The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-11

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szys. arFears I'd have a1r1n1ed il
g9o1-,1r- rot thing czarzctsrs dstgr
zlne1 .e gre hsa long dreaEF. IL
cazsse1ezt sAssswsrzrA of the past
ttzr. Z sAaeEz1 ma pToTs AZ Ell
c.zns snsi4ese Ea As azaiz for al
clert tatgra5hi1al s4tnstiss
Ihs opportunity came one night
Whs1 I ca-ght hiZ sitting alone At
table ln Hsrnessgs place sat down
beside hin and zsksd hin 10 take
something
Z beg yosr pardon. cclonsi. h1E .
there's S8meiaing ! Eant 70 ask Eez
before forget This afternoon Jesse I
Randall ard wera haTing q TAX .
and neither 81 Is colld rHrall tie I
name ot = certain man whon re Hssd
to know Tery well Il wasn't Mere 4
d.th, nor MerryEeztheE. but some
such name as shzt-it began with 9
Merry alFEaT
Yes. said tae colonel. closing ons
ere and scratching bis head. there
mas a man 0f some such name az that
lived around here. years ago. How
long has re been dead. Jchn
Wen. I turned that question or.
. OF course. there never was any such
nan az all
Oh. don't know. exactly ! said;
but you must remember him. all right.
He lived on Delaware avenue. On The
side opposite to yuur house-a little
farther up. nearer the park He vas
tall. fne-Io0king man. with heavy,
iron-gray musfaeae
Yes. SIR said the colonel that's
the man, al right knew him a.
veil as I knov you, John Strange
that can't speak hts name-ald I've
got It on the tip Of my tongue
"'Of course. there's no question of
! your knowing him, colonel said He
had two very handsome daughters.
They were very lady-like girls. and
highly accomplished. The father was
a hospitabie maa; used TO entertain
great deal-kept open house, IN
fact
You never spoke a truer word
than thai in your life. Johnl the colo
mel exclaimed, enthusiastically And
I be knew how TO do it He didn't DO
Il b. halves.
And, II you remember, colonel,
went on. Jogging the old gentleman's
memory Of this purely hypothetical
parsonage. he was elected 70 the city
council one year. but only sat there
about three months. He was unseat.
ed on petition. Il was proved that
votes had been bonght for him-if not
!. BY him: ard he came near getting IN
/. sc trouble.
But this old fellow that we're
speaking of-Merry something-had a
glass ere. you know.
{. "Ah. That was III knew there
q was something peculiar about him
! but ! couldn't Just locate the trouble
s That's what it vas. John-a glass eye
But there wasn't one person in a hun
dred that knew II: f. was as natural
looking as the genuine article. But
what was the mans ns@ez Merrs
e Merry something with a Merry il
d front Of it, / know; but can't gel
the rest Of it out
. wei, you'll think OF It b. and By
7 colonel, l said. but you'll have to ex
cuse me now / must go-got an ap
pointment Good night
= Good night, John. says the colo
e mel III tell you the old cocks mans
e next time / see YOU.
Iy y didn't see the colonel again unit
Al last night, when l happened to drol
b. into Iennessy's place again. I'd for
N gotten all about the old Merry fel
low. but the colonel hadn't
The other night, John. he said
= yen we're asking me about a man nam
2 ed Meredith. or Merriyale, or Merry
lg weather, or Merry Andrew-got elect
n ed to the city council, but was IN
10 seated for bribery
Yes, yes, said. What Of him
colonel?
Well. you were all right up 4
e that point, John, said the colonel
slowly: but you said he had 4 glas
ot eye.
Ir- Yes
OF That's where you were bit Oh
s. John. the colonel replied, taking
sip Of his liquor.
How / asked.
"Why the id old fooi-he IA
two glass eyes, She colonel yelled
y banging his fist down on the table
q well, / did the only thing a mai
b. could do under ths circumstances.
Al set EN- up.
e. "But the colonel wasn't cured OF hi
I'D old trick. nor satisfied with his r
~ Yenge
m- He started out on another Of hi
- longwinded stories He said thi
ID man with the two glass eyes remind
ed him Of another old citizen, who's
name was sorneet or Sorefeet-soms
a thing Of that kind"
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