The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, January 21, 1897, Image 6

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GRANDMA
When grandma puts ker glasses on
And looks at me just so
If I bad done a naughty thing
Shes sure somehow to know
How is it she can always tell
So very very very well
She says to me Yes little one
Tis written in your eye
And if I look the other way
And turn and seem to try
To hunt for something on the floor
Shes sure to know it all the more
If I should put the glasses on
And look in grandmas eyes
Do you suppose that I should be
So very very wise
Now what if I should find it true
That grandma bad been naughty too
But ah what am I thinking of
To dream that grandma could
Be anything in all her life
But sweet and kind and good
Id better -try myself to be
So goodthat when she looks at me
With eyes so loving all the day
Ill never want to turn away
MOLLIES DOUBLE
If a man ever loved a woman faith
fully and with all bis heart I loved
Molly Toppington just as truly It
had only been a matter of a couple of
months since she bad promised Avith
the sweetest and most becoming of
blushes to be mine for good and all
and I was the happiest beggar on earth
until one day I received orders from
the bead of the firm with which I was
connected to go to New York and at
tend to some business there which
would keep me away from Boston for
three weeks Tbree long miserable
weeks without Molly The thought
was unendurable but it bad to be en
sured nevertheless For although I
was getting along very well in my
chosen profession that of architecture
my fortunes were largely dependent
upon the well known firm which em
ployed me and naturally I was com
pelled to do their bidding So I broke
the news as gently as possible to Molly
comforting her as best I could witb the
assurance that tbree weeks were not
so long after all and that some day
there would be no separation at all for
us Dear little girl she was almost
heart broken but she bad a brave spir
it and sbe smiled at me so lovingly and
sweetly through the tears which glisten
ed in her dark eyes that I felt almost
E ill
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SOTTUXTED MYSELF TOGETHER WITH A
JERK
tempted to throw my position over and
stay b y her However I concluded
that such a course would be extremely
foolish if not altogether unfair to Mol
ly whose future was concerned as well
as my own and accordingly I summon
ed up all my courage for our parting
Mollie sweetest I said I wish so
yery much we could go together but
we cant can we
No Dick but you will write to me
wont you every day
Yes darling twice a day
Good by sweetheart
Good by Dick dear
And so we parted And her image
haunted me all through my journey
and seemed to speak to me all the next
day although I was busy every minute
of it with plans and estimates and cal-
culations When the days work was
over it was worse than ever and I
started to walk down Broadway the
bluest loneliest and most pitiable ob
ject on earth when by one of those
strange dispensations of Providence I
ran plump into Harvey Gaskell my
old chum at Harvard
Well he cried of all the long
faced God-forsaken-looking individu
als you are the worst Have you lost
your last friend or what other catas
trophe has overtaken you
1 felt somewhat ashamed of the
cause of my down heartedness being
discovered So I looked up with a
forced smile and tried to answer him
lightly I remembered suddenly that
I had neglected to write to Harvey to
tell him of my engagement and he
probably knew nothing of it I would
wait therefore until a more suitable
occasion to announce it to him as I felt
sure he would rally me on my remorse
ful state
Im all right I answered Cant a
man pull a long face for his own amuse
ment without his friends making re
marks
You cant pull any more to night
anyway said Harvey Im going to
take you home with me and you shall
meet the jolliest little girl in New York
You wall like her I am sure She is
just your sort
I looked at Harvey suspiciously and
questioningly I knew he had no sis
ters and lived alone with his widowed
mother
Oh no he laughed in answer to my
look Youre wrong there Not this
time old chap She is just a little consin
we have only just discovered and
mother Is very fond of her That is all
I havent been affected yet and J guess
will not be
What could I do I didnt care a
traw to meet the jolliest little girl in
New York There was only one Jol
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liest little girl for me and she was in
Boston But if I refused Harvey would
bo offended and when he found out
that I was engaged he would think me
a love sick chump Besides what was
the harm Mollie herself the dear un
selfish creature would be only too glad
to have me pass my evening in pleas
ant company I could not have her
and there was no use making myself
more miserable than I need be So I
determined to go home with Harvey
ltvanted to have a long talk with him
over college days and as for the jolli
est little girl in New York why she
could take care of herself
