The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-04

snort time nence, signify damaged
in the shipping.
"Bedlam reigned at the Elks' jollifi-
cation, and members of the gang were
somewhat promiscuous in keeping
| things on the move, when hostilities
were declared, and a bevy of the fair
| ones came at us with about six-bits'
worth of that blooming confetti. AL
most before I had been wised up to
| the fact that peace was done away
with, my carcass was damned full of
/ the stuff, and had to be led into the
open air to prevent relapse. After
working for an hour or more we final
ly succeeded in clearing the decks, and
all agreed that enough was too much
and yet more.
mo more for mine, Leo; after the
ignominous retreat from the rink we
retired gracefully to one of the we'll
known places of business known to
keep open all night, where all, by lib
eral internal applications of one thing
and another, endeavored to dissolve the
minute particles of fun producer for
the introduction of which the Elks
must be thanked.
Moisture did not seem to have any
direct effect upon the paper; so we
tried it in larger doses, with the result
that one or two of the boys became
| somewhat under the weather, and
! started a rOugh-hOuse which can only
be surpassed by the rumpus stirred up
by the south siders against the build
ing site chosen on the north side. And
| before it was over with, / and one or
| two others We're led to believe that a
REPETITION of the Italian earthquake
was being recorded OF course, Leo,
was above anything of the kind, my
| self, but stood in with the majority
that's always the wise thing to do
and by the time the smoke of battle
had waited through the ventilators in
the ceiling, all was quiet again.
| ''Kidlet, for more than three hours,
we sided up to that long, smooth top
ped desk receiving prescriptions for
our ailment, but although the dope
went to our nuts, it seemed to have lit
| tie or no effect upon the parcels of
confetti stored away just within the
| entrance to the bronchial tubes, or
some other high faloOting tube, and at
| a. m. Saturday morning, so 1 have
been informed (his, you know, Leo, is
mostly from hearsay) another siege
was declared, and a bunch numbering
( about the same as that afflicted with
confettitiS was escorted to a cosy lit
tie place, where we We're looked after
| most carefully, though those in charge
| abstinence from liquid refreshments
would work the water cure; it didn't,
| though, I'm here to tell you, and
youngSter, I'd like to vanish that pa
per Wadlet in my gullet before / have
to go home and meet wiley at the
door
Il suppose, yOungster, that it will
all be overlooked, seeing that it was
New Years; how do I look? Could
you tell from a desultory glance that
l had been out for three or four
nights, or have 1 carried the weight
of my designations in a light and airy
manner, as the poets say? The bump
as / tumbled from the Water-WagOn,
after making my resolutions, was q
terrific one, and, like the shots fired
at the battle of Lexington, might have
been heard round the world; but |
suppose there were so many bumpers
humping at just that time, that mine
was just one of the minor bumps; be-
leve me, though, youngster, I'll wager
a new hat that the bump l get on the
bun with a skillet when [ hove into
port at the cottage will not be mi
/ nor one, but will show up in decidedly
/ major proportions.
yes. Mike Davis is all right; l
can trust him to keep it on the quiet,
unless some of those cussed neWspa-
per reporters get next to the deal. 1t
was q great stunt, and, considering
! the prominence of those most inter
ested, would make a rafting good
story But 1 can trust you and Mike
| to keep it all under your lids. I'll let
+! YOU know tomorrow how l get along
with the old girl. Trust all to me,
Leo; though I'd about as soon be te-
totally thunderstruck, dragged through
a crab-apple thicket and squeezed to
death in a cider press, as to face tne
| music in store for me-
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