The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-29
TALES OF THREE BENIAMlNS
Stories of the "Perfesh" Told While.
Waiting for an CANCEL

Waiting tor an 't-AhSSis
An ovs~coa, edged with nuskras
,rr an nI...r adorned with ruT q!
iark rabbi: skim and a rusty ginger,
colorcd BENJAMIN bobbed " and
down in the wint7v blasts tina, swept
through West Twen-y-eighth @'ye~'.
SAYS the New York Recorder II"
contents OF each kept JiggIh- ava.
for dear life TO prevent me" "o0''
from coagulatine.
You look sort OF green ar"rn" '"'
gills," said the rat-fUr 70 the -Ln-'"
colored one, Got The grip eH
suffering like Old Harry 'E''N
dyspepsia, replied olG 'r'|.
'i1avent eaten mouthtut IN l"r
eight hours
no leg pulling interpolateI IN"
rabbit-skin, tiptoeing from one foot
to the other. '.lreckOn you haven't
any grub to eat.
"That'll do YOU now; I'm tired "'
herring about not eating. hotiN H''
torted old ginger. pausing in
pirouette to glare at the skin Of -
bounding rabbit "Whcn | saT "T~'
pepsia | mean dyspepsia, not RH'
ger"
"A1i right, all right: ma ~"
harm. ! thought YOU were Civ: -
q little ouf."
II ro,:ar ,r,,tr about my .ton,a
..Wan = ro,, are +slkjno e., ne
,.,o, Iaan $50 ron cnro
- ,.nan,+ wan, :. I've tried 'a,r 49, -
- son.. do,h. j." ,,ernar.,al .ha
.ohl,;+ toncost II rocol)ect hon
nan Bandmann had rheuma4i,.. II.
.oms5 No cnrofi il with a .a1ye oaIo
- rrsan crsass naint ami cat IA,
.,Ta1I.;nr ar,nt oraon nain- said
.ho ,Istar ..RiI,v BHrton made. him.
s11t ~ ,,,no,,,i.r with tho ..,o,
hana, ~ Va Rarr,s bonse +ha~ IN.
ataai 90 oo.ol,ino hin, who, ha 4f.,,al
.S"o,'nh rarnnira tran th,v H., ,
hn,b.I 80 ~ n .,row aras u:rl.t,
on5 ,aol,, q, tho foot Of the .aut.
aa, nror p;n nl,,nna1 r;yh. into
.hs n, r.s l,ronl,ad doaf ,onb
s 'nst h,;ud Tho, narr;eJ hin, ", ~
snu s U.nu roa,n ,ni WON the drr+cr
o oa1 he fonrd R;Il's ]ees all notified
s;.h .roaurhI,s sn,o+cbsa
"A.a Va. 49, sns. 6oc.o~ cor1d rrsko
~. :. ~ 49,. for f,row
n nvsua; h.t hofor. tho second on.
pana p;I, .avo ~ his senses and
s sHs ~ sawnor.z Nv exnfaininr
49, w. ha uas una,la r. nrocnre =
na;u ~ ooIorad +iah,s 70 NAV snrita
r. bs MT ~ nair of fesbinos and
a1;nna5 -, - +he nain, frame had the
an nfeI 1a~ ~ . ao.t 49, two ~ siza and
oo,ou u.h;ah 49, oozad tbroroh and
enameled his legs"
That reminds me-" remarked the
rabbit skin ruff, "of a green apple
pie and John F. Owens. You both
remember what petulent old bird
he was. One night in Ellslers house
he bit into pie in the dinner scene
in The Cricket on the Hearth piece.
and spat out the first mouthtul. The
curtain hadn't hit the stage before
Owens was yelling for props. When
props appeared he let fly the re-
mainder of the pie and roared.
What dbl kind of pie was that"
'M-m-mince pie" stammered the al
frighted props. .Mince, Mince, you
dodgasted idiot, don't You know by
this time that III eat nothing but
apple pie in this scene?"
That's just like him, said tho
ginger-tirted coat, always as hot as
pepper. But talking of hot tenn
pered men, how was Frank Chan
frau?"
"He was a cuckoo" answered the
rabbit-skin.
..Cbarfrau w.s onoe .ebeors;,o
Kit, in CINCINNATI and things dido'.
90 pat enough in the barroom scene
| to suit him. The companv didn't ay
II.