The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-16


IN ny pocket. which cepp apyropri-
afed.
But that was a tribe 20 ny other
mlfforiunea; Cops body walked on
with ny head 10 the plper-weight and
pounce-box department. while ! vas
iefi Win Cops brains on my shout
fers. and military career before me.
Tor which had neither The muscle
nor the iac''n1tion.
The day after Joined TIE army.
some one whom Copp'a head had IN
suited foro time ego called on me and
kicked my body.
II yon ny gentle reader. are a.
mniiie-heaieA m ne rest N The world.
you may fni Il difficult 20 follow the
course % This true narrative n Is
generally suppoled that the head con-
trolls the body That T. a mistake.
copp's head would have had Ia 0wn
way. n bad not lnterfered was
not going 10 have my body put 10 more
Inconvenience than I could help. As
u was. bis head got me into quite trou-
bic enough.
Ny head ms1nwhlle. was doing al
u could 10 help Cops carcass 10 get
on IN the World. You have no idea
what exercrably bad handwriting
Cops body had. whereas mine had
always been a perfect picture. 70 regu-
lar. 10 round. 80 neatly finished on
With dotted ~ and crossed Is. and all
the commas whore they ough, 70 be.
But. after al. 70 matiered little. Be
fore copp's head got tackled on 70 my
body. my head end body combined bad
lid TIE 'ou iaiion OF fortune which
that mlfcrcant's unworthy carcass was
desilntd 70 enjoy. 40 sooner had
Cops body usurped my oflce-chalr
than a deputatlon waited upon Il from
the great grand duchess and bestowed
upon Il a vacant seat IN a higher de-
/ partment Of the civil service.
From that time forward honora were
literally heased upon my head. and
copp's body got all the benefit OF
them.
Cops body was Toasted and feted
u rolled l. luxurious carriages. u
l0lled In vOluptuous ease. while my
body was marching with the troops.
badly clothed worse led and half the
time without any boots: FOR that ter
rlble struggle between our duchy and
the duchy mex, door. which is now a
page Of history. was then commencing.
What had my body got 10 DO with
such matters. ! should like 10 know
W hand. which had hitherto but
welded n pen. had now a musket
thrust into a.. and everybody hut my
fe.i was much surprised 10 End what
a bad shot I was.
! Ny regiment marched onward.
hung heh'ud The general called after
.ne. and came limplng up.
Cops head had always had rather
q bad name Tor drink and dahauchery
but these iallings had been excused be-
caure be- was a good soldier. You car
Imagine what a rage Cops head val
In when ! missed the target. bunglet
over my sword practice. and e,er
marched ont % step.
II prcFently came 10 a pitched batti'
between Cops head and my body
wholly dlFapnroyed OF Cops head
moral principles One thing ! object
Cd 20 was that Il would keep drinking
Ny body was not accustomed 10 stronl
liquor and % made % 900.
Cops head also wanted 10 carr,
on with the other Sex wou'ln'
stand o. Copp's head wlnked 90 Oh
other sex said 90 shouldn't Il per
sisted I said 70 81 ala 70 again. Il
revenge I would shave Of 60 mus
tachlot. ], dld % again. and ! clutch
90 % ly the nose and ahavci them on
IA have cut DIE head on altogeihe
icr two pins.
To spite my body. Cops head r.
j fused food and clenched rs teeth n
diuner-iime ] was determined thei
II % wouldn't swallow anything on m
account. % should not DO 30 on lts owl
so upset an the wine and beer
asked FOR This style 81 quarrelnl
though. grew presently to be rath'
ridiculous. and we made 8, up again.
hut very soon Cops head began =,
ing on worse than ever. His leerinl
No the opposite sex have already a
y ludcd 10. and this. with certain forwar
p persons Of the sex aforesaid. more iha
y once got me into q good deal 81 troJ
n BE
That. however. 10 which mo-
strongly objected. was hls s,ur
y language he took TO calling h
: brother officers thieves and liars. an
Y some Of them didn't like Il.
= As expected they would. one
!. them az last challenged me to fish
= Cops head chose swords ard the o.
!, suit was that Cops heads aniagoni
I, ran me through my body.
" write this upon my death bed. I O
!, "a resigned as can be with the role
~ ton that my body Will suffer the "a
i, ments which. without that fool Of
~ doctors error. wcald have been =
- served Tor the body Of Copp.
=, One thing consoles me In my dyli
n aRoules- Cops head Is aching droa
y. fully.
But I cannot die in peace when
,s reflect that my body will bo burr
ne under the impression that Il belong
r 10 Comp, and that the ggayeatone "
n, bear Cops hated name.
y" Wanted to Get CiviHbed.
!, 4 number OF strange looking spe