a friend of yo'rs to Maiah
Parsons some time during the day?'
The senator inclined his head, sub. /
and three hours later all the arrange |
ments had been made. We met soon
after sunrise the next mawrin', and l
shall always remember the circuln-
stance with pleasure. There was no
rancor between us. We stood simply
because we saw the mewl from differ
ent sides. We were both gentlemen. /
sub, and we met and fought as gentle /
men. We raise our hats to each other
and smiled Each of us hummed an air
as the seconds loaded the pistols. we
smiled and bowed as we took our
places at ten PAGES.
L had no desiah to kill Senator
White. Suh--no desfah. He was a man
of noble attributes, and I could allow
for his being mistaken in the mewl. He |
had owned nevis all his life, and he
had grown up believing that the only
way to get along with EN- was to cuss
en-. 1t would have been almost muir
der in me to have killed him, and when |
my pistol went up aimed for his
shoulder. AS I came to know later on, |
the senator did not thirst for my life
He regarded me as a patriot and pub
ic-spiTited citizen, and he could allow
for what he thought were my QuiXotic
leanings toward the mewl. He, there
fore, aimed for the spot I did, and we
fired at the word. I found myself IN
touched when the smoke cleared away, !
but the senator was sitting down with
his hand to his shoulder. / had pinked
him, suh-pinked him for fair, and
there was only brotherly feeling in
Il
him my hand.
That duel had instantaneous and far
reaching results, sub. 1t gave away the
fact that I was Colonel Bunker, late Of
the glorious Sixteenth, who had fought
eighteen duels and pinked or killed mis-
men every time. 1t gave my fellow mem
bers and the press to understand that my
bill must be judged on its merits and that
any spirit of leNity would be promptly
HRetssaIlds spromptlszz put down. 1t awoke
hadn't been sfven a fair show and it
brought forward hundred men who
agreed with me in my philosophy.
only one individual continued to make
merry at my expense. He was a member
to me as The New UTpIifter.' 1 let him
go on for some time, and then called him
out. He was the spot at sunrise, but
there was no shooting. On the contrary,
ne had come to apologize and become an
adherent of my bill
4 must say to yo'. suh,'' continued the
with his glass. that my bill did not be-
come law. 1t was killed in the commit
tee OF the whole with my consent. IL was
the opinion of the governor and my best
friends that the time had not come to |
revOlutionize the treatment of the meWl. !
He had been cussed a t for 200 years, and |
to change from cuss words to brotherly /
kindness was too sudden step. think |
I could have pushed the bill through, sub, /
but was dissuaded, and probably for the |
best, and I can't say that 1 have re-
GREETED it
While my bill was killed and while
no other measure of the kind has been |
brought up since, [ set the people to
thinking and experimenting, sub, and it |
is my solemn belief that what may be /
called the moral and social status of the |
mewl base been raised so per cent by my
labors in his behalf Yes, sub. that is /
my belief. sub, and now. suh-and now,
But the waiter appeared and the colonel |
had further arguments to advance
Copyright, 1904, by c. B LeWis.)