Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-14
AN ANCIENT MARINER

| goodness anybody had been there. justl anybody at sll even Mamie Kelley, and i she can't bear Mamie Kelly. Well no- body can't and it's all on account of her being so smart in 'rithmetic She puts on piles of airs and she ain,t half so nice as Susie Herrick, even. I ain't ever liked Susie so very much, but seems her fath- er knows Gen. Pershing.
 s'Thatss nice.'' said Bebby's father. Where did he meet him ?''
 Tt was over in the war, you know,a France or some other old place. Bobby a million wounded soldiers that day Susie said it was a million and Mmie Kelly said she bet 1t wasn't a million at all, because 1t would take too long to. count n million. so how could they take the time when they were so busy to; count that many? Susie she said that. they had a million cots and they was all fulf and that was how. Anyway. he had the soldiers there, and along came Gen Pershing on a visit. pr. Herrick put on his best uniform and he went out to: say howdo, and Gen, Pershing he shook hands and said how was his patients and Dr. Herrick said they was very well. thank him, considering how they
 
 went in and looked at lem along with Frenchman, whose name, Susie forgot, but anyhow, his pictures in school Susie she thinks he looks like me a whole lot, except I amt got any mustache How long does 1t take for mtstachegs "In your case,' said his father, q should say about ten or eleven years | sOh. well,'' sighed Bobby. HI don't Ike 'em much anyhow. myself. There l was a man on the train and he had 2 beard, great long one that was white such person. He was 8 friend of BiIly's aunt and when I got on the train they ltold him to keep an eye on me, and he idfd Maybe you saw him, a big fellow l what keeps the butcher shop out there in the country
 .1e has eleven children and he uy and forgot the name of one of them ant 1 couldn't remember for long time. think eleven children is a good many but gee. I wisht there was eleven of me we could have such peachy circuses ant things. He's on his way to Caiiforni. For Georgia to see if there ain't som
 place to start a butcher shop. there Mammals always saving things abou
 thing fierce and he's an awful nice mar He told me whole lot of things abou 1 how he went around the Horn to ge gold in 4s, and how he fought the Mex jeans and the way the Indians scalpe him, and, treated to crackerjack.s'
 He must have been a very interest ing old man.
 'He says he's so," Bobby went 0
 with enthusiasm 'sAnd he says I feels just like a fighting cock, only hi ! store failed on him and he's some dis
 couraged now He said he was goin to stay at sisters in Elgin and, the II morrow. Time goes awful fast, don, I it? I was sitting here thinking abou i him and all of a sudden remembere J that it was tomorrow that he's going
 be here. Goodness, it ain't often ths
 you get chances to know man who
 been all around the world and the
 some, and been scalped by Indians an
 bound hand and foot by pirates
 Billy says he wisht he'd known it 2
 this summer, so he could "a talked
 him, but he never told nobody but m !; and he told me a whole lot. Bill thought was telling fish stories and had to cross my heart and hope to ds Billy and Sam they want l, should lt ], them meet him, and I guess I can, 2 . right, all right. It ain't, often happei | ing that folks can meet a man like tha : I tell you.'
 Fl eI never have, myself" said his fs ..i ther, with interest. q hope you will gi1 ne a chance to meet him tomorrow 5 too" .. .rYou can, Bobby declared eagerl
 ''That's just what I'm going to. You SC 5 he's. going to be in Chicago all day ( i | business, so told him to scoot right ol : Eto our house and take dinner, and i said he would .''-Chicago News.