The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-11-19
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BY GEO. v. HOBART, ("HUeH M'HUeH.")

wise men of Egypt and imbibe much
wisdom. Wherefore, thou need'st not
wait up for me, for politics is like unto
an owl-train for lateness, and the
soothsayers say not neither do they
sooth until the world Is In the dead
Of night"
And Billdad the son of Jimdad went
forth to sit at the feet Of the wise men
of Egypt. And 1t came to pass that
full soon his heaving bosom rested on
the onyx trimmings Of the bar, and his
right foot was in tender touch with
the brass rail at the base thereof.
And a great Joy shone forth from
his eyes as he murmured: "Six beers
what are you going to have?"
And when the night was far spent,
Billdad the son of Jimdad drew zig
zaggingly high unto his habitation,
and his knees were prone to wobble
with much uncertainty of purpose.
And Maud, the wife Of Billdad the
son of Jimdad, stood in the open door,
and she made scornful conjecture,
saying: "Ha! Ha! Thou did'st sit
at the feet of the wise men of Egypt,
Ell? Thou look'st the part, for, me-
thinks, the wise men of Egypt used
you for door-mat. Thou didst also
imbibe wisdom-from stein! Bah,
Billdad Speak not to me of politics!
Come, now, stand before me, Billdad,
and with straightforward voice say
after me these words: I simply stood
and heard those speakers shout"
And BilIdad the son of Jimdad
swayed gently to and fro in the light
of the breaking morn, and he spake,
saying: II simply sh'ood an her
zoash sheekers spout"
And of the fretful finish Of Billdad
the son of Jimdad let there be no cruel
chronicle made.
PehbIeonthebeach
And it came to pass that a certain
City Man looked upon the sun when it
was red, and he communed with him
self, saying: Behold! the summer
approached on rubber shoes, and the
mercury will soon be up against the
roof of its habitation; therefore, 1t be-
hooveth me to journey quickly unto
| the Land of northumberland, lest
peradventure, a great humidity shall
rise up over the city and transform me
into a state of meltedness."
And the City Man spake unto his
wife and his wife's nearest kinswom-
| an; and unto all the diminutive men,
bers of his own Individual tribe, say
ing: Behold, the tow-wow days will
soon be upon US; therefore let us pull
down the blinds, place our worldly
possessions in the trapped depths of
| the safety-vault, and HE us to that
balmy peacefulness which the gentle
voiced advertisements say abounds
with Joyous plentitude in the Land
| of Pebbleonthebeach forever and
ever"
| And the wife of the City Man and
her nearest kinswoman and all the
diminutive members of his own indi-
vidual tribe made swift answer, and
/ spake, saying: "Let's!"
And 1t came to pass that they Jour-
neyed into the Land Of Peebleonthe-
beach, and their hearts were glad
within them, for the scene was fair to
look upon, and the ocean was full OF
cold water.
And 10! even as they looked hot
wave arrived on fast train from the
City and enveloped all the Land OF
P.bbleonthebeach, and humidity also
arrived in perspiratious quantities,
and made the Land of Pebbleonthe.
beach look and feel like the innermost
recesses of a Japanese warship during
a battle in the newspapers.
And the City Man and the City
Mans wife and his wife's nearest kins.
| woman, and all the diminutiye mem.