The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-16

second half which now totals IS cents-or
i'll when Cactus kicks in with that forgotten
t. If the farmer who said he was poor as
ell" reads this colyum and doesn't voice his
ratitude to contribs he's short sport
The Dismal Wall of a Copper Trail.
Continued from Yesterday
And all of the oysters and all of the fish
Protested against this perfume laden dish
With one acclaim they yelled out: "Detour!
We must have our drinking water pure!'
And all of the whales got calloused tails
Lashing the sides of the ship.
So the poor old coppers, tired and sore,
Were forced to fee for foreign shore;
For dear old Switzerland then they hied,
But the Switzers saw them and promptly
cried:
We'll peel your scalps!" So they took to
the Alps
A nervous bedraggled, mad throng.
One brave, strong copper led the bunch
And the rest climbed up with a weary
crunch;
Everything went just fine when, gee!
The leader slipped on his wooden knee;
Backward he came with a wild, hollow
shrek
And they all swooped down in a wet, cold
streak.
They. shivered and shook in the cold, cold
ice
And said to each other: lets shake some
dice
And feel that our blackened souls are free;
Let's go to the land of the eskimo
To see how they'll treat traffic bo"
Where there's six months day and six
months night;
For the eskimos said: We'll give Won gnhs
All you can hold in the line OF Jobs;
One-haf go on duty for six months day
The other half for the whole night stav
And don't go to SleeD y0u'Jl j0se 1oorYr
keep
In this wonderful land of ours.
So the coppers felt they were duIv bJest
And went on duty with fire and zest
But soon got cranky, tired and rude
AS for SIX long months on duty they stood
But they had to stay, it was all the place
They could have as home for their wicked
race;
For the planets all got together and said |
Non our fair plane they'll ne'er make their |
bed!" A-
So this was the way that copper array
Had to spend eternity!
men ! woke thought those GODS had bougbt |
Their peace at an awful price
ld then swore that forevermore
ID try TO treat 'em nice
matter how hard their language Jared
On my delicate sensitive nerves
en Signals d watch to the veriest notch
And make PERFECT, PERFECT curves.
CACTUS.
Dad l tell you poor Pegasus had got CROSS
u oooSlng the motor COPS? Yes And NO /
10 20 &c. new lenses IN his glasses. and among
MS otner operations when he was laid mn
SO iong' they found he had gaIIstones in /
eplsloItis, so after removing them thew mol
81 them up nice and set them in the riros Il
Ine glasses Tor sort of sheIl-rim effect and +
looks real classy now. So Won see 7 don't
leye IN letting anything go to waste,
On yes, Mac, another thing CThisr1 10 |!
ein a"Iui long, but amt that Just like a
nan "nen tney get started ,nothing'u stop
ana you just hafta wait till they've said
II say mat word picture of yourself was
C. and 1t pleased me greatly, and honest
= you which you would also envy vour oJyn
II you was like this, which is me. Fat fa-
e FORM on chair, three sides of which sniII
in- ths su Les OF sIenog. chair. fingers wildly
ing tne Keys, only to stop every az minute
"nsriS nunch chocolate bar hit kevs
2 oite' NIT keys again, take bite. etc
Well, that's me CACTTs e'0'
SURPRISING Journalistic ENTERPRISE. 7
ippeo 0y sirius from the Surprise Nah '
Enterprise.J {
-, - "a IL Onert Is having new roof put /
Oh tne kitchen OF his house this weeL h
Friday e00u NofSe last =
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Earl are oc~r- h
pyng tne Mary Sisty house. having o
moved in Friday. .
andrew Phth took his daughter Olga
mo son Arthur to Omaha Friday to have
nelr eyes ntted with suitable glasses s
Charles Fish is having his ceIis- il
vailed up with thing. "
DON MARQUIS, famous condpctor -. .ho Il
Didl coiumn IN the New York Sun and d
'sn1zed as the best columnist in America >, c
ne American Magazine. e
Jon IS good; but what they meant tn sav =
in American. " =