The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-02-28

home. There they serve Heman hot
for breakfast and dinner and warm
him over for supper. All right; can
watt
The conversation wandered from
Buenos Aires to Frisco and back again
until the cigars and coffee were reach
ed Then the congressman blew a
fragrant ring into the air and from
behind it looked quizzically at his
companion.
"Well," he observed, $50 far as that
appropriation of yours is concerned
He paused and blew a second ring.
Captain Cy stroked his beard.
"Um-yes." he drawled. Now that
you mention it seems to NE there was
some talk of an appropriation"
Mr.. Everdean laughed
eve been making inquiries" he
said Il saw the chairman of the COM
mittee on the pork bill. / know him
well. He's a good fellow, BUT
"Yes, know. I've seen lots of poll
ticians like that. They're all good fell
lers, but If ] was in politics I'd
make law to cut but out of the die
| tionary."
"Well, this chap really is a good fell
low. l asked about the $4,000 for
your town. He asked me why | didn't
go to the congressman from that dis
trict and not bother him about it. /
| said perhaps l would go to the con-
| gresham later, but I came to him
first"
"Sartin. Same as the Teller with a
sick mother-in-law stopped in at the
undertaker's on his way to call the
doctor. All right; heave ahead"
'Well, we had a rather long con-
yersation. | discovered that the Bay
port item was originally included in
en- out"
Eyes, l see. Uncle Sam had to econ.
omize, hey-save somethin' for rainy
dayY'
well. possibly. Still, the bill is just
as heavy. Now, Captain Whitaker,
don't know anything about this affair
and it's not my business, but I've beer
about today. and / asked questions
and-I'm going to tell you a fairy tale
1t isn't as interesting as your ses
yarns. but Do you like fairy sto
RESP
Land. yes! Tell few myself whe1
it's necessary. Sometimes l almost be
lieve 'em. Well?"
1 "Of course you must remember thi
is a fairy story. Let's suppose tina
once on a time-that's the way the.
always begin-once on a time Their
was a great man, great in his owl
country, who was sent abroad by hi
people to represent them among tn
rulers of the land. so in order to typ
ically represent them he dressed il
glad and expensive raiment, wen
about in dignity and"-
"And whiskers. Don't leave out tn
whiskers."
''All right-and whiskers. And |
came to pass that the people whom b.
represented wished to-er-bring abou
a certain needed improvement in thei
their beautiful and enterprising com
munity."
'Sho, sho! How natural that sounds
You must be mind reader"
mo, but l have to make speeches il
my own community occasionally. Well
the people asked their great man t
get the money needed for this improve
ment from the rulers Of the land afore
mentioned. And he was at first al
enthusiasm, and upon the-the parch
ment scroll where such matters are in
scribed were written the name of tn
beautiful and enterprising communit.
and the sum of money it asked fol
and the deal was as good as made
Excuse the modern phraseology. M.
fairy lingo got mixed there"
"Never mind. l can get the drift
lust as well-maybe better"
; "And the deal was as good as made
But before the vote was taken anothe
chap came to the great man and said
Look here! / want to get an appro
priation of. say, $4,000 to deepen ant
Improve river down in my state
southern state Wen say-1've been t
the chairman Of the pork bill commit
tee, and he says it's impossible. TIL
bill simply can't be loaded any further
But find that you have an item II
there for deepening and improving
harbor back in your own district
why don't you cut that item out
shove it over until next year? 70
can easily find satisfactory explana
ton for your constituents. And 70
want to remember this: The improve
ment Of this river means that the-th
well, a certain sugar growing CON
pany can get their stuff to market at
figure which will send its stock up an
up. And you are said to own consid
cradle amount Of that stock. So VIII
not drop the harbor item and subst
tute my river slice? Then Well.
guess that's the end Of the tale"
He paused and relit bis cigar Car