The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-12
THE RETURN OF SAMB..
Kline Notices Private Secretary Arrives
from Distant Iesram.
BEARS GREETINGS 10 THE M.TSu.OH
yyiii Meet Princes of thc order at
Cotton Exchange Monday Might.
Wants All There.

splashed and splsttered on their way
down to the muddy ground to join tho
billions of merry raindrops which had
their sturdy little natures were capable
of in their efforts to make good people
swear. Inside the big electric fans churn-
ed the sluggish atmosphere and the shades
of the electric lights. which had begun
TO glow duly With the coming of the dusk,
cast weird. fantastic figures on the floor
and in the dark corners. Downstairs the
humanlike linotype machines were begin
ming to click and clash. doing their share
toward the recording Of the history of an /
other busy day as 1t was brought 10 them
through the telegraph instrument which
was hammering away industrlously in a
room only short distance away from
that OF the Sparrow. AS for the Sparrow
himself. he was seated at his desk with
lines OF care drawn all over his cherubic
face. for. be 1t known. the Sparrow was
editing the last OF bunch of SO COM
munications from as many different oldest
inhabitants OF Houston on the subject OF
tho Unprecedented rainfall. which was
twenty-three days less and nineteen
inches more or nineteen inches less and
twenty three days more, just as You
choose TO have II. than the famous damp
period of "steenty- before Fannin
creek ana McGowen~riyer had been dis
covered. even. And in the breast OF the
Sparrow there grew mighty wish that
II were in his power to swat the aforesaid
$50 Oldest inhabitants one mighty swat
so that his troubles would be over.
And then suddenly, as the sun comes
IN at MandalaY. with as little warning as
that given By a La Porte mosquito wnen
It begins is fiendish work oil preying on
hun~n aesh there appeared, dimly in the
shadow outside of uAe circle OF yellow
light from the electric bulb above The
Sparrow's desk. Person. And he Spar
row. looking up and beginning his usual
formula of Just bring that little Dlll
around on the list. old man, ana Iu'---
stopped short and sprang from his ch2ir
with a glad cry For 1t was Samb come
back again to his children Of the No-Tsu-
on.
Ola chap quoth the Sparrow, I'm glad
TO see YOU"
My boy," said Samb, as the light or
Joy spread out over that portion OF his
face not covered by his whiskers, even as
q SPOT OF ink spreads over "a new blottor,
Its mine own eyes which are rejoicei
to behold again the spires and domes OF
my much uclcyed Houston Forsooth
e,tor,,l rcrs,o 7 vat tber NV NV wound
ba ',,cro,s,d . burdradfold Allah Ia with
thee and thine
The SPARROW explained that the period
ical testa Of which tho PerdmhulaunA
Ghost was the principal feature being sthl
thing of the dim and distant future,
there was nothing doing in the line OF
iIouid refrcehn,cnts Wrberaunon Samb
sSa,,',d -, a.a,,.r Us nnl, nqriIv
corIIoT,ad ., i',n nresented With a perfe.tu
de- Coulieoyyar CROWN At ,T!,,nston ur,gnts.
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a1Iv hroaking me sil.nce which settled
any ple"n'nE ~ -u 80. th, ctasr
on,eoG. "do come win rreetlnrs and
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aYd heir ioy,1 refaIners "a The MON.
80 - tba n On do hiring a mos.
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