Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-29
A KISD.HEARTgD DRuGGIsr.
MARK TWAIN TELLS A GOOD sToR,
AEJCT lin.


haLQuet Of the National Whslesal.
Druggists Association at It's receD
meeting in Washington, and in T.
turn for his dinner related the fol
lowing story:
"About a thousand years ago, a..
proximstely, ! was apprenticed as
printers devil to learn the trade, is
common with three other boy abou
nv own age. There came 10 III.
village ,ong-leggei indivi .ual o.
about 10 from one II the in.erio.
c0unti,s; fsh-eyei. no expression
and without the suggestion Of Z
smile-cou,dn't have smiled for .
salary.
ave took him 20. a fool ant
thought We would Try t. ssarr him
10 death. We went To Ill. yillsr,
druggist and borrowed q skeleton
The skeleton didn't ll;long 90 In,
druggist. but he had imported IL ;pi
the village doctor, because tne doe.
tor thought lac wouli send eway fci
it, having scme dvlicacy aLos4.
using Laughter
"rhe Price OF tie skeleton at that
time was $50. 1 don't know how
high they 20 now, but probably
higher, on account Of TIE tsr Il
Laughter. We borrowed the sk.l-
ton about . o'clock last night, and
We got this msu-Nicodemu
Dodge was his name-we got him
down town cut of the way, and
then We put the skeleton in his bed.
He lived in a little ole-sioried log
cabin in the middle Of a vacan;
lot.
awe left him to get home by him
self. We enjoyed the result in ia,
light Of anticipation, out by and ty
We began to drop into silence. The
possible consequences were fey ing
upon US. Suppose that il sigitens
him into madness, owe; turns his
reason and sends him schreeching
through the streets. We shall SPEND
sleepless nights the rest of our days
Everybody was afraid. BY anu
by Il wss forced to the lips Of one OF
US that We had better 90 at once
and see what had happened.
Loaded down with crime We AZ
preached that hut and Npeepei
through the win low. The long
legged critter was sitting ON his bed
with hunk of ginger bread in his
hand, ard between the bites he
played tune on q jewsliarp.
"fhere he sat perfectly happy,
and all around him on the bed We're
toys and Jim cracks and striped
candy. Tie darned cuss, had gone
and sold that skeleton for IS.
tLaughter The druggists $50
skeleton was gone. We went in
tears to the druggist and explained
the matter. We couldn't have
raised that $50 10 $50 years.
"We were getting bari and
clothing for the first year, clothing
and board for the second year, anu
both of them for the third year.
But the druggist forgave US on
the spot, but he said he would Ike
US to let him have our skeletons
when we were done with them.
aThere couldn't he anything
fairer than that. We spotted our |
skeletons and went away coInfori-
able. But from that time The drug
gist's prosperity ceased. That was |
one of the most unfortuna.esDecuia-
lions he ever went into. After
some years one Of the boys went |
and got drowned. That was one
skeleton gone, and I tell you the
druggist felt pretty badly aboutit.
GA few years alter another Of the
boys went up In q balloon. He wss
70 get s. an hour for it. When he
yets back they will be owing him
81 ,OO0, 900. The druggists property
was decreasing right along. After
/ few more years the third boy tried
IN experiment to zee II a dynamite
.harge would 20. It went all right.
"They found some Of him, per-
,aps . vest pocketful. sun II wss
.nough to show that some more OF
hat estate had gone. The druggist
vas getting along in years. and he
10 correspond with me.
have been the best correspondent
le has. He Is the sweetest natured
nan l ever saw-always mild and
'olite and never wants to hurry me
1 all.
81 get . letter from him every
Iow and then and he never refers 10
~ form - . skeleton; says: well,
ow II It getting alony-is II In good
epair?' got 1ight-rate message
rom him recently-and he was get
ng old and the property was de-
reciasfnR In value, and IL could
4 him have . part Of It now he
'ould give time ON the balance.
Laughter.
think Of the graceful way in
hitch he doee everything-tbe gen.
roesty Of Il ali. You cannot find
neE character than that. 1t IL the
1cious characteristic Of all drug
|sts. 80. out Of my heart, I wish
Du al pyuepeFity and every happi- |
ess.seRh0Bs0ceutic1f Era.