The Dolores star., 1921-09-23

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would commented the hoteIl,eoror
"fon think you put up a fine limo ot
Hisish "hen you are talking. You
are satisfied you never make anv had
breaks, so feel safe in saving vou
would welcome criticism, but If some
sharp who is wise to all the fancy
curves of the language came along
and showed you where you yet off Won
wouldn't wiring his hand in an ecstasy
or gratitude. No, doggone it, Won
would climb on his person and discolor
one of his eyes.
III there's any man makes me tired
and sore. it's the one who calls mo
down when am speaking q piece and
tells me l am making LlndIey Murray
roll over In his grave. don't mind if
there are only two Of US present at the
time, but when there are Innocent by.
ISLANDERS around l get all worked up
and insist upon hand to hand CON
fict. No good sport would do such a
thing. If you don't like the way !
talk, you can pass up this hotel when
making your daily rounds. If Won
must hand me package Of criticism
or admonition. send it by mail. Then
l can read 1t in the privacy of my own
bed room. and there won't be anybody
around to raise horse laugh.
MY education was sadly neglected
when l was young. | went to school
only few months and everything ]
learned was wrong, for the teacher
was farmer who took up educational
work as recreation when the weather
prevented him from cultivating his
beans. The little know accumuat-
ed by reading the newspapers and a
few dime novels.
consequently I am always taking
fall out of ths language. | never could
wise myself to the fine points of gram
mar, and 1t was only recently quit
saying I done it. and Il have went.
Every now and then an aleck stops me
in the middle of discourse and shows
me where | am wrong, and if there is
any way of getting even with that man
l always Go. There was drummer
for shoe house who used to frequent
this place. | took liking to him, and
always gave him the best room anG
saw that his eggs We're fresh from the
vines, and looked after his comfort
generally,
"One day l was telling him story,
and he stopped me just when l was
approaching the. peroration, and began
to explain the difference between
shall and will 1t seemed that l al.
ways used one of these words when |
should have used the other, and in the
goodness of his heart he explained the
whole business to me. When he had
made everything clear he asked me to
finish my story, but | told him, in bit
ing sort of way, that | might wound
him to the quick by misplacing few
more words, so | would spare him that
infiction.
"Then he saw he was In bad, and he
began telling me how he always liked
20 be corrected, and he took it foi
granted that others felt the same way
about it, and the more he talked the
less use | had for him.
ale registered here many times ait
er that, always got tile worst room in
the house and If there was a particu'
larly tough steak on hand, 1t went u
him He tried his hardest to square
himself. and was always looking Al
me, hoping to see winning smile Oh
my chaste lips, but he never got any
thing but the arctic glare, and l sup
pose he's kicking himself, even to TINS
duy, because he made that break. Ahu
If Won want to queer yourself with ali
vonr friends, you'll keep up this thing
of telling people of their mistakes.