Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-09

currency to Malott and that 1t would
be there at 4 40 p. m. Maiott posted
this telegram ON the bank door ana
waited developments. Some or the
business men came running over 10
nv office. was then manager OF
the Western Union and OF course
was on duty day time. The suspic-
ious business men wanted me 10
youch for the genuineness OF the teie-
gram. OF course could not give
them any information one way or
other concerning another mans teie-
gram and this made matters quite
complex. Presently Mr.. Malott sent
me word to answer their questions.
I did this Immediately and the bank
was saved.
remember how the sainted old
man by name Oft seems ike JOINS
but there is a pile Of stun over that
name 80 I can't see 1t clearly-had
$7OO In the Lebold Fisher institu-
ton that quit business and how the
old brother went to one or the OIL
cials OF the said bank and said THAT
was all me and the old woman nad
saved In our lives. You took 1t all.
when we are down to where l only
have enough to buy six-shOoter ana
n ticket to where yOu are. ] am 60
ing to come and kill you" In three
DAYS the Reflector had a little local
telling that fortunately this OLD
brother had put his deposit In the
bank I'm such way that his money
could not be rated as the ordinary
depOsitor's. He got 1t all instanter.
! remember how my friend Brady
he Is In heaven now, bless his
sainted memory-b0ught gypsum
mill over across the way south OF
Abilene IS miles and how he offered
me the job of superintendency at
lust twice the salary | was getting.
| did not resign my railroad J0D
however on what might prove to be
uncertainties. After Brady was our
mayor he never again said anything
to me of the gypsum mill position. l
worked hard to elect him. l do not
recall Just how many OF the young
hutlers were going to get that super
intendency. but their number was
considerable.
remember how Hon. J. r. Burton
could recite "Shamus O'Brien' and
how / admired him for his genteel-
ness and style. | never have seen
man who could assist women in ana
out Of carriage with just the grac-
iousness that j. Ralph had. He had
the best clothes in Kansas when
was there. One day j. Ralph un-
dertook to get me to transmit over
1.-THE wires one of his kilograms which
had profanity in it. ! refused to al
low the operators to send 1t. lie was
angry Immediately and instantly in
formed me that he would have me
fired. told him he would be In the
pen years before he could make an
operator lose his job for keeping pro-
fame messages off the wires. Burton
was ever after one OF my best
friends. He had practice of rails
ing great storm about something
connected with the Western Union
whenever his franks were about to
be exhausted. But to my dying day
I shall pleasantly remember J. Ralph
Burton as one Of the wisest and
shrewdest Of men have ever known.
/ remember that ran local tele-
graph line from my boarding house
to the home Of the Adkins girls and
I was putting in spare time teach
ing them telegraphy. This line was
just over the electric light wire in
one place. One night I went to my
room and found 1t all afire and my
telegraph instruments burned up. !
took policeman and fastened to the
other end of the line, and there we
also found the instrument burning.
My wire had fallen enough to touch
the electric light wire.
I remember one night-bleSS that