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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-07-25

Mrs. Lulu Hamilton is spending
a few days in the city from Spo-
kane visiting her sister. Mrs. A.
A. Arnold.
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the Mothers Club of the High school
Monday afternoon in The Ardmoreite
cooking school room at the Randol
hotel, Immediately following the lee.
ture by Mrs. Bertha Wilcock. The OBJ
ject of this meeting is to formulate
plans for equipping the Domestic Sci
ence department OF the High school.
and every member is urged to be pres
ent
Mrs. Fred Tucker entertained the
members of the Thimble Tea Club
with an informal afternoon of needle
work Friday at her home on Scott
street southwest An ice course was
served the following guests Mines
Roy Johnson, II. d. McCullom, John
Potter, Lucien Hoard, Arthur Hall.
Roy Alexander, Barney Feagin, Chas
Dobbins. Harold Young, Cooper. Yer
non Shouse, Emily Fowlkes, Miss Viii
lie Tucker and Mrs. Louis Boyd
| Mrs. |. W. Folsom entertained the
members of the Pleasant Hour Club,
Friday afternoon at her residence, SO
North Washington. = The home was
beautifully decorated with pink and
cream roses and most pleasing diver
sion was the song and fairy dance
given by little Chiquita Matthew's, the
three -year-old daughter OF Mrs. Sam
Matthews. A two-course luncheon
was served the following guests:
Mines. Kirk Dyer Clint Dove, l.. II.
Griffin, John Gait, Robert Gillian, T.
X Kearney, J. X. Pulliam, Henry
Sutherland, F. P. Won Keller, Harold
Wallace, Walter Colbert, Sam Mat
thews. Mrs. Folsom was assisted by
Misses Mae Stephens ana Helen yno
Keller.
The Civic League held very inter
esting meeting at tie home of Mrs.
George Ramsey Friday afternoon. \
great deal of enthusiasm is being man
ifested by the women OF Ardmore in
this league, and many plans were laid
out for the years work. A general
discussion was INDUCED in, when it
was decided that the ladies hold a
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the Pythian Sisters Tuesday evening
in the X. of p. hall at 1880 o'clock.
All candidates who have not been in
itiated are requested to be present.
At the close of the meeting refresh
ments will be serveu.
Miss Elizabeth Myers, accompanied
by little Ruth Tom Frame. left yes.
terday for Oklahoma City, where they
will be the weekend guests of Mrs.
Lon Frame. Mrs. Tom Frame, who
has been a guest of Mrs. Frame for a
fortnight, will return with them this
afternoon.
The Mothers Club of the Fourth
ward will hold a meeting Friday after
noon at o'clock. Pupils of the Sth
grade will give the program. which
promises to be of great interest and
entertainment. Members OF the club
and their friends are cordially invited
to attend this meeting.
Miss Margaret Strayhorn, of Chica-
go, H., arrived in the city last week
and has rooms with Mrs. Shelton Tyer,
street, southwest. Miss Strayhorn
lis a postgraduate or the Chicago
School of Physical Education and Ex.
preston, and also pupil of Rebecca
Lesser and Alice Hollister Clark OF
New York She is completing arrange
ments for the opening of a dancing
school in Ardmore.
The Ardmoreite has received the
following invitation from Mr.. and
Mrs. Reuben Hardy, who formerly re-
sided here:
1866 1916
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Hardy
Request the honor of your presence
on the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage
Monday evening, October sixteenth
Nineteen hundred sixteen
Portales, New Mexico.
Reception
from eight to ten o'clock. At home.
There will be a call meeting of
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tervals on the table. and the place
cards were beautiful wreath arrange
ment of small rosebuds. After dinner
was served, the hours were spent In
dancing. At IL o'clock the guests were
again conducted to the dining room.
where they found the taDle decorated
with a birthday cake, ablaze with
twenty-one candles, surprise cele.
bration in honor of the birthday of the
hostess brother, Mr.. Charles Walling.
With due formality the cake was cut
and the following prizes won: The
ring, to Miss Anne Thompson, dime
to Miss jeanette Moore, button to
Mr.. Hal Spragins, ,nfmble to Mr..
