The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-12-29

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| Josh, haloed him. and with her eyes
| she begged the General to drop the
| than any sugar ever grained In his
MILL
| After dinner they were In the par
| Tor when they saw vagabond equip
age stop at the gate, an old carry-au
drawn by a staggering horse. driven
by a ragged negro. There was one
passenger in the habilaments of a
scarecrow, topped or with a yellow
cotton hat-enough to disguise any
man on earth save one, and this man
was the exception.
"Tycie, what did / tell you'll" cried
the General. II knew II as wen as
knew my name. Now look at him !"
They looked at him, went out into
the hall to meet him, Tycie In con-
venient tears. The visitor kissed her
and shook hands with the men.
ut is not necessary for me to as
sert that l hold no commission, civil
OF military" said the vagrant.
'Sit down, sir" commanded the Gen
eral. And then, surveying him slowly
from head to foot: "Will you please
state as to whether or not you regard
yourself a human belng?"
General" said Tycle, "please don't
scold him, for Pm sure he must be
hungry"
my dear, ! shah not scold him; but
/ don't see anything about him that
calls for congratulations"
Liberty" said Virgil, tomorrow
We'll go over and have the parish sur
veyor run you Off a suit of clothes"
my dear relatives, thank you for
these little attentions; and as to your
question, Uncle Howard, let me say,
sir, that my claims as to being q hui
man are somewhat vague. One OF the
first things l discovered about myself
was my unreality. When do we eat7'
Tycie ran out and returned with
piece of frosted cake that looked like
corner broken off marble mantle
piece. The General was laughing.
"Well, Liberty, we are always glad
to see you, anyway. 1t is the unreal
ity II ! may so speak, that spices our
lives; and when you come with your
gilded worries, you enliven us. Where
have you been, anyhow"
"I've been wherever there is" said
Shottle, gesturing with his cake
"First ! went to Memphis, to the
races, and gave old Skinny Hughes
two hundred for a sure card on the
entries. Lost ten thousand. Then I
followed the horses to Lexington, with
my bank account leaking like a sprin-
king cart. But why llnger when moth
ing can be swifter than the approach
to a negro preacher and invested my
all in lottery tickets. 1t seemed that
I possessed myself OF all the figures of
the multiplication table. didn't see how
could possibly miss, but l did. II
wasn't laid out for me TO win again.
He gets to a certain pinnacle of for
tune, slips off, and spends the rest OF
his life struggling to get back. When
do we eat?"
Long after bedtime shottle came 10
yirgil's room.
Virgil, you know I've got to hit ON
of permanent nature. So
the question is, now that I've quit
gambling, what am I going to dot n
you'll not go TO sleep. I'll tell you OF
n plan. Mark me: I have observed
along with thousands of others, that
nothing digs deeper after ralny-day
money than circus and menagere.
It is known that the poor man Of the
South. and especially the negro, win
sell his cooksto~e TO buy circus
ticket Now comes my plan, and mind
you, I strive TO keep It from being too
sudden. Attention You buy a circus,
and I'll 90 along as ring-master. That
is the one thing am really fitted for.
You never saw me crack whip, did
your"
Don't believe ever did"
"All right. you've got something to
look forward 10. Yes, I'll be
he rIng-master. and"
"And bet an elephant on the turn OF
/ card" said Virgil.
All. ohS VI MY VNfh, pcih"pSs put
lot one entrusted to me. ! am not an
'mbezzler Of elephants. / wouldn't
,et a garter-snake on n sure thing.
Besides. l told you I'd quit gambling
that Is, Pm quitting. 1t isn't wise
0 expose my constitution to the shock
Il sudden change Well, good
light"
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