The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-13
THERE'S NO BASE LIKE HOME
II. c. wTTwER
Copyright b Doubled Pass . Company
BY II. C. wTTwER

and night and OF course don't
know whether they're all knockin'
me or not have decided 10 Kill
tho chi-n at my earliest convenience
on account OF the fact that I have
got 20 take II out for the airin's
every mornin' and ovenin'.
Yours truly,
ED HARMON CThe Wen known
Hosp.
on the Banks OF tho Hudson Far
Away.
Bon Ami Joe.
Wei. Joseph. old dear. and AL that
sort OF rot. as we remark In London.
| am the happicst guy In the world
not countin' Lenox Avenue. because
my famiiyin-the.iaw has pulled up
the stakes and departed for Europe
and ! am once more tho reignin'
monarch In my own home. My
charrnin' wife's league OF relations.
lneludin' tho chen Dc dog. found
that few days at Harmony Han
was about all they could take and
how they come 20 leave makes a de-
lightfui story FUN OF human interest
and the etc. which would be worthy
OF the typewriter Of a Gilmore Clynn.
will endeayor 10 tell you the
| thing In my own inlmlcal way. be.
cause. Joe. this is the last letter you
viii get from me- for a long space OF
Tina In the last two years ] have
wrote you more letters than the
state department sent Mexico and In.
stead OF trcatln' them In confidence
YOU have gone TO work and had them
printed SOS all the world can see
them and read all about my most
intimately doin'r and the like.
First. Joe. my wifc's father Ia .
aged man which must OF made =
solemn vow In childhood that he
would never under no circuukntancer
allow rs,zor 10 be piled over his
chin and up 70 the time ] met him
he hzA successfully resistod all at.
tcmpts TO ~ran him away from his
cath. second. nypmothcr. N the law
has evidently fell In iosc with Fatty
Arhuckles f,Gufs aud u dhtermined
20 duplicate q come what may.
Third. my brofhr inp<he law IL filled
With tho idea tit the subject of the
war has been let drop too quick and
therefor he wears . uneform to rc-
mind the innocee, byssander OF Il
and no, content with that he In all
| decorated up with medals ~ sousa' \
|, hand or the etc. ana. Fourth. my
/ ssAterin-,he.law Ia one Of the pref.
ticst girls you. mo or anybody else
ever n~en--outnido Of Jeanne. An for
tho CHEN Go doEi. the less naid tho
better II " wha; IL knowed 90 tho
trade a. n French poodle. Joe. and
apart from that II h tho welrdes;
iookln' animal ever reen In my life
since the time got xassed and de.
ierious-
Wei. FIRST we have . sight seem
trip over Harmony Hall with Jeanne
an lecturer and mo az deputy Guide.
Joe. By this time am the logical
candidate for the straight Jacket and
Jeanne IL payin' the same amount
OF attention 20 me that . elephant
iavisher on . flea Then comes the
AIT 1a3NH HNf,A RNtnh Wv fAtAaFf
hump. My sIsier.ln.theia@ which
has been dcvotin' tho majority Of
hrr Tina 10 prtun' the ehien. grants
me the boon Of critical gaze and then
turns TO Jeanne and tears off =
oouplA yards Of French. This In trans
lated to me practically Immediately.
Joe. and the rsst Of the thing In that
I have got 10 take Toto lie chen. out
for a airin'.
Before I know what I am doln'
Jeanne has throwed my fur's coat
around me and pushed me out into
the snow with this Internally chen
on a string and the instructions not
10 come hack for a hour.
Well. Joe. I am waikin' along keep
In my lonely vigil. as Hamlet was
often heard 10 remark. and thinkin'
Of my cruel fate when I all but
bump into another Ruy which 10 like