The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-06
SARGE PLUNKErT'S LETTER.
Atlanta Contribution :

wv nc 10 over II now ana has commence
! air. "s''es IN Ia
We were reading about tho fair soon TO b
n.'u IN Atlanta. and saw a twinkle begin /
o'as N my old friends eye. and as read
en- n''e started upon his face which broadene,
u' reached from ear 20 ear, and at las
o'ohe out In GOOD of wild enthusiasm
failed. s'NNe 'sf'ie'
4 We will 80" he said
Yes" said l.
We will be one OF 'ems"
Yes" said I.
Wen get in the swirn.''
Yes" said l.
suddenly my old friend bounced nm ,ro,,
nis chair. cut the pigeon wing" oapered
around the room and punohes his wife in ,ho
short ribs and then let out at the ton or his
voice:
Had a dog-his name was zion,
Here Rather. here. here,
Rgn track as cold as iron,
here, Rather. here. here.
Dont you hear old Rather cotniu'Y
,,Here. Rather, here. herel
mere he comes-and comes N hu,nr,lr,
mere. Rather. here here
Then he jumred as bfrh a. ay.r n. ....,.
ana tried to crack his heels together tbre.
unes before hitting the floor. but he onlv
MADE 1t twice and called this pretty good FOR
an old man.
we were all glad to see these cheerful
demonstrations. He has been so gloomy since
berries failed that any change would baya
oeen hailed with delight but when we snw
big was I'm .nd ~, 'na' sou'etnihs
wan bsv. s,,,a,.,.,.,,, " "'af'
"At tho ,s,r," ..s. sa'u ne'
"A regular ola H..
and then ho "cu, 49, said ne,
espered round the room.
4
All o,r bo,,.
WI "opes went I'D iiKe skyrocket.
anu most magnificent "cnstle' was soon In
course OF erection II struck ne all n onc,
that Browns idea was n ,noa w. r,
could be no better thing inaugurgted for Ill.,,
Iair than good old-time corn Smoking ana
no better man on earth could DO fmina %
manage IL than Brown. He had a iob.-don, |
you soeg A good Job. paying Job. All we |
had TO do was to so to Atlanta. and the man. |
ayers OF the fair and tell them about II nod |
Brown would be I'm It," II ono ia ",r a., |
ne are all 'in it, This was the castle
magnificent. Brown could uear thu monav |
ingins in his pockets. and could fsel INV.
'elf facing up to the lemonade stsnds ana
'alling for drink with flourish Tho
women folks were in II, too. They hogan n
'nce to talk about which dress thoy would
wear and how they would reno, ate The old
comets These "castles" are glorious things
ven If they do tumble sometimes and very
early crush us all in their fall
AS to be expected. Brown at once thought
the lug. He says that he did not but
20 noticed that unconsciously he began sing
n.y. as he capered around the room:
7, b.a oow $40, IN.
d dress her In the finest silk.
d feed her on the best OF hay.
AZ AZ MIR I'm ner twenty itnes DAY.
Little brown iur how live ,besm
80
rb,. hroush. =, r.
ebt smar, =, a ,o-do CO. ~, -.
omen ,oIks .ccns.a urau,,, -, ,.',
Ia mind ,bo no+tor :, dr,ri' ..nh. ~,
IA man eu,ro no a,ar,.
nv 49, arroor,an. ~.
ala the ING a, tbn sh,,os,,, "a 80.
row, ., 49, ..ri,,, go, =. 49,, 80
,nsant ard wos =, a. -, ~. ,.o,,r,r ~,
lks know him. They know hov ., uaed IN
|, with him n. tho oIs. fine shucidrvs and
wv he worked tricks 10 act nero than hi.
are NJ the .tanele toot" on tbaso oc.
sions In t,,osa aars nm, nae on,i,,n.
san,n-e tho ira eyn-v ,,r,n h. to,,na .oI I
p a, .orn pro,,n ,,n,a,,s ,,n.aaa 80 ans
ore red ears ,ban spv o,her ,en r,on nns
9 wife teI,s nc NOV, ~, no 49, :, e.
IA lonc ,,na end,re !, ~, ~.
stranpa n h.r tho, trown wa. a,,,'as
NH ,,a,or, mo rae, =, 49, 1890. no.a,.'
4, s,,rtes tho, s,a ,.ea. .,.a.ot., - 80
w he found SO many red cars. Tho truth
on developed Brown carried the red ears Il
tho .h,cl,,oa Al, ,ha va. ana a, ,,,n- O
'"' shu'. -" Tue year aDu az s"'"
RS and laid them away TIL the shucilngs -.