The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11

makes others he He had the abom-
Unable habit of proving his dirty little
lies by me just because am veteran
! too.
As Evans sat up there in the water,
trying to think and to hear, the water
kept splashing in his face; and he did
not know what was the matter until
he looked up and saw insurgents fir
ing. at him. WOW!
He fought his way out; as he had
done it many time before, and as
he has done it many time since; and
all of which he has often proved by
me.
He reached his station and hurried
to doctor; for | know the doctor my
self.
He was certainly greatly relieved to
learn that he was not permanently
deaf; and that the water had merely
percolated through his ear-drums and
| flooded his "sound-box."
The doctor fixed him up in just
about minute, by piercing his ear
drums with a long" needle, which he
passed in at one ear and out at the
other, clear through his head.
fancy it did not require such a long
one, either; for I have often noticed
that his eyes were mighty close to-
gether.
Evans has never been bothered
with deafness since.
It appears that neither Evans nor
the Indian agent had anything but
sound-boxes between their ears. One
was mule-skinner; and the other
seems to be an Indian skinner.
This brings me back to the begin
ming again, where Gray-Eyes made a
bad mistake.
( Wong June was explaining the
Chinese alphabet the other day. He
said there is symbol for roof and a
symbol for woman. The combination
of a roof over woman spells "peace."
The combination of a roof over two
women spells "war."
There's one consolation for married
men, observes s'Rimmy" Jim Gid
dings. After awhile women will not
ask their bubbles for any money for
clothes.
Speed Campbell was having an ar
gument with a fellow and as he
walked away Speed called after him:
NThe sooner that never see your
face again, the better it will be for
both of us when we meet"
George Campbell writes that the
most awful revenge he ever heard of
anyone taking was that the New York
woman took on the cop who arrested
her for speeding. She married him.
Ernest Coulter says he notices
women as drivers of automobiles are
improving. They're getting SO they
don't take up more than half of the
road. The other half, he adds, is di-
vided, an equal part being on each side
of them.
Professor Danny Deaver at the coll
lege asked student to tell about
nitrates, and she informed him they
are considerably cheaper than day
rates.
A little boy after being reprimand-
ed for telling an untruth wanted to
know if liars ever get to heaven and
his mother told him they never do
and he said he guessed it must be aw-
full lonesome up there with only God
and George Washington.
Willis Brown says his names the
easiest one he knows of to spell. B
stands for Brontosaurus, r for Rhizo-
phoracae, o for Ophisthotelae, w for
Willugbaeya and N for NEcifraga.
He mustabin cranky, that feller who
went into the City Drug store to
buy a comb. Ross Denman asked
him: do you want a narrow mans
comb ~ "Naw," he growled. Il want
a comb for fat man with rubber
teeth"
Flagstaff's George Washington was
busy the other day when a stranger
came along and asked lot of ques-
tions, finally asking George what his
name was. George told him. ''You
amt the man who cut down the cher
ry tree?" the stranger asked, grin
ming. "No, I ain't," George answered.
''Ihis is the first work I've done for
three-four weeks"
Joe Kinds, Flagstaff colored boy,
hadn't any previous experience get
ting married. Next time he'll know
the ropes better
A few days ago Joe sauntered into