The north Mississippi herald., 1920-11-19
RED" MYERS TAKES TOO
KINDLY TO "GOOSE-HAIR'

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VIM. Ruffin the popular locomotive
engineer running north from Water
Valley to jackson, who recently re-
turned from his trip "stumping for
Cox" is in a peck of trouble: lie
says the country is going to the bow
vows. that he pleadede with Senator
Pat Harrison and other leaders OF
the campaign to do certain things.
but all to no avail and consequently
the magnificent fights made by both
he and Gov. Cos were lost. He IS SC
deeplv worried over the disasterous
result that he MANY times even for
gets to screech and howl his whistle
upon entering cities and towns on
his route. And when "Bill' fails to
howl that cid whistle of his-you
know his mind is very much distract
ed. "Bill' has a second worry since
his return from his arduous campaign
that gives him much more IVORY than
his wasted efforts for Cox. A num-
Der of years ago Bill brought 4 little
boy to this country and started hEn
in the railroad work. 1t was great
satisfaction to Bill to see the litsie
! fellows mind and talents develop up
/ der his painstaking, persistent ini cif
/ Reienf training. Alter years Of hars(
itss itse' * e.t1ise sesslsssa tSf5 "a 1sf asva
oped IphysicaD man and a first-clfss
locomotive engineer. The boys maize
was ]. E. Myers, but as he grew OH
er, more robust and his fame extend
ed, admiring friends gave him the
more dignified name of Red. Nov
during all the years of Reds" devel-
opment Bill was sort of self-appolnt
ed guardian over the boys life and
affairs, and at no tine since has Bill
ever taken his weather" eye off OF
that boy. Naturally when Bill return
ed from his speaking tour, he inqWr-
ed about his protege, hoping against
hope that Red had conducted himself
| in a very decorous manGer during his
Absence. His first. last and only In
ouiry began and finished with Reds
landlady on Simmons Street. Bill
declared that when the lady met him
at the door, by intuition he kne"
something was wrong, and from the
manner the lady looked him over ne
be for what ever it was. Without
believed that she held him responsi-
further ado, Bill blunt and boldly
asked the lady what the trouble was
and what could he do toward fixing
matters up. Bills mollified manners
meek and doci,e expression so affect
ed the good woman's frame OF NINA
that she was able to tell the story
without much expression of the burn
ing indignation fe't beneath the sur
face of her seemingly placid, calm
and smiling ccuntenance.
The story with its narrowing de-
tails follow:
1t seems that the bed had been re
moved from the bridal chamber and
temporarily placed in one side OF
Reds room. Now one of the special
features of this particular bed was
the fine large feather bed made and
used EXCLUSIVELY for this particu ar
bridal bed. During the warm wealth
err the bed was not disturbed but re-
Gently when the weather tightened up
and the thermometer went down to
the cellar to see the coal bin, things be
gan to happen to that particular bed
Finally, when the weather got sure
enough" cold, without any explana-
ton, apology or excuse, Red delibera,,
telv abandoned his own bed and
crawled into that bridal bed where on
the following morning he was found
wrapped up in that goose-hair tick
dreaming of Solomon and the Sultan
of Turkey.
At this stage of the story Bill haz-
Jared the suggestion that perhaps
Red had gotten into the bed through
mistake. With considerable asper-
ity the good landlady replied that. 1t
was preposterous to think of such
thing as she was positive that Red de-
!iberately and knowingly crawled in
to that bed for no other purpose a.
side from the assimilation of the
heat from that goose-hair tick. FOR
several mornings proceeding Reds
occupancy of the he'd, the goose-hairT
tick had been purposely disturbed
there were great dents in the top
where Red had pressed down on the
feathers" to see how soft they were
all being evidence that Red at that
time had the intention of latter appre
priating that goose-hair bed to his
own selfish use.
When Bill heard the lady's story
he made what feeble apologies, ne
could for his protege's action, bade
the good lady goodbye, and is now
looking for Red to get his explanation
of the affair. There has been no fue-
ther developments in the affair.