, 1905-11-02

HI HAD A DIOIDEt WHO WENT NESI AMI
WAS CHASED by INDIANS.
In summer time they sit outdoors AMI
white, and in winter they sit insiue
and spit on the stove. Why is it:'
DO you pretend that you don't
know" asked.
u do not know, aud | am wondering
about it,
"Well, it is the Liars club. 1t meets
lcte every evening except Sunday ana
would meet then if tic postotiire was
kett~opcn.'
"Do You mean that they meet here to
lic:''
That's ii. Some of the best liars in
America belong 10 the club, and there
isn't one of them who wouldn't make
his fortune in some other town. Yes.
there are twenty-five of the slcekcst,
slickcst liars in the business. and You
ought to come down some evening and
hear them. You'd find out that Ole
Ananias wasn't in it,"
Let me understand this thing" says
the good man. ''Do You mean that
thee citizens OF Jericho knowingly
falsify:"
"Ccrtninly.'
but why?'
: as TO be at The head of the class
There's Uncle Iczekiah Davis. II,
was once chased by a rattlcsnakc.
There was only one snake when HI
first told of it, but nov he has got TIN
number up to thirteen and still gain
ing. There il Deacon Spooner. lis
had Il brother
But you don't mean that Dcacoi.
Spooncr l!cS!"
You may Judge for yourself. He
had Il brother who went west and wa=
chased by the Indians. After telling
the story three or four times II week
for ten years the deacon has got II
that he was run for seven miles and
shot through the calf OF the leg. He
tells ii SO wildly that you can hear
him pant and blow ms he runs. There's
G~oodcnough Taylor. His wife was
hooked by n COW several years ago, but
he has got 1t twisted around that he
was chased by n mad dog instead. Its
enough TO make you shiver 10 hear him
tell about the vivid green in TIM dogs
eyes"
lis it p~ossible?"
cant you come down tonight" l
asked. Josiah Flinthcart is due tn
tell his lie tonight. He always tells t
or Tuesday night. His hired man
found n tramp in the barn years ago.
but Josiah makes out that 1t was he
who found W robbers under the bed
in the house and cnpNlred both of
them. our Liars club is going over
to Dobbs Ferry some day soon to hold
II lying match with the liars OF that
place"
The good man went away with IL
stern lOok on his face. and II wnS not
long before the liars heard from linn.
lie called them up one 10y one and said
the club had got to be broken mp
forthwith. and two evenings later Den-
o SpoOuer announced the solemn fact
from the postoticc steps. Astonish-
ment and CONSERVATION followed. 1t
was five n.'Iutcs before my mcmber
OF the club could get his breath. Then
Phllctus DG brook rose up and said:
"GcntlcmoL. the sacred constitutions
of these United States guarantees ev.
cry citizen the privilege of lying, and
I propose to exercise 1t to the fullest
extent
He was followed by half II dozen
others, but Deacon Spooner soon made
1t plain to them thnt the club had re,
ceiycd Its deathblow. Most of the
members belonged to the church AMI
must obey or stand trial. and the 9th
ers were too few in number to make
lying interesting. II was n hard thing
10 give up :fter ten years, but it had
10 he done, and after an hours talk Il
motion was made. seconded md car,
rled that the Liars club be dissolved.
Two days lGter Ebenezer Jackson came
back to town from II visit to Troy. He
heard of Tn calamity nj once, and he
stood up on n barrel and said:
In the. hame of liberty I protest.
i ha~e.jrstziro;urlied from Troy with