After a brief talk we arrived at Har
veys home a cosy little house in East
Fifteenth street and I waited in the
drawing room while Harvey went in
search of bis mother She same in al
most immediately a handsome white
haired woman whom I remembered
very well from college days I used to
be quitea favorite of hers and she wel
comed me very warmly
Yes Mollie is home she said in an
swer to a question of Harveys She
will be down presently
Mollie I started at the name but re
covered myself immediately It was
not such a very uncommon name but
it was a little singular that Harveys
cousin should be a Mollie too We
chatted together all three of us for a
few minutes and then there was a
rustle of skirts in the hall and Har
veys little cousin stood in the door
way
For a moment I thought my brain
had been suddenly affected Harvey
arose from his chair but I kept my
seat and clinched my hands in the ef
fort to regain my senses Standing
there In Harvey Gaskells drawing
rom door the jolliest little girl in
New York was Mollie my Mollie
Toppington or else my eyes deceived
me It takes a long time to tell it but
a hundred thoughts passed through my
mind in the instant sbe was standing
there Then the truth or what seemed
to be the truth flashed across me that
it was simply a wonderful resem
blance intensified by my love for Mol
lie and that the wish was fathor of
the thought So I pulled myself togeth
er with a jerk and managed to ex
change the usual commonplace of an
introduction But I could not take my
eyes off her for an instant and I finally
detected Harvey looking at me in a
most amused manner
It has often occurred to me as strange
that among so many million people
there should not be some who are more
alike as to features and form It
would seem to be the merest chance
that nature does not create more du
plicates than she does for after all we
must all have the same features the
indispensable nose eyes mouth and
so on and the mere fact of one nose
being Roman or retrousse and a pair of
eyesbeing blue or brown and a mouth
being large small ugly or pretty
these things are mere accidents and I
have often wondered that people
should differ as much as they do I
was not prepared however to find an
example of my theory in the person of
a duplicate to Mollie Toppington for
surely she and this other Mollie who
was introduced to me as Miss Forsythe
were duplicates
I could scarcely eat a mouthful of
dinner for watching her across the
table She had Mollies brown hair pre
cisely and it was done up just as Mol
lie does hers even down to the little
escaping ringlet that fell over her tiny
ears Her eyes were dark and had the
same soulful expression as Mollies
and her mouth had that same inde
scribable droop and fullness to it which
made me want to kiss it until I sudden
ly remembered that she was not Mollie
my Mollie
When she spoke too her voice was
Mollies voice She seemed to have the
same tastes and opinions the same
little mannerisms Her dress a simple
thing of some light blue material was
precisely like a gown I had seen Mollie
wear half a dozen times It was terri
bly bewildering I did not know what
to make of it all and I answered when
spoken to quite at random I detected
Harvey and his mother glancing at
each other in an amused way They
must have thought me terribly and sud
denly smitten with Mollie Forsythe
Once or twice I was tempted to explain
I MADE LOVE FAST AND FUKIOUS
my state of mind and ask them for a
solution of the mystery but I refrained
from doing so because I thought It
would sound foolish Probably the re
semblance would not be nearly so won
derful to anyone other than myself
After dinner we went into the drawing-room
and Miss Forsythe went to
the piano to play Even here the won
ders were not to cease As soon as she
touched the keys I thought how much
her touch resembled Mollies Mollie
Toppington and when she began the
first few bars of a serenade a dreamy
thing that was my Mollies favorite
I gave the whole mystery up as a bad
job and then and there a very strange
thing happened I blush to relate It
even now but I went over to the piano
to turn her music for and in the Intoxi
cation of her presence I forgot the very
existence of Mollie Toppington of Bos
ton while I made love fast and rarlous
to Mollie Forsythe of New York
Sbe seemed a little surprised first
when I spoke to her in ones of un
doubted admiration throwing all the
meaning I could into my common
places But on the whole she took it
very well and in the brief time during
which she was playing over a lot of
tender melodies and I was whispering
sweet nothings into her ear we became
to all intents and purposes lovers And
it was not until with a start I remem
bered that it must be growing late and
took my leave not until I had emerg
ed into the street that I thought of
Mollie Toppington of Boston and of
what a miserable creature I had been
to her The very thought of my con
duct filled me with the deepest shame
and I actually blushed at my own du
plicity How could I ever look Mollie
my Mollie in the face again For now
I had left Mollie Forsythe I knew that
