Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26
. =. U.:.E I'-.:sS!ELN ~ PLAY.

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trlI"l~. y" man can Say he ev,.
heard an aii-cd"i.. told unless he h;t
Erar'. Proctor kn"tt tell it. \ bette
connie actor could hardly lrr found
Ills N'ic" changes. his ry,', change
hl~ "h"l" EXPRESSION chan~"s t. slii
III" ,arA l,:r character # his story
bHch,~i II, :i~al'.si an u!d ire" he keep
III" crowd IN Il continual roar fol
near y tW" hours. liz supply n"vrl
runs short Nnnu'!mcs at the china,
ui ul" uf lis ,luri,., the hraWnv nlrl
;I"ul.i i.lln W,nili roll over on tn.
! %''iiilt i'll thr!r !@ruNs ~ni~ If laugh
ter hn"tt W"uid pull hi, hat Il littl,
fUltE' over his lrit eye. yi,- Il few
| short. amllsru chucklr, ;.nl com
! ln"hc" uil ;illulh,r
"NEE don't You tell about that
Wolfe county speech "f y"urs tn,
other day asked Governor Luke
Blackburn. Nv I'll. ii WI, ~"mothin.
lIl," tins. said Knott. no; at all u.i
willingly: "lou know Ice and /
Trr" Ia >i";t!. one ni~l.t 1T Hazel
lI'k. Hi tie litti,. lluli Wa, packed.
hey W'r' iIah@In~ III the windows
;u::i ;.iptt:t ul.t' t!iirI Of ih"ln were,
''ii-l.r. Every Wo:ii.u Wiiu had Il
t',.tN brought nI.r. and every Wun!;ill
vii" 'i':ni ii;!lr on" irIs',t have !or
i'.i'rt ;':.r. /, + Hey all had en-. II ell.
.i.' led oii ~ u'.r of his speeches.
l"u all hi."u what hii.I Of Il speech
-'." !,lnck!tl;rrt can make. ir dlI all
IL" tlhr hii~ihr~~. all lh. lee cream.
;;..d cake. and left me- at the Wruii4.
TIM" tn come III with bacon ;i!u cab
ha-" | didn't know what tn say 10
III, III. 80 ! told them to think of me
IL the d"ar"r- in the I.r;uivilhr
church thought If thr orwaliet when
they pasted up over his head: "Grn
tl"'n"n IN Shooting. will please not
ann at the ur":ui>t"
"l",. SAID blackburn. when the
laugh had slh~idrI little. and he
kept telling them story after story
aild mad" IN" laugh 50 much | felt
ashamed Of myself. And the worst
part "f ii WAS ,hA, lr kept telling an
rrd"tr~. and rnlrd his speech hy say
il>, that the parting Injunction of hi,
VII" was: "l'r"rt"r. for heavens sake.
don't tell any mere IF these alirc
du,r~."
1h" -;v"ry smell that wa| waited
from the little hollow where. the caul
dInu boiled and dubbed at the foot
ul III" cid oak tree. -r.w stronger AN
stronger - til" sun approached near
TIN" meridian. Presently there WAS
hustle little below where tn" cock
Ir@ WAS gong on: Il long table was
iiN'd ny. covered with a dazzling
whIl" tThr cl'th and in Il very short
space If time was rrpaniny under
t.'' weigh! Of good things that We're
iuI un ii. Birds Of all SIC, and
cooked ia all styles; oysters raw and
oysters fried, and oyster, str Il:
tender lan.h and drlic;t" beef '"'~
rounds # bread everything W nCin
lla. iIt >cal,. which Is 80 essentially
k"niuckian. Col. John Harbmlrs
eye. saIlly ,lonr :!> he Jaw 50 many
birds and though; OF how in day,
- nr by he had tr"i hill anl dale.
-rn "n shoulder. hunting them.
ihrr WIS a keen appetite in the
breezy ar. an lnvitin" look in the
heaps Of snngly cooked brown hirl~.
III tn" game. in the bread. in the
cleanliness. and above all in the Jolly.
hearty crowd. Hut all things must
have an end. and there did at last
come Il time when those around the
beard could eat nn more
A. they We're luninginy around on
the grass Col. St"ddard Johnson
off by himself. bored Il small
hole in a very long nail on his little
finger. and taking Il long thin straw
ran 1t up tn" sd" of his hand. and
letting one end remain concealed in
has coat >lrrv" pushed the other
through the hole in his nail 81 as to
just show the straw on the inside.
1t locked for all the wurid like he had
Il splinter under his finger nail. He
ranr upt"ward> Zach Smith. of Lex
lhGtnn. wrlngInG his hands and ap
lrarlng t" he in great suilrliny
Smith. who Is Il kind hearted fellow.
ran up To offer ;>,islancr. Col. .Iohn-
sp;I. ait + Il great deal Of hesitation.
turned his hand ull,r To- Smith. Nl,
began working to get the straw ont.
t"I. j"hne"n let him pull it out
gradually. and Smith WAS all synlIa
lily. drawing his breath in sylnpa
'h"tiraliy and now and then SAYING:
to.unrl. thi, is fli"htful.' At length |
III" splinter wa, tar enough above
lli" nail to br caught iloid OF. and he
:riv" Il quick pun /" r,ld the Colonrrs
suffering. l" hi, >urprie" be- drew
'nt a splinter nearly three feet hong.
He saw the joke Immediately and
joined iii the hearty laugh Of those
around him. Louisville Commercial. |
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