Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-01-24

on, and i etraightens up as much a.
me back would let me. and answers
with dignity:
"Tt's where l shines most Then
he laughs. natural.lIke. and me, with
out thlnkin' OF the dirt and backing.
sticks out me fist. May you live long
and prosper says !. same as ! heard
the guy In the play. He took II too.
Just as II I was the president
"'Thank you. Bud says he, real
grateful.
"And the next day he brought me
the shoes-aay-but they was cute
and small-the pair OF them could set
on ME one hand. got so as knowed
the sort OF girl that woman was-she
E; stepped firm and straight-none OF
yer rundown TO heel. nor lop-sided, a.
most women walk. knowed as she
was always busy. and took long walks.
for they wore out quick-but they
' wore out equal oil over.
HE and she never got tired OF goin'
on by theirselves-Sunday must have
been regular picnic. judgin' the state
OF them shoes Monday mornin'. You
bet the mud wasn't no city mud-t
smelled OF country roads. an wosd
there IL a corkin' difference In mud 4.
once you study IT, Well It wasn't long
afore l seen that they was half-soled.
his shoes was. and then-there was a
Int 1 nj ua ntsi In, mn
work. and never let on l seen. an II
polish could hide II no one else should
know.
What's plenty for one, gets
mighty close for two. | reckon. And
it's astonishin how much work shoe
can stand when 1t must. Then no
ticed that the Boss began to come for
his shine at any old time, hours when
he should be to business, and then her
shoes dropped comm altogether-at
last he passed the stand without stop
ping. Id say Shine, sir? but he'd
shake his head and make believe he
was In an ALFRED hurry. stood II
Jest as long as ! could, then made
bold to speak.
"'Goin' to the club nowadays? says
l. as cool as a cucumber.
"'No-hunting job-if you must
know says he.
Something got into me throat and
couldn't speak. and when ! got me
voice-he was gone"
Poor devil" muttered the star Gus
toner, at which Bud eyed him approx.
ingly.
Il laid for him couple Of days. an
at last he came-he-he came! His
shoes was sight, with dust and long
tramping. I'm thinkin. Say. mister.
says l, I've been yer shine ever since
you came to the city-dont throw me
down now and I pretended to SWIVEL
Il knowed he was soft one-and
he stopped at that.
when ] want shine, OF course
I'll come to you. Bud he says.
you'll never want II more than
now. II You wants job yer must
make bluff, and-yer shoes is q dis.
grace after all l done for EN- Then
as he was about to shoot his mouth,
See here ] says, you are my oldest
customer. What's the matter with
you startin' an account? It'd be like
SO much in the bank
well, there was lot OF argufyin',
and in the end got him to come now
and again. Then asked him for the
missus' shoes-and he told me she
wasn't very strong-she didn't walk
much now-an' knowed why he felt
extra bad.
Bring them over some time, an let
me fix chem ready say land he
did.
Sh6lU need 'em soon now, Bud
he says, more heartened-like. Old
ones win be easier than NEWEST at
first And he sat chattin' while I
shined them-the soles was mighty
thin-and there was q crack In the
upper part-but l blackened we'll into
the kid 80 as It didn't show much, and
him and me both felt pretty proud Of
the job when 1t was done.
Then he took a shine hisself He
insisted on paying, SO let him pay
for his'n-but hers went down to the
account.
THE next day she sent me mes.
sage to say her shoes looked beauti-
full
Bud paused. and became absorbed
In packing up his paraphernalia for
the night.
"And they both got new shoes
and lived happy ever after?" the star
customer asked, the more lightly that
he felt the weight Of something unex.
pressed.
They looked beautiful. repeated
Bud, slowly-"she said that-but she
never wore them again"
The star customer felt q strange
contraction In his throat.
He didn't come for a week or So"
Bud went on, land then he had new
shoes-but guess he hardly knowed
It. You'd never take him for the
same fellow.
After q BIT he got his Job and
squared the acoount-that IL as much /
a. / showed him Of Il. This last year
he's picking ~ Q bit-and q month
ago he brought me the youngsters
shoes-he wouldn't let nobody els