The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-05

400 years and answer outside aues-
tions at the same time,
"When you got down TO the post
Office nobody knew yet who was elect
ed. Instead Of sitting down on the
steps and waiting, you went around
swinging your hat and whooping and
hurrahlng. You offered to bet money,
Samuel; you offered to bet our cow
and hog; you offered to bet our barn
agin hencoop that your candidate
was elected. 40 wonder they all look
ed at you as a crazy man, but worse
was to come-far worse. Samuel, I
must weep-I must. can't help It,"
Samuel did not Interfere with the
program. He had good thing in that
circular, and no hung to It. The ex-
perts who had inspected the mine re.
ported that nature seemed to have col
lected millions of tons Of silver ore
from all over the world and shipped It
to that one spot and dumped It down
to make a good thing for him and 9th
ers, but more particularly him. Moth
ing was said as to whether nature got
any rebates from the railroads
ayes, worse--woIse. You got so ex-
cited that you offered to bet our minis.
ter n years salary agin keg of beer!
Think of II. Samuel--a keg of beerl 1t
was no wonder that over thirty men
we're stricken so dumb that they
couldn't say a word for ten minutes.
Everybody was looking for n thunder
bolt to come down from the skies and
destroy you. Samuel, did you know
what you was saying and doing? You
was sunstruck once, you know, and
mebbe It was n return Of It. Mrs,
Brown said that It might be So"
Samuel smiled 20 himself, but did
not take shelter behind the excuse SO
kindly held out He had drunk -four
glasses Of hard cider on election night,
but he clearly remembered events as
they had happened
"And there's more worse to come,
Samuel-more worsew exclaimed Mrs
Dolby between her sobs. when the
returns finally came In and you found
your man was elected you uttered aw.
full yells and went around knocking Of
hats and growing like rooster! Thinl,
Of Tiny husband and man who was
deacon of the church for fourteen
years Growing like a rooster! It's q
wonder that l don't sink right through
the floor! Can you blame me for send.
ing for strychnine? Can you blame me
for wanting to perishT"
Stuck to His Reading.
The deacon could have committed
himself, but he didn't. lie stuck right
Of It the more he realized what philan
thropists the president and other Off
GERS were. He determined to write
them a letter OF thanks next day If he
did no more.
"And you finally came home, Samue
you finally came home, and you sait
your feet hurt you, and you had {
black eye, and the bEim of your ha
was gone. You said something abou
running agin Mr.. Whites COW on you
way home, and I spoke kindly to you
but / have at last learned the truth
You run agin a New York drumme
instead of a COW, and It was him tina
gave you the black eye and rulnet
your hat. 1t was. Mrs. Brown says
can be proved by twenty differen
men.
"Out on election night, to begin with
"Next yelling like pirate and crow
ing like rooster!
Thirdly, betting the preacher {
years salary agin keg Of beer!
"Fourthly, coming home with blacl
eye!
"Fifthly, lying about Mr.. Whites oil
COW!
samuel Dolby, hand over tina
strychnine and let me take 1t and die
You must see that | cannot face tn,
people of this village and live n
longer"
The deacon laid aside the seductive
circular, with sigh, rose up an,
wound up the clock, and then, afte
seeing that the kitchen stove was shu
up and the teakettle had plenty o
water in II, he started upstairs to bed
Two minutes later Mrs. Dolby fol
lowed. She had removed her hat anC
wiped away the tears, and as she as
cended the stairs she said:
Samuel, my corns are aching ag'in
and l do really believe we shall wax
up In the morning and lind a foot o
snow on the ground" NJ. QUAD.