The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-08-29
WOUND UP AND MUST GO.
How Mrs. Wobble Told sn Excru
ciatingIy Funny Story.

-Oh taat puts me ia mind Of 4 cuFi
eas thing heard when I was in Nes
York
Everybody becomes qaie; 10 Aesr Mrs
Wobbles story.
= she cOntinues-sNo. 't-asn't IN Nes
York. eiFher-yes, il zas-no-but i
mnss hare beeas il wss tie time
bought nv black grsAzdine. father.
turning 70 her lord and rSsser.
sIt vas IL Pkiiadelphy you boagh;
your gSanvdine, Maria
.-0h, Ia YES; where was T. OH a.
was saying. when / was in Philadelphia
4 but it does seem As thought it was il
New York-xhen | vas in Philsdelphis
in-in-strSnge | can't remember when
/ it VAS Father, what year was il We
were in Philadelphia =
Somewhat in the 5as, Maria; &c, !
believe"
Are you sure IA wss sc, father
Seem though it wasn't 20 long ago SIS
/ that Dear me sus, how time does as
However, it doesn' make any difference
when it was. Let's call il 30, though
still think il wasn't - far back :
that. Wen, as | was saving. when
we were in PHILADELPHIA it was Phil
adelphia-in lS56-can il be posi-
siblei-I heard very curious story. 1t
was about Mr. Mhatshisname-I never
could remember names, but you know
him, father. That man with the red face
and gray beard-no, 'twasn't him; the
man with the red face and gray beard
was the man We metatHulda's. Couldn't
have been him. Why, father, you ought
to remember. Twas that man who lived
down on-dear me. what IS the name OF
that street
Never mind the man name, mother;
give us the story"
''Of course its nothing 10 do with the
story; but it makes me 30 mad that /
can't remember nothing. Now there's
your sister Sarah, father; what a memo
ry that woman has, She always has the
day and date right at her tongues end,
and You once give her persons name,
and she neyer'll forget it to her diving
daF. Dus Hsess- It I5ss--- ssss all sa,t Il
patience When SO to tell anything,
can't remember the first thing.
"But the story, mothergn
's0h, yes Ii was about this man-mer-
cy sakesl why can't / think what his
name is? However, its no use. Well,
a very funny thing happened to him IN
India, believe-no it was China-oh. yes
no, it was in Italy, because it had
to do with the bandits. But |
it conldn't have been in Italy, either !
for you remember, father that it had
about tigers in it, and there
amt no tigers in Italy-le leasfwise, never
heard of any there. So il couldn't have |
been in Italy. But where was it, father! |
You ought TO remember"
Father" is unable TO throw any light |
1n the matter.
How vexatious it is, to be sure, that |
can't remember such little thing IS
that. Well, whatever il was the. thing |
am going to tell you happened. One
lay, when he was travelling alone-no,
here must have been somebody with
him. because he told me what he said 10
or other, and of course he
couldn't have said something to some
body if somebody hadA't been there TO
hear it. And yet he must have been
alone. AT, all events he was travelling
)hl | have it nowi no-l wish | could
his nnmel Sounds something
like Hickory, but Of course that wasn't
it."
Perhaps it was Shaibard,' venture
father" facetiously.
What do you want to Illustrate me
with your nonsense for, father? l de
clare you've put me all out, and can't
for the life OF me what ii was
that happened to him. But | know it
Was something awfully funny"
Father has no doubt Of il, but
Dreathes a prayer of thankfulness to
know that Maria has run down at last
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