Charles Waling. An ice course was
then served. Miss Walling's guests
for the evening were: Misses Mary
Anderson, Anne Thompson, Thelma
Ramsey. Matte Claire Gano, Helen
Walcott, Eugenia Nivouche, Regina
Blank, Marie West, Jeanette Moore,
Genevieve Nivouche; Messrs. Gordon
Gano, Everett Kruger. Saunders.
Royce Kruger, Spragins, DeLatte.
Morrissy. Walling, Mahoney, Nelms,
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"HE DREAM OF A KNIGHT =
will be the subject of the ser
mon-lecture to be delivered by
DR.. j. w. Burns, at the First
Christian church, tonight. At the
morning service today DR.. Burns will
preach on the subject, Sunday Hab-
it's" At both services the choir will
=yender special musical numbers, also
s6k-s are on both programs. The first
thirty minutes of the service tonight
will be given to a musical entertain
under the direction of Mrs. Homer
Adams and Miss Anne Thompson.
Miss Jinkie Ikard is the guest of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Ikard,
S12 Douglas, southeast.
, Dr. L. Il. Hoard of Mckinney, Tex,
is the guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ. Hoard.
Mr.. Samuel ]. Harris, officiating stu
dent in the Jewish holiday services.
leaves today for his home in Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
Mrs. c. L. Anderson entertained the
members of the Lily Bridge Club at
her home yesterday afternoon in their
first meeting of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Elliott, father and
mother of Mr.. Dee Elliott, left last
week for California, where they will
spend the winter.
The Wednesday Embroidery Club
will be entertained Wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock by Mrs. Tom Daven-
port, 1105 L, northwest.
A message received Saturday morn
ing from Mr.. l.. II. Bradford states
that Mrs. Bradford, who underwent
an operation at the .iayo Brothers
Sanitarium at Rochester, Mimi. is get
ting along nicely, the operation hav-
ing been entirely successful
There will be regular meeting of
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flower show this fam. OF particular
interest was the decision that the
league specialize on some civic i'm
provement during the year, and these
plans will be further carried out at
the next meeting which will be an
nounced at an early date. Following
the business session, Mrs. Ramsey
served two-course luncheon
"Sonship a Divine Bestowment, Yet
a Human Achievement" and "a Stick
That Became a Snake" are the sub
jects for discussion at the morning
and evening hours today at Broadway
Methodist church, Rev. Welch, pastor
The music will be especially good, as
will be seen from tn following pro-
gram:
Morning Service
Organ Prelude-From "Tannhaueser"
0ffertory Solo-"Angeis' Serenade"
----+-------------- Braga
Miss Randol.
Anthem-"Pleasant Ire Thy Courts"
Heinrich
Mr.. John Hoffman,, Mrs. L. b.
Reid, and Choir
Duet, "Abide With Me"-------Jerome
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Miss Bond.


One of the prettiest of the going
away events in honor of Miss Mary
Anderson, who leaves soon for New
York City, was the dinner dance given
Friday evening by Miss Gladice Wall.
ing at the Chickasaw ,.ake. An elab-
crate dinner was served at 1880
O'clock The table had for its central
decoration a large srver basket filled
with pink carnations and Asparagus
Plumosa ferns, the handled tied with
a big butterfly bow or pink maline,
The ferns extended to the corners of
the table, where they were attached
to smaller baskets of the pink flowers.
The color scheme of pink was further
carried out in the pink candles in sill
yer holders which were placed at in
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Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Wood.

Evening Service
Organ Prelude IGounod
Offertory Solo-"Response"- Rockwell
Miss Randol.
Anthem, Nearer Home" - Hasti
Miss Dean and Choir.
Solo, The Good Shepherd" d"---------
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liant cpierams he to me? have to
iugSle with action where the play
wright juesles with words. Then to
make n comedy successful you must
ave "A climax every minute. ! always
must be building up. making each
climax funn!er than the las, and the
last the funniest OF all. II u film
play is too funny at the beginning &;
Kills the latter part.
