The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-07-28
WE PARDoNED HIM

But as aforesaid we mixed TO Dar-
bershop and entered therein.
Them two words, entered therein"
make a pleonasn, and shouldn't be
used in classic writing, which is the
kind we don't write. but it looks we'll
better to those who don't know what
it is-that is about 999 per cent of US.
We found out what it meant by ac-
cident and use it about twice every
ten years. Webster says it consists
in the art of saying too much about
one thing, and is failing confined to
everybody in the world who wasn't
born dumb.
, But we digress.
Well say we do.
We are off the track and ten miles
out in the woods.
And, to get the handcar back on
the rails again
We entered therein the barbershop.
It was the best time of day to OBJ
tain a shave or haircut.
Therefore everybody but US wise
guys was obtaining something else.
There was only one barber in stock.
He was sitting in chair tilted
back against the wall; his hind feet
on the lower rounds of the chair.
It was easy to see he wore good
shoes and socks, and passable pants
up to the level of his pockets, but the
remainder of him was hidden behind
paper, which he was eagerly read
ing.
He did not observe our entrance.
We did not slam the door.
We were brought up not to slam
doors, and that sort of door isn't
built to slam, anyway.
We did not hang up our hat and
coat, for we are trying to save them
for cold weather, and didn't bring
them with US.
We therefore had no way of making
a noise.
AND THAT BIRD READ ON.
We walked over to chair, but our
feet cover so much surface when we
set them down that they made no
noise unless we are walking thru
grass or leaves
Which, believe US, isn't often these
days
/ And so that bird read on.
We sat down violently in the chair,
but it was built on the shock-absorber
system and didn't let out groan or
| squeak.
/ AND THAT BIRD READ ON.
/ We loosed our cravat, unbuttoned
our collar and set our feet to brace
us against the scrape of the razor.
We tried to cough but the soothing
syrup air of this Florida summer had
eliminated all coughs from our sys-
tenn We rubbed our hoofs together
and smote one bony knee with the
other, stuck one prong of our mus
ltache in our noise. causing sneeze,
and
THAT BIRD READ ON.
Fearing maybe he was dead, we
arose, tiptoed over to him and were
about to look over the top of the pa
! per he was buried in, when
| The paper looked familiar.
HE WAS READING HIS COPY
IOF THE OCALA EVENING STAR.
/ 1t was his world and he was dead to
all the others
We gumshoed back to the chair and
oozed into it.
We waited for him to finish his pa
per and meantime we
| WENT TOaSLEEP.
When we woke from a pleasant
dream, in which we were reclining on
a bank of flowers, with pretty girl
feeding US blanc mango with silver
Ispoon, and niger minstrel with a
banjo sitting by, singing and play
| ing 90. dem golden slippers" that
| barber had pushed US back in the
chair and given US a selvet shave.
II Our face was as smooth as your
best girls, and he had even pushed IN
the hog bristles on the sides of our
meek.
And as he brushed our luxuriant
locks, which are the envy of Doc
Henry. Doc Walter Hood and the
IGerig bros, he said, "I'm sorry |
kept you waiting, but | was so inter-
ested in the Star I didn't know you
were here until heard you snore and
Hooked up and saw you in the chair"
. And so we pardoned him.
Please pardon us for writing this
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