The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-29
Hsny who formerly smOEedlOsCigas now smoke
LEWIS SINGLE BINDER
STRAIGHT Sc CIGAR

a beaming look in my direction.
'Unharness your horse and put him i'm
your home My name is Lulu. You can
call me Lu for short 'Tis not what you
call ne, but how you love me-"
I am a trusting and conhding man and
often taken in and done for. real
lied that this was the case on this occa-
sion, and rose up ana made break Tor
the door. When people must part, I be-
lieve in being brief about it, She headed
me off and sought to throw herset into
my arms. I side-stepped her and she went
down in a heap, but before I could climb
up on my wagon she had me by the
coat-tails. hated to part with them. but
my desire to be far away as soon as
convenient bred a certain recklessness
and a ripping and tearing of cloth. and
was shorn man. She followed me for
half mile milling along like an efe-
plant and waving the coat-tails above her
head. but I took Excelsior for my motto
and put on the CAD and escaped. would
lift up the down-trodden and cheer the
sorrering, but am not a marrying man.
prising town of Keep On. where my
reputashun for fair dealing and always
sticking to the truth had preceded me
During the day took. about fifty tin
types at ten cents a take. and sold two
dozen bottles OF the Alleviator at the
usual hgger. When the shades OF even
ing settled down I gave a free exhibition
of my mOving-pictures in the town hail.
Ten of them had been received with en-
thusiastic applause, when came o
that of Napoleon crossing the Alps. AS
be riding his boss up the face of cliff
two hundred feet high. and the audience
was so still that you could hear the old
man the third row back chewing
tobacco. Would the boss grow wings
and fly up that cliff Would a steam
boat appear and take Napoleon aboard2
Would some one come along with a
balloon at the critical moment? The
excitement had grown intense when Il
was suddenly busted by a woman stand
ing up and printing at me and shrieking
OUT
IT'S hel recognize his form-his
voice! I would know him anywhere in
the world
woman. what meaneth thou2" asked
the mayor of the town when he could
make himself heard.
" tbs my long-lost husband IT'S the
critter who gave me the shake i've
"'Tis serious charge. woman. Be
careful that you don't make a mistake %
The woman insisted that she was right
and had to address the audience to the
contrary truly had never set eyes on
her before. but though I soon got her
tangled I'D l could see that at least half
the audience was in her favor At a hint
from the mayor abruptly closed the
show on the grounds that NaDOleon r-sr
no man to be interrupted bv = cr,c's-
eyed woman with half her teeth rnfssfnr-
and at still further hint I got ont nv
hoss and wagon and left the town behind
me without skipping any cOzs There rr-e'e
some who spoke of tar and feathers 80
others of ropes and limbs. but when a
man mas integrity on his side he can
crawl through some mighty small knot
holes / had to make camc IN tbe
road that night sleeping in NV uss Sne
with the snowflakes gently drifting in
on my gentle brow but morning found
me fresh and invigorate and wonderi1o
how further ] could help NV fel.errnes5S
to come to the belief that life fs rro-th
the living.-iCopyright 1906. by D. G. Dam
iels)