The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29
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II A HICKORY STICK
BrOught Sadness to ArkAnsas City
UntEl . Smaller Teller
Came Along.

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Thers vas Gloom In old man Oro,nhut'u
nnloon. Jade WintarbOEtom AT ON a threo
lnRRed stool bshind the stove eating his
tohaopo with welcome emuhaalr and usvinw
no apparent attention TO anything that
was ~nid-
Joe Basaatt stood nv the window 0,rsiDw
iueDtlv under hIs breath and IOokinR
anarllv ne the drixxliuR rain Outuids "A Al
ha beld thS weather raapOualble for all
that 4 yhapoened. sam Psar.aIl laaned
-ngninet The bar tAinkIpR 40 violently chat
he Lot hin nine no out.
Jim BlaiadalI walked up and down the
room. cawuallv kicking chairs ont Of his
wav and grfttinR Mia tnsth unDI.annntly
And the old man himself looked from be-
hind the bar at ono and another In a per-
turbed ulIence.
II all came about az the result OF q mss.
sage brought 20 the saloon half an hour
before by q small darby, though there had
beer q notable lack Of cheer in the company
!, heforO the darkV Cama. IL was NO small
km,att.r IN hava = 0ro,D NJ mara,,dara From
go - -s.,s .A.--su 49, -. 80
49, -I r-s-W @-~e -s-~
uons tne MIAMI Do.o'e' Os'LOra1o Sne "OSu-
p~nus WIN oynsnnte anu VAN away WIFE
several thousand dollars OF Arkansas City
money not all Of which they had won at
7 poker.
q carrier part Oh tpe morning. mao Desn
spent IN discussing ways and meAos on
recovering the lost money ano rsvenxins
tho outrage 10 tne dignity or inc com
munlty' NO cOnciusion mao ooen rsacnou
wnen the httie darky came m with q nots
"a one nsnd, a oiackstick IN the otner.
-Dey was nee gemmens gao mo dAs setter
io yo' ne salo 70 PIC shAn uroonnuS; IN
dey oone tose me 10 PICK up ols sucx an ue
roao an Ieecn uae 700. Ivy W. Lsuynin
mighty ara wnen oey ven on as BOAT
an dey saad 10 20 10 s'o me CONAN 10
fssonin' De letter.
The OLD man t0ok the letter AND read u
m slenoe' lhen nc reno u AGAIN An0
tney nouced ina ms race nAc S0rneo purple
1nen ne read Cno 'e'U'r aiOu"' 70 NM 'r'0nU''
IL read;
To Old Man GreeahuS and Ais gGNS:
We uns has sure done you uns good an
plenty. Them Dikers IN your BACK room
aonG NOV no more AOou' oLaN poseT nor
800. SS"so ~ 49, 49, N - S~o.
80 S,S.rsnoo ,wi,t , ht - hicL'rv an.
stick o dynamite. The Niger n fetch you
she hIck'ry sO'at you en- tell next time.
GOOd-by. We uns II drop in again. next
time we're lookln tr sOmepin easy
ONk-Sfh' AN AANA
The outburst Of rage which the reading
ovoked in the dingy little saloon was almost
s-upernaEuraI in violence.
"Lemme look at that stick said Jake
winterbottom when there was a sufficient
hill for him to be heard. q Greenhut
handed u over.
1T sure ooks like the one what that !
whiskersd outlaw was nourishin' round
he said, and Winterbottom examined 10 !
carefully.
Then ne took out his old Barlow knife |
and whitfield at II gingerly for a moment
ana then viciously.
-That's the stick" no said, finally. 'an'
hick'rv. all right
And they looked at one another and
svors.
I preaoptIv the small darkV took adj
-..n,s~~ - . hriay iD,arvaI
- ~ ..iA -. now
10 &emmen sa'u' I've sA'"' ~"
-sam, throw that niger out" said the
ala nan and the ANAL darkv d-isaDUeared
-,aS.nIr Tharaa e,ar hs Aid No, S9ura IN
.uooeniv'
tns Seorv'
II would be hopeless TO attempt Ia de-
scribe the discussion which followed, even
al n would ha DermiaaibIe to ropeat the
sxrr.s,,ona that we're uaed in referring TO
the three visitors. One oy one suggestions
were q OF some expedient by which
the marauders might be lured back. but
~. nv ona thav ware dismisaed an inn |
....i..hI. .Dd a, larg,h Ola mar Cra.n-
pfscucaoDe. anu Nv 'enS'n C'u me" Otosn-
hut said; 'Taint no good D way rr
M 70 do IN to look at this thing philosophical. \
TIA hard enough fr them xaloots to get
- -;,h an ~. r,on.v ~ .,ol. R,,, l
.~.y ~. aN1 - ~~"~
tnur . otnef tninss InASs equ@' ""pos'ant'
bein' a. they brings money
Ono IL the reppytation OF Arkansas City. |
Nov 1. we voin' 20 hello thInas nv ram
- Lu,;0, oS,.ro1 W. -.
PaSn IN" - go,
means TN nurt us' sn""'n pam SOe" 7
the storv's true.
sNow. who knows what happened Iaat
LII. - !. ,h.4,. hara an, tham $3.50