The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

The mumnlies scowIed at each other
for awhile. but, as the exhtlarant IN the
revivifier began to get IN ITS work theS
grinned genially- like two ouins VINO
had got five dollars apiece for thelr
votes. The professor continued to Jot
down notes in his big blank-book
Slick ChicD trick whispered one
You (hicD bet!'' was the reply.
They shook hands.
Great thicD heads! said one.
'fEnOr {hic)mOuS, agreed the Otner.
They embraced with SO much enthusl-
asm that they rolled off from the table
Gentlemen Gentlemen expOSIulated
Prof. Addle. THAT is no way for respec-
table mummies=''
Shut (hic) up!' cried one of the num-
And stay Chic) shut added the other.
What do you mean2' roared the sclen-
tifc educator. I'm master of this mousse;
and viii allow no common, tWo-legged
Don't give me Qaic) none of your lips'
cried one of the gentlemen from Thepes-
Il won't stand it! That's the kind OF
mummy i am
Me Chicl too.''
4 don't care If you are old Pharoah
Before he could complete the sentence
the two mummies fell upon the astounded
Addle. smote him hip and thigh, ana
thrusting him into one OF the empty
they began to behave in way that
showed that their bringing up had been
Of poor qnallty or tat s lsyer IN life
They drank up all that remained OF the
LIQUOR reViVifipr. and smashed the bottles
They threw the electric apparatus o 9 q
the window, and wrapped IN the embrace
q eacn oe4fr, tneg ne tails IF tbe7r
shrouds pop in the air They ripped Prof
stroyed his great work on .Ihe .Ainer rlesaL
Tapeworm, Its Uses and Abuses Iney
stood his horoscoptleoh on les nssa III
smashed his pumpa phone, ana ground al
of the obituary poetry out OF MS epltaph-
igraph. 49,. a,o,4is+
looked as if a cyclone had called and left
its card, the mummies fell to quarrellng-
They accused each other OF taxing an In IN
fair advantage Of a fellow mummy. FROM
this they came to blows They ciinched
and the thumps of the Egyption heads
On the floor were as regular almost as the
strokes of the rail-splitter maui. Apous
all of the contents OF the room tnal ht5d
escaped their playfulness was oYerSet IN
their wrath. When the police broke IN
they We're confronted by par OF num-
mics so snarled up together that 1t was
with difficulty that they could be IN
When hey were sobered up sufficiently
to talk at the police court. next morning.
who had been arrested while trying to
pawn a couple of secondhand MUM
fsThem's the fel1ers that put me up to
it." declared the tramp.
The paint was now off the faces OF the
two animated mummies, and Addle was
astonished to recognize in them young
Hamilton Jay and young LeRoy sucker
'"That's them!" repeated the tramp.
lar to fasten him in the box in the place
Of a mummy, after he had daubed his
face SOS he wouldn't be known, hadn' t
moren hid the first till this. other chap
come along an gave me dollar TO pant
him. an fasten him in the place OF the
othep mummy. Then, as there wa Mt no
place for the dead mum - les, took en-
over to HaggleschneitZel' pawn shop Jest
to get EN- in out of the wet
What did you mean, you young seoun-
drels'' roared Prof Addle. by that idiotic
Il wanted to get into the house to
plead my cause to your daughter CON
/ feSSed Young Hamilton Jay
Me tOo' said Leroy Suckerby.
ssXVell' returned Addle. starting of m y
/ daughter will be married tomorrow to
/ Prof. DryasduSt, the author OF Catalogue
/ Tendencies in Catfish.
Two promising young men looked sadIy
after a large headed scientist VINO was
/ stridirig rapidly away with a munm1neo
| Copt under each arm