Evening star., 1918-04-14

~9 HACBARk JoNES, ms mat VI
hair and his tangled beard en-
phasized by the light from the
~ two gasoline torches, stood on
tbs snrsu fore-deck of his houseboat
Eurfptces, delivering his renowned
LSnatomicsl lecture to several hundred
inhabitants of Galendale, Iowa
And then we come 90 the lungs.
ladies and gents" he shouted, which
- two in number-viz. and namely:
the right lung, which pumps air into
the heart and other vitals. causing the
pulse: and secondly. the left lung.
which pumps 1t out again. causing the
repulse. etcetera."
There may have been a time when
Shagbark Jones knew no better than
this. but the shrewd old charlatan even
now amused himself by running into
his anatomical lectures whatever mix
ture of nonsensical fake-anatomy MS
quaint mind could conceive From his
rostrum he delighted, and dared. to
make statements that even chiid
woud. doubt. This was but part OF MS
system, which included his mop OF
tangled hair. his bare feet. his faded
hlue trousers and his air of being the
LATEST. worst-soiled tramp in the Mis-
sissippi valley. A folk that still placed
greater faith in an evangelist VINO
chewed tobacco and, on occasion, sWore
like trooper than in one too neatiy
xroomed was apt TO place greater faith
in Shagbark because he was rough ana
ignorant than in a Shagbark trimmed,
grammered and educated.
The two days and nights ShaSbark
had been holding forth on the leVee
had been days and nights of good bus
mess Shagbark oil and Shagbark lin
fment had been bought eagerly.
The picture, as Shagbark Jones
waved his big fist in the air. was a
striking one. The smoky yellow glare
OF the two gasoline torches threw
glow on his face and on the faces OF
the two or three hundred men. women
and children standing on the SAND be
fore him. Seated behind him Black
Peterfhe giant negro crew of the Euri-
pfdes. looked like copper as he softiy
tuned his banjo; and Orlando. the
cook who took part in the grand
musical entertainments with guitar,
looked like a shrfveled apple.
The Euripides was bow-on to the
more, and against the fore-wall of the
cabin of the boat hung two creased
and soiled charts; one was an aStro-
logical chart. and the other showed
the huge territories divided one from
another by red lines To the right of
the houseboat the rounded bow of the
ferryboat Mamie C. came close. so that
half a hundred men and boys sat on
the rail or stood on the deck as II
these were reserved places. Some
twelve feet to the left of the Euripides
the stern wheel of the steamer Bessie
Dalton protruded, and even on this
one or two boys were perched. In the
space between the houseboat and the
Bessie Dalton the water of the river
slapped the sand IN little ripples. and
these reflected here and there the glow
of the torches.
Behind the crowd on the shore one
or two buggies stood. To one side was
. pile of freshly unrafted lumber. also
used as seats, giving the air pleasant
odor of cut pine. Still beyond these the
lights of the front street gIowed yell
lowly. and two or three arc lights at
the corners of the streets gave green
fgn-blue light, sputtering to red now
and then because of faulty carbons.
Around these lights, innumerable bugs
lifted with an occasional great moth
or . bat. Under the torches on the Eu-
Tipides quite a few thousands of half
burned moths and bugs had fallen.
Now and then Orlando slapped the bald
spot on the top of his head: there were
mosquitoes in,plenty.
And now, ladies and gents" shout
ed Shagbark, "since I've told you all
the parts of anatomy into the human
frame or carcass. and how each and
every part gets pain and acheful. what
has nature taided by mani done to
relieve them conditions? l have
He bent down to take up bottle of
Shagbark OIL and as his face neared
orlando's face, he winked and whis-
pered:
Coin to do a grand business to-
night, Orlando: dod Wink it il we amt"
Regular Samuel J. Slathers of
business" cooed Orlando. She's goin'
to be the Etern-u-el ]. Best night you
ever had. Shagbark."
es. ladies and gents shouted
shagbark, as he held bottle of Shag-
bark OF high above his head. II have
here remedy and cure for each and
every ache and pain. Compounded right
on this boat by Shagbark Jones ac-
cording to directions handed down to
him from the days of Pharoah, and sold
for only 81 a -
He stopped to look down at the open
space between his deck and the wheel
OF -the Bessie Dalton. Urged by the