The sun., 1916-09-10
REMAINS TO PRAY,
GOES WITH A SCOFF
stranger Sees Ambiguity, but
Is Tcmpcrarious to
Degree.
Nv DAVID A. CURTIS.

.,,, street there which existed permA-
,.r,,y was not much frequcnted as q
.,umer resort. Even then there we're
:, interval. what appeared to have
NAN designed for streets elsewhere
,,.n along the levec. where the saloon
"a, They we're used as thoroughfares.
,oreyer, only internationally. Much Of
~. time the floods covered them. so
,,,, tho saloon was the only place to
to.
Even when there was q respite In
eocd conditions there was nowhere
~. 10 20. so that the main industries
n the place naturally found . centre
~ ira saloon. These industries were
o,,v two In number. but between the
,roa,. Of the practical monopoly Of the
',,uor trade which the old man
owed and the greater hut less constant
nron,s Of the poker game In which he
"a a large interest he eked out n liv-
M and was believed to have accumu-
.,sd a considerable surplus. At all
events he never seemed to be short OF
money. n Arkansas City had been
much fre1ucnted as a summer resort
4, Is highly probable that he might
rave become Unfortunately wealthy, but.
AZ vas said. II was not 80 f~requented.
Neither can II be truthfully described
A resort at any season Of the year.
such ar Il was It was tolerably we'll
Known. and for the most part intelligent
p.op,e stayed away from II. Those
who went there we're either impelled by
business necessity or usually were the
victims Of misrepresentation.
Finding themselves there. they al
vay. went away from there at the
earliest opportunity. but there would
naturally he an interval between the
time Of their arrival and Of their de-
parture and the duration Of that inter-
val was always uncertain. The facili-
lea for ti..vrl were limited. Boats
stopped " ~ sometimes and II was
sometimes ii railroad terminal. Al
ether times II was not. That would be
when there was a flood.
The floating population Of Arkansas
city therefore was almost inconsider-
abe. except at such times as there
we're floods. Then II was larger. eve
though there were fewer visitors. II
as been alleged that wei footed chill
iren have been horn in Arkansas City
90 ir,el,iysptlv does nature providc 70,
the contingencies Of existence.
~, r,ar cro.,,oy, u.o, ,,so ,rtou,.
~. IN some resnects and he a,so pro.
dol for CONTINGENCIES. with cors,der.
,hlc wisdom in that he ALWAYS ken,
.oo1, ,or Immediate usc a nj,
,,,r.,ur,or ~ w.hicb moro anon.
man comc into his saloon one da,
md lacked ,ro,nd. There Was nothin
g., uh,. h, saw that Impressed him b,
+. novelty. The room was neithe,
vs-,. lrrro nor vcrv small. II con
aimed n bar of tho usua, a~ppearanc,
with two shelves behind II, on whic,
stood ho,,,cs and GLASSES There wer,
,sr.e or four large nj, lamp. and hal
4 dozen chairs there besides n few win
dovs and n door which cyidentl,
onened into a hack room II WAS iis
such a saloon az he might have foun,
rear the waterfront in any OF the town
along the Niss,ssinni River. Ther
vas nothing else 10 look AT excentin
the Ave men who sat there using "a
Moo Thor. bad ho.r somo converse
.lo, q few moments before ana IN
dove ~ peace had gone elsewhere
tn. moor bird was lean from overm,,c
fitting h,, NJ co,rse the stra N
rot see that.
lie. az was i,,s, said looked aroun,
Then he said. Lets liouor.' So IA
ne proceedings proceeded in reRuls
order. and in fact there was nothing 1
them for some time afterward ths
could be regarded az n noteworthy d.
parturo from precedent. The cd ma
arose, as did the four others. from h
rtsir. and while he want behind N
hsr tho others ranged themselye,
n ron. OF IL. saving nothing but oil
serving the carefully vitho,
seeming to do so.
This scrutiny MAS nothin1 mora this
every other stranger in Arkansa. CT,
At tho period mentioned WAS bliRe
Undergo. thouyb he wou,d not alwa,
~ aware Of il. There were reasor
'or +, which were directly
with the financial we'll being of n
community but ~ course an outsid,
could not he expected 10 know abo,
them.
The truth WAS that the so,e resour
800. Arkansas civ for increasing 1
wealth Law IN these outsiders Tic ~
INDUSTRIES m.ution.d when n~nnsecut
by the CITIZEN. ANON, ,hemseIve. =
s,,,o, ,.,' -
rom ore n .nothcr uithou, su.e,Ii,
tie total n, their nos.ess,ons ana
that sense M. ,n6ua,r,e. uar. M
productive w,or an ortsidor arrive