The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-31

How do you know I'm funk2 You say
he s. an old OueY Well, d }e suplose nS
remembers "a hundred lines OF ms lllaI .
l DO. and I'll saw en- or ON Nun li he
gives mo half a show. ID sc think ne Zee
calls one cautO of his Nirgn2 Wen, ll mas
only been three years or 80 since j oi'N9
away from all that ana / can ne a.
Virgil at him till he can rest. ANA ID
tight shy u theology. Just take me to
him, and if 7 don't win out 10 iel you
go through my trunk and take what You
want. .--
"Aly pal took me 10 the old minister
rather reluctantly, and then leIt me- o--
tcnsibly 70 attend 20 some business "".
really because he didn't want 10 ne On
hand % see me go all 60 pieces I'D t"e
old geutlemau's hands.
Did the old minister tear me apal O.
NOT much. did ne, Say, m not so ches
now as 1 used 20 oo, ana Whatever "'7
head 1 ever haQ has been swatch vt-
" me. but ] certainly ana JueO ,iAl@.o
that old clergyman. ] ldld my sen O"t.
knew I was talking for my me. Tor Ut
thar reading proposition didu Z go through
I didn't see anything ahead except .'tl-
ing patent Cgg-beaters. ] made lt sllcN.
We talked far into the night ana WAe"
l left the old man be was giving me % %
gentle pats on the shoulder lie was rear
Is one or the strongest men ever nel
4 bush-eyebrOwcd old man OF the CLOUD
with d. pair Of keen eyes ana laruit5
Tor seeing into things. lel as 1 Say
Was on my stan al right. ANA he tO.l
me- that he'd do AN in his power 20 make
The reading success. 3d.,
when J. met my manager ana tod
him about IL he had a MOQW snake dtnce
and the next morning there was an au-
nouncemeut iu the Arkadelphia morning
paper near the top OF the hlsJ c9i1Hlh
announcing that -- . tne famous
reader and entertainer, whose successiu l
efforts iu this line are well known
nf
amuse and instruct the people ol AiN-
adelDhia AT the -- church this evening
under the auspices OF the Rev. - -
and other Arkudelphia men or the ciolh.
Tho reading Went through Win D.
rush. The whole town turned our 20 tANe
10 in Both my pal aud ] were Iat broke
on that morning. and ] had hau 10 WASH
out a white string tie myself III my room
and iron 10 with a heated shoe morn ~
wear az the reading. Atter / had iedt
my first two numbers thdt night my pat
saw that the plates went around. ana
he counted the dust. The NJ ana odd
people In the church cnlpped IN d. H'l
Siq4 and no buttons and then gave me IL
hand that you could have heard 70 bloc k
away. al that. for every number. lue
clergymen and elders sat upon the plat
form and / couldn't help but thlnk I'D
myself as / stood mp there, thus hetsed
IN by piety and black clothes, say, l my
poor old pious mother could just see me
now"
I'VE did eleven other towns in central
and southwest Arkansas, but the lnlI .
teenth place we struck saw the lnlan OF
our tour. That place was Malvern. uti'e
town on the ST. Louis. Iron MounialN
and Southern railroad. We had about
81 800 between ms when We struck Mtl-
vern and maybe we both had thr DOB d
by that time that We had TOO NN %
money without getting very sWi.L tt %
FOR IN. Anyhow my pal didn't woIk up
the Malvern community very nara. No
ticed his rather unusual lack OF enriott
and / asked him about il.
" Well said he I've been trying 10
make. up my mind ever since ! got wake
this morning whether l want to neg u
on Just quart or "a masnum OF wllt.
That's a nice calculation and ntE-N z
figured if ont 10 my entire satisIttiloh
vet. But It's going 10 De one or the niAef
before the sun goes down. Ihen l i'-
ticed when / read the results this morn
ing that a horse won down M Ne"
Orleans at sd 90 1 that IA have played
II Ia have had 10 spot r1y shoes COR q
dollar. This caused me % reflect thdt ]
may be wasting my ttmc-tn1t ought
10 be on the ground where they re- rum
ming Finally We observed iu the coutr
OF the last three readings that your ~. q
Is becoming slightly impaired pro, tpiF
on account OF unnatural drought what
are YOU going 10 haveE
1T was all OFF from that moment OK
course. We SPLIT the $3.50 right there
SO there'd be no grOwl later on ana /
went and purchased some very uNthr-
illogical garments Then We had mag
nuns on the boat all the way down 90
New Orleans. Ny pal batted The books
so hard down there that he went out 90
san Francisco 10 finish out hts string
there. | preferred To remain ga Ne"
Orleans / did remain there. TWO months
after I got there l was peddling Pic
turesque Turkestan.' in III numbers. Sd
cents a number. 10 the population Of New
Orleans. and not getting rich az II. '-
Inter-Ocean.