Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-21


The bunko holds its mighty sway.
Q. B. CAREFUL AND THE THREE
WISHES.
The Hon. o. b. Careful, a believer
In certain forms OF preparedness, was
seated behind locked doors in his
study at work on his inaugural adj
dress Suddenly wizened httle
fairy, dressed in a leaf from the other
fellows book, hoped thru the key
hole. leaped upon the candidates
desk and sat down on the edge of his
ink stand.
Mr.. Candidate" he announced, Il
am here as q representative OF
Fairies Union, Local No. /. And in
view OF some Of the flights Of fancy
which have already marked your
campaign. Mr.. Candidate. am au-
thorized to grant you three Wishes.
There can be only three, SIR, but they
may be anything you wish to do, be
have or know"
The Hon. o. b. coughed, friends
and fellow citizens" he began, but
checked himself. 'Er-perhaps I
| 4 :
'Flibbertergbbiet," supplied the
visitor. VI.
"Ah. yes-Mr. Flibbertergibbet,s
said the candidate graciously. II am
indeed grateful for this kind offer,
Mr.. Flibbertergibbet. But'~and
here he paused to blow his nose
have you any credentials? How
am to know that you are what you
represent yourself to be? In other
words, before we proceed In this
matter, I want to know that you can
| actually deliver. You do not blame
me?"
Not Bit" replied the fairy cheer
fully. 'But just the Same am the
Ebird that turns wishes into horses
and rents all the castles in the air.
And II it's proof you wish, may
remark that this ink stand, which
you imagined was full of nix, really
contains delicious Martini cocktail
and"
But by this time the candidate.
having looked carefully around the
room, had reached over and emptied
the inkstand. On the floor3 No.
gentle reader, not on the floor. s
4 Il see that you have the power
you claim" admitted the Hon Q. B.
smacking his lips. Nevertheless,
these are critical times. I would not
Lcare to make a mistake. So, before
we get down to the actual business
of the day, perhaps you will be good
enough to tell me just what the peo-a
| pie expect of me. What sort OF q
candidate do they want?"
"Ah, SIR said the elf earnestly.
"They want man OF faith, Of ideas,
of action-a man who can make up
his mind and seize his opportunity.
In fact, they want a man."
quite so, quite So" beamed o. B.
That's Just what I supposed. And
| no doubt you have observed that
you are in the right room. That be-
ing the case, sir, must now ask you
for q few minutes to consider your
original offer"
| "Sure!" cried the fairy. 'Take
all the time you want. Take the rest
of your life If you like"
! But the Hon. o. B. Careful did not.
take that long. At the end OF five
| minutes of silent meditation he had
considered the issue in all it's phases.
He looked up.
~ WISH" he said solemnly. II
| wish to win the forthcoming cleo
ton"
The fairy rose.
"Tm sorry" he said alphabetically,
I'm afraid I can't promise you that.
That's your fourth wish. you know,
and you've already had three"
"Three!" feared Q. b. why
ooh, yes, you did," insisted the
fairy. "And I agree with you that
it's Just as we'll to be careful. That's
the reason when you wished FOR
proof and knowledge and time,
granted them all. But unfortunately,
that used up all the wishes had on
me-"
So saying, he vaulted nimbly from
the candidates indignant nose to his
shiny dome and thence vanished
through a small crack in the ceiling.
Edna says she thinks it's per-
fectly scandalous that q couple OF
rumors can't get together without
producing little gossip.
A golf expert has It doped out that
there are just 2,7s5 ways Of making
mistakes. But then-he's never seen
our game.
THAT DEMOCRAT MAJORITY.
CSac City SUM-
The attempt Of Iowa democrats to
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