Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-17

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LET q Peep Out Of Him About tn
Pie He Had for Dinner"
Mike and butted in with: Say. you be
the fat cuss that cut up with that
troupe at the Op'ry House last night
been't yoH?"
mo. I'm the skeleton man with q
circus" Mike answered. and the bar.
tender roared with delight.
you don't look az how you took
much exercise" snickered Jabe.
But ! do take exercise. Oh, me for
that exercise thing. good and strong!"
protested Mike.
What kind of exercise do you
take?" Jabe inquired.
WELL" Mike answered. "every
morning swing the clubs for fifteen
minutes. then the dumbbells for ten
minutes. then ! run about three miles
and then ! get up and eat my break.
fast"
Jabe guffawed loudly over this bit
OF facetiousness.
Il was at the Op'ry House last
night" Jabe informed them, "and
most laughed myself sick to the
stomach at this yere fat cuss takin' on
that Dutch policeman-ha, ha, ha, hal"
Jabe looked at the Juvenile. you
was putty good. too" he admitted,
"takin' on that Newspaper reporter
and rescuin' the girl from the burnin'
STRUCTURE. but you didn't do NO funny
fau and bust your galluses like this fat
cuss-ha. ha, ha, hal"
Get him to unlock the laugh; he's
q good steady listener" whispered the
Juvenile, and Mike started in.
Fine town this" Mike began. IAN
the modern improvements. Ell? Cows
wear nickel-plated bells. streets paved
with grass. and the river has running
water"
"HA. ha. ha, hal" Jabs roared.
Reminds me Of . place We struck
put in Missouri last winter" Mike
went on. Same style of public archi.
lecture. especially the town pump. But
he hotel there was the hit with M. It
vas called the Declaration Of hide
'endence because the proprietor had |
an Englishwuman and wanted
o be revenged. At supper time or
Tered steak. and they brought me q |
Gather hinge covered with gravy, 20 |
got up to add IN amendment to the |
declaration Of Independence. The
lead waiter was an ex-pugilist, % h
nut the boots to me and covered my
with bruises. Then he
made me eat the leather hinge, and for
wo weeks I, fe't like q garden nate
nd / used to Slam every time the
vind blew"
Jabe's laugh shook the building.
The proprietor Of that hotel was %
Mike continued. that he
number the rooms like an
rdinary hotel. Every room was
AIMED in honor Of . President Of the
United States. That evening there
appened to be . rush while I was
landing near the desk. and / heard
he clerk say: Front, show these gen.
lemen mp to John Quincy Adams and
I'll the porter to take that trunk out
( the alcove in Thomas Jefferson.
ront. 60 and put down that window
! Rutherford B. Hayes. and, here.
Ike this whisky up to Abraham Lin
DIN. Front what's all that racket IN
lmes Buchanan? Here. take these
lgars to q. 8. Grant, and turn OF
le gas In Teddy Roosevelt But I
early tainted when he said, Front,
IN sofa into James A. Garfield, and
Ike this lady mp to George washins-
m"
Mortal Caesar! Ha, ha, ha, hal"
JARED Jabe. "Daggone. II that amt
lnny. you fat cuss!" |,
When quit them to take my train
Ike had worn finger marks on the ,
Dc Of the black bottle and Jabe had
gned . verbal contract to 70 ON the
age - the Juveniles dresser.
All Of which goes to prove that |
isn't 20 bad provided you
mt have to wait very long Tor
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