The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-19
The Philosophy
8 Making Your
Kicks by Proxy
BY KENNETH HARRIS.

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hand genially at his neighbor.
Schreckmeier. who was silt
ting with his chin buried In his palms.
What's maxim you look so Joyous.
| Schreck?" he asked
Schreckmeier grunted.
Such line day as 1t is said Mr.
Grips, land the family doin' so we'll
| heard your daughter last night She's
got elegant lung power, that young
lady has. You ought to be proud OF
her
Schreckmeier threw out his hands.
did you hear that dog -goned horn up
20 ~ o'clock? MOI" he said. That
starts the child. and no wonder. 1t
starts me 10 weep all the time that
hear IT, Did you hear? OF course,
yes
"Of course. yes" assented Mr..
GFipi,s .it.s-i nterestin- II. TO
hear him tryin' TO get his notes? He
thinks he'll sure know the right ones
when they come along. an he does.
but he gets EN- all In the\ wrong places
and it's hard for him TO get 'em sorted
out again, so he has 10 gaake tresh
start
III there's one thing more than an
its the way he perseveres.
struggling Teller Artist"
Schreckmeier sputtered with rage
"You admire" he cried. You tell me
that you admire that-that-lu
that brute beast, that little INFANT
child torturer. that criminal.
II thought you was something or q
musician yourself, Schreck, said Mr..
Grips II thought you'd sympathize
with a struggling Teller artist.
He Is Teller pig" said Schreck-
meier He is Teller babboon, and
some day | take that horn and make
him swallow It. He will practice on
that horn for ten thousand million
years and then he knows less than
what he does now.
Mr.. Cripps lit his pipe and smoked
IL for "A minute or two with grave
countenance.
I'm sure | wouldn't want To stir up
strife between neighbors. Schreck, he
said but ii he disturbs YOU to the ex-
tent you say. IL might be as well TO
Jam about half yard OF the instru-
ment down his throat. wouldn't
make him swallow 1t entirely. because,
being brass, IL might result in blood
poiscnin'.
Go to him, anyway, and remon-
strate. Take gun along with you
IL you've got one. If you haven't.
good knotty club might do
"kickers Aren't Popular"
81 have went to him." said Schreck-
meier. Il have asked him why he
cannot let us rest I'm the night, or
maybe he could go of somewheres II
is quiet 10 practice. | tell him | Will
pay carfare out OF the city TO help
him
"Yes?" said Mr.. Cripps. inquiringly.
"IIe tells me To go To thunder right
of" said Schreckmeier, gritting MS
teeth.
And what happened them"
Nothing has happened"
He's husky sort OF guy, then.
said Mr.. Cripps. meditatively. Il sup
posed he would be-
1t does not bother you. Grips,
no." said Schreckmeier. You like
such sounds? That's what | do not
understand. You are Interested. you?'
I've been Interested I'm The tooth
ache said Mr.. Cripps, but | haven't
never grown to like It. | guess ! feel
this horn business worse than you.
Your baby keeps you stirring, any
way"
But you make no complaint" said
Schreckmeier. You laugh, you smile
and make fun
"Schreck. my boy" said Mr.. Cripps.
II Rnd that every once in while |
have To put you wise to matters and
things. No. | don't make any com
plant. It's mighty seldom that | do.
II take notice that the kickers amt
popular in any grade OF society. and
so when my feelings get outraged and
my rights trampled on. ! look around
10 see who | can rip up To make a
coed hard kick for
II thought | was gettin' you start
ed but | guess it's up to Halloran. on
the third floor. TO make the protest,
/ didn't urge IL strong before. because
I'm afraid Halloran will Kill him"