San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-20
"sAY BLANK" SAID GLEASON.
Then Miss Jones Read . Missive Which
Was All Blanks But Signature.

"SAY BLANK" SAID GLEASON.
Then Miss Jones Read . Missive which
Was All Blanks But Signature.
When Mayor Gleason, of Long Island |
City, entered his Office in the city hall |
the other morning he found a large
mail awaiting his consideration. The
mayor had been away assisting TO NOM
mate the gold national democratic
ticket in Indianapolis, and business had
been accommodating during his absence.
After signing number of official docu-
ments and giving interviews to sew
eral of his constituents he turned his ut
tention to the pile of letters lying on his
desk. The first envelope picked up
was q square one. The mayor took up
the letter and smiled as he read:
"Hum," he unused. wants to teach
in the schools"
The next made. the mayor frown at
first. The frown was followed by a
smile that extended into a hearty '.Ha
hal"
That's a good one," said his honor.
''Wants to shoot me, does he? Well, l
have been down for shooting ever since
entered Long Island City public life,
and 1 am here yet"
"Read that to me, Miss JONES'" said
the mayor, turning to the young lady
typewriter.
Miss Jones took the letter, and, after
CHANGING over its two pages of scrawl,
laid it on the desk.
"Why don't you read it ?" inquired the
mayor.
81 can't" replied Miss Jones.
"You can read writing, can't you?"
he asked.
Certainly"
"Well, then, why can't you read that
letter."
Because" answered the typewriter,
"there are words there l do not under
stand"
The mayor took up the letter and read
it himself. He hesitated several times
while perusipg the pages, and, after fin
ishing it, said to the typewriter:
There are some hard words there 1
don't understand myself" Then he
turned and winked at his private secre-
tary.
Taking up a postal card, the mayor
handed it to Miss Jones, saying that
there could not be any hard" words on
a postal card or the postal authorities
would not deliver it. Miss Jones read
the card to herself first and laughed
while doing SO.
"Read it, if it is funny" said the
mayor.
Miss Jones read the card. It said:
"Oh, you big robber! You and your
robber gang are not fit to be in the city
hall. You robber! You robber! ]
would like to punch your head just once
for the poor people. You robberl you
raised the city assessment from $4,000
to S45,000. You are arobber and know
it. Oh, oh, oh, how would like to give
you just one punch!"
While Miss Jones was reading the
card everybody laughed but the mayor
When she had finished, he said:
81 wish the writer had signed his
name. would send him my Office hours
for being punched"
The mayor saw a big square envelope
among the others, and, selecting it
handed it to Miss Jones to read. She
took the letter out of the envelope, and
after glancing at the first line, said to
the mayor:
'Shall read it, mayor"
eyes; go ahead" said the mayor.
"My dear"
"Hold on there!" calculated the
mayor; "don't read that one" and be
reached out and took the letter away
from Miss Jones. Then the mayor tool
up another letter, and, before handing
ft to Miss Jones glanced at the opening
line. The typewriter took one glance
"Why don't you read it?" asked the
mayor.
cts full of hard words,'" replied
Miss Jones, blushing.
swell, when you come to hard WORD
say blank" said the mayor.
Miss Jones picked up the letter and
started to read:
"P. J. Gleason-You blank, blank
blank, blank, blank, blank, blank"
"Hold on" broke in the mayor; sis
IL all blanks ?'
eyes, SIR" replied Miss Jones, "all but
the signature"
whats that?"
"0nce a friend, now an enemy"
eff the change is agreeable to him, il
suits me-" said the mayor.
Then he thanked the typewriter, and
said that he would read the other let
ters himself.-N. Y. Herald.
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