The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-30

days!. I've got sncaklng idea that
| Senator Tillman put the job up. but
don't know for certain. Don't give
him hint that you suspect anything,
but keep your eye on him.
On Wednesday Sllas Goodheart of
this town, who is the champion trouble
raiser, came to me aud said:
Pap. there's been hard feelings be-
| tween us. ana don't want 1t that way
any longer. LET'S make up and be
| friends"
But you are down on the president"
says I. .Ul.
"Yes. l thought he ought to have
given me an Office for the way yelled
for him, but LET that go. Mebbe he'll
fix things right blmeby. Let's you'n
me go fishing this afternoon TO show
folks here In town that we've made
| up"
| said I'd go. and | went home to dig
| some bait When told Mrs. Pink
| ham what was up she threw up her
hands and called out
Pap. If you go you will never come
back alive It's plot of the enemy.
|
| and they are going TO assassinate you.
Deprived of your support. what's the
president going to do"
William. Mrs. Plnkham cannot only
| tell you what ails you over the long
distance telephone, but she reads the
| future when the moon Is full. 1t was
| full last week. | listened to her and
then put up job on Silas. i went
| fishing with him. but when he was
| about to elbow me off the bank into a
| deep hole / turned on him. When j
had made him holler for mercy l took
| from his person a slungshot, a black
| jack n knife and pistol. He had
cant TO make sure of your pap.
| so took from his pocket a letter he
| rad received from Washington. There
was no name signed to It, but ! have
my suspicious. One paragraph Of the
4 letter read:
| "'rhe president and Old Pan have
got to he separated at any cost of
| blood and treasure or all our schemes
must fail. Find out II Old Pap can
swim. If he can't your way is clear.
| They will think he was pulled into the
river by sucker. If your plan sue
ceeds telephone me In these words:
! His mutton Is cooked"
Suspects Political Plot
In the mail on Thursday morning ]
received letter signed BLACK Hand"
II notified me that If ] did not leave
I Jericho within one week l was
| doomed. The letter was postmarked
Baltimore, but was doubtless written
In Washington. Have you any speci-
mems OF the handwriting of Senator
Bailey or Dofiver or that Michigan fcl-
Ter? The Black Hand orders your
Old Pap to pull his freight within
! seven days Does he pull? Not II he
is bounced out postmaster. and they
4 say he is, William. You can see to
! what straits the enemy Is driven.
| Wouldn't II be wise move on your
| part TO get shirt of mail and wear II
night and day Don't let them make
! you believe that the dollar shirt Is
| Just as good. Ii looks TO me as If the
| time would soon be here when both of
| us will have to carry a gun. Wouldn't
| II be well for us to begin to practice
| on the draw?
On Friday afternoon l was stopped
on the street by stranger who want
ed TO know II would make trip in
dying machine lie had invented and
named The Pinkham" In MY honor.
| In other words. | was to be taken up
about three miles high and dumped
out to strike the earth dead ruler |
simply wlnked ut the nlnn and passed
+, on. He saw that | twigged and bother
| ed me no more. William don't let no
one caJoie you into getting your feet
off the solid earth. They are after us
| for sure.
Saturday wound up week OF ex-
| element by finding that some one had
poisoned six of my hens. More of the
| insdious enemy. He fails to bribe,
bluff or scare me, and he wreaks venge-
ance on innocent hearted hens. The
idea. William. Is to strike us fell
blow and get the country to saying
that our policies are all wrong and
that Teddy must return four years
hence. It's all as clear to me as a
gallon of n. D. molasses. We have
got to beat the game. and we have
got 10 keep our eyes open TO do 1t. i
am holding Jericho between my thumb
and finger. and don't care durn how
much she wrlgges You hold WASH
ington the same way.
Mrs. Pinkham says keep on with the
root beer ! sent you. 1t may bring out
a rash. but you wlll feel better for II.
If the sugar trust sollcits my good of.
fees TO get letup 1t will be In vain.
am not 60 be sugared.
! OLD PAP PINKHAM,
One Time Postmaster.