Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22


lidity of his main assertions; SO l made protest.
thinking he probably had killed the bear in some
way Presently he
NV children, SAYS | to them ca M 'yore royal
father will now retire to the royal wckiup an smoke
the royal pipe fer awhile; an by the way, my
otter goes to the King. Also, henceforth the royal
royalties of the royal beach mines will be sixty per
cent. instead of fifty Naughty, naughty, says l,
An say, you ought to see EN- come and push
their Allyoot faces in the dirt Even the High Priest
scared O me.
Says l to him, Am | King?
An says he, You shore are
1T easy l hated to take the money.
This the first time I'd been fixed comf'table
got everybody workin fer me at the time, and
if that amt benefcent civilization, 1 don't know
what you call it
Besides, it's government with the consent of the
governed. Sullivan's plumb happy at bein'
lleved OF the throne After time he puts me wise.
ascendn monarch takes all the wives and
families of the descending King, says he.
Il learned that was married exoffco to three
yellow ladies' about eight feet around and
everyone with a disposition uger than t'other
All could do was to suspend the law fer awhile till
/ got acquainted
plays goes him fer advice. Great an good
friend says l to him, you are in on ten per cent.
of the gross in the beach mine. want your legal
counsel I'm married on the side to three wives.
an don't want EN-.
He brightens up distinct at this, an putin
his finger in his mouth, looks plumb coy. If you
don't mind says he, i wouldn't mind arrangin'
their mukluks at the edge of the blankets in my
own bungalow over there!
You're it, says sudden I might marry
Carlisle girl; but | amt lookin' fer no Queen con-
sort that wears bone ring in her nose-not fer
little Richard
old Mr. Priest gets brighter all the time. and
~ caught on that he natural born polyga-
mist, all them Ayoots is, such bein their tribal
custom Says he You know that party called Bara-
clyIS fharh lie fho 1Onkc ~
cook. Oh, I'm gay!' says he, putin his finger
in his face an rockin Sideways
." You are, says l. Don't let your sixty years
stop regular divorce
'''Oh, that amt the way do says he.
Eh benz says l, as we say in Montana near
the line.
We gotter be legal says he. Wen hold
council We can try man fer bein' witch, an
when man is declared witch the popuace arises
solemn, it is my professional belief as top waddy
in the priest line on this rodeo, that that Teller
Baranofsky is witch:
80 How kin We prove it, saysI
Easy says he Here's another of tribal
customs. take the sacred deer skull and smear
little sacred taller in the eyehole, an l set it out
an ketch sacred in the skull. Then l
plug up the eyehole with grass, an bring the skull
home. Now We hold council. pull the grass
out O. the eyehole. If the sacred mouse runs out
O the sacred skull an lands the person of any
teller among those present, why he's witch I've
found this plan very successful, says he
so did David says l.
II never heard of David says he
- He's in the Bible says /. He took notion
70 his friends wife same as you do and he sends
the teller off to the to get him killed 1t fggers
about the Still, dun no l care. A
King has to stand fer good many doins'
" So we hold the council, and David totes in his
sacred mouse He sets the skull down with the
eyehoe pointin' straight at Baranoffsky, which
hisself looks an smells good deal like taller can
die When they pull the hay out O. his deer skull,
Mr. Mouse lights a-runnin and fees as a bird to
Baranoffsky's leather pants
''Tagi says |. You're it!
regret TO state SAYS the High Priest David