Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-21
III VS. A euccEss
After They Fled to Escape the r..
Feathers.

AItef ihsJ Aied 20 Escape the r.,
Feathers.
tie was Of roaming disposi0a.
and always had some scheme an M
This is his recital OF his latest
1--WE were near wealth thai ain.
for | had another fellow with ma +
this scheme. II looked like a hon. =
"a for IA time about week n.
located In small town 40 n Ill,,o,'
and took adjoining offices. Tbsn
hung out sign Fat PeoDle 81
dueed, while ] displayed on nv ~.
In large sized letters 0iog,a
promise 20 those whom natnra hss
neglected ia the way Of tlosh Nohos.
knew we were partners. We hsSs
number Of circulars printed and g,
gagged small army OF small nov. 4
distribute them The populaee ~
/ informed the millennium had arri,s3
50 far as very fat and very lean ~,
7 Pile were concerned We woul9 ~.
new hesh oh old bones or wouia ~
dnee sylph-llke proportions In a,
/ one with girth measurement a..
than that % hogsheAd And IN
this was 10 10 done lnstantaneousIv.
no long weeks 81 waiting nor ~
necessity for tiresome course ~
I treatment All that was nscsssasy
was one dose % our medicine ana ~
shock from our battery.
I well. the thing took. and Ia :
week we had ali wa could 40 No.
+ here Is how we worked IT, We hsd
T adjoining Offices. as | said. asa thea
Offices we're connected by a aoor
+ The fat people entered his door. Wsrs
I treated. ana passed Out my doos
I My patients made their exit through
his room. There you have q stream
Of TAT people passing ont the sane
door Screens were 80 arranged
that they could not see each othee
WONDERFUL Ot course Il a.
and 40 Il seemed % the populaee ~
q time. But we had tootshly a.
iacte1 tor small a town nearly every.
body knew every body elae We hsd
hxed ths medicine - thAs il made
the patient sick II 8, hadn't hesa
for this | think SO would have beea
mobbcd the tirst Or second day.
As /. was, 40 took Ia goolly
pile % each. bat 10 au attempt %
strsng thon our 0lud sc made anoihss
mistake We deposited iho bl,k 81
our moAoY Ia the local baak Well
toward th1 latter part % She nesk
our hrsi victims besAa 10 get veil
and finding that gheir physlea,
proportions remarked the sams. there
began % ~ talk 81 Running Is oas
u town. II " nothing worse We
should have taken The hlal. but $50
graft had baeu q Eu0i oue ana W
hated % Leave i; until 70 va aorked
dry
Bat one night things came q =
loeut We had one lgignd ,ha
office boy. who had doas duty ior
both 81 as We bad i1uad ID unecs.
sary 20 ia<c him into our cnuGdence.
ana 30 had not betrayed C. he
came 20 our lodging hUlsr about
o'eineE on this evening. aud 81 uas
scared IT, had hoard crowd q
men missing pgr uamss Wp familiarity
with lypcbiHE "a and feathers aud
thAt sort ~ uHpiraanut ih.aEa
These threats might no. bA4r baen
carried out a9t wr dtd NOS wal, 70
sne ba1 tho issue would o. We
wrut right Away from shore Add
thc worst % il was that 81 our haFi.
earned money was in tbo hank i
may b. these set for al ! know
have never Eeac back % tHd Out
That was pretty tough. | re'
mErtra sympathitiustg q be-
paused 20 light his cigar
Yes. il was tough On us. but NOT
on iurm Tho blamed Etua worked
after all
Actually did wba, you aivor.
f.sed 2"
"Damma If Il didn't Yon SEQ one
~ those lean men had n great sense
Of humor When h. got over being
mad he began 10 scc o fanny side 70
tho thing Ilo was man Of much
influence aud soon had al tho Ioan
mon lined up With him They held
n council and concluded TO cloar
] themselves ~ calling IL joke on
the fat mon
"Woll, sir. those lean men laughed
50 much that they became fat ans
worried the fat men 90 much that
they became thin