The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-22
CAPPY KICKS
He Discusses on the Subject of Surprises
Written for Tho Star by Peter Coming Next san,

"if I were a. rich ia Cappy.-
said Joe PuEh. ia head the list
with n check for a hundred thous
and dollars"
There II a scheme afoot." cappy
declared. TO show mo up. YOU
birds arc surnfinE me with toe
much honor on my lard birthday
and I'm Just smart enough not "a
commit myself further than 10 sny
that decline 10 be the old bell
mare OF this parade. When you
orllvr tender,hcarted samhritans have
handed Ia your checks 10 Gus Ito
dell. I'll add them up and my sub
aeHpiion viii 30 double tho total
combined subscription"
Seeing that he was about 10 ~
tagged out al first. the ioyial nedoll
contormed 20 Cappy's suggestion
and aH a result Cappy'a birthday
luncheon cost MIN 5000 additional
III Ia moro blessed TO give than %
receive" said Eddie Smith piously
TO Cappy Rieks!- And Cappy'f
hantering friends raised on high
something which SIR. Rcdcll had
nmugglcd into tho club ia defiance
OF tho house rules and tho 18Th
amendment MANY happy returns
Of tho day somebody added
THINK you. fellow hAndlth I can
plainly see that n live much longer
IN be poutioning for a receiver In
bankruptcy, ] like surprises. hut this
ono makes mo feel rather like old
Deacon weatherhy felt that night 10
decided 10 give his wife the surpriss
Of her ne and hla surprlsa back.
fired on him
TEL vs. about him. somebody
urEed and Cappy continued. The
deacon was one Of the pillars OF tbs
local church hack in Maine. where |
vas born ITO was tho ntinEiesi
Blue.aoss you ever heard OF. Why
b. vas 20 thrifty he would chew hlr
tobacco FIRST. then dry Il and later
sm0ke It Ia his Pipe. In order 70
light the Pipe hs invariably ankrd
somebody for a match. and when
they'd pull bunch OF old.fahhioned
sulphur matches on him he Peel OF,
half the bunch and keep u lie Was
long and thin because hs hated 10
sal very much IN day when a man
who earned hundred dollars a
month wan rich and could afford %
sand his children 10 college. The
deacon took His religion bard. and
when no could gst his llauor free he
took that hard. too. Ha never
changed hats. summer or winter. and
At tho time he decided 20 give his
vits the surprise Of her life. hs had
been wearing the same suit Of clothes
Tor IS years"
sTmposaihls." somebody intsriectcd.
You should have known the dca-
cons poor wife She had mendsd
tina, suit and patched II and roiald
tho trousers aud turned tic drafted
thing inside out until there wasn't a
shred OF the original material loft and
tho neIghborn used 10 send over and
AK Mrs Wca,hsrby IL they could
borrow her husband to scare crows
out OF their cornneida AZ mat.
tor Of fact believe that with the
deacon originated the old Joke that
not only aid the crows refuse 10 steal
tho deacon'b corn when he was out
in his own fields. but hs frightened
them 20 badly that those crows that
had already stolen corn from him
brought II backl
"Weli. one day the deacon drove
to town from his farm and some Of
the gentlemen Of leisure who used to
hang around tho livery stable in
weighed him into n game OF casino.
From time TO time they helped him 10
nogEin Of hard cider and for the
first time In his life he got generous.
He remembered II was his wife's
birthday and no decided TO give her
present and surprise her. SO ne
went TO the general store. bought
himself brand new outfit OF clothes.
from socks TO hat. tied them up In
bundle and slowed tho bundle in
his blackboard.
1T was late at night when the dca-
con started home and the first snow