The Holt County sentinel., 1920-12-24

tinuing my calm glance upward. pct.
haps the fact that just then saw Mr..
Wcathcrbro loom up in the cffing may
have had something 10 do with my
calmneSs. when your wife comes IN at
such an untoward time. calmncss US
ually follow s. nothing j. moro bcauti.
M than the curve ui that silvcr gull
~ he mounts in undulltinr waves into
the blue ether. 'drin sea gull aud blue
ether said Uncle Jimmie rather test.
ily; | thought, cant you got your mind
keyed tp earth bit, Uncle Joshua.
What perfect nunchalcncc that dainty
brunette in the blue half tights has
! really intended ~ rcpTnOyr Uncle
Jimmie, VIXEN just then | saw Uncle
Jimmie young nir,v sieve him by the
shouldcr, and rather icily Tor such u
sweet girl a. ! know Mari" "a he. say,
Uncle Jimmie Cain, Uncle Jimmie
Cain, como right into the hot' with
me- hi, very minute. aud Uncle Jim
mic came. 80 with my Mound city
friends, such u popping off the street,
into ,tnrUs and house, never saw:
Hshl UNIV wv w l'UNNil lbNNHUlI't ~lli
Uncle Joshua rellcctivcly, the boys cut
off more than they could chaw, hut
III" report that the unusual noises AMI
seeming explosions that occurred
around Mound City for the twu nights
succeeding the election and which wcrc
current around the country, were cauy-
ed by Il huge earthquake in that burg
was an error. Il was true a large land.
Slide had occurred; but. son, no earth
quake, the unusal noicss and heavy cS-
plOsionS were caused by the bursting
Of the hot ali bubble Mound City had
been blowing for two months or more. >
We'll, Uncle Joshua SAID our re-
porter, ut IN iumOrcd, how authori-
titivcly ] cannot say, that the Mound
city lot boomers are going TO try Il
the third time" "Not with the dairy
habit as strong a. Il Is getting among
the Mound City people, said the old
man rcflcctively, and after II moments
meditation, he rplied, 80 far Us
| Mound City is concerned II Is the last
round, and ! think l can illustrate
better my thought 10 you by giving
YOU parallel case. which l. credited
NJ having happened in the neighbor'
lng town OF Maitland IN the late SOS.
The sporting citizens OF that little'city
wanted 10 zee LII Arthur tJack John
son. of II, l.cavenworth fnmc) fight,
who was just coming into little
prominence n a manipulation OF a
handy pair Of dukes, as old man Dixon
used 10 say. Now WI Arthur didn't
need any particular boosting. 30 Billie
Everhnit and Ed Hart got In working
up en- thusiasm for Dann,e Williams
the eolorcd puglliSt oi that town. The
day Of the fight came. the northern
part Of the county, having heard So
much VI pannic Williams skill with
the gloves. were fun OF the idea that
IN Arthur would he mere pudding
for Rig Dan. One Of the promoters,
! think possibly nay old friend, Billie
Everhait, go III Arthur aside in tn,
back part Of Pratt stable. Jack he
said, Big Dan Is great fat iuvortc
here. The sports want IL be- amused
and have biz ~ run Tor their
money. L. him have his own way
for five rounds, and this will give your
friends chance to copper the ace, as
the boys say, and half the kale 10 In
Arthur, Of course, and the fight to be
II Slx-round one LII Arthur thought
well Of the proposed plan and agreed
II Bio Dan did not prove too rude
" virtually let Dig Dan have his own
way for the first five rounds. When
LII Arthur got into the ring he re.
ceived quite an ovation. BILLIE Ever
hart, Cal Pierce Of Maryville, Deacon
Ralph Stauber and Howard Chambers,