Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-27

war lately the victim OF as rank piece
OF that sort of mild insanity as evel
Happened"
The soft, large dark eyes of tn,
speaker twinkled merrily. lie wa'
blacktearded. well dressed. fat an,
powerful His shadow weighed moth
ing hut represented 25Q pounds Of sub
stance As all the incidents occurred
to him his capacious lungs exploded IL
n laugh loud. long and thunderous. Ev
cry pound of him seemed to have {
separate sense of humor and power I,
express Il; and his whole big BODY
shook and rocked In harmony. So fun
ny and infectious was II that we al
laughed. just like flock of gees,
when the tough old gander has giver
the signal. Who can resist the laugh
Of fat man? Williams, the melan
choly. who rarely laughs without a pos
tive reason, and then only in a short
sad. graveyard kind of way. deemed
his dignity compromised at being TAX.
en- uLawares, and felt II incumbent up
en- him to demand an explanation. To
this the mammoth unwound himself as
follows:
You know my business: I'm in the
dry goods line. Commercial traveller is
the euphemistic title the young ones
give It; drummer, the irreverent term
us. For my part don't care what
they call me so long as | get the or.
ders. Headquarters are in Toronto.
and as our New Brunswick man was
sick. | was sent over to that part of
the country. new to me, to keep his
csutUmers in line until he was well
enough TO come back again to his own
field. arrived in Chatham on a nasty
wet night The only other occupant
ni the bus, as We drove to the hotel,
was Ted.haired young man, English
unmistakably stamped all over him.
He tod me that he. too, was a drum.
IGer representing a Montreal hard
ware house, ! think. He likewise in.
formed me that his name was Harold
Thompkins, and like a good neighbor,
proffered a flask. which | thanked him
for and sampled.
This Is blawsted queer country,
said he: I've been out ere six months
and ] don't understand II yet. very
curious people. The last time ! was
down his way awsked the guard of
the train, conductor you call him ere;
| awsked him what was the best hotel
in Chatham. He told me The Royal
Family was as good as any. So
thought to myself hotel with that
name must be the proper thing, and
went to the Royal Family, where We
are going tonight. Before | goes tc
bed ! leaves my boots outside the dooi
OF my room. over ONE, you know, yot
do that and the next morning they are
polished: Now, when ! opens my dool
In the morning finds my boots In th'
same position and Just as dirty as th'
night before. IL was shamefui'
went right of to the proprietor, who
was German you know; and say
to him
Nov what is the meaning OF this
] leaves my boots outside my door ant
] finds them this morning In the same
condition.
BY Jove, what do you suppose M
answers
Il thought over four or hve thou
sand philosophic remarks a German
hotel.keeper might have said unde
such circumstances, but gave II up I'm
ally. as hadn't been there to hear
BY Jove, he says to me, why yo'
put dem oudt? De room, Is II not larg'
enough"
Now, what do you think OF that
1t was hinsult. SIR gross hinsui'
They're all alike; they're lot OF say
ages out ere
Il noticed my friend had forgottel
to put the stopper back In the fiasl
when he replaced IL In MS pocke'
therefore put MN uo"h Us apsen'
mlnue0.