Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-10
TURNED HIS CROUCH LOOSE
offers . Few warm PoStseripts 10
ga Ions Letter 20
Mother"

Tn writing q long letter 70 my mother"
said Mrs. Kersmith. as she refilled her
fountain pen. lis there any little message
you would like 10 send herr
Yes" replied Kersmith. laying aside his
book with violence. There was a baleful
light IN his eyes as he rose from his chair
and began fussing with his coat. You
say 20 your mother. a. coming from me-
that this reciprocity scheme is base con-
spiraey on the part OF the eastern manu-
faeturers TO force up the price Of carpet
tacks ard thus grind the faces OF the poor
The president has been misied by the
corporation cormorants and IL being made
a tool to saddle upon this country nefsri-
Gus incubus that VIII rob the poor man
OF his Jack lanterns and increase the hold
ings Of malefactors Of great wealth You
may cay TO your mother"
For the lands sake. Richard Kersmith.
what has come over you. that you talk
such foorshness7 what DOES my mother
care about reciprocity"
You may say 20 your mother" con-
tinued Kersmith. steruly sShat the mqb-
lixation OF troops on the, Mexican frontier
was another scheme OF the money barons
TO rob the orphan OF his automobile and
deprive the stricken widow OF her cigars
wherever we look we see the tentacles
Of the octopus and while the country is
staggering under its burden our congress-
men are mailing garden seeds to their
constituents and the garden seeds won't
grow. Mention these vital facts to your
mother and ask her II she can suggest a
remedy"
Really. Richard. you scare me. never
heard you talk in such crazy way be-
forel What do you mean. anyhow"
You may say TO your mother" cried
Kersmith, his voice vibrating with agony.
that I was not feeling well this morning
and came home AZ noon 10 spend the after
noon, and anticipated happy and restful
time. bought q book for the occasion.
am so busy sweating for living that
haven't read q novel in fivA years and
was hungry for romance Tell your mother
that seated myself in my easy chair with
the book in my hand and read Just far
enough 20 learn that the hero has a hawk
like face and the torso Of an athlete. and
then my wife asked me 70 go and look at
some flowers she had planted IN the front
yard looked At those foolish flowers.
and He'd about them. saying they were
quite pretty, and returned 20 my book
i had TO start at the beginning again
30 I'd have q proper idea Of the hero with
his magnificent torso and house Of Guggen-
heimer clothes, and then my wife asked
me to go upstairs with her TO see IL I
didn't think the northeast bed room needed
pink wall paper. went upstairs and looked
AZ the northeast bed room and lied about
II, saying II did need pink wall paper,
whereas II needs q bomb more, than any
thing else. And then came down TO my
chair again and tried once more to get on
TO the curves OF that hawk-faced hero.
i was Just reading about his remarkable
exploits as foot ball player at Yale when
neighbor woman dropped into the kitchen
with her little girl. and my wife. whose
early training was sadly neglected, took
the little gtri In her arms ana brought her
In 70 me and asked n ! didn't think the
Gear little thing had the sweetest blue eyes.
and lied again. Just TO be polite. and
said she had the sweestest blue eyes
whereas her eyes looked like glass alleys
'Rebuks your mother severely for not
having trained her daughter in the way
she should 60. II your mother was the
night sort Of woman II would be possible
for her son-in-laW TO spend a comfortable
afternoon In his own home ana find GU,
what became OF the hawk-faeed hero.
am going 70 take my book down 20 the
livery barn and spend the rest Of the day
IN a box stAil, reading in comfort
Tell your mother all about II ana draw
few charts and diagrams. 30 she'll be
sure to understand. Chicago News.