Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-01-30
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Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, l know all you people
have heard that old nursery rhyme;
"Humpty Dumpty sat on wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the Kings horses and all the
Kings men,
Could not put Humpty Dumpty to-
gether again"
Now, I'm not Humpty Dumpty-
and / have not occupied seat on
wall lately; but, I'm here to tell you
neither Humpty Dumpty nor London
Bridge had anything on me when it
comes to falling down.
One day last week, crossed the
street; and, like the chicken, l cross
ed the street to get on the other side.
But l wouldn't advise anybody to a
don't my method of reaching the OPP
posite point. / had almost made the
trip in safety, when an automobile
began to back out. | darted away in
to the space between it and the next
car, making rapid Roadway for the
sidewalk.
I made it all right-or all wrong,
perhaps is better. Before l got there
my foot put up an argument with the
curb. The curb refused to give ground,
70 I began to go to the ground, or,
more accurately, to the concrete sur
face of the pavement. 1t seemed to
me that from the time began to fall
until brick building which also re-
fused to move, stopped my headlong
flight, 1 might have started my
plunge from the railroad instead of
from the curb, and that my little dive
was dated some time during the day
previous, was so long getting to my
destination.
But / got there all right. l have
witnesses to it, and have a pet back
which reminds me of it, if | showed
any disposition to forget it. The mar
hIe base under a show window barred
my progress, and said: "Thus far
shalt thou come and no farther" And
didn't That marble slab bussed me
right on the cheek and lay where
fell for a few seconds, looking like
1 enjoyed the kiss and was waiting
for another
Now, whether you believe it or not,
that window base was no sofa cush-
ION. We went together hard enough
to make dent into one of us. The
broad side of my face shows no such
dent and I guess the dent must be in
the marble; 1 have not been able to
investigate that part of the show.
Did any. of my people ever fall
down? And did you, while "drop-
ping" seem to have time for your
whole life to pass before you in pan
oramic view? 1 guess it's like drown
ing. They say you think of all the
nice things you have done and others
not so nice, until you pass into OBJ
fivion. Well, that's the way-to a
certain extent felt. / had time to
realize what funny spectacle l was
making of myself-pawing the air
with my arms and churning the pave
ment with my feet, trying to make
my old legs bring my body up from
a serpentine position.
And, if any of you good souls ever
did have fall, did you ever notice
the grin on the faces of those who
had birds eye view of your contor-
tions? Who blames 'em. You GER
tainly furnished a motion picture of
the comic sort, and you got what was
coming to you.
Why, some years ago., / slipped on
an icy pavement, and when l came up
my better seven-eigbths was holding
her sides laughing at my good luck.
That little episode came very near
ending disastrously, so far as domes-
tic relations are concerned. I went it
alone on this latest fall, so Pm still
eating at my own table.
The Mother Gooselet at the begin
ming of this column says something
about all the Kings horses and all
the Kings men could not put Humpty
Dumpty together again. Well, hav-
emit been fortunate enough to have
the services of such a retinue, l
don't know whether they tried to put
Dumppy together or not, but, if you
believe what tell you, 1 am not al
together what was before the catas-
trophe. don't know whether 1 left
some of me on the pavement or not,
and my cervical, dorsal, and lumbar
vertebrae may be all present in their
usual positions; but, if they are, they
seem to Ecclesiastical about perform
ing their usual functions. Some time
l call on them, they kick up row,
and maybe you don't think there is
. rumble which makes you think more
of a mill grinding corn. 1 furnish the
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