Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-09
TORTURED BY I BUTTE.
Agony Experienced by a Drum,
Displacement of n S,,,.. u

Displacement of a Suppo-,s, iaS
The commercial traveIe- -. l.
bile on the edge of chair in H. :, Is,
other morning. He was hot s-s IN /
and irritable. Great beads of -4-sr -,.'sa
| stood upon his forehead, and h. -, .r<
strange oaths. sFh
He was sewing buttons on q nal, o.,
sers. ~
Il have put off this internal ion r..
to day for two months. +" heexplsfra,5' t-ec.'
first button came off down in - u
and doubled the suspender srrs-.s -
button. a week later the c.ha- - q
served in the same way, and AGAIN "a
bled up.
II didn't wear the darned THING.
until in Cincinnati week ago. rrl.zr
a girl to the theater. Twas ffy.-f nv "a
that night and thought was glir,.-tA
a huge time. We arrived lg-a a.,
house was filled with fashiouab.-=-
people. l had just handed our -.
pons to an usher and started T.z-.--- -
the aisle, knowing several sg.-e If -
were sizing up my shape, when with
and snort one of those doubled --.
tons tore from its fastening and f=rr l-.,
arm of chair in which sat ~rr-.-. -.
my acquaintance. blushed O. Gea- M
murmured an apology and kerc ID NJ.
tried my best to keep cool and .l..
concerned, but when the de.f.5,f -
trope things, no longer kept In ,-s----'
so to speak, began to SLOUGH do7vnwsr4 =.
to drag upon the floor l partially H.
down and nearly fell over nnvs-lf IN -
effort to get into the seat.
Did l enjoy the plays Does 2 Hind.
enjoy himself when he commits hs-s.E;-,
Does baby enjoy itself cutting teeth h..
a man enjoy a wrestle with a Duzz,svs :
did the Deadeye act to my wais-ba-6 F.,
dozen times, but it seemed only u asg~.
vate the trouble. was hot, dd.z,T All
ugly, and several questions put BIZ NJ u.
partner We're, fear, treated win u-c-r.
mon incivility. l know this. that sta,z
lapsed into complete silence and hasn't, -
lapsed out of it since.
No, can't say that enjoyed that -,s7
1t was two hours and a half Of t0r-urz s-f
when it was over said llttle urs7=- n
thanksgiving all to myself"
He crouched down, his back in a half -f,.
Gle, on the chair, and in the uncertain 1T.
he fingered the end of the thread and a.
tempted to string it through the rye u =.
needle. Several attempts were made. b.,
unsuccessfully.
Here" he entreated of his visitor. -
what you can do with this"
So saying. he threw himself upon rL55-
and fiat on his back, with arms st-rcc-r.
he made havoc Of the English language 4.
several minutes.
What it is to have friend be I'm.
mated. You havecome here in the Md. -.
time. You are going to sew on thai f--
ton and save an hour Of hard w14s an
worry. You are one of the bes- fellow
p
But his friend, man who could Set Il
humor of the situation without the all @:
microscope, had slipped from the r51-
without even threading the needle and Ia
gone below to invite up few brave cor
panions to view through the crack o. Il
door the comical scene within
They came-five of 'em-and crouchi-
low saw their unfortunate friend spend
solid minutes in the effort TO equip Il
needle, then run it up half an inch into
thumb, then throw trousers. buttons. th-ez
and needle out of the window and sea-c
for new pair.
''Ha, ha! Tally one on Sam
And Sam, who heard 2 scurryin- Of Il
down the hall, slammed the door and lock.
it.-Detroit Free Press.