The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-03


lie has had dat show. Doorln' de year
l could have criticised him on varus
occashuns, but / held my peace.
knowed what must come, and / waited
for 1t. What was to come has come.
my frens, Brudder Shinbone am not
in de hall tonight. lie am not at home
tonight He am not in de city tonight.
| can't 'zactly locate de spot on which
his foot am restln', but 1t am fur, fur
away. l don't want to make any mys-
terry of my words, and so / will plainly
inform you dat Brudder Shlnbone has
skipped -skated-struck de pike.
"Some OF you know why, and some
Of you will ask why. De explanashun
am easy. De brudder belonged to de
swagger set. He had box at de
postofiice, and his wife gin high teas.
He wore a plug hat, and his wife had
n b'arskin rug on de parlor fiooh. He
belonged to a poker club. and his wife
ordered ice cream for ebery Sunday
dinner. If ten, twenty and thirty
cent Shakespearean play come along
you allus found 'em IN de thirty cent
seats.
"Brudder Shinbone was a barber at
$12 a week salary and no tips. Could
he afford TO be swagger? / figgered 1t
out and said no; he figgered IL out and
said yes. He went ahead and tried 1t,
and de result am dat lie has fed de
town bankrupt. His household goods
have been seized for debt, his wife am
lookin for washin's to do, and de
swagger bizness am busted higher'n
kite. | am not rejoiced ober it. ! am
holdin' 1t up as an objick lesson.
"One Of de Oldest members OF dis
club am Waydown Bebee. Up TO six
months ago he was as steady as an
old sawmlll. IL anybody had dun told
us dat he would eber make a ass OF
hisself we would have laughed de inn
| putation TO scorn. He Armed $40 a
week, and de only amusement he was
! guilty Of was gwine TO de circus once
year. Six months ago his brudder In
Gawgia died and left him $3.50 IN cash.
When dat money got yere wanted TO
take Waydown aside and talk 20 him,
but ne wouldn't be .tooken. He seemed
to know what was gwine to say, and
he lodged me. Some others started In
TO advise, but dey didn't git fur.
mo use akin II Brudder Waydown
am yere tonight. l know he hain't. ]
know dat he am sittin' In his lonely
cabin wild his head tied up in a wet
towel to ease de achin' throbs, and it
may be dat we shall nebber see him
yere ag'ln. Yes, sittln' all alone by his
self, and once in awhile he fetches a
groan like dyin' boss. For six months
Brudder Waydown went IN for de
swagger life. He jined clubs; he went
TO de races; he wore patent feathers;
he bought diamond pin; he prone
naded up and down In front OF banks.
Az home 1t was gilt clocks, lace cur
tains ana brick ice cream. De Bebee
family cut a swath. Dey reached dc
pinnacle.
The De 6sbee Family.
my frens, dar am people who reach
de pinnacle TO stay up dar. Oar am
others who reach IT, TO take one look
around and den fail backward head
ober heels and come down wild an aw
full thump, De Rehee family reached
It to come down. Mebbe you heaPl Dc
thump a week ago. has told you
whar Brudder waydown IS. but whal
am Mrs. Bebee? She helped her hus
band to sRagger. She liked It, sh'
took de faIl from de pinnacle wild him
but she got right up and run ava,
Wild another man, man wild mo
swagger 10 him. Yes, she's gone, anC