The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-11
pEsPIsED PUNs
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 T despise puns and c11undruns-l never oould see any meaning n esIhe- ot them said zn old genzlerszn who had yesterday registered his name al the Gap ftzi Ho,ei-pe1er Ez-. Boone Co., Ark q have turned onzen tunes to he pz-s vou xere taking Abca, ID ,hEs PaPc-. holding up the first number os the IsaS- HER- and haxrt fourd yer ~hz, they mean They talk about B.:c2s and Shakespezre's puns. and ] re,nen Der reading that Cesar collected Ciceos puns. bu, 1T vas surely pooE occupation fog a sensible man and agree ~l-h the philosopher Dr. Jonson- believe -ho declared ,hai Han ~ho would perpesrz.e a pun ~oeld conzs, fei- <snv. hate especially pGns upon n4nes of individuals, and in revenge per haps exery psnsger considers ny name fair game: xhy eSen children can't resls, the ternp,a-ion of playing upca IL Some tune ago. found E1ysef near the college that had parted from some thlr1y years before You xoElc scarcely Ialax s- oGi l spent fcx years q; coiicge n EaX ssssEh and yezrnco fo- sasht Q: sae old ed iiice- plAy-groancs and the gre2; osc trees; but as a ~as curIng the kong v1eztaoa- hzd iIrie hs,.x .: >stsEe- zns oi the old prufrssors-so-ae cf whom ~c-e S-lA I!y- ins-nor any ere else indeed Dn4ess Il xere ser.an,x lef. n charge Evez hcy were ost of the ~aS. be~exe.. and rl-1l-g the doors Q; the porter lodge gatAssened- I marched through. and af.er wandering about the deserted ward for ur1e- recAll- ing meno1es Q: ;he past heard the sound of vosces proceeding from tne Eaesie room
 -Ia the old ..ne had been csef-! member of the college band performing upon the base drum. and ] -2iser myself that Sr~ could perform -pon | ~.;h more Skan and ,7ger :az- 42d- made EaH way Co the <ess--esaern eeFe6 6oso-. SascA shrc~ open and discovered iog! youths piAysng czr6s-ao; Fn1slc eA-ds. as ;hea did in m. dzy-b-: ;he panied 'arsese-s
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 MT. Ii. looked zboc, hlrr ~Tth paxiec ar. for moment. and continued:
 -Tbe yocne gents appeared As much scared as iess- 5-: .; .~s. 5es-.1a-.s .Ae-i game zgain. ore hrghI blAck-eNe6. handsome iltrie felio~. declared A4; a> had forg~,cn my name. though Esas fea- tures were f1y-lh.- to s.-a j; is Gov
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 T x1s sou<-ha. szrrered .; the rsss- take. but told hiza that n splse Q; appeal
 ! --~.tA = -7sr down IT Arkz-sa~. and rly name ~As Hart
 -~sf xt.c s,wzs 8. ssr>s - sad a sAEse- icose-rnade youth n c-z-lIns ;oae, = How dye do. Cclozes: :io~ are the kids 7" No~, no5o6.. e1cep, some pcos friends. who rented Ps-7s ef my farm. ever called me Colonel 90 ] ~4s sure nc mus have knc~a ne a; home sz sse Boore-
 We ali heard yoz were broke, pa, in pAie-kaced- symPaiheslc looking youth
 T ans~ered ,ha, had happily .ea;h- cred al anzncal ssogTn>
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 For iose .: t.sze Grey
 And ,hzt zin'i ali nc continued -ev- esybs-dy x-as Sassag yo- had ict. rac cr-- ty. Don, yoa remember. ooys. ,hes- shouting around
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 T was zlrneS- angn a, the iloc--e peo- pie sere taking ~aih ny rep- -z. and indignantly declared .nat c1d aes x-o~ the lady, and would 10. seGande- my nooey upoa Mss Alice. though kn@~ nothing agzias; her. Fa--h-- than tAz:- never x1s In ary highlands n my life. ex- ccpt the Ozark hElls-
 They all seemed hlghly pleased 2, my v1adicatson- and laughed hea--2ly-the young man who kne~ me seit.ng them that could be relied o1. fpr aha. ! sad came directly from the s<lrf Indeed they werr remarkably polite.
 -The l..-le olzck-ese6 seslo~ asked me If l ds6n', have hstle glrL srazr- and p-cs- ". To winch l zas~r-ed. Ina; assless w1s nzssiei bx pa--nsAl azE-Lz.ify she =-as bezr.lf1l and ln-eIec-uz- and thai inc b1szness cf -, izfe ~as 70 calssxz.e ny childrrr both lsaySs1ally and Izsei3ec-uAl- b.-
 <A >Af% ---4-* - A~1 &-~N~ me Ihe Colonel a,~2ys icrscc slrt:-cuirr- rzI prrsusES
 II knew il cred black eyes: sand back boys the gal rny pc Colooel- educzfe her ~1-A al modern szcrose- raenss yoG nuss gre her 10 me
 T would gsse her Q oe fasn 5y -lld beasts first rcPlsca 1z1ssrznsiy-
 -OA. but that ~oald be se1y ys-rcoding. SGrefy you wcre neye- ID love
 .ls there s<sy. thai nex7er loved nor felt scf, ~ou.zns SghF 2skd the pale faced yo0th-
 Young man. burn w1-h indagnzcson- szsd as l turned to~z-d the door
 Yex y~S: 1 understand Sz2d black eyeS. .&ezyx-b1rn: I've had T.
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