The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-25

take up their days work. From that time
until they put up their books and shut M
their offices do more work than any two
words in this book; and even after businss IS
hours l am worked until people 'lock up'
their houses and go up to bed and cover
themselves up and shut up their eyes for
the night IL would take a week to tell
what have to put up with in a day. and
am good deal worked up over it,"
81 agree that both Up and OF are very
much overworked,n said the word Stated,
but think ! myself deserve a little sym
pathy. l am doing not only my own legiti-
mate work, but also that which ought to be
done by my friend Said. Nobody says
anything nowadays; he always states IL.
YES" Clipped in the funny little word
Pun; these are very stately times"
Some of the words laughed at this, but
Humor said: Pun is a simpleton.n
mo-" answered Wit; she is fellow of
duplicates"
"He makes me tired" said Slang.
Then the discussion was resumed.
II do a great deal of needless work" said
the word But. people say they have no
doubt but that it will rain, and that they
shouldn't wonder but what it would snow,
until don't know but shall strike"
"What l have most to complain about, "
said the word As. sis that am forced to
associate so much with the word Equally
Only yesterday a man said he could see
| equally as well as another man. don't
see what business Equally had in that SEN
tence."
"Well," retorted Equally, ''men every
day say that something is equally as good
as something else. and don't see what
| business As has in that sentence"
| Il think" said Propriety, 'you two
should bedivorced by mutual consent"
There was a fluttering sound and a
| clamor of voices.
"We too ought to be granted divorce. "
| was the substance of what they said, and
among the voices recognized those of the
following named couples: Cover Over,
Enter In, From Thence, Go Fetch, Have
| Got, Latter End, Continue On, Converse
Together, New Beginner, Return Back,
Rise Up, Sink Down. They Both, Try And,
More Perfect, Seldom Ever, Almost Never.
Feel Badly, United Together, Two First,
An One, Over Again, Repeat Again, and
many others.
When quietude had been restored, the
| word Rest said: "You words all talk of
being overworked, as if that were the worst
l tell you it is much worse to be cut out of
| your own work. Now, look at me. Here
| am ready and willing to perform my in
in the speech Of the day, but almost every
body passes by me and employs my awk-
ward friend Balance. 1t is the common
est thing IN the world to hear people say
they will pay the balance of a debt or will
sleep the balance of the night"
| II suffer considerably from this same
kind of neglect" said the word Deem
Nobody ever deems a thing beautiful
any more; it is always considered beauti-
| full, when in fact it is not considered at all y
"True," said Irritate, land people talk Of
being aggravated when they ought in
stead to give me work"
"And me-" said Purpose. ''look at me.
81 get hardly anything to do because peo-
| when no idea of proposition is involved.
Why, l read the other day of a man who
had proposed to murder another when
really he had never said word about it to
living being. OF course he only purposed
to commit the murder"
SIT is my turn" said the word Among.
~ should like to protest against Mr.. Be-
tween doing my work. The idea of peo-
pie saying man divided On orange be
tween his three children. It humiliates
! me-"
ut is no worse" said the word Fewer,
''than to have people say there were less
men in one army than in another"
! "No," added More Than, land no worse
than to have them say there were over
| 100000 men"
1T seems to me-" said the word Likely,
THAT nobody has more reason for com
| plant than l have. Ny friend Liable is
doing nearly all my work. They say a man
is liable o.be sick. or liable to be out of
town, when the question of liability does
not enter the matter at all.
"You're no worse off than 1 am" said
the little word So; ''that fellow Such is do
| ing all my work. People say there never
was such glorious country as this, when,
of course, they mean there never was $50
crln try ole
saw that there was likely to be no end
to this discussion, since half the words in
the dictionary were making efforts to put
in their complaints, so l returned to my
couch; and will leave it to any person
who has read this account to say whether l
had not already heard enough to make me
or anybody else sleepy.