Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-06-25

lderstands the sentiment and value:
| When saw them at the dealers /
took them for a heap OF old rubbish.
but ten minutes later knew they were
lust what wanted Listen, Mrs. Bow.
ser. That stand once occupied the
place Of honor in the throne room OF
julius Caesar
Mrs. Bowser lost her breath and
heard a dull roaring in her ears.
/ Cleopatra sat in that chair when
she Rugged the asp to her bosom and
was stung to death!'
| Mrs. Bowser choked with the lump
in her throat and wondered If she was
going to die right then and there.
THAT oil painting is by Aristotle.
He painted 1t while in prison and
|awaiting trial for the killing Of girl
who Tilted him. When he came to trial
it was the picture that saved him. His
Judges agreed that man who could
paint like that could not be guilty Of
| murder. The painting was afterward
stolen from 1 him and at the end of
twenty years was found in the house
| Of Charlemagne, who had gobbled it.
| Whether Charlemagne was punished
for his offense against the law is a
Iymatter lost in the lapse Of time. All
| the old masters took this picture as a
| guide. In fact. it was the beginning of
the cid master business Please re-
member what have told you, so as to
BE- able to explain it to your callers"
! Mrs. Rowser gave silver and lost
Ter memory in a fash.
This old blue pitcher has a curious
history Cicero first presented it to
Nero. After year or two Nero pre-
| sented it to Claudius. Then it passed
| from Claudius to Alexander the Great.
1t WAS while Alexander had it that he
| slipped on a banana peel and fell down
and broke the nose off, 1t was then
! thrown on the scrap heap and was not
heard Of again for hundred years. 1t
Ethen appeared on the banquet table Of
| Cyrus, king Of Persia, and we can
trace it down through various hands
l;until it finally reached those Of Bene-
IIdict Arnold. He left it behind when
lie fed from West Point, and it is said
that this was the only sorrow he had.
Fit is now In our possession, Mrs. Bow
ser. and will remain here as long as
We ike. That silver salver simply be-
E!oIGed to William the Conqueror. If
sou have anything to say you can
have the floor" ..~ ~
Il Because Dealer Told Him So.
/ Mrs Bcwser had been sitting and ST.
! lcntly praying for an earthquake or
lcyclone to come, but neither is ever
jt,nade to order. She had to speak, and
LATTER a great effort she said:
"Who-who told you about these
ItAings?'' -
| Why. the dealer bought them of. f"
you the TRUTH
why. what possible object could
he have in deceiving me? OF course
|: he told me the truth"
But history doesn't say that Arts
totle was ever in love, ever in prison.
For ever painted picture''
i Suppose it doesn't? Do you think
history has kept track of everything
! that's happened in the world? Mrs.
Bowser. you show a disposition to
carp and I'm astonished.''
But how could Cicero present that
old pitcher to Nero when they didn't
live in the same century? There were
no stuffed chairs in Cleopatra's time.
Nero and Claudius were also hun
dred years apart 1t was very nice
and thoughtful of YOU ~.
Mrs. Bowser," Interrupted Mr..
Bowser as the red came into his face
ARE you going to criticise these val
liable mementos?"
mo. but you see"- " s...
II see that you would have preferred
a fifteen cent pinchbeck breastpin to
what I have collected here!" he shout
ed ~-
You know wouldn't. only
'Only out Of the way. woman! l
might have known how you would
act. Relics Of Nero. Claudius and
Cleopatra, goodbyr' -.
And, picking up the chair, he used
it as sledge to break and smash and
splinter until heap of broken stuff
represented the history of thousand
years ago. When be had finished he
broke the last leg off the chair, kicked
the .stufing out and then stood with
folded arms and said:
Mrs. Bowser, our forty-second an
niversary may come, our hundredth,
our thousandth. but never again do l
bring memorial into this house
never! You telephone your lawyer
and will mine. and Well have the
divorce arranged for in an hourr'
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