I only loved Mollie Toppington and I
longed to see her and speak to her as
only a true lover maj What a
I TUJJXED AND FLED
ble specimen of a true lover I was My
brain reeled with perplexity Yet
surely the situation bad extenuating
circumstances Although for a time
I bad completely forgotten Mollie Top
pington and made love to Mollie For
sythe I should never have given her
a second thought had she not so won
derfully resembled my Mollie In fact
to all intents and purposes she was my
Mollie I honestly do not believe I
could have told them apart I do not
expect people to believe this statement
but it is true nevertheless I could only
partly justify my conduct by assuring
myself that I had been under the delu
sion that it was rearlly Mollie Topping
ton but I felt in my heart of hearts
that such an explanation Avould hardly
be satisfactory to Mollie herself and
besides there was Mollie Forsythe to
be considered I have always hated
male flirts even when they were free
and had the right to indulge and it
would have been putting it very mildly
to have called my conversation with
Mollie Forsythe a flirtation I thought
of everything even suicide for I felt
that I had proven myself unworthy of
Mollie Toppington but I didnt do any
thing quite so rash
Instead 1 determined to forget Mollie
Forsythe and that evening at the Gas
kells as completely as if it had never
been and by rigorous self denial and
self sacrifice for her sake to atone to
Mollie for the deviation from faithful
ness to her of which I hoped she would
never know Comforted somewhat by
these high resolves I sought my hotel
and was soon lost in dreams of Mollie
Toppington of Boston the only Mollie
I ever really loved
I wrote to Mollie the first thing the
next morning as cheerful a letter as I
could under the circumstances for I
knew the dear girl missed me terribly
and I would have given a good deal for
a sight of her Then I started out to
attend to my business When evening
came I was bluer and lonelier than
ever Oh for five minutes talk with
my Mollie Was ever a lover so un
happily placed I walked aimlessly
up Fifth avenue hoping to find some di
version in watching the throng of peo
ple the fashionable hurrying home to
dinner and the working people return
ing from their day of labor Suddenly
my heart gave a great thump and I
rushed forward to meet my Mollie
then I remembered that it was not my
Mollie but Mollie Forsythe of New
York She seemed very glad to see
me though and in an instant the same
shameful thing had happened again
I had forgotten Mollie Toppington of
Boston in the presence of Mollie For
sythe Oh the pity of it
In a few short minutes I had spoken
words which I would have given half
of my life to recall As we walked
slowly toward the Gaskells I tqld Mol
lie Forsythe that I loved her that it
was a case of love at first sight and
that I could not live without her that
she must promise to be mine some day
to try to learn to care for me then if
she could not now When a fellow
makes love for the second time he
learns how to go about it and I dont
think I said a word to Mollie Forsythe
that did not carry weight But never
one word did I say of Mollie Topping
ton of Boston We parted at the Gas
kells door or rather just within it For
Mollie Forsythe had promised and I
had gathered her into my arms and
pressed a kiss upon her warm red
Hps
That night I went to Boston by the
late train meaning to see Mollie Top
pington confess my duplicity and re
lease her I meant to do the same with
Mollie Forsythe for I felt I was un
worthy of either of them But the
nearer I got to Boston the stronger my
love for Mollie Toppington became
and the more indistinct the memory of
Mollie Forsythe I saw Mollie Topping
ton the next morning and the dear girl
was so glad to see me that I completely
forgot Miss Forsythe I determined to
write her a letter explaining the
strange case ask her forgiveness and
never see her again
But my business In New York had to
be completed and I thought after all it
would be better ani manlier to see
Mollie Forsythe ask her
ness in person So I said good by again
to my Mollie and went back to New
York
To make a lonsr storv short when l
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saw Mollie Forsythe I reverted to my
unfaithfulness once more and so I wasl
for nearly a year I was compelled to
be in New York about half my time on
business and when I was there I loved
Mollie Forsythe When I was in
ton I loved Mollie Toppington Was
ever a man so situated Was there
ever such a case of how happy could I
be with either I was perfectly happy
with either Mollie when away from
them I was consumed with remorse
Neither knew nor dreamed of the exist
ence of the other and the strain of
keeping this knowledge from them to
gether with the consciousness of my
own guilt was killing me by inches 1
grew pale and thin Couldnt eat or
i sleep It was dreadful
To cap the climax Mollie Forsythe
of New York announced to me one day
that she was going to Boston to visit
her aunt who lived there Of course I
