New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY II. 1909

Quick" said the Doc. Go up stairs and let
the wedding proceed We Will stay here and take
care of the visitors
A FTER the bride and groom and the preacher and
the women had disappeared the Doc went TO
the front door. as about dozen mad and muddy
men were rushing up the steps
Come IN, gents, he sand. when they had made
their business known and lets talk this thing over
quietly and reasonably. rs the poet says:
West Is west, and east Is east
And wrong Is wrong, and night Is rISlt,
And the dogs may take the wedding feast
That doeSn't arouse Your apr---re-
Am 1 10 understand that You, IN the words Of
PolOnIus have daughter, slr.
The girls father was an ANXIOUS looking man Win
a nose that pointed good deal 10 the northeast and
he threw out some strong hints about funeral pro
cessions unless he could have his own way
NV friend. said the Doc, L don want 10 break
into anybody pantry or tread On preserves that are
kept for some other mans private Use am d
father myself. and | sympdth,ze with YOU; out why
permit the ambiguity Of the uanunl.~7,5n % super
sele the heterogeneousness of the hJg gcnelty when
1t Is quite apparent that there present danger
of recrudescence of the naSeen- stoservtence %
even of the tentatlvenesS OF the rul-arosltton,
The old man. who had acted rcrr' '-.~. dtin Neti--
to believe more than half of II and si he I5d Su
picion that the wedding going on uI' stars anu
also that he intended 70 G. up and see t'r himself
HOLD on just one moment. my -rrc-,.-~- r,ii nc
IL Doc. taking little bottle from his pocket ana
shakngit You see here before vo-j t c'rlruon wal
or bottle. He held II up between his ,aumo ana NJ
forefinger Keep YOUR eve on t- -tc.,lt.E ana nc
not deceived. In the words Of rhe t..yt VIVA, J-'
eve perceiveS the mind believes 1 nave III '-5
small bottle that which lovers have t--l i'r 'l.I
which babies have erred for that V-.- --E-c~ ~''g
fought over, and geese have been ~.l- over. -
not attempt. gents 70 deceive E'u- Rave .etl "''
no man could do without l. save. r a d !, .'NS' S
life 1t IS mans greatest friend and his - ~ ,-e'--
erOuS enemy. Gents. II l. water commonly SUI
to he a 1lrI I9l OF d. ID . q
He spread his thumb and finger apart then. am
the bottle disappeared The gtrl~ Tr...-- "S5. -
terested by that time and the Doc asked he ,- '.
for his hat. Holding 1t up So everybody 'l-L 'al -
he said:
L will ask somebody fo- a Lr.te
Angel Willie passed his up. and the i''- 7'-I. Ill
Il will now cut this piece II -cll-rtr III S-.-.s
strips wave a little wand winch / shall lien = l3- ~
the circumambient air. and the owner VIII l-I ~
hat unchanged. on the gatepoSt A"-cA C,-.''' .r
"Herel" yelled the old man -,- the Doc ma lt -'
slash "Confound YOU. You'll pay l}c cl'l--
THE Doc made another CASH and cher the ['ra--.
made rush for him. but suddenly N-'i'i've.I' -
howl, and started back with his h.til-' o' '' Us - =,
| noticed at the same time that the room 'e-'l-
fill UP with blush kind of smoke WAll - -.
everybody to sneezing and gaSplnI IN -1'-- q 10
ute more there was general ulIH-tIi anu ~ - -
too busy for awhile to notice what the '."t-S 65
doing. The fellow who had me IN his grip VI 80
and ungentle and it a lucky thing mat - II IL
pened to remember little 1Iu rtSu iritN VIII -
Doc had been teaching me At odd m3iAeiL-S ,-
week two. When got my thumb on The ',lI- Pr
there were quick results accompanied by ID !'ui -.
That was very nicely done. ZIchdri,'", 7-'''
Doc when he and met on the porch al
Angel Willie and the Others DoHed q go" f,sr
the worse for wear when we assembled -,lS'dT 49,
the brides people had departed 40 ~ +be
The bride and groom agreed To let Oly '-9 .l tsn.
Doc and me ride with them 20 RymersbuTS 1-
they were going to spend their honeymoon W. W. 59rd
away about ten O'Clock. Ii was Stiu rill-Il5 Ias-
darker than the outlook of a who invests ms he
dollar in mining stock. As we were gong ~ III ani