The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-29

wash down them pancakes, sJ l took
ssim where the fre cx!inguishers are,
aud got him to t: ke tho nozzle OF the
ex,inguishcr in lis mouth. aud i
turn ID faucet. I don't thiuk he got
more than . quart Of the staff out OF
The saleratus machine down him, but
he reared right up and said ho bs
oondsms il he believed tha. wstsr
wai sver intended to drink, and he
'elt US though he should bust, aud
Just then the man who kicks the Or
gan struck up and the building shook
md Igt,ces p. thought he had bust
cd. TIE ,st fun was 'xhon we
came along to where the wax woman
is. T"ey hive got a wax woman
dressed fit TO kill. aud she looks just
as natural as IL sho could br,athe.
She had a handkerchief in her la I'D.
and as we camo along ! tod Pa there
was n lady that seemed to know lim,
Pa is on the mash himself, and he
look d ut her and smiled and said
good evening. and asked me who sue
was.
It,ld him it looked to mo liks tie
girl that sing, in the choir ut our
church, ard Pa said corse it is, and
he went right in whero she wa' and
said pretty good show. Isn't it, aud
put out his hand to shake hands
with her, but tie woman WHO tends
the stand came along aud though .
Pa was drunk and g id old geutlo.
man Isuesa You had bo.ter got out
OF here. L lis is for ladies ,n'y.'
p, sail he dida't care nothing
about her ladies' only, all no wanted
was to o,nyerse with an acquaintar ce,
and then Que Of the policemen came
along and told Pa he had better 20
down to the saloon where be belong.
ed. Pa excused himself TO the wsx
woman, and said he would sec her
later, aud told the police man il he
would come out OF the sidewalk he
would knock l-veu kinds Of s.ufling
out OF him. The policeman tod him
that wonld bs alright, aud +! led Pa
away. H. WAS Z fful mad. But it |
was the best fun when the lights
went out. You scc the e'ic'ric light
machine slipped cos, q, 'usr It's cud,
and all Of o sudden the lights wen
out and il WAS US dark as u sqnaw's
pocker. Pa wanted to know what
made i. so dark, and ! Tod him il
was not dark. llo said by dent
you fool ne. You see l thought il
would be fun to make Pi believe he
va, struck blind. 40 l told him bis
syes must be wrong. he raid do
you mean to say you can see, and l
iold him everything was as plain as
lay. and pointed out the different
ihings. aud explained them. and
walked Pa along, nd acted just as
though could ses, and p said it
lad como at 10 t. He had felt for
years as though be would sono day
cs, his cyesisht aud now 1t had
,ome md he sa;d he had laid i. all
. tba. condemn ned mineral water.
After a little they lit some OF the gas
,rrners, and Pr said he could see q
itt:e. and wanted to go home; aud
.ook him homo. When we got out
,t tbs building be began 10 see
things. and uaid his eyes were com
ing around all right. Pm is The
,asiest M an to fool l ever saw.'
Well, I should thiuk he would
Kill you.' said the groceryman.
Don't he ever catch on, and find
,ut ycu have deceived him.?
%, sometimes. Bat about nine
lines in ten con get away with him
Say don't you want to hire mo for
clelk2'
Tho grocerymau said that he had
rather have n spotted hyeps, and the
,,o,, .,o,a a nellon and want away,