There are three things that make
4 picture comedy successful. About
one-halc depends upon the scenario.
| write all ms own scenarios. because
| find II almost impossible to buy good
ones. The man who "A write one
comic scenario a week for ME that is
mp to the * systone standard can make
out his " checks. The rest depends
upon the actors and the director. The
directors part Ii the selection Of the
proper cast-and that is very i'm
portant-the working out with infinite
care OF the proper details regarding
scenery. costumes and action and the
handling of zach scene SO that when
II is shown 1t will appear that every
turn of the actors hand. every widen
ing or narrowing OF his eyes, every
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straight before he can attempt a
iravesty on II. Before a man can
kid with notes and chords he nus
he a good musician. T. turn ou; good
satire a writer first must be able to
write serious stuff. That's just the
way 1t is with the Actor who tries
burlesque.
one OF the attributes that "a film
comedian needs particularly Is courage.
He must he an acrobat ~ at least an
athlete. Any man WHO can b a sue
cessful comedian on the screen would
he sure 10 succeed on the sOge, but
the RUE does not necessarily work tho
other way. The Him comedian dare
not depend too much on "A humorous
makeup or queer clothes. II he APP
pears on the screen wearing ludiCrous
costumes it Is just as II DE wore on
his shirt front a placard reading. I'm
funny. Watch me- II he falls tr live
up to his clothes the Lord help him
He must get a laugh with every gcs-
ture. u back up. those clothes or
he goes fiat and the audience begins
t. ask. Who Is this guy trying to net
funny. anyway? He's painful For
hat reason i don't like to rely on
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EFT and Roscoe Arbuckle in Fatty and the Broadway Stars. {"

discuss from any angle. For one
thing. on II ten by fifteen foot moving
rI,turc screen il j. possible for every
person in the theatre tn see the eX-
0pr, Ss.un Of an actors face more clearly
than i can hclscen 10y those sitting in
the tack of a regular playhouse.
I'm a close up picture you can show
At! tho minutest details. the CULVER of
an actors eyelash o. the ~faintest curl
-: his lip. Look at tits picture OF Ray
mond Hitchcock and the dancer. for
example. In the film "A c,osc up PIE
;Irc OF Mr.. l~iitchcuck's face is shown.
He turns slowly toward the audience
and winks, Il brought a roar Of
laughter everywhere the him was
shown. lust 4 wink, But every
lowe fan in the house could see his
cyrlash move and catch the expression
IN Ms ! as clearly as IL Mr.. Hitch
cock was sitting IN a chair beside him.
log could not get that effect to the
gal cry gods. or eve To the people in
tho htCh orchestra chairs. If Hitchcock
h4mScif was on the stage of "A regular
theatre.
~ little while ago | saw IA novel en-
pertinent in the way of movie pictures.
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Just az one of the funniest c.imaNes
II Il good comedy the management had
the operator stop his machine. the
lights were flashed up, and there OH
the sage were the very actors v no had
made the picture continuing in person
The action that was being shown on
the screen. Surprise is one of the
most essential elements pf comedy, but
il fcih fiat. Why? because in the
close up full faces that were being
shown on the sCreel the audience could
see clearly the subtle shades of fac!aI
expression that Were getting the laugh,
while on the stage IN person their
faces were merely n white blur to all
bat those in the front seats.
Another advantage NJ the movies
over the stage for comedy purposes is
that the picture maker Toes not have
Ia resort tn artificial or mechanical
tricks. To be funny a scene must be
natural, the actor must seem relaxed
and unconscious of his audience. II
the movie director wants to show AN
absent minded butterfly hunter walk
ing into "A waterfall he shows a real
waterfall with n real sylvan back
around. lie doesn't have 10 use IA
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THE tiny steamboat Evelyn. which
has a monopoly OF passenger
and freight traffic on Schroon
Lake In the Adirondacks. passed "A
motor boat going in the same dircc-
tlon as she was making her last daily
trip from the village OF Schroon TO
Pottersville not long age, Capt. San
ders. who has piled Schroon waters
thirty-eight years. footed a mesry
'howdy" on the whistle and a man
who was crouching over the gasolene
engine arose In such q hurry that he
rocked the boat.
