The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
TOLD at THE LARS CLUB
The Tradistszs oE That Hona-abIs Ausu
Ciztisa Overturned.

The Trad3stsEs OF That HoRsrabls Asso-
Ciztisa Overturned.
The Liars club had asseInbled sc the
usual place. 4 small room N Lyric hall.
chosen for reasons so obvious that e1>
PLANTATION Is not Necessary. The gas
stove had besn toushcd OF, the cigars
lighted, ard taedOor locked 70 keep cut
any vagrane Conscientious scruple thst
might come pOking around 10 disturb
any member Of tEecIub.
The medal. the reward OF him whs
should tel she biggest vssoppsr, to b
worn until the preceding biggest whop-
per had been ouEwboPped, reposed upon
the breast Of the colonel. where T. bad
giCtsred for the unprec~8eutedIy long
period of six months Il was a hand
some medal. made ef slld eighteen kar-
ats fine. bearing uPoH the one side an
idealized head II profile Of ADaniaS. and
on its diverse this exalted sentiEneus
'Hendacity IS the daughter Of iaven-
ton"
The colonel was proud of his proves
in the science 10 which the club was de-
voted. From his early youth he hSd re-
garded good Re as rather 20 be chosen
than great riches. Tins evening the col
onel pulled upon his cigar with sn air OF
supreme self sstixfsction- He.hAd Just
finished telling the most nlsEnifcent lie
OF has llfe, which was. in brief. that 10
had once told the truth Il was a short
lie, but ne felt satisfied with It. Never
thelesS, symptoms al disappointment
were manifested by his fellow members
They liked g good Geas uluch as ele colo
mel did. bus they had. ore ard sn. a no
ton that q lie told At theexpeuse OF ones
self respect should cot b, told.
THAT NAV do, coloDCl" put IN tho
major. ''among ordinary liars. but with
us it doesn't 90. We all admit that il
hasn't \ grain Of truth n it, hut YOU
weaken yoHr position among men OF our
standing hen You tell u lie Of that sort.
Any man who VIII admit that he once
told the truth violates one OF the first
principles of orr assocIatlon- However,
!, for one. don't believe in rubbing il in.
Nou'w held on TO the rnssAal for six
months most nO6iy, ard n view Of your
past record for pure. unadultcrated falsi-
ticatiOn, 1t is my sertinelt that the-club
should overlook this evenings faux pas.
The man who attempts to hold that httls
ba,ls-e Of honor " hicl, Won. wear for-rrarr
than six months has hitteneR u.ar,, than
he can chs-vT-like the hllI heard oS
last week that sus bowed n witch when
he was a c-tIf-
seVVbat buil was it, said tie eo,onel
..Whv. nv butcher wac telling N.
about IL Iis father once owned .. Ettt,
red bull calf that Swallowed tin, hired
mans vest with his watch, and a silver
dollar IN tit yEss Ter, veaDz ar.,. lat
week the. bull was EiF,,d. ana IN cuttiar
bir, mn tb,.v fop,d the money apd-U.atrb
in the v,.s. r,1urket intact"
"A fair sterv that. b,rs. r,othlns-~iIdl,
iunrehabIs about IL ssid III. colonel
..If tine bull lad inereasea tho u.oney.a a,
the rate oF g rer e-rrt. Taer- e.rruurn. and
had been found viii, a dollar and sirtv
cents IN his stomach AZ the eDd af ten
Years We p7jrfrs think sDnethSpe- Of IL"
well % said the rea ior- re,zsiss- lis-Atlv
over this astonishing rrit,e,zu, s.tbat's
ALI ri1hs- tu1s there vEas ous thfnr re-
rosrlxahLe about the ~,at-h. II WA r-oiDg
and hadn't lost a secuncfss- time IN ten
years