The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24
CREENLAW REACHES
OUT FOR CUSTOMERS
And Wonders If by Using a
Whale for Bait lie Has
Caught Sprat.
TgOI BLES IN
n, DAvID 4. CCRTIs.

III. favoritc chair by the window Of
,s 'l't.c saloon in Arkansas City
smoking that portion " a cigar which
-enatned after he had eaten the rest
Of Ills brow was clouded and his
,aet were on tho window sill.
one after another -four vel known
citizens Of Arkansas City. who made
a snr' Of hcadouarters of the saloon,
came IN and took their seats here and
,tcrc with no further speech than a
perfnu. "liowdy" from zach one
as no entered To these greetings the
,d man gave No further acknowledge
mont than an equally perfunctory, half
aftrulitod crunt. Then all five OF them
time. during which no one else entered
,1c saloon. As usual the old man
was the first to break the silence.
"sho' is plumb d'scouragin' the way
business $ done fell IT." he said with
q yI,.oi accent bctokening extreme
,y,speratiou. Here | he goin' to en-
expense - clc,n sawdust all over Tire
no every day an tn amt hardly
rchrdv romcs in 70 10 spit INTO H."
wei. what is yo' hokin' fo'?" de-
handed sam rcarsall sourly. 18th
amt never nobody much comes to
Arkansas City when the rivers up
.'Petr~ Ike them what's on the boats
rfcrs q" stay where its safe rtither N
90 come asho' in flood time, an TO one
i ut blame ON. I'm gittin' some
tired my own self sleepin on Tho roof
every night an not KNOWN but what
tho rurf Il start of down the river
Of mawnin'."
That amt nothin' but what's
rachu'." said the old man sl%ightingly.
They ran I nobody 'Npect to live COM
fable flood times. In, when It comes
70 interferin' with legitimate business
is time somcpin' was did"
"yo' all d ought TO have foods put a
sop TO- suggested Jim Bluisdell with
bitter sarcasm.
Would e ! knowed how retorted
the old man pcttishly. but that amt
"a Sa' VIVA, c'nditions a ought 70 TO
Ne Ike they be. 'Tain't reasonable 70
business to he interfered with like tits.
They'd ought TO TO he some p'vision
n Providence ag'in that. 4 mans
E,it.ei 70 make a Twin at all times.
even + they is a flood. Pears like the
zines = ont a. tint. as the Good Book
s when they don't nobody come in
'o pay poker, an tn amt nothin' but
heal trdi'h at the bar. That's stiddy
enough, hut Gawd knows they can't
nobody make 10 luxurious Twin
ol;ou it.
Mos gently If n man II s'arch the
S.rp'ors Ike he'd ought To- TO. when
llo'S anyways in trouble, he en- find
uTt what Il" do, N tn lint a blame
'iirs IN tn" hull Good Book what
pears 10 trump in. nor foller suit
Nheu II comes to boostin' up n Ian
glsaiu' business. | done looked all
Through il last night.
"Nnythin' what come anyways nigh
d.'.U' 70 the 'Casion was one o. them
rrao,cs bout a man what give a feast
an they wouldn't nobody come TO IL.
Pears he was IA frugal mar an hated
'k" nell to see good v~ictuals go 10
| waste, 81 no lone sout MI his niggcrs
4 "H' to fetch in everybody they was
onto the highways an byways o. the
ne.-nhorhood an make 'em at.
When | come acrost that. 'peared
inst or lik" II mought mean somepin',
bur IFS wuss n soundln' brass an
'ngl.n' Silmpies when it comes to a
tN IKE I'm into.
FIRST of. tn amt but one highway
anywh"res round Arkansas City, IN
that's f"' DOT under water. What
lgWays they is is wliss yet, Mebbe
t.ov IS som" daid bodies scattered
round onto en-. but they wouldn't
be no use lookin' 70 customers"
.Mcbbe they is mo into that thar
parable n what 20 all ~reckons.'' said
Jake Winterbottom thoughtfully. Was
'hcy any railroads when thai was
vroro""
Wei, o. co'se they's al'ays been
railroads. said h old man. He never
hesltatcd to state "A fact whether he
knew Il or not. But" he continued
with somewhat less confidence, IL
don't call to mind no reference to EN-
IN the Good Book. Prob1y they want
quite ckI To the railroads We has
now. stands 10 reason what they
must n been some improvements into
EN- since then, but what's railroads
SO' to do with it,"
"NeDbo they amt got nothin' to do
with IT, returned Wi~nterbottom. still
J speaking thoughtfully. IAN then again
'Hebhe they has. Anyway. people
Travels onto 'em. don't they?"
20 cose they does" replied the old
man impatiently. If they didn't they
wouldn't be no use a runnin' of EN-"
We'll. them" said Winterbottom. "if
hey amt no customers TO be found
IN The hlUhyVnpg an hNuEaVq nm N
'hem what comes along on the boats
Wont Gt off. stands to reason they'd
ought TO to be some on the railroad.
An them what comes here that away
Las '' ut off here. seem they can't
70 no ~lurthcrer.
~ 10 matter o. fact he continued.
'A'y I.'- off afo' they gifts here, just
''", SEQ "a how this cend o. the rail-
.'f' 10 under water an they has to
III "f d the woods about ten mile VI
nolatry.
INet Wts a train went up TO Little
ho'" '... mawniu', an IL she don't
rum on th" track nowheres she'll
Fi9'.y ONE back Thing
a' 's ~ some q we uns TO git IA
'H'n an sJ up 10 meet her. Mebbe
nI'u-.t be somebody with a wad
aood of Uor.'
"'t, posin' they was" objected
an f"hfraIl. What good d it do to
inset ur with en- IL. tho woods?
u 81 loo a heap carer TO to set still
~ Wat 10 en- here n 'twould b. TO-
~ go 'IAlpSin' through the woods into
'@tn 10 to meet 'cr. up country. TIL
ehi n" 'uvenients in the woods TO-