His face fairly beamcd as he waved
his arms windmill fashion at the Eve
lyn's skipper. The captain leaned out
Of his w%heelhouse. gravely saluted In
return and then. turning to a SUN
man standing @ him. asked:
"Do you know hat fcller In the
boat? No? Well, that's GOritz. the
Metropolitan opery singer. He's the
greatest In the world. they tell me,
and he's Of the hest friends w.
got. ! bet he'd do anything on earth
for me. although there amt no reason
for It at all.
you see, II was like this. One day
when the Evelyn was comm down the
lake ] saw out Eyonder a big motor
boat stuck hard and fast on a rock.
Yep, there she a as tight as you
please with . lot Of people aboard
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guess there was most twenty and
every II Of them believin' they was
goin' to stay just where they was all
night.
Il steered the Evelyn over, threw
out a rope. hooked fast and lowed all
hands across the lake to their camp.
Tho boat belonged to Goritz and all
them folks was his guests.
well. sir, | didn't do any more for
him than I'd "a done for YOU or any
body else in the same p%redicament. but
he seemed to think 1t was something
wonderful and never quit thanking mo
for 1t. Now every time We pass each
other on the lake he just gets up. yells
out friendlylike and waves his hands.
They tell n" Goritz- his first name
is otto, but nobody calls him that
gets as high as 81 900 to s 3,O0Osa night
just for slngin' a few tunes, an believe
me that's some pay
His camp is on N" edge Of the lake
in them woods over there and my place
is near his'n. He has a lot of opcry
singers with him. q regular houseful.
They've been there all summer"
DO YOU ever hear them singc'
asked THE Sun man.
We'll. sir. ! should say I did re-
piled capt. Sanders. They've got n
$1,000 piano that was sem up from
New York early In the season for
their practising and they're singin'
all the time, hut ! don't mind ii 'ccpt
when ! want to go tn sleep and then
I ave to shct my wlnders."
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is to 1t. Thing to do is to play TO- a
other pot"
That d'pcnds.' said the old man
eagerly. They Is times when they
en- be a heap did, but FAINT everybody
en- do II. Jerry Hoppendikc was a
man what cd do blame nigh s much s
any Ave men in Tuscaloosa, but ! seen
him onc't when tn overrulin' hand o
fate stepped in an trompled him In the
mud o. disaster, kickin' his innards
outen him most vicious, an BLOWN
him up final into "A monstrous c'lamity
what drowned nigh "A hundred mo- at
the same time.
They couldn't be nobody expected to
do much under them circumstants. but
he done what he could. Tn amt no.
body en- do no mon that"
what happened him. asked Sam
Pearsall. 1t was certainly very dull
in Arkansas city when Sam Pearsall
would ask for a story.
"A heap said the old man. First
on he done stole a hoss. TIL aiHt no
denyin' what he was onruly. but they
want nobody what knowed him never
blievPd what he'd a did nothin' like
that. on'y TO him bein' drunk when he
lone It. He was hcl!ish enough any
time. but he knowed what the poplar
prejudice was c'ncernin' a boss. an he
wouldn't "a did that.
They was better men n him In
Tuscaloosa. an they was wuss n him,
but not a hellova lot wuss. He'd pay
his debts ruther n to go to Jail, an he
| hadn't naper hapn knnUn6 IN steal
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breath ~ draws, is absolutely spon-
tancouAy..
From, the point Of view of the actor.
too" c%ontinued the creator OF canned
m.rth q he warmed 10 the subject
that flls his every thought. comedy Is
tho hardest kind Of acting to do we'll.
To begin with, the comOd!an has to
rng the bell every time. Either he
makes his audience laugh or he falls
fiat. A serious picture play done only
indifYerentiy well may get by but
there is no such thing 0s halfway sue
cess for the movie comedian.
And let me take this opportunity
To say right here to those people who
are forever referring contemptuously
to slap stick comedy. that to do So
called low comedy successfully is, In
my opinion. the highest accomplish
ment possible to the his,rionic artist.
