The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-10-08
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The New Fable OF the Two Phllan.
throple Native Sons Who Brought
Home the Bacon.
Once there were two Home Boys
who sailed forth from n struggling
village In search OF an irrational Fe.
male known as Dame Fortune.
When they had covered enough
Ground TO be far away from the elder.
ly Relations and no one could point
out the Houses In which they were
born they began TO Deliver.
IL was q sad Jolt TO the Walking
Vegetables back In the Stockade when
they heard. on Good Authority. that
Ezra and Bill were slamming II over
the Plate and batting above 400.
They simply wagged the ossined
BONES and hoped the Boys were get.
ting II Honestly.
Ezra and Bill. up among the imam.
matory Posters and the nervous Eleo.
trio Signs. kept on playing Tag with
the Sherman Act until they had II In
Coolies and Bundles and Bales and
Stacks.
Finally. when they became SO pros.
porous that they had to YEA Shoes
specially made. with Holes In the top.
they began TO be troubled with Tender
Recollections OF Humble birthplace.
They yearned TO elbow out from
the Congested Traffic OF the cold and
heartless City and renew Sweet As.
sociations.
They wanted TO wander once more
down the Avenues OF Rhubarb and
clasp hands with Old Friends whose
simple Hearts averaged about IL
Throbs to the Minute.
II is the regulation Dream OF every
Financial Yeggman TO 30 back to his
Old Town wearing n Laurel Wreath
and have the School Children throw
Moss Roses In his Pathway.
So Ezra sent on a Proposition.
He wanted TO build a Library at the
corne OF Fifth and Main. thereby ma.
king II easy for his old Neighbors ~
read the Six Best Sellers without
plugging the Authors Game.
He offered TO give 10000 bucks II
the Citizens would raise 5000 more
and maintain the Thing.
Ezra had not been In the Habit OF
reading anything except the Tape and
he cared about as much for George
Bernard Shaw as George Bernard
Shaw cared for him.
Nevertheless. he wanted to be re-.
membered 80 Years hence as the Man
who built the Library and not as the
Guy who dealt from the Bottom OF the
Deck. utilizing the Sleeve Device and
the Bosom Hold.Out.
by the use OF Anaesthetics and For.
ceps the 5000 was secured.
Then the Building was erected and
the only Criticism made was that the
Location was poor and the dod.blasted
Concern looked like n Barn and II was
arranged wrong inside and nobody
didn't want no Library nohow.
When Ezra came down To- the Dedi.
cation 10 face an outraged and tax.
~burdened People no was just az popu.
lar as Tonsilitls or Sciatica.
Bill came back also.
He foated into Town one day and
appeared In Jimlson's General Store
and called for a Good Cigar.
Tie told Mr.. Unison 70 take one
and called up the Boys around the
Stove and even those who we're chew.
Ing were told TO put 'em In their
Pockets and smoke EN- after while.
When the Word got out that Bill
vas Buying I've at the Bee Hive rep.
resentatiye Citizens came on the Jump
from the Harness Shop and the Under.
taking Parlors and the Ellie Bowling
Alley.
Every Man hat showed got a Lot
tie Lee with a Band around II and
when Bill LETT on the $40 a Mob fol.
lowed him to the Train.
Ever after that the Word was freely
passed around that Bill was IA Prince.
MORAL~ln scattering Seeds OF
Kindness do It by Hand and not by
Machinery.