Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-10-12

III aDout youI eip, 10 yout aossoio w
me were not very full Of Information.
How N your fathers health"
dad 10 the healthiest man in
America" said the boy. as he handed
the old man q Turkish cigarette. with
a piece OF cheese under the tobacco
about half an inch from where the old
man lighted II with match. Dad Ia
all right, except his back. He slept
four nights with cork life preserver
strapped to his back. coming over. and
he has got curvature Of the spine, but
the doctor has strapped board TO
dad's back. and says when his back
warps back to At the board he VIII
be sound again."
"Say, this is a genuine Turkish Gig
arctic, isn't it," said the old man, as
he pulled away at 1t, and blew the
smoke through his nose. II have al
ways wanted to smoke genuine, I'm
ported cigarette. Got a flavor some
thing like q Welsh rabbit, amt it?'
and the old man looked at the cigar
cite where the frying cheese was soak
ing through the paper. Gee, but l
can't so that" and he threw 1t away,
and looked seasick.
Turks always take cheese In their
cigarettes" said the Bad Boy. They
get n smoke and food at the same time.
But II you feel sick, you can go out In
the back yard and will wait for you"
mo, I will be all right" said the
old man, as he got up to wait on Gus
toner. Here, try q glass OF my
cider" and he handed the boy q
dirty glass half-filled with cider, which
the boy drank. and then looked queer
at tho old man.
Tastes like It smells going through
the oil belt in Indiana" said the boy.
What's in it,"
kerosene" said the old man. "The
Turks like kerosene in their cider.
They get drink and light, If they touch
q match to their breath. Say, that
makes us even. Now, tell me. what
country did your dad get robbed the
most in while you were abroad?"
well, 1t was about a stand on"
said the boy, as he made q slip moose
on the end Of piece Of Irvine, and
was trying to make a hitch over the
bob tail of the groceryman's dog.
with the idea of fastening tomato
can TO the string a little later, and
turning the dog loose. do you know"
said lie to the old man, that l think
it is wrong to cut on q dogs tail,
cause when you tie tin can to 1t you
feel as though you were taking ad-
vantage Of cripple.
We'll, all the countries we visited
robbed dad of all the money he had.
one way or another, sooner or later;
even our own country, when we ar
rived in New York, took his roll for
duty on some little things he SNUG
gled, but think the combination Of
robbers at Carlsbad stuck together and
got the goods of dad in the most
systematic manner. Some way they
got news when we arrived, Of the ex-
act amount of money dad had got out
of the bank, and before we had break
fast the fakirs had divided it up among
themselves, and each one knew just
what was going to be his share. and
It was just like getting a check from
home for them. II we were going
there again we would give the money
to some particular fakir to divide with
the rest, and then take few swallows
Of their rotten egg water, and get
out.
Say, did you ever eat a piece Of
custa-d pie made out Of stale eggs?
Well. that Is just about the same as
the Carlsbad water, only the water
is no. baked with raw crust on the
bottom. But the doctor dad consult
ed was a peach. Dad asked him how
much of the water he ought to drink,
and the doctor held a counsel with
himself" and said dad might drink
all he could hold, and when dad asked
him how much his charges were, he
said: oh, wait till you are cured