Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-02

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things / stood by him handing him
towels, fetching water
and gathering all Had Clear
kinds of material for nScoon"
one Of the best stories on All Rivals.
that I had run across.
The man kneeling at the bed sobbed
and prayed ,and little by little told
the whole story. The old doctor
grunted and hardly gave him a glance.
When it was all over l went with the
doctor to the door and asked him to
give me a lift down town in his car
riage. He had made out some pre-
scriptions and I was to get them filled
at druggists place. The moment I
left his carriage | made a bee line
for the office. The city editor looked
up as l entered
Isuppose that story has flzzled
out he said.
Not by jugful,' l said. It's a
peach
Read that said he, throwing me
note. To my surprise I found that
1t was letter signed by the woman
saying that rumors that she had been
beaten by her husband were false and
that she was injured by falling down
the cellar steps. The husband, find
ing out that the reporters were on his
trail, had got the woman to sign the
letter and sent copy to all of the
papers. l told the city editor my story
and he threw up his hands.
Cut her loose he said, Cut her
loose and d-n the letter.
well, I did. 1 piped her up for
all 1t was worth, and when the papers
came out that afternoon ours was the
only one to have it. The others had
gone by the letter and were left. AS
result of the story the relatives of
the woman came hurrying to the town.
One day, about week later, the wo-
mans brother came into the office
and asked me to tell him all the facts
by word of mouth. l did So
eff you want another story, come
with me- he said.
1--WE met the prominent citizen on
the streets and then the brother drew
! ing whip, and then, to the Joy of all
| the newspaper men in town, horse
whipped him to standstill. The rel
atives took care that the woman
should get divorce at the next term
prominent citizen was that he had be-
come a prominent citizen in another
town and was engaged to be married
to another woman"
A traveller entered the dining room
Of leading hotel
in Colorado How the 80
Springs on Satur-
day, and after he Trick
was served with
soup, he drew Was Worked.
50 bill from his
pocket and showed it to the waiter,
saying:
Jim, shall be here until next
Wednesday night and this will be
yours"
"All right, sir, I'll take the best Of
! care Of you, sure" replied the waiter.
And he did serve the traveller excel
1ently. 1t happened that on Wednes-
day morning the traveller was hastily
summoned to Denver and 1t was six
weeks before he returned to the Colo
1ado Springs hotel. Presently his
former waiter, whom he had forgotten
along with the incident, came up to
him and said:
Say boss, please play that 50 trick
on your new waiter, for he's de mean
est man what's in de whole house" -
Everybody's Magazine.
While campaigning, James G. Blaine
used to recount many interesting stor-
les, one of which was about a little
negro boy who often went to public
library and always
A Story asked for the same
book. He seemed to
That enjoy it immensely,
and one day an at
| Blaine Told. tendant followed
him to an alcove,
where she found him, the book open
before him, looking at the picture of
an old negro being chased by bull.
A broad grin had illumined the little
fellows face.
What's the joke" asked the girl.
He pointed to the picture and
chuckled Gle amt ketched him." he
explained, delightfully."- amt ketch'
|! ed him yet!'' - New York World.
, John Alvin Young, of the Windsor
Trust company was watching man
| lifting packages of shingles to the
roof of new building. The laborer
, hauled away at
rope that ran ov- A Stickler
er pulley fixed
to the roof, and For
the load was al
most heavier than PoIiteness.
himself He stop
ped to light his pipe, wrapping his leg
around the rope to hold the load in
mid-air, but the weight was too great
and he was jerked into the air. The
load of shingles struck the edge
burst open and made cushion on tc
which he fell with a hollow thump
Another man craned his neck out Of
one of the empty window frames
"Are yez hurried Mike?" he called. "Ah
poke yer head in," cried the unfortu
nate wrathfully. Here I passed We,