The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-10-28
FINNECAN'S PHILOSOPHY
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Purulno the Heart.

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freshin' jobs CUISINES foorth for thursty
but dislurvin' Diinycrats. He blows
on a horn an lvrythin' falls for ut.
II the people call him liver so soft,
Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An
for sacryfcin' what's dear TO his heart,
Abraham had nawthin' ON him. Sure
he Is Dimocricy's shield an exceedln'
great reward.
"1ris his PrcsbytaryGn bringin' p,
I'm thinkin.' Furst he adopts policy;
thin he thres TO justify IT, thin lie
sanctiies 1t wild Il phrase, While a choir
iv Dshurvln Dimmycrats sings q
hymn. An there yo are. Justification,
Adoption an Sankty-iicashun.
"The choir med great harmony whin
Jim Smith, George Harvey un' Bill
Brine was all In ut. But WA be wan
their vices cracked an tSN pn sed out
iv the life ~ the great Idaylist.
"llarvcy went back TO Cd.tIn an BIZ
Brine w!nt In search iv the Howiy
Kale. .icCombs was canned, because
him nm Billy McAloo cuddent sing
duet. nm Oscar Underwood was weak
on Tariff ragtimc. But Wudthrow die
Grated thin all. Wild fwhat say yer
Wid the Order iv the Double Cross.
O-ho. mind we'll the time at the
Manhattan Club, whin he kissed Brinc
IN kicked Harvey wild wan motion.
Now the choir has what Wudthrow
calls the vital styf,s ~ life Stone Nn'
hIcAdoo; Danyiels nn' Jim Ham Lewis.
wild Redfield for the high falsetto.
WuJthrcw sits wild his hands crossed
while the stufis sings songs iv praise,
an Col. House winds the Victhrola.
"wudthrow Is fond iv music. but
Colonel House himself Is the quiet
man. Faith nv he danced Clog on
O Washbilcr yed niver hear sound.
"Well, wan night in August the
Colonel come tiptoeln' in through the
basement dure.
allows the game, ColonelT says
wudthrow. $685. the Colonel says.
'Ye might round up Il few more votes
eays he, scratchin' his ear wild an
absent air.
"Alnt I got the full dinner-pairsF
axes Wudthrow, anxious like. All
that's forgot the first two year ana
q half says House pleasantly. 'Aint
/ KEEP en- out o war? axes Wudthrow.
part o. tn time says House rubin
his left shin wild the felt-sllpper on
his right foot. 'Alnt my voice our
greatest liquid assctT axes wilson
earnestly. ITS some voice. says House,
but n lot iv suckers can't tell asset
firm m li'b!li:y. the Colonel says
"'E"what are &c drivin' at says
Wilson, four flushing little.
.Arre yc watchln' the striker says
House. Half millyun votes might
be useful says House, tiptoein' out
through the durc, an closin' ut behind
him.
"welI. Sir, nc left Wudthrow sunk
in profound mldltashun. At last hc
spascs. Il hear he says, In Il low
sweet tone that vice iv the people
which Is to me as the vice Of Car
ncgle Penshun.' oh, he says thrill
lin In ivry nerve, must / lndade sacry
flee wan more IDOL says he, 'on th'
altar iv Inc Counthry! says Wud
throw.
"'was not the Wan Turn Plank h
says; an the Sugar Tax he says
an the Tariff for Rev'noo,' he says
an all me friends, beside says he
sixteen pcr'Hy good Mexican Policie
WINS net all thin cnoughT he axe
In agony. But l will purge me Hear
" ivry pcrs'nal fought says ht
s,artln' for bed. An before he re
tires, he takes n Heart Purge iv hi
own Iivlnshun the way 1t III wur
while he sleeps. ] dlnnaw fwhat IN
purge Is. Tis secret.
ain the morn he was puzzled. II
wanted n great sacryilse OF pu
rincipe. dear to his heart, but he
used most iv thin already, nm he fe
that this was no time for second han
or slightly damaged sQcryascs. $
he sends for House. Colonel say
he, .E'what pur-rinciplc d'yr thin
wud be an acceptable sacryilse in III
great morel imargincyT he ax'
anxiously.
whisper says the Colonel. An
he said wan wurd In Wudthrow's en-
and faded silently away through Il
dure.
"For wan instant Wudthrow ST.
spe,lbound. Thin he burst into
whoop; '@The Ram In the Bushes
cries ne wild tears iv ~.
"T'was an impressive ceremoi
whin the sacryfse was sSlemny-is'
at the Capitol.
"The PROCESSION started rom Il
White House wild the Prisidnt Walk
ahead carryin' the Ram In wan hal
an a box iv Safcty-Flrst matches
tn other. lie was followed by CO.
bearln four gold pans, and behi
came four Union Chiefs rldin' OH mi
white steeds followed be q group