South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21
HARD LUCK DAY.

A Good Luck Day would be an i'm
possibility; there isn't enough good
luck lying around 10 fill two sticks.
But Hard Luck Day-that is a diff
ferent matter. Everyone has hard
luck and has just as good a time.
one can go among any class OF peO-
pie and no matter how happy they try
10 appear to be at the time. as soon
as you ask them If they have had any
hard luck, their smiles Will vanish,
and their countenances will grow long
and sad. and tears Will well up in their
eyes and-if you are sympathetic.
they viii begin TO blubber; in the
meantime they will pour out tale Of
woe that would melt a tombstone.
We have had no trouble in collect
ing enough hard luck stories for this
issue to fill whole page; the trouble
is that they are all too dern sad We
wouldn't dare to publish them. Why.
we can recall one OF them that is so
saturated with heart-thrObs and sOr
row that we weep all over the type
writer at the mere thought of it. We
couldn't tell il TO you. If we printed
that narrowing tale fl would bring
gloom upon the whole city. Business
would stop. Means would issue from
every home; our streets would run
with tears-nO, we couldn't think of
it.
therefore. we nave SeleCted only
the mildest stories that have come TO
eur ears. and you must admit that
these are sad enough. But we Will
have TO let it go at that.
Ed. Doran and Chris AichIe went
out 10 SOusley's lake a week or so
ago in quest of ducks, and all they
could report on their return was
perfect score 'on cattails. Upon re-
ferring TO our cOmpedium of varied
information, we learn that the cat
tail. although more or less ornament
al while feeding around the shores of
our shallow lakes. ii is not particu-
larly gamey. and has no food value
whatsoever.
II. s. Newman, who is so good ma
tured that you never would suspect
that he ever had any hard luck, just
the same has his trials along with
the rest OF us. Hard luck?" he re-
peated after my question, 4 should
say / have had S. day before yes
terday and now I've only got 3
centsv'
Frank sheriff. tells a hard luck
story of a doctor who bought "a small
gasoline runabout OF the kind that is
turned out by the trainlOad daily,
and is popularly known as the Tin
ner's Dream" The doctor, after he
had driven the car two weeks. de-
cided that he needed a larger ma
chine. and in order 10 make a quick
sale OF his little runabOut advertised
fl as a practically brand new car for
S400 Cash--a figure considerably re-
duced from the price he paid. This
al ran a week in the papers. but
there was no reply Being desirous
Of dispOsjng of the machine at once.
the next week he offered it for $500.
ard still no calls. He was getting inn
patient nov an dthe following week
set a price OF S200-then 500. with
like results. Finally. in desperation.
he put in an al as follows: ITO he
given AWAY nearly new T. u. run
about at 3 o'clock next sunday morn
ing at vacant lot corner 99th av. and
Tooth ST. No questions asked"
ThatN bring 'em. an right" he
chuckled. The next Sunday morning
he arrived at the appointed place
with his car and found some 200 9TH
er T. u. owners waiting with their
cars.
Serg Barnhart went out after rab-
bit on the thirteenth and shot thirteen
OF them. but he only brought back
twelve and a half He couldn't find
the other half Of the unlucky thir-
teenth. and says if fl had been Friday
the thirteenth. he probably wouldn't
have brought back any of the rabbits
and mebbe ne wouldn't have come
back himself
Howard Cushing had the unpleas-
ant task OF going out southwest of
town the other day 10 aDpraiSe some
marsh land. Better come along"