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Show SHEOLVILLE. TEXAS. The Philadelphia drummer had tho floor and was having all his tongue could do In supplying tho demand for stories out of his exicrlenccs, which wero not alwa)s as placid as they vvcro In his own native town, 'The last time I was In Texas," he said, ' which was three months ago, 1 was on my w,a to a hot town down thelo which I will call Sheolvltle, because be-cause that Is the kind ot a place It Is, or rather vvas, when I had been theie two )cara before While waiting at a Junction where I got dinner before taking tho hetdvllle accommodation I fell Into conversation with n tjpltal Texan of the old school, and Incidental!) Inciden-tal!) mentioned the fact that I badn t been to 8 for some time and dldn t Know how things were thcic, and perhaps per-haps he might tell mo. Tain nothln", stranger, he sail lugubriously, " tain t abserlutcly nothln'.' This disturbed me for It It vvasnt an) good I certainly tjidn t want to waste time and money going there to see the ono or two merchants I might do business with nnd might not ' Whats wrong with It?" I Inquired nnxtouel) "'Well Ive been llvln' thar ter tho last nine years and I m glttln' out this very minute. Its plumb petered out, that s what ' 'How do you moan? Cone Into hankruptc) ' Huatnd financially? Oh not that n-way. 1 m talkln' about Itu morals ' Oh I never thought It was aery much on that line, un)ni),' I said, grc itly rslloved ' 'Thar Wasn t a better town In tho whole State when I fust went thnr he said In a tone of resentment 'Mebl o jou don't know It, stranger," he went on 'but It used to bo that we vvas shore to havo a bungln er shootln tn town every thirty cr slxt) days ns teg lar as clockwork ' ' 'I think I read something not long ago In tho papers about a lively time )ou had there followed by a funeral or two es' ho admitted sadly but that was threo months i 70, unci thur halnt been nothln sence Dut that uln t tho wust b) a henp sight' nnd he looked i If he vvoull weep at tbe drop of a hat by gum theyve gone and brung a gume uv golf to town and this mornlii when I sees em layln off the slinks er vvlint-ever vvlint-ever they call the elern things I had to git out nnd come down beer fer ricnh air And I nln t toln tack No slree, I aln I It wont be no time now tell ther II he a lot uv iloods chusln tount town with ther socks outside ther I ants and sti inger I II be clan&el ef I can t stand It I Jlat can t Oh I laiihhed )ou niustti t Into heart that way Brace up hnmcthlng Is going lo happen to n dudo In tolf stockings on the streets of a Toxas town sure I'm not sjylng a word, but )ou know Texas ' His face lighted up as It the sun had risen behind It and he stuck out bis hand cheerfully, " 'Phako stronger,' ho said 'nni lets ro and git a snifter. You vo beartcnol mo up more n mi) thing In many a day Danged ef I don t go back tu tho old place anl wait fer better tlinrte ' He went back with me, 1111 1 the very first man wo met on the platform was n dudo In golf stockings und tny coin punloiifl face i,revv hard but he only shook his head menaclngl) New York Herald |