The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-26
MUM WAS THE WORD.
Mr.. Dobbs Tells Of One Of His FAIL
ures.

From the New York Times.
Mr.. Dobba was Sitting ashes in the
back yard of his comfortable little
suburban home when Mr.. Wexford
came out Of his home next door and
leaned over the fence
How do you do this morning, Mr..
Dobhs"
Mr.. Dobbs ceased operations and
looked up through cloud OF white
dust Not very we'll" ne said. "Tve
lost four pounds; now I weigh only
1977
"Pity about you said Mr. Wexford.
you ought to have tonic"
q know It," Mr. Dobbs assented.
Shorter hours"
"Yep."
"And more pay"
"Now you're making fun of me- It's
no laughing matter" Mr. Dobbs was
getting nettled and he wiped a bead
OF perspiration from his brow.
Pon my honor I'm not" denied Mr.
Wexford
OH put It on some sounder basis" p"
said Ms. Dobbs, seeing a chance to gel
back at his neighbor
"a prophet Is not without honor save
TO the man who lives next door, MI.
Wexford parapnrased, knowing full wel
that Mr. Dobbs would not be able TO
perceive the liberties which he had
taken with the biblical verse nor the
rich sarcasm of the remark, but feel
ing, nevertheless, that he had scored
point
Depends some on the p rophet," al
swered Mr.. Dobhs, in a vaguely re-
Elective manner IF you knew all my
lfailings-"
I'D write a book that would be one
OF the six best sellers
Il say If YOU knew all my failings
maybe you'd think even less Of me
than YOU do now Mr.. Dobbs was be-
coming retrospective.
Tell me some of them and see what
effect it'll have on me, encourage
MIR Wexford
SO in the confidential manner of
one who lays bare his innermost heart
Mr. Dobbs began:
"Well, ! am rather suspicious OF peo-
pie ! have never been swipdled, had
my pocket picked, or been robbed IN
any way. I've never had much sym
pathy with tnJse people who get swim
died by green goods men, because It's
only dishonest people that get swim
died"
"By green goods men," Mr. Wexford
interiected
"Yes. of course, that's what ! mean
Now, look here, Wexford, all this is con
lfidential wouldn't have my wife
know this for anything"
won't tell a SOUL
Well, this Is how ii was / was II
1.-The ity las week, and as l was walk
ling across Twenty-third street by the
Flatiron, ! caught sight OF a $40 bill
! lhuttering along just a few feet n
front OF me. OF course was not go
ling 10 let that slip by me II could
lhelp It, so ] made a dive for IL.
rather poorly dressed cuss spied IL as
! / was about TO reach and pick II up
and the result was that We stopped
for 81 together. There was no doubl
about the money being mine, because
i had seen Il first, but felt sorry
for the man. He looked cold and the
wind was sweeping across Madison
Square pretty fiercely, so ! said q
him. See nere, this Is mine by
rights. but I win let YOU have hail
OF A." He grumbled a bit, but ! fish
ed a FLYER from my pocket, gave u
TO him and proceeded down Broad
way Here Mr. Dobhs waited a mo-
lment TO allow Mr. Wexford 10 speak
word of c0mmendation for his
magnanimity, but Mr. Wexford ep
silent so Mr. Dobhs continued:
Il kept on until / came 20 a cigaI
store, where stopped TO get a pack
Of cigarettes. didn't have any
ehange so / gave the clerk the bill
had picked up He took IL. iookeS
it over. and hanued il back to ne
saying Il was a counterfeit He ask
ca me where J got A. aud when
told him he said the same same was
worked on one OF his friends.
"Dobhs, old man. he said. I'm
not likely 70 tell your wife OF any
body else about that ] had the
same experience myself