The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-27

It's quite likely that my mother-in-
law will stay until the end Of July
replied the man with the aquiline nose
and retreating chin. Then he added
II see you have no sense OF humor"
What makes you think so?" asked
the man with the crush hat.
you never cracked a SMILE"
Il pride myself on it," said the man
with the crush hat. Il never smile at
any of 'em. l fiatter myself that my
nature Is too sympathetic, and then I've
had personal experiences that have de-
veloped the sympathetic side of me still
more. You get off a neat bit OF repair
Tee or make any sort of humorous re-
mark and you'll get the cockle-warm.
Ing. responsive laugh from me about
as quick as you will from the next one
but l don't see anything remarkably
funny about that, and I'll bet you
don't"
You're dead right there" agreed
the man with the aqualine nose.
"Of course I'm right remember
once when was kid was rambling
through the wood and I saw gray
ball of thing like japanese lantern
hanging to the limb OF a tree. I'd
never seen anything like IL before. and
! nobody had ever shown me one so |
naturally picked up a stick and gave
1t an investigating poke. The next
, thing was running at the top of my
speed in a homeward direction, LETTING
put yell at every jump. Every now
and then something like red-hot wire
jabbed into me, and by the time 1 got
home was about as badly stung q
kid as you ever saw in your life. Moth
er didn't hold her sides and go into
Ats Of laughter. She never did have
any sense of humor. She put me tc
bed and bathed my swellings with am
monia and soda and things"
"A hornet sting is pretty bad" sale
the man with the aquiline nose, feel
lngly.
Il should say it was bad So is 9
mules kick. was Harvesting a null,
once to pillow, and as 1 was fixing the
breeding he hauled off and kicked nae
on the knee. It's wonder he didn'
break the cap, but as II was | wa.
nearly three weeks in bed with ic,
packed around 1t, and my leg is veal
at the knee joint to this day. But wheI
got to hobbling around On crutche
everybody l knew talked as If it wa
screamingly hilarious experience.
couldn't get their point of view
though"
81 don't wonder" said the other man
Ever seasickf"
Never on the ocean"
Then don't you ever 90. Stay ashor
and be happy. / went across the AT
lantic once-twice, In fact, because
came back. 1t says a good deal 70
the strength OF home ties that / eve
did. If there had been any way o
tunneling under I'd have done it. Sic
the whole of the time, and it's tn
worst sickness there Is, I'm willing I
bet 1t wasn't very rough weather a
that. / must have been the only pas
senger affected to any extent. 1t wa
better than a vaudeville show for tn
rest of the passengers, that sickness O
mine-an unfailing source of mirth an
laughter. And it's seldom / pic. u
an alleged comic paper that / don't Sc
seasickness alluded TO more or less del
cately as the merriest kind of merr
Jest"
Its one OF the stock wheezes," sal
the man with the aquiline nose.
"So's the green-apple collie" said til
man in the crush hat. That's jocun
sort of experience to have, too. 1 don
think a goat ever butted me, but
don't think I should laugh If / sa'
: anybody else butted. l should imagin
the shock would be extremely painful
something like getting a fall on role