The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-08
AND THAT REMINDS ~


~The popular notion about people wbb
with Sudden death having their past lives r.,
eyes in panorama is all fudge" said nror,:- 'a
ian. IL 1t isn't then ! am an exception % ~ w. 81
ia my life / have come near death once ~ ~ d
dent when was picked head over heels ~,
to a red Mississippi sand hill and the other ~.
III swimming at Galveston. and, being taken 80
TO be rescued By some oysteruen. On neithsr
think anything at an about my past if, ~
wasn't bothering me. What was principarv ~ 81
was whether ! was going to have any f,,tu,. f.s
terrestrial ball was booked for kingdom, ~
railroad accident as Z went through the air 49,
actly what I thought about. ] wondered with 4
terest where was going TO light and boo.s W.
in soft place When I was drowning -. = Z ~
was rescued Il had gone down twice, and s;s-s
much whether ! wss or mott that my resep4r, &
some good American whisky with them for -, ~
to feel chilly and wanted a drink got rhs 80.
Italian brandy, which is very inferior thing !.
whisky. But it was all right Tor me. drsnt i
Of it, and felt as Jolly as King Cole"
Il don't know whether Herbert Speneer,s ~.
about the savage traits Of boys being reversio,
Of barbaric ancestors gentleman observed Ia
tal mood but had the savage traits all ryl,
boy. and so had my brother Billy. think We x.,.,
worst boys that ever were. We used to CUT az ~.
our sisters dolls take the younger children = !.
roof for slide, shoot the cats with irnprovisea 49,
rows made Of a stick and the top Of a copse,..s 81
folded over for head, and play fishing" with - NJ
BY tying piece of corn by string and then v,,,s.
OF the poor chickens mouth when he'd swallov,a I. II
at dinner when they weren't looking, we'd pour
drank into grandpa's tea. and play all sorts of ~,
the climax Of uisdoing was the night We - 4
Johns bed Uncle john had come on a visit 10 =
days We had been charged to be on our ecss 8
Fer the first two days We were little cherubs !.
that Uncle John noticed it ard observed 70 ps,l,. n
good little boys yours are, Sister Carrie Tbev 4,
seem to be up to any mischief That resolvss q.
thought there was feeling OF contempt under ~
john had said. We'd fix him. We'd pie his bes 4
SKIPPER we stole up TO Uncle Johns room. and H..
sheets Of his bed put variety OF things, !.
soma tenpezny nails. some bramhles from the al
the works Of broken clock we had fo-nd IN Il, :.
and the entire contents Of Billys tool eAes "a
poured ir carefully and evenly distributing \ ~
quarts Of noiasses from the demijohn we had ST.
TIE pantry. We were put to bed thar night At "a
awake listening for Uncle John. We heard bin. Z 7,
one Coma1che yell when he first got in bed and q.
bounding cut IN the hall, swearing verse than i,
ErnulPhus CT Huck Firms father. lie was a prssy N
he danced IN the hall IN his night skirt with his lea ~
molssses OF course We got licking. Father Esr, q
most tremendous licking. think it was worth L Il
twenty years ago, but if I want TO make Billy las.l
tears come IN his eyes, all I've got TO say IS Billy u.
member Uncle John and the night pied ais hssF
y made one solitary appearance On the stage *
doctor remarked. and that was the beginning al "a
my Thespisn career Il was while I was studsnt "A
ton. Some Of the boys took notion that II woult II
thing to support Booth and Barrett during their sr II
town and proposed TO Mr. Barrett that II be xoul: "A
tie students would save him the necessity and epeg
ing any regular supes while in Princeton A huzs
struck ard erowd ct went on. remember 80
part Of one CT the soldiers OF Macbeth had n
coat very shaggy that sneIlsd ike it had been taxa III
sheep Of the focks of the patriarchs. Then bad IN
helmet shield and a spear. Ny shoes sh- -
and last but not least my legs were attred II VIII ~
with yeow leather c-oss-gzrters When l marched tss
the toot.ights / thought / was as hne Scottish
ever stepped. Alas I met with sad disillusia--1S
those days was very much In love with the dzusE n,
professor OF chemistry There she II the ths ~ vi
her most particular chum the daughter Of the PrsaA
Mathematics Well when my little sweetheart ssE ~,
laughed could see her pointing me out to her esz-
they beth laughed. Whenever l came On the stage 81
ogt the play, although 1t tragedy, thess N.
laughed The next night excused myself TO ny etoIS
on the ground Of feeling well and didn't 60 @ sel
long time the little daughter Of the professor a Il,
whenever I saw ner. She wouldn't tell why " a
her chum. 1t couldn't have been my legs. which h' ~
been very handsome and shapsly. Il must have ssvv
eross-garters. They made Malvolio ridiculous and
ly, had the same effect with me-" Ny