The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-09-19

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gettin' rather sick NV SOUP" replied
uncle Bill, but havin' them seven teeth
out brought me good luck, cause haint
mad eny toothache since an | feel like
a iour-time winner jest startin' in the
game. NV, but what a change it makes
In the view NV life, havin' a few aches
an pains. A week ago I couldn't see
enythlng more in life that was desir-
able an now everything is tinted like
a rainbow. I've had my measure took
fur a mouth full NV teeth, an I'll be
eaten corn beef an cabbage agin purity
soon. but | told the dentist not ter put
10 teeth on a plate, cause | didn't want
no bad luck with EN-"
you are not superstitious, I hope
said the editor.
NO, ha1nt superstitious, an l don't
want enything in my mouth ter make
me so. When a Teller is all free from
superstition he wants ter stear clear
NV oodoo an SIGH like, else he NAV
breed a lot NV it. Now if | had a set NV
teeth made an they happened ter have
10 teeth on 1t, yer can see where I'd
gu on at in a month or two" said
uncle Bill. IF number 13 is lingerin'
Dout eny place an enything happens
inherent than we would like, it gifts
planned fur it, an if there is no num-
Der IL round no matter what happens
we never think NV chargin' it ter bad
luck"
i never could see," said the editor,
'WhV thp nnm hor 1 Q cho,11 -
up as being an unlucky number. for
everything in the history of our conn
Try goes to show it to be connected with.
good luck every time: for examnle tbis
nation started with 10 states and"
ter do it," interrupted Uncle RiI DO
yer see there's a chance fur the suner.
sutton ter git on. Cause fur every vic
tory the United States has ever bad
win IL connected with it some one has
had ter lose an there's the chance f,r
49," VII ''ouhI NV
Il see that you are inclined RI be ,
niue superstltlous, said the editor. as
ne picked up a little book which was
lying upon his desk and had for a title
The Unlucky Thirteen"
I've heern tell an read so much
bout it lately that I've been Investigate
In 1t ar I'm free ter confess that when
a Teller is lookin' fur bad luck an the
number 13 is hangin' round it's a
mighty good thing ter lay it to. Now
take FUR example there's Seth Wiggers.
when he subscribed fur his telephone
he stipulated that the number must be
IL an he got it. The reason he wanted
1t, he said, was because old Glory had
IL stripes an our coin has 10 stars en-
circling the head NV Liberty an 10 ar
rows grasped in one foot NV the eagle
an a branch NV IS leaves in the other
q motto Nv IS letters in in its beak an
a hull lot Nv other stuff what he'd been
readin' out Nv a book, till he finally
got ter thinkin' that 10 was a good luck
omen" said Uncle Bill, as he warmed
up to the subject.
He certainly had a good example to
follow for old Glory and our coin stand
pretty high in this world" remarked
the editor in a manner which carried
conviction with it.
"Oh, | hain't sayin' nothin' agin the
example, that's all right, but I'm talk
in bout Seth now. He got his number
13 telephone, as l said before, an the
day he put it in his best horse died: NV
course the horse would Nv died eny-
way; an then when he got his new
barn all raised the wind blew it over.
while the gang what raised it was eat
in supper. The next day while he was
drivin' ter town ter order some more
lumber, his colts run away with him
an broke his buggy all ter smash, an
so it kept on till finally it struck his
poultry an I'll be gosh swishelled if he
could set a hen on Is eggs but what
she'd leave her nest. An finally the
lightnin' struck his telephone an come
durn near burning his house down, an
then the Wilder Baxter come over an
offered sympathy an Seth's wife got
jealous an come near leavin' NV i'm.
Then Cy Prewet said Seth, mebby that
number 13 that yer've got on yer tele-
phone is what's raisin' hob with yer.
So Seth pitched it out doors onto the
wood pile where at last it was a blessir'
ter him."
I'm what way was it a b~lessing?'
asked the editor, who had pied a column
of type while conversing about the
number 10.
why" said Uncle Bill, at keeps hol-
lerin' hello an every tramp in the coun-
try what passes by stops in thinkin'
some one is calm Nv i'm, but as soon
as they catch sight NV the number 10
they all mosey right along ontil finally
the tramps are all %boycottin' his place,
so he won't be bothered with them eny
in the future. A tramp hates number
Is worse'n the devil hates a deacon an
that's gittin' it down ter a purity durn
bitter hatred"
Yes" said the editor, "but don't you
believe that all this would have han
pened to Seth If no number 10 had been
on his telephone"
"Uv course, | do" said Uncle Bill.
AN 'spose President Roosevelt would
NV had his accident if it had been the
14th day Nv his trip instead NV the 18th,
but it all happened on the 18th Jest the
same, an don't believe that bein' the
18th day NV his trip had enything ter