The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

emotions and worked smile and nd said:
See here. sauar'. let's have a little
NO. sir No. sir," he yelled. The
! time for quiet talk has passed The
people are now talking in their loudest
soices, so, IS bont you tell ME that 1 have
about?"
"Of more'n forty different things
| was nominated for President. that he
| only wanted one term? Come. now. you
old robber. answer ME yes or no."
There might have been something
said.''
You know there was something said
He said those very words, and you dasn t
deny it,''
Well. spose'n he did say so?"
1T was pledge. Pap-it was a pledge
to the people that he neither wanted ncr
would take a second term. Is he going
to keep that pledge"
'Why-why-"
You stammer and choke up. Pap. be-
cause You want to lie and know I will
know you are lying. Mr. Wilson is GO
ing to try to run second time. and its
so plain that all the people can see it
I don't see why any one would raise
'Oh. YOU don't eh? Mehbe you don t
remember that Huerta insulted our flag
Il think he mistook it for the flag ot
New Jersey. | Sl1C.
You are a liar. Pap: You don't think
anything of the kind You knew il was
the flag. that our fathers fought for.
through four wars. and when Huerua
was asked to APOLOGIZE for the insult. he
said he would he dumbed if he woult
and he dion I.
Well. lid the President make him.
u don't remember that he did
NO, of course you don't remember. you
old sneak in the bushes, The President
had the ships. the men. the money and
public opinion. and vet that glorious flag
was hUmbled, Why, Pap. right here IN
Jericho there We're 11a men offered to
volunteer to go to Mexico and leave their
bleaching skeletons there, Who headed
those volunteers. Pap-who headed them?
You are now looking at the very man
with your old squint eyes
Well. it might have been mistake -
l softly said
Yes. l think YOU will find it was
And that Shipping Bill. Pap-that Ship
ping Bill We were to build up glori--
with about thirty German ships, which
had been hiding in our ports since the
war began. and which the German gov
catch on to that little joker. Pap
7 can't say that | saw any joker in
that"
have YOU TO say about such little jokes
Pap? have walked two miles to ask
you that question:
Did .g You say that YOU wanted some
Sugar; Sugar 4enss Hefied thsSrsqsa the sqalr, as
he jumped up and down, and his eyes
hulged out. "Do l want any sugar? No.
sir. I want you to answer my question,
want to know Just where you stand
There are others who want to know the
same thing. We are going to have a
Presidential election next year. and Jeri-
Wilson going ba ok to the White House"
So far as I have read and heard, the
majority OF the people are satisfied with
the The President l. and will give him a sec
some of You call mistakes. but you have
not seen the end of them vet You must
acknowledge for one thing that he has
KEPT E fne fne wSinb TTTntry at peace and out Of
Of our people, are mighty thankful We
are getting along in Il business way, as
no other country is. Let's give every
hodv a fair chance. including the Presi-
dent"
The Squar' was so mad that he walked
hack and forth. gesturing with both
three or four minutes. Then he said:
Pap: you old liar and hyena, / am
going to see to it that You go out of
Jericho on rail-
me liar. robber, a hyena, and other
names" '''e4
Yes. have he woke UP and shouted
ana nave called YOU what YOU are,'
Do you call me- those names as post
master or a grocer"
"As hot1."
As postmaster I didn't lay hand on
him. As grocer Pinkham I pushed him
out of the back door and followed wb.t
took place out there among the straw
and old cans and bottles and boxes kent
the S'fHar' in bed for over two weeks
and he stiIl walks with the aid of a
crutch.
Nothing Is now being said about Huerta
or the shipping hill
Mr.. Postmaster General want YOU
to tell me if a postmaster who is also a
grocer can leave off the postmaster rart
and lick a feller as A grocer. without
breaking any rules of the Postal Denart
ment, POSTMASTER and Inquirer)
OLD PAP PINKHAM