"Burlesque Is taking a serious
character and tipping the scales OF his
actions just enough to make him ap-
pear laughable. dropping him by an
exaggerated gesture or q facial express
sion from the sublime to the ridiculous.
To turlesque II character the actor
must first he able TO play that part
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funny makeups. Id rather have an
actor who can be funny in a dress
suit.
Several actors have made great
regulations as comedians simply be
cause they were unusual specimens OF
humanity. because they wer" remark
ably lat or remarkably tall. because
they had some VERY pronounced pc
Cul.ar.ty ~ features or because of
great an.,ity as facial contortion!stS.
These men are born and cannot be
made.
MANY Of our future star comedians
Of the silent drama will he recruited
from tho Europeans. | believe. Cont.
nenta!s are 10y nature very expressive.
They talk with their arms. eyes and
whole faces. This Is true especially OF
h members Of the volatile Latin
races. who canno mention Il spade
without making "A gesture rs Il they
We're about to dig a hole. canuut keep
the Sparkle out Of their eyes when they
tel a joke.
The screen has many advantages
over tho stage" said Mr.. Scnnctt. his
active mind skipping To another phase
OF the many sided subject he loves To
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buy him a plantation an 'nahle him
to live retired. Com" n H." c'lmi'"
O. his Greer. Things does nApi"n
funny.
WAY on il was th!s. They Niss
game on the River l;ell" one N'.H:
when two q the l,adin' experts "n te
river had three suckers an Jerry Hon
pendikr settin' in with en- IT, ~
perts knowed what Jerry Was = pt.s'
sional all right. hut the; r,th'r'i
what they Cd take hi- Mad lr'- WI
what the suckers ed Lee p .td'I -
put up. bcin' : the two OF 'cw MtS p
cahoots, an Jerry was plays. q lo5e
hand. 1t looked roas'nahlc. ,,.. go
They hadn't nobody gave jerry
credit fo' havin' nerve cn"u-H - "
stack tho cyardS no mo, .iW a.'"
been shot M 5 often : he bad & Try
in OF IL. o. co'se they done "i.' q!
him kcerful when II" doled IL, ,'lrls'
but what they didn't know ",a mat
he'd done been prIctisin' lN ~''>s'l. "N
he lone got to he nigh boat the s'..N'
est dealer what they Was CO.. &C. '.|
river, An they want never 'o q""''
''N' '''' ~ VIZ Wv N'lfN '
had his nerve with him that n,.ui
lie didn't try no,hiu' out"u a." NN
MI the huh party got We'll h'' %" over
IN" game, hut when they W. ~'tt|
stacks q blues an laNlu' Thousand dove
lar bills in the pot long witt the 'N'|'
pearcd like lie done reused h,Ss'' ''
"A s'prcmc efOt. an when '.' i'1d
come round to him 70 Glyr os' IA
Extraordinary good hands, ~ "'' ''
'"m was enough TO TO 81 , 1'iH
'Ncited, but the way II come ont ~ 81"
show down Jerry done h I'D tN' N''Hh
hand his own self,
An he done got away NJ ~
Feared Ike nobody splc,o"oi ..m ."'
twas q late.
some q them wat swum "'
later on said what they was ! h'lNeNE
smile on Jerry lioppendik"'s ia''
when he gathered in that pot TT"
just reward o. them many N'l's o
patient 'ndcavors To reform Wts ~ ~
fist, an reclizin' that they Wouldr' ''
no mo- 'casion To- him to risk N, 'r'"
stealth bosses. it's mo n Nh',} MAJ
he was filled with measurclrss %,'1''H'
ton, az the Good Book says.
Then the biler bust
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adjust a got n good price fo' that
ho~s," observed Pearsall. as one who
had doubts, "seein' he gcn'ly lose an
KEEP on into tho game fo' years.
Mebbe they was playin' penny ante.