could not raise any objection Instead
I had to appear delighted This I
thought would bring forth the inevita
ble climax to the past ten months of
deception and intrigue The time had
come I thought to get myself out of
the way and once more my mind re
verted to suicide But suicide is cow
ardly and as I had sinned so must I
face the consequences I thought and
I determined to see the affair out
It was several days after the arrival
of Mollie Forsythe in Boston I bad
managed to see her and Mollie Top
pington both often enough to avoid
suspicion on the part of either of them
so far but I did not know how long I
could manage it Mollie Forsythe and
I were taking a walk and had wander
ed out into Cambridge Suddenly I
felt as if every drop of blood bad left
my body My knees smote and I al
most fainted There straight ahead of
us and coming toward us rapidly with
her light graceful step wn
Mollie
Toppington There was no turning
back no escape from any quarter The
crisis had arrived
I looked at Mollie Forsythe She was
smiling a happy conscious smile Sud
denly she caught sight of Mollie Top
pington and her face became a study
Mollie Toppington was so engrossed
with Mollie Forsythes resemblance to
herself that she did not even recognize
me at first Nearer and nearer the two
women approached each other while I
I looked on with about the same de
gree of morbid interest which a help
less traveler might feel in viewing a
quarrel of two wild beasts for the priv
ilege of eating him My strength had
failed me and I stood rooted to the
ground
The two Mollies came nearer to each
other In another moment they would
meet A curious smile came over both
their faces The seconds seemed years
to me Suddenly my truant strength
came back I did not think There was
no time to think But acting on the
prompting of instinct I turned and
fled actually ran as hard as my legs
would carry me
The next five years of my life I spent
in Japan
The Church of the Nativity
We return in time to see the proces
sion of bishops priests and people
that is forming in the square in front
of the church Each is dressed in his
most gorgeous robes Turkish soldiers
line both sides of the street to keep the
way open for the procession to pass
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has
just arrived The procession of priests
carrying banners and immense can
dles meets him then turns and all
go into the Latin chapel through the
main entrance Following we are sur
prised to find the main entrance so
small It can admit but one at a
time and that one must stoop to enter
From the masonry it can be seen that
the entrance was once much larger
The reason for the change was that the
Mohammedans at one time did all in
their power to injure and annoy the
Christians and even used to ride on
horseback into the very church The
dGor therefore was made small to
protect the church from this sacrilege
Once inside we see we are in a very
ancient structure Part of the mason
ry dates from the time of Constantine
who built a magnificent basilica on this
site about the year 330 of our era All
we can see of the oldest work however
probably dates from not later than
Justinians time about 550 A D In
any case the church is a venerable
building and it has witnessed some
stirring scenes In it Baldwin the Cru
sader was crownea king of Jerusalem
It has been repaired a number of times
and once when it needed a new roof
King Edward IV of England gave
the lead to make one This was about
the year 14S2 The lead roof did good
service for about two hundred years
and might have lasted much longer
had not the Mohammedans melted it
up to make bullets However another
roof was soon provided
Inside the building consists of a
nave and double aisles The aisles are
separated by two rows of columns
made of red limestone These columns
have plain bases and are surmounted
by Corinthian capitals They are nine
teen feet high and at the top of each a
cross is engraved The church is now
owned by the Latin Greek and Ar
menian Christians St Nicholas
Too Inquisitive
The young woman with the auburn
hair who had come after the marriage
license looked at the probate clerk in
indignant surprise
Want to know my age she sar
castically repeated My age Why
say young feller you must think youre
a Li Hung Changarang dont you
It requires more sense to remain
lent than to talk
ry rrrnresszaaageEaegassfttaa
KUBLAI KHANS PALACE
aiarco Polos Description of the
Famous Buildintr of the Kincr
You must know that for three months
of the year to wit December January
and February the Great Kaan resides
in the capital city of Cathay which is
called Cambaluc and which is at the
northeastern extremity of tin country
In that city stands his great palace
and now I will tell you what it is like
It is enclosed all around by a great
wall forming a squar each side of
which is a mile in lengtn that is to say
the whole compass thore jf ss i miles
It is also very thick and a good ten
paces in height whitewashed and loop
holed all round At each angle of the
wall there Is a very fine aud rich palace
in which the war harness of the Emper
