Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-16

goih NOME 10 dinner that they wouldn't
stop an knock on the shop window.
An often after school Il be- out
they'd stop IA an see me Why. I've
had as high as ten or twelve Of EN- al
one time after school In my shop sing,
In the shoemaker song an guin
through the motions just like their
teacher d learn en- 10.
Sometimes some OF EN- would have
10 stop an laugh-they thought IL was
such good joke on the shoemaker.
Bul therc'd always be- two or three OF
'em would 20 on an finish out. cause
they knowed they'd never get the dime
fer candy II they didn't An there,
where ] used To have the Joke on 'em.
They never knpwed how much ! liked
90 hear EN- sing that there SONG. ia
sooner hear Il now than have dollar.
We'll. that's just the way II was all
the time with EN- kids. They all
knowed me. an they all knowcl my
dog An when they knowed my dog
they kuowed mighty good dog
We'll sir. this little girls daddy
used 10 be- station agent there az that
town, an q was known an along that
part Of the Big -Four line that there
wasn't q depot anywhere that was
VIVA, sou could call us model depot
as his Course | kuowcd him. an he
! 6uuwcd me. an his wife she used TO
trll the little girl when they'd want mo
Go come an take dinner or supper with
'em. II wasn't very often I'd 20. hut
/ | couldn't refuse when they'd send the
little girl after me
Now. him keepin' his depot 81 model
is what got him promoted The Biz
| -Four sent him over to bigger town
In Indiana Course | was glad To see
| him doin' better-he deserved a. But
after they'd gone me an my dog We
used to shut up shop an 90 tishln' an
huntin' q little oftcner than before.
We'll. come along Christmas time
an what a | do hut one day get let
ter from this here little girl tcllln' me
her an her little brother was goin' to
have n Christmas tree an couldn't |
come over to Indiana an see EN-
Christmas
$50 | made all arrangements to go.
an you bet / laid out 4 dollar or two
Ter presents But course. like ia had
To- be-. one day gets word her an her
! little brother was took down sick
diphthcria. the dispatch said
so | makes MP my mind Ia go any
/ way There's No tcllin'. you know.
what's liable 20 happen In ease like
that So put Sloo Ga my pocket an
even 80 thai | didn't have to put 1t
! there: / always carried M least q hun
bred iu them days an ! went over
| IN ! dilu't gcl 'lrrc none too Snon
neither She died The afternoon ~ the
evcnin I got there
We'll. didn't know then what
to do. wasn't what YOU cpulu call a
friend o. az, family hu' J wished !
could do somethn' Ter tSat poor little
glr a-layin' there I'm before three
days was ont got my chlusr
"Ynu SEQ. her dyin' NJ diphthrrla,
they wouldn't lct 'cm ship the body
back over the railroad Her daddy br-
In agent didn't help 'em none in that
case neither lie tried hard enough tO
get a permit. but Il didn't do no good.
He Just couldn't get H.
The mother was just about crazy To
think they'd have to lay her away In
Indiana instead of the old buryin
ground over In old Illinois alongside ~
EN- that had gone before But you
bet yer life they didn't have 10. fer |
went an got team an wagon. an
says. I'll drive her through
1T was II below zero when | start
I'll. little before midnight. They took
the mornin' train next day an got
there hong ahead OF me Ninety-one
miles In a spring wagon az II below
amt no picnic.
II didn't get 10 see EN- after the fu.
neral. felt Just little bit wore out.
an thought the best thing could do
was to go lay down awhile. An. leave
me tell you. got all the layin' down
wanted In the next year an half. an
II cost me everything | had but my
tools an shoemaker's KIT. I've got that
stored up there In old Illinois yet
Il wrote 20 her folks one time. but
didn't get no reply. thought maybe
they thought wasn't quite as good as
they was. so never tried writia' no
more.
This here letter got the other day
was from a friend ~ the family that
knowed them an knowed me II said
they hadn't never heard line from
me an they often wondered what had
become Of me II said that little girls
mother often wished she knowed where
! was At. So she could write. because
this letter went ON to say. she said |
was the best friend % the family they
ever had
AN that's the kind Of letter that
makes a Teller feel good."-St Louis
Republic.