The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
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Do not mistrust the Tale, for every
Buccaneer from Broad Street, N. Y,
to the st. Francis Bar at the Golden
Gate. was once a Poor BOY with Store
Clothes on his Back and Grand Lar.
ceny In his Heart
When Angie went to visit Lib. after
the Lapse OF Many Years. you can
Gamble that they had Some Talk to
unload.
Angie carried a Wicker Suitcase
costing si.9s and her General Get.Up
was that OF tho Honest Creature who
may be found In any Hotel Corridor ut
2 A. NJ. m~assaging the Mosaic Floor
with a Hot Cloth.
Get mel" said wilbur's wife, drop
ping YEARLY to q Divan In the Style OF
Louie Quatorze. pipe the Lid. II IL
q 1906 Model and tho Aigrette Is made
OF Broom Straw. Take q Peek at the
shine Tailor.Made and the Paper
Shoes. Ever since they wished that
False Alarm on TO mo I have been Civ.
ting q correct Imitation OF Lizzie the
Honest Working Girl. Each Evening
he m home 20 give me a Sweet
Kiss and promises me a Trip to Eu.
rope and a Set OF Gray Squirrels, ard
next Morning, when I get up TO re.
move the Oatmeal from the Freiess
Cooker, ! find on the Back Porch a
large R%oughneck In a Sweater who
has come TO shut of tho Gas or take
away the Parlor Furniture. Then I
think OF you. with your Closets hang.
ing full OF fluffy Frocks and your Fin.
gers crowded with Jewels and you
Man rushing In every few Minutes TO
slap you in The Face with n Hundred
Dollar Bill. You can take II from me.
Dearie. would jump the whole Game.
were II not for the Children. have
put in my whole Life trying to realize
something or a Promissory Note that
was a Bloomer to begin with. He has
kidded me along ever since the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, feeding me
on Canned stun and showing me pic.
lures OF Electric Runabouts and Coun.
try Places on Long Island. In the
Meantime am playing In Great Luck
II ! can get a Trolley Car to stop
for me"
At this point the Wife OF Otis arose
and. pulling the ro~se-colored Sils
Wrapper more closely about her made,
to-order Form. interrupted with an
imperious Gesture.
Back up, Angie." she exclaimed.
You should be a Happy Woman. You
have your Husbands Love and you
have your Children. both OF which are
denied a Woman OF my Assured Posi-.
ton in the Two Minute Class OF the
Terrible Spenders. Talk about Hard.
ships! Do you know what II is 10 lead
the Grand March, surrounded by 500
Assegai.Throwers, Harpooners and
Cannibal Queens. who are pointing
you out as the Wife OF the Malefactor
who Is about 10 be Tried In the Fed.
eral Courts? Did you ever Stagger
around all Evening with $780, 900 worth
OF Tiffany Merchandise fastened on
To you-expecting every Minute to be
hit In the Couture by some Rallies?
Did you ever, during a Formal Dinner.
hear the Door Bell tinkle and find In
the Hallway n Reporter from a Morn.
Ing Paper who wishes TO ask your
Husband II he denies his Guilt or can
give any Reason why Sentence Of
Death should not be passed upon him?
are you Wise to the Fact that the
Wife OF a Successful Business Man
now occupies a Niche in the Hall OF
Fame right next to the Sister OF Jesse
James? You are in Great Luck. No
takes a Shot at a Failure"
Having arrived at this cordial Tn.
Outstanding, each leaned against the
other and had n Good Cry. after which
they chirked up and paid n lot OF at.
tention 20 a welLpreserved Bachelor
who dropped In TO get warm and take
a slight Fall out of the Side.Board.
MORAL; When Wealth walks IN at
the Door. the Press Agent comes In
through the Window.