The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-27

ain lOhB thiS "otiN' Scie
by Jocks mournfully.
Il can see that" remarked Eliph'
Hewitt, cheerfully. II can see that
you are pretty near dead now and liable
to go any migute, and that's why you
ought to get copy OF this book just
as soon as l will let you have 1t. Az
ter you are dead it's too late to study
up what your dying words are going
to be. Too many people put it Off right
along. and then when 1t comes time
to say few appropriate last words
they can't think OF anything and everyA
body stands around waiting for them
TO say them words that shall be treas
ured up and repeated, and the man In
the bed gers all hustered and worried
and ends up by saying something fool
ish. 1t amt the right way to treat
folks. A man that amt a specialist
in dying words shouldn't take the risk
of speaking extemporaneous that way.
He ought to get good book that has
lot of the worlds best dying words
and study them up and get familiar
with them while he has time. And this
book has them ALL"
'Well, 1 don't know" said by Jocks"
weakly. THE way folks treat me when
l have one of my dyin spells they don't
I've got half mind, by jocks. to Just
| drop off without sayin' nothin' at all.
1t would serve 'em right ..-
And then you would be sorry as long
as you lived" said Eliph' Hewitt. You
take my advice and don't do 1t that
way. 1t amt worth while when you
can get this book for four fifty cash,
including all the features l have men,
toned, besides nine thousand other
things every man, woman and child
| should know. 1t is a book that appeals
alike to the living or the dying. Now,
take this Appendix of the Russian war.
with colored views OF all the great bat
ties, and a life of President Roosevelt
brought right down to date, comprising
| a story as interesting as a novel, and
entirely true In every particular. See
| this colored olegraph of the blowing up
of Port Arthur" He handed the book to
BY Jocks" and the old man looked
| at the CORY picture with interest.
NO" said IBy Jocks" sadly, Il
guess not. 1 won't live long enough
to read it," He turned over the pages
and looked at the pictures with the
interest of child. You can't make
that price no less than four fifty, can
you?" he asked.
Hewitt. promptly. But" he added,
IF you don't think you will die right
| Off you could take it on the monthly
payment plan. one dollar a month"
Il can't risk it." said BY Jocks ="
Il feel 1 wont live long enough to
make the second payment He looked
at few more pictures and his eyes
when she did not answer he called
again and again until he heard her
coming I'D the stairs.
Mary" he said, dolefully, I'm a
dyin man. and as such I've got to
be humored, and I've got my mind set
on havin a copy of this here book.
Won't you humor me four dollars and
fifty cents worth. Mary?"
mo, won't" she replied sharply.
Il guess you'd beteer," he said 1T
don't do to vex a dyin man, Mary; II
makes him worse. l can feel myself
worse already. by jocks! If you keep
on opposin' me this way l won't last
til shutdown. You don't want to have
a funeral on your hands tomorrow,
right in fruit cannin time, do you, ali
on account of four fifty?"
She turned to the door.
You get that book off your mind,
pa" she said. 'and I guess you'll last
awhile yet" And she went out.
BY Jocks" glared after her for a
minute and then he slid his feet to
the floor and walked to the closet in
the corner of the room He took
down his trousers from the hook and
plunged his hand into a pocket. When
he drew 1t forth 1t held a dollar bill
which he held to the little book agent
Then he slipped the trousers over his
feet and proceeded to dress angrily.
"All right, by jocks" he exclaimed
Il guess l can pay for my own dyin
words, If she won't. A man can't die
quiet and peaceful in this house with
out havin' his daughter rile him all
up and get his mind into a state where
1t aint fit to die. l want that book
on the dollar a month plan" he said
to Eliph Hewitt. "One dollar down
and 81 a month. That won't be but
four months from now and If Mary
Is goin' to act that way 1 amt goin
10 die. I'm goin' to hang round an be
care on her hands
You can easily put in four months
full reading this book said Eliph
Hewitt.
80 figured" said by Jocks" and
since I've got to pay for 1t myself I
aint goin' to drop off until l get my
moneys worth tut of it. I'm sick man.
I am, but l don't have to die til
want to. l guess. But IL you happen
to be around here in four months drop
in to my funeral It's goin' to be good.
/ made all the arrangements myself >"
I'll be glad to- said Eliph Hewlitt.
politely, IF 1t comes off. but I guess
it won't. 1 don't wonder you feel like
dying now when you haven't had a
copy of this book to instruct. cheer
and amuse you. but once You get the
copy you have bought 1t will be diff
ferent. A man can't take no satisfac-
ton in dying when he feels he has
got to leave his copy of Jarby's En-
cyclopedia of Knowledge and Compen-
dunn of Literature. Science and Art
behind him .