The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

tween the turned up :. nose and the heavy mouth. As she leaned against the table her head rocked back ana
 forth. Her heavy eye Ids slipped keep awake The, cigarette in her hand was dead and smokeless. but the empty glass in her other hand had been filled more than once. Satterwhite. saw her slide down the edge of the supporting table until she | reached the end and then fall suddenly back into. the shadows by the side of the table. The smaller man sprang forward and saved her the. fall. He caught her half way*Ho the floor and set her on her feet drawling out: Steady old gal. steady. Shipped sea. did you. Don't let 'em wash you overheard. Come hither. me little dar-
 ter. come hither and let me lash you to the mast"
 She showed off his assisting hand.
 with show of dignity and backed cautiously up to the wall where her
 eyelids again played her false. Did you observe, ladies and gentle
 men. did you observe. I ask. the promptness of slippery Elm the poor but honest tramp. in rushing to the rescue of imperilled womanhood? And did you observe his skill when he warded of single handed without the aid of a, false mustache. cuns. caoi-
 nets. or a concealed confederate? New CT shall it be said as long as an hon. est heart beats in his bosom that Slip pery Elm allowed a lovely. If loaded, 1 woman to jar the floor because she forgot that the table was not as long as 1t should be-"
 The rescuer of imperilled woman- hood spoke these words in the loud | lflamboyant setyle of the side show
 barker. He seemed. in truth. to belong I to that fraternity. He was below mid dle height and thin. His eyes were
 small and cunning. his mouth long and humorous, and the skin on his face
 was liRSs<hat of an overripe berry He
 wore gfSasy cap and black shirt. l the badge Of the hobo He held the center of the firelight space and in the
 way of the patent medicine mans spiel
 continued.
 Ladies and gentlemen. believe me when tell you that you see before you
 no ordinary men. WhoNare WE? Who
 am I? An. my friends that you shall
 know presently when I have prepared your mind for the shock. l may De permitted to intimate to you that we
 are greatness travelling incognito. Kindly note the Latin. ] can talk Latin with one hand tied behind my
 back when want to. We rode in to-
 night on the bumpers of a freight car
 because my physician advised fresh air
 
 voice had been affected by riding In
 the close air of MT. Pullman's inven- tion.
 And when we got here what did we 1 find? No mayor, no band. no commit tee, no decorations, no nothing. How
 careless And we such greatness as
 we are, had to dodge the yard watch
 men and make our way to this poor and humble hostelry. But we'll waive, that, we'll waive that.
 He paused to allow his words to 1 sink deep.
 | But who am I? I am. ladies and
 gentlemen. the man with the Iron Gray
 Hair. known from Maine to California.
 And I have faked where no other man 1 ever faked before. Wherever there 1 has been an easy mark to do. have been there to do him. have film 1 rlammed. lied. stolen and done ever'- { thing and everybody to make an honest i living. The police. they call me Slip pery Elm. They are crude persons. the police.
 And who is my friend. the gentle man with the quart bottle and the two store forehead? The saloon mans best 1 friend. the 'hobo's' best bet. the Mock | ing Bird Hebersham. the Tuneful Talk CT of Tallullah. When it comes to | reaching a woman's heart for hand
 out with one of these Home and Moth
 CT ballad he's got Chauncey Cicott
 skinned to death and In the talking i line, in a free for all gab fest he's got ! Chauncey Depew beat six city blocks. 1 He was going to the United States Sen | ate from Georgia, but he heard they | had quit selling flicker in the capIt'l and he changed his mind and went to
 the devil in another way .--
 Bryhan and let the ladies gaze upon