San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
4 and George = By Nina Wilcox Putnam
Only Woman Humorst ----

tamale! says George, and getting
up out Of his morris chair he done
a morris dance and a Spanish-type
Fandango, Florida style, or sort of
stacatto stucco. Say, tell me more
he says.
Oh well, says Mr.. Goofnah, of
course the fellers that got in the
game way back in '9S and so forth,
why they are having the best of
it. But there is still a heap of
money to be made, as I'm conner
show you. And now I guess we
better run along, we got quite a
trip ahead of us tomorrow. With
which remark they says good night
and we says ditto. And when the
door was closed Geo. turned to me
with a strange glitter in his eyes.
BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOWS IN
SPAIN.
Say my dear, he says, I'm Just
crazy to hear what old Goofnah
picks up for US. with them five hun
dred smackers he ought to get some
thing pretty big, say a thousand
acres or so. And say, do you know.
he says, I amt so sure we will sell
all of it, at that-just say about half
of it, when the price gets right. Then
we could build ourselves a palatial
Spanish type bungalow home on the
other half, after all, says George,
five hundred acres would be plenty
for a gentleman's estate, even down
there.
might, he considers, put in a
private polo-field, and a nine hole
golf course for me and Joe Bush to
play over-Oh boy! I can just see
old Joe's face when I ask him down.
And we might have a yacht basin
put in il the land happens to be on
the ocean front, I have always
thought it would be kinda fun to
have yacht in Florida.
Well Geo. I says, when it comes
to yacht basins. you may be right,
it is quite possible we will be able
to get US one of them small porce-
lain kind. But don't count your real
estate until you get the title, and l
hear titles are often very shaky down
there. Well says George, that may
be so among the Smart Set at Palm
Beach where they entertain a lot of
Foreigners, but not among the real
tors, they have long ago got past
that stage of the game.
Well Hot Bozo. I gotter confess
was pretty much excited about the
deal myself, and time seemed to
kinda drag along while We was wait
ing to hear from Mr.. Goofnah and
our money. And when a night let
ter come from Mr.. Goofnah We
could hardly wait to open it.
CHEERS FOR PONCE DE LEON.
1t says: Delray. Fla, Mite, Blue
X 11:25. Have just sold Florida
sand off wheels Of my auto for
eleven thousand clear profit stop
Bought you ~ front foot on Dixie
highway and am mailing you same
today By insured parcels post stop
Advise you put it in safe deposit
vault at once as am certain Of six
hundred per cent increase by height
Of season congratulations Goofnah.
It's a outrage, Says George, he
had ought TO Of had better sense
then 10 throw away my money like
that, where am I going to put NY
golf course on that parcel OF land:
And besides, ! amt got any safe
deposit box.
We'll, while I was still speeches.
and George hadn't yet come down
from the ceiling, who would come
back but the Western Union mes
senger, with another wire, straight
message this time. To say we tore
it open is putting the facts too mild.
Delray, Fla. Green, straight III
says this one. And then it went on
10 remark. Have just sold your II
front foot on Dixie for eighty thou
sand dollars cash, twenty per cent
down and balance in 1884 years
wire il satisfactory and send back
property to me by return mail.
Much Mysteries in which hope you
join me-Goofnah.
Copyright, 1925, by Republic Syn
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