The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
PLANNING AN UPLIFT
In ARKANSAS CITY
Old Man Grcenlaw EStcens a
! Lie Fifty Spoken Appro-
pirate to the Occasion.
ONE EYED MAN GETS 4 JOB
nv DAVID \. CURTIS.

pears like they is mo things what /
didn't ought ~ to he nor they is what
had"
whether his hearers fully graspcd !
the meaning OF the remark did not APP
pear Immediately. As II he had not
spoken they continued 20 busy them
selves with their pipes and tobacco in
tho most unsympa Ghetto fashion, SEEM
ing not To be interested in the propo-
sition at all, and for his part he lapsed
into silence.
For time the quiet continued un-
broken. and as far a. the others were
concerned it is not unlikely that It
would have continued indefinitely, but
it further appeared after while that
the old man was not even contentcd
with that.
~ was a-sayin' what they was mo-
things" he repeated. what pears like
they"
we heer'd IT," said Jake winterbot-
tom impatiently.
ooh, yo' did retorted the old man
with an effort at sarcasm. "I reckon
thcv didn't none on yo' rcelae yo' re-
sponsibllity INFO tho matter though.
Or mehbc va did, Mcbbe yo' was that
ashamed a yoSclfs what yo couldn't
gay nothin'. Pears like yo'd ought to
be
"WotlucI docs go all reckon yo' is
ta.tin' about" demanded Joe Bassett
rather discuurtcouSly
"Ev'rything" said tho old man sternly.
eth amt been NO proper 'tenton paid
10 uothin' recent. Pears like Arkansas
City is fahn' into obnoxious dissolution,
as ono o them poets says.
18th amt been nothin' did 10 a helova
while. an expenses goes on just the
came. I reckon tn amt n0thin' hut
the pohouse a-starin' me in the face.
They's been no less N fo' strangers in
town inside o. three weeks, an tn Amt
nary one on 'em been fetched in"
We'll. that amt long y none on 'em
not bein' asst" said sam Pearsall sulltily.
'Blaisden and me nigh had enc on EN-
in tother day, but he seen a boat comm
down the river an he said he reckoned
he'd go abo'd of her. Let on how he'd
ruthcr he most anywheres but Arkansas
City. I dunno but he was some right
Couldn't yo got him drunk" asked
the old man.
Not him" said Pearsall. 81 reckon
n. legs was huller hut he KEEP EN- goin'
till he got abod the boay. They was
two others what got so drunk they
couldn't stand up. Said they was glad
If it, Keep EN- I'm broodin' over whore
they was. T"other ono was preacher.
en- he was broke besides.
We'll. mebbo they couldu't "a been
uothiu' mo- did with Regards to them
20" said the old man, as II he be-
grudged the admission, "hut that amt
Eoin to the root % the matter. Pears
ike Arkansas City is d'tcri'atin' somcpin'
shameful recent. They has be n times
when they wds regular sply q
strangers fetched here onto the boats
I've knowed s many : three or TO on
'em TO git asho' in a week. O. Co'se they
want all on 'em players. an them that
WAS didn't all on 'cm tote no very siz-
able wads. hut when they was a c'ntinl-
Gus tide o. travel like that they want
no greet trouble bout gittin' what money
rho most on EN- had, an times was
fairly prosp rous.
"They want no place o the same size
or the river what done no better r
Arkansas city them days. an they was
some prospec' o this bcin' the metrol-
opus o the huh valley. like il ought 70
to he, c'nsd'rn' tn advantages o the
place. But nowadays pears like they ID
somepin wrong.
"'rhcy don't nobody worth mentionin
stop over NO mo- an when they is
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