The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-18
MR.. PILKINS, MARTYR
HE IS INDUCED" TO STUDY THE
ECLIPSE.
Eut Mrs, Pitkins' uncontrol TX
cltement Prevented the obserVa'
ton from Being What Might
Be Called a Success.

|
| jumped from his chair and shouted u
| Mrs. PitKins who was in the next
| room;
Say. my dear look here a minute.
What are you doing, anyway? kead
| ing? Wen, of all the confounded IN
ertia and insenstbility to ones uppor
| tunities, this certainly gets the high
est possible commentator! Reading
what? The Woman's Weekly Wish
bone. Of course 0, my aunt
Woman, don't You know there an
eclipse Of the sun happening this very
minute? Where? Ye gods, VIII you
listen to that? Why, right here. And
you Indifferent to the greatest ana
most impressive phenomenon III IA
| ture
why didn't l tell you? | am tell
ing you, am note At least / nave Il
general impression that ! am dong
something OF the sort couldn't tell
yoa before, could /? forgot myses
until minute ago that this is the
morning for the sun to do It's niue
disappearing act.
"Of course I'm not angry. No, I'm
not Seeding You. Is it too late? Let's
see. 10. not If we hurry
Hustle around and get piece OF
smoked glass Tor me, IN going 10 see
this show if / never see another. The
paper says it's the last chance To vie"
this kind Of an eclipse for hundred
years. and / don't care to wait as long
as that
No. | don't want the opera glasses.
/ want a niece Of window glass. Just
common. ordinary window glass. Dc
you know what window glass is You
stare ais II you didn't Don't you know
where to get any? Wen why doa
you provide for he eclipse You ought
to have known at least three days ago
that 1t was going 10 come along this
morning.
Listen. What was that?
say. were all right now. Jimmy
has just thrown au old shoe through
the kitchen window.
Hold on Hold on there. Youu eat
your fingers and then blame me for il.
Let Inc DO that N the emily one in
the house that can
Ouch, Get me a rag, viii you. I'm
/ bleeding 10 death. Can't you see / am
| / might have known I'd cut myself II
| / tried 10 get glass for your blamed ola
| eclipse
! There. now. If the eclipse would last
| all day maybe We should have chance
to ger a glimpse Of the last OF it.
! Here. light the student lamp and
smoke this piece Of glass Look out
/ there: don't let the baby stick her
head through that broken pane.
| why. cover the hole. Wen, then
tic up the baby. DO something.
Now, I've got SCOT enough on this
glass to polish the kitchen range.
might AS we'll try to look through a
side Of sole leather. Get me another
piece.
All right. now. III 20 out and take
a look NJ this wonderful eclipse yot
talk so much about.
oh, Of course a cloud has gone oye'
the sun, Look what you're doing
You've knocked my arm and got this
SCOT all over my nose. look like
! blackfaced sheep.
All. There's the sun.
We'll. great Jupiter Ammon! Is tina
all the eclipse amounts lo2 could sc
the same effect any time taking
bite Of a cooky II The sun can't pa
up a better entertainment than tha
before IL goes out az the -A0W business
for such a long time u might as wei
stay behind the clouds
You made all that fuss TO
nothing. Mrs. Pukius. hope your
satisfied at last. The next time ! ca
my fingers and then place myself b.
fore the rudely staring public as
blackfaced comedian IN have SOM
pretty good evidence that I'm going {
get my moneys worth. The next tim
YOU want 10 break your neck and bal
kin me for the sake Of "a silly HtI
hole in the sun you can do The labO
yourself
Great Scott You've left that lam
turned zap and it's literally snCwin
soot all over The house'
Wen. I've certainly PAID a bi
price for a mighty small show. I gurs
I can wOrry along now for hundrs
years without the suns putting itse
out TO entertain me.
I'm tase 8 walk while the house
being set to rights Dc you hadn't 3,
T / excited and made all This fuss $50
would have shown a good deal bette
judgment than you did
Live While You Live.