Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-27

yer ana ptoFSe Wi.u shiiis'
~ "Ill be hanged eff I don't be
lieve Bob Hanks has struck his proper
element" he said Hes turned that
old store upside down already. Seed
I'm burnin' half bushel measure o
live cockroaches Jest now. Stores all
about had to shet Their doors, thar wa!
sech stencil. Bob's got his coat of
an up to his neck in business fel
Ter told me Bob was thar at O'Clock
to open up an swept out hisse'f.
sorter call that good Joke on LIB
He's always keepin' his eye peeled fel
somebody to lend money to an over
looked his own boy
Half an hour later Hanks slouchet
In and sat down in his accustomed
place at the stove. kenner was eying
him cautiously. quizzical smile playing
on his face Hanks swung his foot tC
and fro, his unlighted cigar in bis
hand. till he caught Hillyer's glance
then he grunted:
Thought you was powerful smart
didn't your" he said dryly.
Il don't know as 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 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 1t good. but I'll tell you now
you'll never git a cent on that drafted
note from me-"
II never expect to-" said Hillyer,
smiling agreeably.
"Oh. that'll 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.'
"uc told me he was twenty-on I"
said Hillyer, still amused. ''and I saw
a chance to lend I'm some money.
That's all there is to It,"
"Oh, well. you kin afford little loss
like that retorted Hanks, IAN when
Bob's run through with the pile kin
show everybody | was right In the
stand l tuck with i'm"
As 1t was busy hour, nothing more
was said on the subject. A ragged
farmer in slouched hat came in to
talk to Hanks about mortgaging mule
supplies, and Hanks went out to see
the mule and hear a 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 so to supper. Kenner came along on
the way to his boarding house 'sThey
say old Lbs been hangin' round Bob's
store I'LL day watchin' i'm like hawk"
he informed them, with laugh he
cayn't hide his interest. AS soon as
Bub nd make 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. Ell 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 so many
believe Bob knows what he's a-doin'.
II seed I'm a-standin' In Bob's door
Bob an Heneker Brothers
biddin' Rgin one another to buy load
D mountain chickens. / spoke to Lib,
but he Jest kept chnwin' his tobacco,
so much absorbed he didn't hear me.
Then we seed the Teller start to drive
mp to Bob's door, an old Lib clapped
lis hands together an said: BY gum
Bob got emf But he sorter cooled
iown when the chickens was unloaded
an he heard Bob had bid Is cents
apiece all round. He grabbed Bob as
he was passln' an said, Say, don't
you think you went too steep on that
oad? Bob was purity red, anyway, |
rom lifting at the coops-he was SO
anxious to get 'em in his shebang-an'
Ne got redder, but he pulled the side
J. his face down an hooked to see that
he Teller couldn't bear, an said: 'shl
I'VE got 'em already sold in Atlanta ut !
70 cents apiece. an that galoot's goin'
o take his pay In coffee at is cents q
that cost 10 in New Or
cans. You see whar come in, don't
our
"'You better so it sorter slow at the
start Lib said, but he was simply
tckled to death. m swear it was fun
o watch Inn He'd rather rec that
10Y learn how to handle money than
er i'm to be elected governor o this
tate"
Old Hanks seldom lett his home after
upper, but that evening he dropped
n at Hillyer's, finding the merchant
md his wife before cheerful fire In
he sitting room. He came in awk
vardly, but bis self possession was
hing he always had with him. Ken
Ter had once said that Hanks could sell
crap iron in pigeon tailed coat and
= hite vest and never realize the odd