The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-22

pecially a real live hen.
But to so back to those madly
bowling gators: They kept up such
a devil of a din until the entire par
ty of us went up the creek, all NOV
ing noiselessly through the brush =.
You can guess our establishment to
see a party of gators on either side
of the stream, actively digging
trenches into which the longest,
most active gators would crawl
and lay still until the other gators
instantly covered them with leaves
and dry palmetto fans. Then the ga
tor trench digeers slid into the
black waters of the creek and in
chorus began to below again. The
vihratory Earrings of the earth by
the Internal roaring of hundreds of
gators at once served to shake down
the myriad nuts and acorns and
palmetto berries on the adjacent
hammock tres. The many hogs
coming for their noon shade, hear
ing the rattle of the falling nuts on
the palm fans, rushed up to feed g.
You see how easy it was for the leaf
covered gators in the trenches with
a sly fig of their tails to knock
those fool unsuspecting pigs who
never look up to he who thresheth
down the acorns,' straight into
Livin gston creek and into the gap
ing jaws of their co-conspirators.
Talk about schemes to rustle-ra-
tions? Can you beat it. Talk about
brains being the seat of reason. Not
on your vestibule. Any rooster ga
tors head is solid horn. Those two
ballet danseusese called it by saying
"All five year old females know any
males brains are in his stomach and
on the main line to himself
you bipeds, and l knew they gradu-
ated under male tutelaee.
| wish you might have heard the
disclaimers of Colonies Fishfakir
and Warren.
Fishfaker said: "If there may be
any supreme appeal to ME it is OPP
teal and sentimental. The poetry OF
all motion is in a woman's walk and
in the graceful rhythm of her dane.
ing feet. Why, gentlemen, can we
forget Herod and Salome or that
most welcome of all music, the rustic
Of skirt"
We returned to camp, packed ant
turned south again back to Avon
Park, and for that nights vaudeville
Colonel Warren had forgotten some
most important papers," Colone
Fishfakir was escorting the Dan
seuese; Mr.. Baldwin was paid tt
drive the car Conductor Watkins
paid no attention to my frantic at
tempts to flag the train to fetch mt
home to Lakeland, and thus was
compelled to go with them.
Colonel Fishfakir asked Mr.. War
rem to fetch one of the ladies in
our car" With hat in hand ant
cavalier courtliness he handed hel
into the back seat and climbed il
beside her. Our car took the lead
! We soon lost si2ht of Colonel Fish
| fakir.
| Mr.. Baldwin is an unfortunate
for one of his innate curiosity ant
occupation ought to have eyes on thu
back of his head. Almst immediate
ly our Ford began to straddle sap
llings. took the wheel and drov'
in.
Colonel Warren kept pointing on
to us scenes in front of the car.
Mr.. Baldwin was put in the sam
room with myself at the Verona. II
suffered all night with pains in hi
neck Colonel Fishfakir was furiou
because we run off and left hin
stuck in the sand"
Colonel Warren swears THE Ja'
Metropolis mustn't talk to me 'bou
planting no hen" ''In Columbus
Ohio, and New York city, men don
plant hens. They feed 'em on cand
and pet 'em and keep 'em glad.
That's what.
Baldwin said: Colonel, you ough
not told those folks | am married.
l"I believe both them old rooster
got wives at their homes"
Colonel Adrian P. Fishfakir aske
me several times: Colonel, ho'
many grandchildren have you?
and II think you have your fourt
wife now.
The next day we drove to Frost
proof. At the Livingston cree
bridge Mr.. Warren and Mr.. Bale
win cot on their hands and knee
and walked all around in the san
and PRAYED God, bless thos
tracts" but | looked good and ne'
err saw any kind of tract nor an
other bit of cardboard or missionar
paper. But said then, and | do nov
"Durn Colonel Adrain P. Fishfakir
He knows more about "chickens