The sun., 1910-08-14
TWO DAYS IN
l. ARKANSAS CITY.
A Moral Lesson Not to Swat a
Stran ger in the Jaw With
out Provoeation.

Ou. nf m" chief charaCtsr,stiCz uf lir
IA ArkansaT city dunng th" years that
followed IA" opening nf saloon IN that
community Nv nld man Grecnlaw was the
uncertainty ~ to what might happen
Mostly things happened when outsiders
would alighr from a river boat and know
ing nothing about the plac" would neglect
the opportunity they had NJ getting away
4 almost Immediately.
Whatever the result old man GreenlaW
and his croniea were never surprised
/. Pleased or indignant they might be-. hut
never shocked or astpnish~d.
II was therefore with unmoVed Counts-
nances that they observed the actions NJ
stranger who came down tho levee from
the steamboat landing toward them as
they sat IA front of the saloon IN the Coo
! ~ the evening one Friday in July. He
was not distinguished looking man
In fact he was travel strained and had an
air ~ ansiety SEEING them grouped to-
gather he approached them and said IN
dspracatory way
! Twas Iookin fr Ahner Hostetter "
Wholly unmoVed 10y this announcement
: the five men IN the group continued their
: consumption of tobacco. each IN his own
! favorite way and cuntln'i"d also tn look
nut over the river
/ Seemingly embarrassed tho stranger
waited for "A moment or ~" as II eIpect-
ing that some motto" would be- taken 81
his remark Then he repeated ~ IN a
slightly louder tone
d 4 was lnokln fr Abner Hoste,ter
What was yo' sayin' Btll Plunkitt done
to him. Joe'- asked old man Gr--nlaw.
~ he scratched match 10 rehght his
cigar
-Jahhed a hlck'ry splinter in his eye
replied the ing sheriff promptly
How come h" used hiCk nv splinter
inquired Jake Wlnterbottnm
Didn't had NO knife handy said the
sheriff
i was lonkrn' Cr Ahner Hostetter
said th. stranger
How come ha Jabhed him. asked sam
P-arSall
Man bothered him talkin too much.
SaId old man Greanlaw promptly There
- them I pears to take mo jov list min
to thor laws goin nor they do outen red
liquor Ony thing - do with en- - To-
disable '"m somehow hungsiartsr is
good ~ d. II with II yo' don't have 10
g. too fur awav tn get one
Pears like that was some severe II
the man want doin' nothin' mo n 10
talk a httle observed Jim Blaisdrll
Twant neither exclaimed tho old
man with some violence. Tn Aint
nothln ha sh enough 70 do with them
ialkln' machines
i was lookin r. Ahuer Hoststtsr
-ard the stranger
-Np' done said that afn'- said old man
Grasnlaw suddenly becoming aware of
him
= WAS lookin' for him afo' = said the
stranger
We'll keep ou look,n then said the
Did man But vo' aint no call 80 be
round lonAIu fr people IN front ~ NV
Do There laws agn irespassin an
m" calaboo-.- 10 nigh hand
4 was on'v lonkin said ia" stranger
for Ahn.r Hoststt.r
The word. were hardly og' of his mouth
h.for., a swat un m" Jaw from R,s-ett'-
pondero,is fist sent him rolling IN the
mud Then h" slowly ruse and went
awav
Beats an saId the old man aStar he
had tarted a fresh Cigar aud they had all
smoked IN sllanC" for some minutes
Beats all how paopl" 90 rnamin' round
lpoku r. Ho-tctt"rs an things
Md that was all that happ-ned on
= rdav
ON saturday conditions were IN
"hanss.d except nR that old man Green
law and has friends sat inside the saloon
h..-auza ~ hight rain that was falling
They were all smoking m the usual zo-
Ciabla silence when the door Oyens-'i and
one Bradley. local mere hant IA good
standing entered and as Was required
hy etIuu"'t. invited M" company Ia the.
har After appr"pria'" ceremonies b"
-aid
is anv O vuu uu- hesr Il anytlin' q.
one Abn-r Husiett-r what's don" got
lost some "r- at wr-n Memphis an New
Drl.anz'-
There was som. mention - soIne-
hOdy % that name Said old man Green
law after a moment uf emba rrassment
but huw com. YOU was lookin' fu HIM /
I ant never know"d nobody q that mann
20 tTkausas city
Ne neither. sald Rrddl"v -hu' there'-
man lookln' fo him Pears he owes
him i"N.n hundred dollars an wants to
pay up Got ia" money with him bat
cant find HuSt"tt"r Muught b" Wuth
whl.. for 'o get holt - Hustrtter AN tell .
HIM Likely he'd paw handsome for To .
know about y
Hi- hearers found nothing ~ say to
tins hut when b" had gpu" out after a
little more talk Old man Graenlaw eN-
claimed with great bitterness
This here had ough'"r T." gre moral
lesson 10 vu'. 10" II you'd spoke peace
able To tha' vap Yesterday stead o.
-wattIn hum IN IN" Jaw oncnl'"d FOR an
~ lent hk" Won dom" mo % likely ~" Cd
ha got him plsvIn' poker an win thai
l.veu hundred
Go jump m tie riv.r.- reio-foi Bas-
-a't angrily. . didnf -'-a nob',dy astin'
him N ~ drink Pears like thero was
mo n me trentln' the gentleman on
ri,l
That ant neither here nor there n
~" Good Book says T"pisd uld nan
Grc"ulaw PINT u what th aint no
ohanst -. grttn' hIn into "A Eam" nov
~ don" gwa'ted him. hk. vo' dun..
Pears lik" man shat don't know no
h"tt-r'n 80 90 Iortin' fr man To- pay
money tr amt ~ t. T." trusted with no
money ~ sll
I'D ~ a 49, -. charity fpr 10 take -
aWay I'm hun afu h" du..a hi-sslf some
mischief Longs we cant do that now
count o. vn' tenn ~ hasty looks 20 M.
Ink" yU.i tsttrr find Huststtrr Likely
n he gets l"vrn hundred dollars mirac
lutIz like he'll want To- set IN
NlHz A. IUFVlal