The Detroit times., 1911-12-21
CHAPTER TX.
lCOntlnued.l

-but THIS amazing Pfo}ectlon- nl MINI
self in printers ink on the publicity
screen" OF "A newspapers front page
appalled, Colonel Todhunter. He
shrank from II. shocked, with all q
countrymans dismay at sudden prom.
inence before the world.
It's all right for you. Bill--you can
afford TO Taught" he said indignant
~. But I'm the one that's holdin'
the bag, sub, It's me that's put on
that there internal cTcus-poster
like the Wild Man o. Borneo, not
you And I'll be shot full o holes
II IL amt me that's a-goin' 10 hold
them.thefe two young rascals to an
accountin for II. you mark my words
subj"
Colonel Strickland wiped the tears
from his eyes. You're all wrong,
hurs--honest. you are" he protested.
There amt line in that story that
don't speak good OF you, and what you
say there is as sound as a dollar. It's
You talking. TO the life, old fellow. ana
you're talking for me, and every word
you say helps us more than column
OF ordinary paper stun. wouldn't
take "A thousand dollars for IL, right
now"
I'D sell IL for blamed sight
lessn that, sun" holly replied Col.
onel Todhunter And didn't | warn
you-didn't | tell you beforehand that
they'd shorely size me up as a coun-
try-jake from the very beginnin',
and that I'd bungle you all up here In
ST. Louis, sub Didn't | say that as
sure as ! came TO these here city
headquarters o. your'n I'd play the
very aid blue blazes and Sam Hill
fore ! got through, sub, Yes, sub
and Fm a-headih, straight back for
Nineyeh this very day subj
NO. YOU ain't--not by a jugful."
retorted Colonel Strickland, man
fully striving 10 straighten his face
into gravity. NO, sir You1l speak
at the Coliseum this very night,
just as we've planned, Thurs, and
I'll tell YOU another thing You'll
speak 10 the biggest and most en-
thusiastic audience the Coliseum
ever held. or else | don't know the
signs of mans popularity when /
see EN-. sir"
! You've got some powerful funny
ideas of popularity. then that's all
! got TO say, Bill Strickland" snorted
Colonel Todhunter. Popular be
burned! What | ought 70 do by
rights is TO sue that-there st. Louis
paper for criminal libel sub. Them
cartoons o. me is the confoundest
most terrible lookin things ever saw
I in all my born days. subj"
7 In spite OF himself Colonel Strick-
land roared again. Thurs he said,
they're the living image OF YOU"
And then Colonel Todhunter ex-
| ploded. That's precisely the trouble,
sub! That's just exactly what makes
EN- so blamed libelous. you brayin'
| wild ass OF the DESERT The more [
look al EN-. the more they look like
me. And yet, by the jumpin' lingo, II
/ | resembled them pictures the way
| seem 10, Mrs. Todhunter wouldn't live
with me another day. sub! Anyway.
what business they got cartoonin me ?
amt runnin' for no Office. It's you
they ought TO cartoon. II they've got
to cartoon somebody. and you know 1t
mighty well, too. Bill Strickland"
Thurs said Colonel Strickland.
I'D give anything in the world ii they
would-thats the cold truth. But they
won't. | amt in II with you, my
| friend-you've made the hit OF your
life. Why, sir, you're the most IA.
nous man in st. Louis this very day."
Colonel Todhunter looked extremely
dubious, however.
And the next moment he found him
self In the imelight anew. The same
paper, conceding afresh his pictorial
and humorous possibilities. cartooned
him in another pose as It's Illustration
OF the weather prediction for the day.
presenting him as it's famous wealth.
er bird" High winds blowing from
the direction of Nineveh," IL gravely
announced. Shifting tonight to the
westward. with its storm center at the
Coliseum The famous Colonel Thurs
T. Todhunter will speak there. begin
| ming at eight sharp increasing wind
velocity. Duration OF gale unknown -
AT this stage of the proceedings IT
required the combined arguments of
Colonel Bill Strickland, his st. Louis
hackers. and the entire Headquarters
staff. 10 keep Colonel Todhunter from
| going on the warpath i'm quest of
newspaper scalps In general Colonel
Bill. shreMd veteran In knowledge
of what goes 10 win the peoples lik-
ling. was tickled almost beyond
measure.
"Old Thurs Todhunter's making
votes for our side faster than you
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