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Show Fog-Eye's Plaintive Protest. Fog-Eye Smith of norihwest Wyoming Wy-oming bore an appalling facade. His style of beauty was a blight. Depending Depend-ing upon his horrific exterior, he was in the habit of trying to awe newcomers. newcom-ers. On one occasion, affecting some displeasure at the manner in which a pallid stranger watered his liquor, Mr. Smith announced, frowning, that unless un-less he detected immediate amendment amend-ment he would send the neophyte home in a market basket. "Which I'll . - sure tear you up a whole lot," said Fog-Eye. Half an hour later Mr. Smith was found groping about on the floor under the poker table, hunting for his glass eye, and muttering to himself. The stranger asked with some evidence evi-dence of impatience what new line of sentiments Mr. Smith was now harboring. har-boring. That injured resident, glaring malevolently from beneath the furniture, furni-ture, replied: "Which I sure do hate a man with no sense of humor." |