Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-09-15

esting for you. II you and the bows
will kindly be seated in a circle
around me-" They got into a circle
all laughing. and I took out OF NV
pistol pocket a half pint flask of glass.
covered with leather. and with a stop
per that opened by touching a spring.
and | walked around in front of zach
n OF the royal family, mumbl,ng,
"Ene-mene-mony-my," and opening the
flask In front of each one, and pretty
soon they all began to get nervous,
and scratch themselves. and the en-
peror slapped his leg and pinched his
arm and put his fingers down his collar
M scratched his neck, and the crown
prince jumped up and kicked his leg
and scratched his back, and said.
Say, kid, you are not hypnotizing US,
are you," and l said, "Ene-mene.
mony-my," and kept on touching the
stopper.
BY and by they all got. to scratching,
and the emperor turned sort Of pale,
but he was going to see the show
through to the end, as long as he had
a ticket, and he said, What Is the
joke, anyway" and l kept on saying
"Ene-mene-mony-my." and walking
around in front of them, and dad be-
gan to dance around, too, and dig
under his shirt bosom and scratch his
leg, and they all scratched in uni.
son and laughed. and a little prince
asked how long before they would
know what 1t was all about, and | said
my ene-mene, and looked solemn. and
dad said. What you giving u.s." and
I said. Never you mind, this Is my
show and | am the whole push" and
everybody had raised up out Of his
chair and each was scratching for all
that was out, and finally the emperor
said. Il like a joke as we'll as any
body, but | cant laugh until I know
what I am laughing about" and he
told dad to make nj show what was
in the bottle, and | showed the bottle
and there was nothing In 1t, and there
they stood scratching themselves, and
| told dad WI better excuse ourselves
and go, and we were going all right
enough when dad said, What Is Il
you are DOING and as we got almost
to the door l said, Your majesty. !
have distributed. lmpartially, | trust,
In the royal family of Germany, a half
q pint of the hungriest fieas that Egypt
can produce. for they have been in
that flask three weeks with nothing to
eat except themselves, and / estimate
that there were a million Cairo fieas
In the flask, enough to set up house.
keeping In your palace, with enough tc
stock the palace Of your crown prince
when he Is married. and this Is that
you may remember the visit of Peck's
Bad Boy and his dad.
The emperor was mad at first, hut
he laughed. and when we got out Of
the palace dad leaned against a lamp
post and scratched his back. and said
to me. "Hennery, you never ought to
have did It," and | said, What could
a poor boy do when called upon sud-
denly to do something to entertain roy
alty?"
WELL" says dad. II don't care for
myself. but this thing Is apt to bring
on International complications" and |
said, Eyes, 1t will bring Persia into 1t.
cause they will have to use Persian
insect powder to get rid of them" and
then we went TO our hotel and fought
feas all night. and thought Of the
sleepless night the royal family were
having.
Well, SO long. old Pummernicxel.
Yours truly.
HENNERY