The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-13

and was trotting along when Lulu
waved her hand and an auto (name
Of maker concealed rushed IN and
they were borne away In II. They ar
rived at Sam Smiths shanty to find II
changed into villa
Sam had left his wife dressed In cal
ico He now found her in silks with
a $4,000 pearl necklace twisted seven
times around her neck. II was one
that had been struggled through.
There were forty servants. barnful
Of horses. wine cellar mahogany
poker table and twenty-five eight-day
clocks. The White House looked like
Is cents by comparison Sam had left
FIVE ragged children behind him Now
as The auto drew up seventeen hand.
some and richly dressed kids rushed
forward and called him pop.
"Mr. Smith. please unload the gold.
will your said Lulu. And she handed
him bag after bag until the coal cellar
was filed chock.nblock. Then she
said:
kind sir, ] have arranged for you
TO be elected to the United States sen
ate and to be president later on If you
wish to. and from this date on there
will be no necessity for you to keep
one night corn cure In the house. You
were kind to an old woman. and this
is your reward. If the tariff isn't re-
vised downward bolt the ticket again
In 1912" -
Deacon Peeram Gets the kibosh.
And as to Deacon Pegfam--bcforc
he got home one of his horses was
turned into iackass and the other
into blind COW. He found that his
wife had turned into cross eyed wo
man, his two children had the measles
and cyclone bad taken the roof off
his barn. His hens began to die off,
his vinegar barrel leaked, his dog ran
away. and lightning struck hls wind
mill and shlvered 1t all to spllnters
AS a last calamity he ran for the leg
islature. and the avalanche was so
deep over his head that they didn't
think 1t would pay to dig him out
On another occasion another old wo.
man was hanging around the aviation
grounds TO sec the flying from the out
side. No; she had no cash for grand
stand seat No matter how rich she
had been In other days. she was on her
uppers now AS she walked around
among the tblstlcs and mayweeds and
now and then. applied her eye to a
knotholc in the fence she took from
her pocket moldy crust OF bread and
began TO chew on II with one tooth
she had left. As she chewcd she wept.
and as she chcwed and wept proud
and pompous millionaire, on his way
| TO the grounds TO buy ten reserved
seats. approached her and said
"Old woman. | object TO your tears"
But they are tears OF sorrow. kind
SIR" she replied.
81 also object To that crust"
But 1t Is my sole fall and winters
stock OF provisions"
81 likewise object to your tooth"
"But It is the only one have. You
surely can't bcgrudgc Il poor old wo-
man one tooth"
But do. aud you must get of the
earth"
| IdlTJ NO. Acto tNo Soouos
She could have done so in flying ma.
| chine. But alas. how was she to pro.
cure one? She had turned away TO sob
when young man rushed up with
words Of sympathy. He was working
on a salary of Sll per, but she should
go inside II she wanted TO- She should
also have secondhand teeth and fresh
bread and II there was a room at the
Waldorf to suit her she should have
1t. He was no old woman himself but
| he could feel for dozen OF them at
| time.
| And then the old woman plucked n
4 thistle head and blew down into the
air and behold. the rich man ana the
| poor man had changed places. and
dressed in the most gorgeous raiment
she was walking into the grounds on
| the arm of the young man, and they
| got in just in time to see one of the
aviators come down with thump
and hear him explain that the most
modest old maid or the most timid
man milliner incurred not the slight
est risk In going n mile high.
| AS TOT tnc Tlcu inhn Nuo got tHc
kibosh-he sits In the parks now and
can't strike job, and The young man
with the scads has gone TO Europe to
purchase his eighth automobile and or.
der another cargo OF champagne.
Provs7 II.
~ see the physlognomlsls claim that
thick. short. curly hair Is m indication
OF great natural strength" said the
boarding house lady trying to make
conversation nj the breakfast table.
"a guess the physiognomists are
right" replied the thin boarder 81
found that kind of hair in my but
ter this morning" YOnkers States
man.
A Rich Orphan.
II feel sorry for that poor mother