The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-11
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IT'S dandy said the ware
honseman Ii eoncluslon You
ought y taks your wife and 80 see
II think + see myself said the
5paeker It mast be "a Jim dandy;
No, 81, ! guess I'll pass that up. I
iknoY betteryays to put ingan eyens
ing.''' 3s5
u thought you liked to take In q
good show said the warehouse man,
ITS the best l know Of.
well, you're welcome to AL Of
them kind," said the packer. yes
1 like a good show, but that amt
what ! call good. Think ] want to
see an old guy killed and the wrong
Teller doin time for 1t an his kid
dyin' an hiswife staryinl outsin the
snow2 Not much don't"
You must be a chump," said the
warehopseman. Whats the differ
ence as long as 1t all comes out in the
end? In the last scene don't they
throw the hooks into this guy Chaun-
cey good and plenty? Didn't | tell
you? This Jack Hardy breaks out o.
the pen an chauncey trails him to
the cottage where his wite's been
stayin, ever since she was reskyerd
from the river an the woman she's
stayin' with Is GhaunGey's wife, what
he deserted, an she's got him dead
to rights with the papers he thought
was burned. So when the cops bust
in the door to get Jack she springs
the papers on EN-, an Jest as olaun.
eey's climbin' out through the WIN.
der the loot pulls his gun an gives
him hiss Whats wrong with that? x,
'sItsban right If you like IT, i
guess" said the packer, II don't,
see what you had to feel good about
when the cop shot him. Anyway the
kid died. y al
ashe.. come to life again darnedi
quick If sshs did," said the ware
houseman. my wife an'sme, seen
her eatin' a lunch o. rye bread an
bologna an beer when we went into
the RESTRAINT after the show to get
bite"
Its all right about that too" said
the, packer. 81 didn't s'pose they
telephoned to theundertakcr as soon
as the curtain went down, but you
felt bad while the dyin' act was go
In on"
Sure" said the warehouseman.
"she done 1t as natural as life. The
old woman wet her handkerchief till
you could wiring the water out Of 1t,
cryln'.".
You must have enjoyed It,"
II cert'nly did"
That's the diirrunce between you
an me. I'd sooner see a ball, sor a
couple o. good Dutch c'meiuils. 8IH
amt huntiaI trouble myself. I'd \
sooner give 30 cents token .eHtsofitg
than to see it. If1wait a good time
I'll take in voddervil show an SEQ
somethin' worth seein'. You take q
good tumblin' act or sleight o. hand
or bell rlsgsfs an ltgiEes you some
thin tosthIhk about an. don't give
you the blues. see guy the other
night played the clarinet with his
nose 80
sThat'g fight. He played a toon
omit. std o putin 1t to his mouth
hegheldsit up to his nose an snorted
down IT.. .BIIarrlgan' was what he
played. An there was an armless
wonder that drawed pictures on a
blackboard with colored chalk. He
had Taft an Bryan an John D. an
Teddy an q lot more. SWELL"
You're nutty," said the ware
houseman.
Maybe I am, returned the pack
err. 1--WE been havin' a touch o
lumbago an the landlords threaten
In to put the furniture on the street
II the rent aInt paid next week. I'm
paying Interest now on a loan O. $50
that l got from one O. these sharks
an that keeps nee wigglin'-that an
he Doctors BILL"
That's hard luck said the ware
houseman, sympatheticaliy.
Its hard enough for me-" saidtl
the packer. III ,the boss d raise my
pay an could get them debts out o /
the way maybe I'd go to see "A De-
mons Revenge Just to tone down
my high spirits. but as 1t IS I amt
interested in Jack or Chauucey or
any Of them, I've got troubles of
my own"
"Well. don't know as blame
you" said the warehouseman. Chi
cago News.