Pears like he'd a lose his hull wad if
twas a reel game
They was "a number ~ times when
he done Went broke" said the old man
with lofty calm, AN II was them
times what showed the moral grandeur
they wus into him spite of his weak
nesscs. Tn amt many but what d
Il been discouraged losin' their wads :
irequcnt s he done. but 'peared like
he didn't never cit discouraged. He'd
disappear TO a time, an they wouldn't
nobody hear nothin' about him To- a
spell, hut he'd al'ays come back with
a other wad an set in again. Feared
like he done reelized what p.ayin' poker
was the on'y rhanst he had 70 10 cit
rich an respectable.
Gently they'd he stories goin' round
them times bout bosses helm stole in
various parts, an they was some what
was onChar.talle enough Ia To say
what they s'piCioncd what Jerry done
stoled 'cm Feared like they done
cherished the mem'ry q that youthful
!nd!scrction o. hisn, Onct "A hoss thief
alaNs a boss thief. was what they done
said, an onct or twirt when they was
nlcgers missin' they said what mon
likely Jerry lIoppcndike done stole
them too. Tn amt nothin' mean
enough to say bout II man alter he's
done made II mistake.
"But they want never no proof a.
his bein' Disseminated, an r fast 3
he'd GIT a new wad he'd resume his
effo't to r'deem hisse,f, useter think
1t was almost p'thctic the way he done
struggled along, 'thouten d sympa-
thizsn hand helm stretched out in his
direction. They sl,o' was "A heap q
good into him.
Anyways he done all he could, an
they can't nobody do no mo- n that,
hut as the Good Book says, the ironing
O fate Is 'Nccedin' crool, an pears like
the hand a fate sho' had II in fo' Jerry
H"ppcndike. Al 1t was waitin' To-
was the proper time 10 tn step in.
That p'ticlar moment dope arrovc
just when Jerry Ii~oppendike was
rakin' in the biggest pot what he ever
win They was enough into II TO- to
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lie Relates to a Hard Btted Arkansas City Audience How Jerry Srugg
Along, Playing Poker With a Heavy Handicap, Till Fate
ssmn w%.M s high %E| Took a Hand in the Game an set arm.
~e not as. gent thing Mr n, nu umm.m "mm %%M mm
He Relates to a Hard Bitted I

high stopper. Pears like high step
pin an pacin' don't go together good"
'Mebbe not as a genl thing" ad-
mitted the old man as II preferring to
shirk an argument. but Squire kipp
reckoned that IA what made him
p'ticly valyable, bein' s different s he
was I'm other bosses.
Anyways, that amt the pint" he
went on hurriedly, noticing that Blais-
dell was disposed to enter into a dis
cussion. pint Is what Jerry Hopper
dixie done stole him. takin' a desprit
plunge onto the downward path firm
rectitude an Tuscaloosa, an not never
lookin' back till he got outen the State.
Showed his good Judgment takin' 3
fast a boss s he took. TO- Il wouldn't a
been good TO him II them that was
iollerin' d a come up with him"
What yo' all done said afo' was
what he lone got outen the State afo'
they knowcd he'd went" remarked
Joe Bassett with the air OF one who
loathes discrepancy. And the Old man
showed signs Of temper.
They knowed the hoss was gone,
didn't they?" he snapped out, "Just
nachully they was a party follered i'm
mejit. They hadn't been no opportu-
nifty TO- no lynchin' TO a long time.
an they was c'nSid'able 'nthusla'm
displayed, but that amt to say what
they knowed 1t was Jerry H~oppendike
stole him.
They'd a been mo- n they d a
knowed that, TO- they'd been c'nsid'-
able hard feelin's 'cumilatin' among
his creditors. an they was some on
EN- d "A paid To- a rope cheerful 70
the satisfaction o pullin' OF 1t with
him tied to n end. But no.
"All's they knowed first m was what
they'd been a boss stole, an them
what went was actin on gen'l princi-
pies. 'thouten the pussnal animum
what they'd a had II they'd n knowed
who twas.
"iavin' Explained that" he con-
tinued. glarlng at Bassctt, "nsebbe !
en- he omitted To- to p'cccd 'thouten
beln' quibbled at no mo-. Theyis en-
sld'able instruction to be Token I'm