The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-28
AIT THE PARTY
The Chewing Gum Girl Tells OF
Georges Adventures.

gum.
No" said the girl With the soul
ful eyes. "My cold was SO bad !
couldn't get out"
she gave a few simple coughs, Just
to show, and Struggled her chin down
IN her feather boa.
did You have a good time?" she
asked,
Honest, | never had better time
In all my life. Laugh? | thought
ia die! III bet they could hear MS all
the way 10 Horse hill Too bad you
missed It,"
The girl with the soulful eyes
coughed and snuggled again, as in
teresting an invalid as any one could
wish 70 see.
who was there?" she asked
70, everybody! Tee-hee-hee George
was rhere!"
"Tee-hee-Was George there?"
Was he? You Just bet he was!"
And as Old Bates train rumhled
homeward over the meadows the two
fair deyotees Of the art Of stenography
and typewriting turned their faces
away from each other ana Uttered
back to back, the one In "Reminiscences
and the other in anticipation until at
last they suddenly bounced around
and faced each other, whereupon the
girl with the chewing gum shut her
eyes, opened her mouth and spake
as follows:
First off, George says. say. I'VE
got new trick, and of course we
were all crazy to know what it was
Now here's d penny says George,
III lay it Hat on any girls forehead
and TIL bet she can't walk across the
room without it falling or
"Tee-hee." said the girl with the
soulful eyes.
Doesn't 1t sound easy. though?
The rest Of the girls held back. but
you don't catch me with cold feet.
Why, tits too easyt says All right,
says George, try it, And over he
came.
Hold your head back. he says.
and held ii back. Everybody was
sniekering ana he took the penny
and laid It fiat on my forehead and
pressed 1t down hard. Now, says lie,
let's see If you can walk across tho
room So up | got, with my nose In
the air as careful ais II / was balanc.
ing feather buster on my chin. Then
walked across the room, awful slow
and gentle, not to jolt the penny of.
Laugh? They screamed
II never saw George look SO fool.
ish as when | got squirt at him out
"a the corner Ut my eye Gee. says
George. She did do It, bur I'll bet she
can't walk back to her chair and sit
down again without knocking it off
@Squealed? We nearly died."
Gee | says, This III cinch.
believe | could shake my head and
keep the penny on. So ! shook my
head, easy at first, and then harder
and say--i got wise at lastl When
George pressed the penny on my fore
head in the first place he took ii
right off again and it only felt as ii it
was there. And all the time had
been cutting up those monkeyshines
the penny hadn't been there at ALT
Well, sir she continued, chat
was just the start! Next, George
says, If there's any gentleman here
present who can put his heels against
the wall and lean over and touch his
toes without bending his knees I'll
cay any forfeit he's a mind 10 name<
Laugh? o! You know some of the
fellows are kind of jealous of George
and they all thought this was
chance. George lined em all up
against the wall Ready? says he.
They all looked set IN the face and
nodded their heads 'Onel Two
says he Fun? Say, they all
fell over together, and you know how
fat Tom Smith is? Well, sir, when
he fell he bounced"
Miss Pennywate pretended not to
like it, gasped the girl with the chew
ing gum. you know she's awful old
and a. homely az a bTsh fonce. and
when she moved around the room
that us girls ought to be
more dignifled everybody screamed
again. for George had pinned a sign
10 her back and the sign said. Kiss
ne. please!'"
They bounced apart. and when they
laced each other again the flavor Of |
Georges jest was still so rich with |
hem that they had TO bounce apart |
second time until the paroxysms OF /
heir mirth were secretly spent
We'll, sir" said the girl with the |
chewing gum. eve all went in to din
ler then, and We hadn't got far before 4
We saw that Mabel Wooley was awful |
v nervous. She'd look al her plate I
md then she'd look away. and then 1
she'd look at her plate again. quick 1
md sudden. OF course we all looked. |
90. and say! Every once in a while /
ler plate seemed to movei"
Move? Reaily?"
Honest and true, and Il there's any /
hing more upsetting to the nerves |
han to have a plate move I'd like 10 /
snow what 1t is George gave us all
he wink. and we found ont later that 4
he had a little rubber bulb beneath /
he tablecloth under Mahers plate
Nth a long tiny fube and auuthar