Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-06
The Good Thing Who Ran the
Boarding House For Lumnaries
BY GEORGE ABE.
Copyright, 1902 BY Robert Howard 7usseII.

worth of Saleratus.
How do you know he is Genius?"
asked the Plain Husband, who was
becoming Leery of her Finds. Il
He told me So" she replied. land
he has consented to Dine here"
THAT will be sweet Billiards" said
the Plain Husband. when come
home at Night all tuckered there Is
nothing cheers me more than TO listen
to an incipient Author with a is Collar
on a IA 1-2 Neck" -
But this one is a Remarkable Char
acter," said Azalea. He is so Erratic
that every one is talking about him.
He has worn the same Hat for nine
years and sometimes he sits for
Hour at a time without speaking to
any one. He has made a great Rep for
himself by throwing down People who
are trying to be kind to him. His IA
vorite Speciality is making Cracks
about those who Entertain him.
have no doubt that he will go away
and say the most Sarcastic Things
about US. but then you must expect
that from a Genius"
'Tn bet that he won't say any worse
things about us than say about him"
said the Plain Husband. What time
does the Genius arrive?'
gu llcNCL NdAA NCAAs NoS NA~ ~NF-se
"He is so Great that he scorns to keep
his Appointments, but il he comes at
all, IT will be somewhere between five
and nine"
IT will go and stock up the Side
Board" said the Plain Husband.
The Genius arrived at $3.50 and said
all he wanted for Dinner was four
Bowls of Soup and an Orange. Azalea
thought he was charmingly Eccentric.
1t would be wrong to tell what the
Plain Husband thought.
Azalea had a way Of uncovering Lady
Reformers who were above the Frip-
peries of Dress. Every week or so the
Plain Husband would arrive at the
House to find everything upset in
Honor of some longitudinal Empress in
the World of Thought who .glared at
him through Steel Specs and wofe-hsr.
Wens in the most unexpected Places.
ANY time that the Plain Husband
bumped against a Proposition of this
kind, he folded up like a Pocket Cam
era. When il came time to Carve he
would be so Nervous that every Slice
looked as If IL had been put through
FIuting Machine.
This went on for Years. He used 10
tell on the Outside, when he was in his
CUPS. that he was conducting first
class Boarding House Tor freaks. AKA
lea put ii differently. She said that she
had entertained more Whales than any
other Woman along the Street.
But the Dorsal Vertebrae >ot the
long-suffering Camel may be weighted
TO the Point of Fracture and there
came a Day when the Plain Husband
rig up. He invited a few Friends TO
Dinner and then notified Azalea- S1e
scanned the List and then threw a.
couple of Throes. h*-
Nobody ever heard of these folks
she said.
That is why it will be such blanca
Relief to have them around, said the
plain Husband. Il long for the siGht
of those that Comb it in the, Ordinary
Way and talk about something besides
Themselves. have got good and tirea
of looking at Genius through Smoked
Glasses. Before / die / shold IKE 70
attend Just one Dinner Party at wnicn
the Host would cut little ice. And
tomorrow this Sign goes up at the
Front Portal: No Tramps. Beggars'
Peddlers or Geniuses need apply. -
MORAL: It gives one a Crick IN the
Neck to look up all the Time.
GEORGE ABE.