Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-04-21
IT Was THE CAT-TAlLS.
RY EVA NJ. DE JARNETTE.

Reed mace" lide dictionary.
Girls, do you know what they say? In youl
zeal for gathering and decorating with them,
have yoI ever thought to bend down youI
ear and listen to their whispers?
In the dim ages of antiquity King Midas
was punished for ll-ta te in music by hav-
ing asses ears clapped on his head.
At his w.fes suggestion the king started
the fashion Of bangs, frizzes, ear-locks
and such, and he ore a great bag-topped
crown to conceal his deformity.
But no man is a hero to his valet aud
the barber ineW all about it. Weary of the
burden Of the terrible secret, be dug hoie
i'll solitary place, and whispered into it,
Our Muster has asses ears
Cat-tails slrang up, and TO this day, when
agitated by the wind they mischievously
repeat the taic mHliciously varying the
message to make = personal affair of it.
"8ur rulers have asses carsn they mar
-"assCs ears
They whisper i'll Greek, and if Dick and
Tom, fresh from college, cmrOt make il
out, it is because they are Just humbugs,
and don't know ANYTHING about the Ian
cuaGe.
Moreover, IIomcg gays, tine giant Tyrhus
gave more trouble 10 the gods than all the
vest put together. He was like a cork; push
him under in one spot and Re would pop
up in another. It was a difficult thing "Ior
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ut last Jupiter "plauted' him alive in the
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ARA ID Of :; pl}, ANA he inst SIX .eet
two in his stocking feet" No won Ter he
looked sneaking and mean: and when
Kate followed lin. as ia. as TIE horse-
blocks, still arguing the question. he gave
three perfectly hypoclitlral reasons for not
GoinG to tho station TO meet Dolu ! er
doubly deaG schooluu:e and bosom friend,
Dora.
Falsely he ayerrci Sock Of dldappera
or wild turkeys Kate could not make out
what he said, he mumbled 80, to lie seat
tered and IN waiting fer him TO Kill in
Carries Wood In testimony of which lie
pro0Gced "yelper." and yelped till Kate
put her fingers to her cars, for all the COB
hiels III u'e y"fu, ah&riiy al,s"etlhT' cane
slru''ll,g up VIZ 'u.r urh Aeau'
s"tIieG w ~ req tl'n n'2 rs acme '"'i".oeS'
;. bi2E' YOU are IH't 'oo III cry mean 10
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Nue. IL 20 ~ HllAu'e' put We EoI 70
MeIt man.
llGSh' D!ck' on are "!AhS STORES
botn Is SO pretty 'oo' signs NH'e'
Inc W"shef"o'l"n mas al my coAHrS'
ard
Il wonder you are NOT afraid vou'n end
like 1nauias and SnpUhira. Oh, | do wisE
wasn't afraid to drive Flint myself" And
two bright little tears rolled down hel