The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-11-11
CHARGB IT 10 THB KOBOLDS
THE REAL CAUSE or ALL THE SMALL
ILLS OF HUMAN LIFE.

fnous Perplexities, I<oboIds are a. fls
Bottom Or tilt q Easisr 20 Ley n -
Them imam 20 Yohr own Fsilings.
We do not know that any one has
ever gravely claimed to have seen one.
And Jet there Is no doubt whatever
that there are such beings. Else, who
II IL that wrenches on our shirt but
TONS, mislays our keys. makes our
pen splutter, and tickles US in inac-
cessible regions Of our back when We
want to look Important n We could
catch one we should pin him down.
classify him. put him under . glass
case, and ask rude questions ~ to his
parentage and-habits.
But the kobolds have been spared
this last indignity. Il There are no
! specimsns n the Natural History
Museufn. There Ars sSms people
Who even dou b their sxibtehce. and Of
fsxthe most idicuiously cornrhonplacs
sxplanationp of thsir prAnks.. Have
ron never found, when dressing ID
he morning. ttiss evertthfnk you
don't want conspiroe 70 get into your
way, and evsfythinR you do want
persists In gstting out o. ~
-FOUR razor ibis and nptches your
chin. The soap spIashes into your eye,
pour toothbrush tnmbles Into the
water Jug and you have u dfedgS for
II. and, finally your collar-stu breaks
loose and rolls into limbo. You hunt
itwildly round and round the room,
and finally run It TO earth In the
kAfthest corner under the bed. Your
rpaha ~wyfll n.
about late hours, and refer inconse-
quently to that horrid club. But she
IL quite wrong.
II il the kobolds. And have you
never carefully put letter away in
particular place, expecting to find 1t
there when you came back? When
you did come back, have you never
found that the letter had Disappeared
Have you not gone ravening about
the house, burrowing behind book
cases, prodding corners, and over
turning furniture, while your wife
follows behind and mildly deplores
your untidy habits? Again she IL
ludicrously wrong.
IL 10 the kobolds who took that let
ter when you were not looking, and
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