Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-09
Short Stories.
A Summer Banquet.


cool win a.bIown'-
En- here's; Il shady tree,
En- 4 Geur.N watermelon
Whose Ecart is true Tel me: !.
Yo' sweetheart may leave you.
E,u lin Il lover new.
I,ut de red heart ar dc melon
is de sweet heart en- true!
Slice i'm in d" middle
Take :: shady seat.
cool N all creation.
t,u dc juice a-drippin sweet
Atlanta CONSTITUTIONS
| r,cr.eeman Ioucworth at Il dinner
| told a story about mud. .,;
IAN American in Liverpool, Wa'Ilit
| f,r :, boat home" he said, ate his E'Sl
| dinner On foreign SOL With an EhS 'l'''
"Thc EnGlishman complained q me
mud in America. lie told number OF OF
| ,,rn,..c;I and the scrapcs they had got
| nm into both walking ana dflrlnS'
XII tn end Of Il particularly TIL story
Of ills KIND tie American said: .;
YES. W, have Il ioI of mud III Amer
! en- | admit it, IL Is hotilihE 10 'iie "i"'i
| over here Though.
| ..Eart,' the American replied. w ny,
This afternoon. on Il Waik "nd ,.. nnr"1
| ,Int. near K, citing into trouhi" Win ~
id grntlcman-all through your accur'cd
! mud. . ,it,Io ,.r..aev
al tins scIsnn / admit, SAID the English
Man. What ,was your adventure
| though, ,.., j.. ,.
| u,Ik;uc along Bold Street, | noticed
| that III, mud WAS thick. and presently
| saw :, high lat ,,foat on Il large pud'le
Thinking to do someone Kindness
| | gave the hat Il polk" with my Sti'k
| when an old gentleman looked up from
a i..Art in
hn"Ith, surprised ana lrn =; WE, d..n
"Ilcllo,' said YOUR" IN lfctiN d'nP
"'nrcr"r than YOU think. he sad. 1 m
on the top ii an omnibus.
81, was hardly more than girl and
| when she ctuic into til" dining room son
hing as though her hcait would break htr
| bg manly husband caught her IN MS
arms and kissed away the tears
nv hat is it, pet" h" anXiouslH asked.
"Why-ivhy." She s"hbcd. ''Nou RENE,
h"r before Cur marriage ynu-Non sad
| YOU wanted to lie a vegetarian iSd eat
ynir vrs:. tables raw and obiectcd?'
"Wril-wrIl. | am willing to c"nPro-
.,.omrromisc? II,rw. DEAR"
| ..Whr, thrac | cooked today Hr" half
raw. Iuu-yuu won't object to That, Will
YOU"
| Hiram Bohl,s WAS absent minded. II"
admitted that himself. Still even ne Wa
occasionally surprised ny his own fail
!
tI',', .:whor, can have hcrn?''
The answer was not forthcoming
Hiram sat down t" his desk ana took ""i
his pocket handkerchief 1t was tl'd
NOV" ne exclaimed what was that
Tor! oh. y,s: Marthy told me To get my
shoes solcd.'
| With an air Of resignation to til" W llinI
of womanho"d n" put On his hat. CLOSED
his desk ana went out t. til" 's"l"d Will
| XnU wait" cohblcrS tie Went ~ ana ~
IN &C., rhIi, To- reaI his newspaper
What is. it. Mi. Hohbs?" inquired tn"
cnhbl"r
| What oh cr-cr-cr-WhY-oh, yes: |
want ny SHOES sulcd''
Pardon me Sir said the c"l,hl"r. but
finished sol'nG them only half an hour
AGO. They can't he worn out vt. sir.
''
William Innings bryan told the fol
lowing story on himself:
against my real estate assessment. and
one Of the things Of which particularly
complained was assessing goat a. ":
I claimed that u goat WAS NOT real
property in the legal sense OF the wor'i
and should rot u" assessed one nf me
assessors. q very pleasant faced Ola man
very ohliCinGiy said that ! c"uin go up,
stairs with HIM and together We would
look over In" rnl"% ana f'Eni"'i"hS "i'''
WE looked over the rules ana finally the
| ola man HSk'f i''H N'"' e'''' ''''
loose ON the roads?
We'll. SOM tin.":;. said J. w"nd'rinG
what thr penalty WAS for that dreadful
.ft"l.cc.
| Docs; ne butt" again ducrifd the ola
man
| "Yrs." | answered. he butts
"W"l." sad Va" "!c man. "oklns -
me, this rui" SAWS. t'~ az 'h''t ~ ~ -,
property running aud abuttiHE ON the
! highway. | don't -" that ! en- d" any
| thing for You, Sp'd dhN' IT. -i"Pph
,, ~
Mrs. Jones aud Mrs. smith had been
talking over tn" back Fence IN W., S"''t
rst tones Imaginable. Finally the con
| y.r.ltinn turned to spring hats
| And what do YOU think, "f my ne"
| n al ed Mrs ZONES Sh" rested the
$au''r Of ClSiard on ~" i''r., M.
| ~ IS N"iy pfettE' heNh'tu ~
smith. nlt-hn'- .u,
| Well interrupted MIS- Jones' "u'
what: :. 900 -,
| "Why -"r-I think the shade 81 one 81
tn" feathers altogether t"o nCnt I'M M,
| Never mud tNrth"r ctitrlNIilS; M
hr" "nvlouS. in,l ar" Vhiou" ".C ..'>,',,
! Your husband didn't nIN You an 'APl,
| { hat WHY. | would mt wear NOlr bItl