or is kept such as bows and quivers
saddles and bridles and bowstrings
and everything needful for an army
Also midway between every two of
these Corner Palaces there is another
of the like so that taking he whole
compass of the enclosure you find eight
vast palaces stored with the Great
Kings harness of war And you must
understand that each palace is assigned
to only one kind of article thus one is
stored with bows a second with sad
dles a third with bridles and so on in
succession right round
The great Avail has five gates on its
southern face the middle one being the
great gate which is never opened on
any occasion except when the Great
Kaan himself goes forth or enters
Close on either side of this great gate is
a smaller one by which all other people
pass and then towards each angle is
another great gate also open to people
in general so that on that side there
are five gates in all
Inside of this wall there is a second
enclosing a space that is somewhat
greater in length than in breadth Tliis
enclosure also has eight palaces corre
sponding to those of the outer wall and
stored like them with the Kings har
ness of war This wall also has five
gates on the southern face correspond
ing to those in the outer wall and bath
one gate on each side of the other faces
as the outer wall hath also In the mid
dle of the second enclosure is the Kings
Great Palace and I will tell you what
it is like
You must know that it is the greatest
palace that ever was Toward ti
north it is in contact with the otiter
wall while toward the south there is a
vacant space which the barofls and the
soldiers are constants traversing The
palace itself hath no upper story but
is all on the ground floor only the base
ment is raised some teipalms about the
surrounding soil and this elevation is
retained by a wall o marble raised to
the level of the pavement two paces in
width and projecting beyond the base
of the palace so as to form a knd of
terrace walk by which people can pass
round the building and which is ex
posed to view while on the outer edge
of the Avail there is a very fine pillared
balustrade and up to this the people are
allowed to come The roof is very lofty
and the walls of the palace are all cov
ered Arith gold and silver They are
also adorned with representations of
dragons sculptured and gilt beasts and
birds knights and idols and sundry
other subjects And on the ceiling too
you see nothing but gold and siher and
painting On each of the four sides
there is a great marble staircase lead
ing to the top of the marble wall and
forming the approach to the palace
The hall of the palace is so large that
it could easily dine 6000 people and it
is quite a marvel to see how many
rooms there are besides The building
is altogether so vast so rich and so
beautiful that no man on earth could
design anything superior to it The out
side of the roof also is all colored with
vermilion and yellow and green and
blue and other hues which are fixed
with a A arnish so fine and exquisite that
they shine like crystal and lend a re
splendent lustre to the palace as seen
for a great way round The roof is
made too with such strength and solid
ity that it is fit to last forever
On the interior side of the palace are
large buildings Avlth halls and cham
bers where the Emperors private prop
erty is placed such as his treasures of
gold silver gems pearls and gold plate
and in which reside the ladies of the
court St Nicholas
The Spirit of Accommodation
There are few greater necessities of
social life than that spirit of accommo
dation Avhich is realized in mutual
compromises
Two persons may think independent
ly on many subjects they may have
different hopes fears and desires their
tastes and inclinations may lead in op
posite directions their judgments may
form contrary conclusions and as long
as they are alone they are free to cher
ish and develop them as they please
But directly they come together into
more or less intimate companionship
they find the necessity of making mu
tual concessions both in speech and
conduct
If there is to be any peace any good
will any happy intercourse any suc
cessful action together each one must
give up something that he likes sacri
fice some cherished plan postpone some
pleasure yield some interest of his
own
The closer the relation between them
the more imperative is the need for
this reciprocal surrender
No friendship can long subsist with
out it no marriage can offer any hope
of happiness where it does not exist
All concerted action is dependent upon
it
Giants in Those Days
Among the many queer stories related
In the old Jewish Talmud is one con
cerning the action taken by the great
race of giants at the time of the deluge
According to Rabbi Eliezer when the
flood broke upon the earth the giants
exclalmsd If all of the waters of the
eartk be gathered together they will
only rach to our waists and Jf tlify
fountains of the great deep be broken
up Ave AA ill stamp them doAAn again
The same Avriter Avho was one of the
compilers of the Talmud says that they
