The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-29

might, for that" says she; ego on
"All right" says he; ''now you keep
tab. Here comes another car" and
he handed her piece of paper and a
pencil. The car soon passed and il
was an odd-numbered one. Mark
that down." says he; THAT is one
against you That's right" says
she; "but 1 am sure the next will be
an even number" To make a long
story short at the end of the twelve
cars had passed and been counted
and they were all odd-numbered cars
. Inc young man laughed and said;
Twelve coming to me-" She looked
serious and said: "Uh-hu." He
started for the corner to board the
next car down town, and she saw that
he was laughing. That laugh caused
her to be suspicious, and at the supper
ia bic that night she says: papa.
don't the street car company run even
numbered cars on this line?" He re-
pied: don't know, my dear;
never noticed" Her little 1O-year-old
brother spoke up and said: 'They
amt got no even-numbered cars" She
said: Is that so? If 1 don't kill
him! Kill who?' said her father
ana brother in one voice. "Oh, no
body; [ was just thinking
The official returns are not vet in
and We don't know how the trouble
terminated; but we do know that this
VlIla1nous young man is not an Elk,
and such a mean thing could not get
into the order. He is no true sport
for a genuine sport wouldn't bet on a
sure thing.
We wish to state here that the gro
Gerry list that Mrs. Watts gave to Isaac
office of the auditor of state, and Tom
Kelly had nothing to do with it, He is
perfectly innocent in this case, at
least.
The two little sons of a brother Elk.
Chester, Il years of age and Frank
d L
ing remarkably light and Frank s
more severe. After the children had
fully recovered, friends were often in
formed in their presence that Franks
case was much harder than Chester's.
A short time ago the little brothers
called at one of the neighbors, and
during the call Chester, after running
out of talk, picked up paper and be-
year-old, having nothing further to
say, asked Chester to let him have the
paper, but Chester paid no attention to
him. The request was repeated, when
Chester said: 81 Shan't do it. What
do you want the paper for? You can't
read" The last phase of his elder
brothers remark, You can't read"
was too much for Frank. He looked
down at the toe of his shoe, with
which he seemed to be trying to bore
a hole in the carpet, but in an instant
he came back at his elder brother
with an uppercut. as follows: 81
mucher than you did" This
remark closed the controversy.
We wish to say to our patrons, both
and ticket buyers, that we
are very thankful for your patronage,
for we need the money, "for sweet
charity's sake" and you can rest as
sured that every dollar that you have
Jared loose from will do a heap of
good. You advertisers who have thus
cast your bread upon the waters will
get more than an hundred-fold in re-
1t is an unwritten law,
and a general understanding among
the Elks, that they should always pa
tronize those who patronize them;
that if anyone scratches our back we
should tickle their elbow.
We are pleased to see so many real
nice people here this evening, and
hope to see you all again tomorrow
night, and trust you will induce others
to come with you, for the more that