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| to fool his birdlets a little.
THE next day the drummer asked
the parrot, Well, what happened last
night?' and the parrot said, There was
| just peach OF a storm. 1t rained and
thundered for further orders. and the
ing
We'll, the drummer knew that was
| shine, and he concluded the parrot
was big liar from the beginning; so
he wrung his neck and threw him into
the alley. But he found out after
ward from the nedghbors that the par
rot was all right l don't propose to
have you skin me that way" the king
said.
But the grand vizier wasn't side
tracked by that. Mt. He said, "Oh.
we'll. a parrot isn't much, and l don't
believe that gu.V wore crepe very long
for his. But supposing this mark Du-
gan is all right, what's killing a doc
tor? You're king; you oughtn't to
take any chances. Anyway, this Is on
the level. II you find me crooked, you
can dish it up to me like a king |
used to know out in Kansas did to his
grand vizier."
What did the kansas main skate
do?" the king asked
We'll, this king turned the young
prince over to the grand vizier and
told the G. V. to stay with the kid all
the time and keep bunls off of him,
and SO forth; and the G. V. promised
to do 1t. But one day when the prince
was hunting, the G. V. squatted down
in shady place and let him go lose
himself. And while the prince was
bumming up and down the woods yell
ing for the main skate he bumped into
good looking dame who was doing
cry. The girl said she was the
daughter Of an Indian king.
'Chickasaw, Choctaw or Sioux" the
prince said. Sioux the dame said, and
then she told him she'd been taking a
horseback ride and had gone to sleep
and fallen of, and the horse had
moved on, and it was long ways
home. Well, his princelets took her up
and when they reached an old broken
down house she got off and went in
side, and he heard her say. Come,
kids, be happy. I've nice young guy
for your dinner-a fat one;' and then
a lot Of kids said, 'Goody, mamma
Then it struck his royal nobs that
the dame was no Pocahontas at ALL
but one Of these ogresses, and he rolled
his hoop out OF there quick; and when
he got home he told the Kansas king
about the G. VS. letting him get lost,
and the chances he'd been taking with
the ogress So the king had the main
skate hunted up and smothered right
off.
Now, what | want to say is tnat I'm.
this game for you closer thal
that. This mark Dugan's medicine
may strike in next week, and then it'll
be all off with you"
Well, that Greek king was shy on
sense. naturally; most kings are, e1-
SCVt lAOoc III lilc uSCh, 4uU uc
said: We'll, / guess you're right |
don't need Dugan any longer, anyway,
and it'll be just as we'll to kill him"
So he sent for Dugan. and when Dugan
walked up to the desk, he said, ''Reu-
ben, DO you know why l hit the bell
for you?"
Nit" said Dugan.
well, Dugan. sent for you to take
your life," the king said.
Duean was paralyzed, and he yelled.
What for! What did | do?"
WELL" the king said, Il got it on
good authority" land that was grand
stand bluff, because that grand vizier |
was the biggest liar on earth) that
you came here to get me, and I've con-
GUIDED to stop you right now"
Then the king said to the squeeze
EAo worked the chopper, hit him
with the axe"
Dugan made great talk then to get
away. Cur taI Creek king was stub
born a. a mule. He kept saying. init.
nit. can't have you around any