actually tried to do this when the flood
came Eliezer says rhat Og their lead
er planted his foot upon the fountain
of the deep and with his hands closed
the AvindOAA s of heaven Then accord
ing to this same queer story God made
the waters hot and boiled the flesh from
the bones of the haughty giants
The Targuni of Palestine also says
that the waters of the flood Avere hot
and that the skin of the rhinoceros lays
in folds because be Avas not allowed to
enter the ark but saAcd himself by
hooking his horn under the sides of the
vessel and floating Avith it But the
water which was directed under and
at the sides of the ark was not hot the
rhinoceros loosened his skin SAAiin
ming from a mountain peak to the side
of the A essel One account says that
Og and another giant named Land also
saved themselves by taking refuge in
the cool water under the edge of the
arks hull along AAitb the rhinoceros
One rabbinac authority quoted by
Gould in his Patriarchs and Prophets
says that Og saved himself by climbing
upon the top of the ark and that AA hen1
Noah discovered and tried to dislodge
him he SAvore to be a slave to Noahs
family forever if alloAved to remain
St Louis Republic
Bundle Not What It Appeared
A young colored woman Avith two big
bundles boarded an Illinois Central
train at Randolph street last Wednes
day She took one of the seats- that
look forAA ard deposited her bundles in
the seat opposite and waited for the
train to start
One of the bundles AAas Avrapped in
heaAT broAvn paper and the other in a
mans coat buttoned around the parcel
and fastened at the collar and skirts
AA ith pins It Avas evident to the few
passengers that both bundles contained
soiled clothes
When the train stopped at Jackson
street enough passengers got on to fill
the car Among them Avas another
colored woman Avho sat near the door
The Avoman AA ith the bundles lifpul
her broAn pper parcel sisoouic under
the fit in front and offered the place
t a man with a red necktie
At Park row more passengers got on
and some got off Among the lattc
Avas the AAroinan sitting next to the col
ored AA oinan near the door The owner
of the bundles went down the aisle to
her and began chatting Her parcels
she left Avhere they Avere
At Sixteenth street more passengers
got on Some of them had to stand up
One a man Avith narrow shoulders
picked the colored womans bundle off
the seat and deposited it on the floor
After sitting down Avith the assistance
of the passenger opposite he shoved it
underneath the seat where the other
bundle was There they rested all the
way to Woodlawn
As the train began to slow up thetwo
colored Avomen arose The owner of
the bundles hurried up the aisle Nef
ther of her bundles was in sight and
four men sat where lately herself and
her parcels bad been Anxiety on her
face changed to terror
My baby she gashed What have
you gone and done Avith my baby
Baby the thin man said There
aint any baby here
But the woman had caught sight of
the bundles under the seat Sure enough
when the old coat Avas unbuttoned there
Avas a black faced infant inside sound
asleep Chicago Tribune
The Artist Was Preoccupied
Charles G Bush the cartoonist who
made his name worth a royal salary in
newspaperdom through his drawings
in the New York Telegram and Herald
is the victim of a recent story which he
cannot honestly deny
The other night he AAas chatting with
his wife and suddenly announced con
trary to custom that he AAas going to
bed early as he needed rest
You just run along he said and
let me draw the outlines of a cartoon
I have in my head I can finish it in
the morning
There had been several ugly attempts
at robbery In the part of Staten Island
where Bush has his house and as he
was rapidly drawing the outlines he
heard a slight noise in the hall which
assured him that burglars had broken
In Seizing a gun loaded and ready for
just such an emergency Bush swung
open the door and aiming his weapon
at random in the dark was about to
pull the trigger when a womans scream
stopped hm
Cowering at the foot of the stairs
was the cook who Avas earnestly en
gaged in begging Bush not to shoot
and for the love of heaven to turn his
gun the other way
What do you mean by prowling
around in the dark he demanded
Sure and I was but coming down to
cook breakfast was the reply
Bush looked at his cartoon and find
ing that he had not only drawn the out
lines but completed the cartoon like
any other genius he failed to grasp the
situation and went to bed grumbling
about servants who had to spend the
whole night in preparing breakfast
An Early Bird
Uncle Dick aint I see you votin
twice yistiddy
Befo brakfas er atter brakfas
Hit wuz dinner time
No suh dats my time f er restin up
Yous up de wrong tree dis time All
my votins done fo de sun gits hot
Atlanta Constitution
A Corker
McSwatters Hear yon have great
snipe shooting out near your place
McSwitters Yes Why I shot two
yesterday that were as large as New
Jersey mosquitoes New York World
The output of coal from thetnlnes of
India yearly Is nearly 3000Q0 tons
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